Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-01-04

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a you never knew how he manage,
S to pass the guards you threw arounC
: your hacienda on every available
Z reuter-
e II did not"
= 1T would not have then been best
r for you to 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 it not been
: for that assistance another victim
would have been added TO 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
pressiveness to the scene that held the
audience spellbound. When the Judge
began to speak every one thought that
he was about TO 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 q
state of doubt as to what was coming.
I'VE are entering in Mexico" he
continued, upon a 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
surrection not a drop of blood was
spilled after the surrender. l have
been given discretion by my govern
ment as to the punishment to be met
ed out for acts that occurred during a
period when every mans hand was
against every other man. 1t is not
meet in this age, when universal peace
is dawning for the world that Mexico
should remain in barbarism. The acts
of the troublous times through which
we have recently moved belong to a
dead past and should be buried with
that past. The act of which you have
been found guilty was repeated again
and again on both sides. That the
revolution has triumphed is no cause
for committing in the name of justice |
acts of revenge.
',rhe finding of the jury is set aside
You are at liberty to go free"
By his address the judge attempted
to prepare the feelings of those pres
ent for what had neither been expect
ed nor desired. But the temper of the
people was revengeful and had for
ages been used to u different principle.
a few applauded, but the majority
grumbled. There were those present
who had suffered at the hands of the
man to whom this magnanimous treat
ment had been accorded. They had
brought the accusation that they might
be revenged-might revenge the dead
hey loved. They rebelled against the
decision. Cries of Hang himp "Shoot
Mimi" use the machete." were heard,
md n movement was made by the
most active toward the prisoner. The
oined silence.
''In striking this man." he said, ''you 3
trike the girl who loves him."
"He struck those we lovedr' some
ne cried.
Let me tell you one thing more, that
which l spoke of, but did not speak. i
'ou remember that mentioned the
scape of one whom the prisoner would
ave sacrificed. l am that person.
A silence followed this announce
tent. That the judge had set aside
sntence of death upon the man who A
nd intended TO take his life filed n
lose present with wonder. He had q
,cured their attention. He went a 4
ep further, a
Il will tell you how 1 escaped. 1 Il
we my life to that girl" pointing. a
She it was who gave me a disguise
Id drove me through her fathers y
lards, rislling her life for mine. Had n,
been discovered that the person sit
ne beside her was the rebel they
ere watching for she would have
ubtless been sacrificed. If you strike 81
m you strike her, and through her 4
u strike me, who have done my part
establish the governement under
lich we now hope for peace and pros T.
rity." II
The crisis had come and turned in 2
vor Of the judge. Those who had
posed his decision stood looking sui
lily on, while the others were won 4
err by his magnanimity and by
mpathy for the girl who had saved
life. The advocates of taking the
v into their own hands began to n
we away muttering, leaving only n
'se who had been converted to the D..
lse of mercy. Those most sympa- -.
tic gathered about the girl, whether -
her protection or in sympathy.
en- gradually the crowd melted
ay and left the three principal par
pants in the drama.
oncia went to the judge, took his
I'd in hers and kissed il. Her
her stood with folded arms looking
vacancy. \ short time before he
been expecting death. He was
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