The Alaska citizen., 1915-07-05

Men of faith are still of the mind that the hand that was wounded holds the sceptre that will rule and He liveth forever and forever. A JUDGES CHARGE.
 Hon. Charles A. Pollock. of Fargo. in passing sentence of life lmprison- ment upon a murderer. made a most remarkable dellverance. Hendrick. son, the prisoner, was found guilty of numbering his wife. He was in state of intoxication and delirium at the time of the awful deed. and followed it up by an attempt to con- init suicide Fargo is in North Da- kota under state prohibition. but just across the river, connected by a bridge, is the city of Moorhead. Minnesota, under license. Hendrick- son and his family came from Min nesota and 1t is said took up their residence in Fargo with a view to getting away from the temptations of drink. But he continued to visit Moorhead and to follow his drinking habits, with the dreadful result re- ferred to.
 The remarks of Judge Pollock in pronouncing sentence upon Hen drickson were as follows:
 Divine and human law declare Thou shalt not kill You stand be- fore the bar of justice, confessing to have committed the revolting crime of murdering, in cold blood, the woman you promised to love, honor and protect. Another crime. that of attempted self destruction, could justly be laid at your door. The innocent babe which came to bless your home has been robbed of a mothers care. You having pleaded guilty now await the sentence of an offended law.
 "It is a solemn moment in the life of & court, when he is called upon to sit in judgment upon his fellow men, Murder and treason are kin dred offenses. The one affects the individual, the other the state. Both alike are heinous and the penalty of death may be inflicted for either. Your only excuse in mitigation Is, that you were drunk when you committed the deed-a plea which can be received only to save you from the gallows.
 T do not know, and. under the present state of our law l never want to know who sold you the H. Quor, under the influence of which you committed this unnatural crime. Before the bar of God, if not of man, he stands alike with you mo- rally responsible for this horrible crime. The persons who. for bus mess or other reasons, vote to per init the continuance of traffic which robs men of their reason, increasing the liability of crime be- ing committed, are in measure re- sponsible. Away with your mistaken notions of business necessity. It does not exist. Treason against our state stalks abroad in our midst. How much longer will the people permit both treason and murder in order that there may be continued system of dealing with the liquor traffic which preys upon the appe- tites of men? A quarter of a cen tury ago the good people of our state dissolved partnership with the ac- cursed license system. The state of Minnesota still permits the evil. Her splendid western city of Moor head, we'll located for business and containing some of the best peOpl. on earth, seems blind to the great wrong of the traffic in rum. We must suffer because of their inabil- ity to see. Most of the persons sent to the penitentiary by this court would not be deprived of their lib- erty and our state would not be bu, dened with heavy expense for their care, had they not gotten drunk in the saloons of Moorhead. The time has come when this iniquity should be banished forever. You, who will suffer all your life for your misdeed. may unconsciously by your deed arouse public sentiment to the end that such offenses will not be re- peated. and that it's contributing cause will be removed. It is devoutly to be wished that such will be the case.
 The sentence and judgment of the law is that you, Robert Hendrick- son. be confined In the penitentiary at Bismarck at hard labor for and during your natural life. Let judg- ment be entered accordingly"