Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-10-19

you remember a man who once stoI
ped at your hacienda and whom 20
endeay0red to seduce from his a
legiance 10 that government whic
now exists. but was then strugglin
for It's existenceT
II do"
And do you remember having giyel
him a choice between accepting al
appointment under the Dlaz govern
ment and a trial for treason, which
meant deathT
Il do"
But the man escaped. You remem
Der that. too. don't you?"
/ II do"
you never knew how he managed
TO pass the guards you threw around
your hacienda on every available
reuter-
II did not
1T would not have then been best
for you 10 know this, nor Is Il now,
but the assistance your prisoner re-
ceiyed at that time IS Of great impor
lance TO you now. Had 1t not been
for that assistance another victim
would have been added 10 the one
for shooting whom you have just been
adJudged guilty"
All this was a puzzle to those pres
ent except the prisoner and his daugh-
ter. The Judge spoke with evident
emotion. The prisoner seemed deeply
moved. His daughter as the address
proceeded wound her arms tighter
about her father. There was an i'm
pressiyeness to the scene that held the
audience spellbound. When the Judge
began to speak every one thought that
he was about 10 give another instance
than the one before the court why the
prisoner should suffer death. When
he entered upon the last matter he
mentioned all were thrown into a
state OF doubt as TO what was coming.
I'VE are entering In Mexico" he
upon new AEGEAN age
ushered in for the civilized world by
former president of the United States
at the close OF the greatest rebellion
the world has ever seen. For that in
spilled after the surrender. | have
been given discretion by my govern
ment IA to the punishment to be met
I'd out for acts that occurred during
period when every mans hand was
against every other man. 1t is not
meet In this age, when universal peace
$ dawning for the world. that Mexico .
hould remain in barbarism. The acts
II the troublous times through which
We have recently moved belong to a
lead past and should be buried with
hat past. The act of which you have
een found guilty was repeated again
nd again on both sides. That the
evolution has triumphed is no cause
or committing in the name of justice
cts of revenge.
'"rhe finding Of the jury is set aside.
ou are at liberty TO go free"
BY his address the judge attempted
, prepare the feelings of those pres
nt for what had neither been expect
I nor desired, But the temper of the
eople was revengeful and had for
ges been used to a different principle
few appiauded, but the majority 3
There were those present
no had suffered at the hands Of the
an to whom this magnanimouS treat
ent had been accorded. They had =
ought the accusation that they might
} revenged-mi revenge the dead
ey loved. They rebelled against the
'cislon. Cries OF Hang him." Shoot
mr. use the macbeth" were heard
ID movement was made by the p
ost active toward the prisoner. The
dge arose and. raising his hand. en-. a
med silence, L
In striking this man." he said. ''you u
ike the girl who loves him" G.
He struck those we loveGr' some 4
c cried a.
Let me tell you one thing more, that q
lich l spoke of, but did not speak. o.
u remember that l mentioned the W
,ape OF one whom the prisoner would p,
We sacrificed. | am that person"
silence followed this announce.
mt. That the judge had set aside n
ltence OF death upon the man who
1 intended 10 take his life filed -
use present with wonder. He had
ured their attention. He went q
p further. a.
| will tell you how escaped. 1 1t
c my life to that girl" pointing. sd
ie II was who gave me a disguise IN
drove me through her fathers
lrds, rlsking her life for mine. Had
been discovered that the person sit c.
: beside her was the rebel hey
NJ watching for she would have
btlesS been sacrificed. II you strike
J you strike her and through her or,
strike me, who have done my part VIC
establish the governer'ent under CO..
ch we now hope for peace and pros. SUI
Ity" No
he crisis had come and turned in S.'
Or Of the judge. Those who had Wi
osed bis decision stool looking sui dat
y on. while the others Were won clio
+ by his magnanimity and by the
patty FOR the girl who had saved
life. The advocates Of taking the by
into their own hands began TO ing
e away muttering. leaving only yes
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