The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-31

right name and in that way, my
friends, they got track of him.
The officials of Iowa went to
Missouri, aud asked for extradition
papers. They presented the matter
and It was granted. They brought
him back to Iowa, and he was in
dicted and zoo OF the reputable
special train and came back volun-
tarily ~ character witnesses. for that
IMAM was married and had grandchil-
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Most Respectable Citizen Yin, She toaiiiz
rnunity."
They presented the evidence He
was convicted and sentenced to the
and later Governor Cummings par
doned the man. After forty years.
his application for his pension re-
vealeo his whcrcabout, and who he
vas, and he supposed they'd all for
gotten
In Illinois. IN town where
preached. a farmer went to towE
and drew several hundred dollars
from the bank. He drank liqour
and just after dark he was seen to
unite his horces and start for home.
He was never seen alive again.
In the morning they found the
team standing at the gate and they
found tho lines wrapped around the
whip and the blanket was folded ana
lying OF the seat. There was no
evidence OF struggle. They couldn't
fnd the missing man. and finally
they arrested ncighbor who had
had quarrel with him. The man
readily proved an aiibi. but they
were sure that he was the man al
though they couldn't convict him.
Two years after that ne sold his
farm and moved away. Years and
years went BY, and they had a long,
no. spell in Illinois and on this mans
farm was n pond fed by spring, and
never known 30 go dry. But the hot
sun sucked II dry and out in the
middle they found the skeleton OF
man with log chain and on that
was the initial of the man who had
been arrested. SO. therefore, they
secured the country and found him
out in Pasadena. Cal, dying from
sumption. They got out extradition
papers They sent officers. He was
100 sick TO move but they constantly
watched him. and a few hours before
he died, he confessed that he had COM
mitted the murder and taken the
mans body out on the pond. Some
thing viii happen that will bring
out the fact that they are sinners.
Another Murder.
1 preached GOWN IN NeSl NiiSiii'o'
not far from Wheeling, where there
is a very rich man He loaned money
to tho farmers all round. The people
supposed that he kept vast sums OF
money in the house. and two men
went there to rob him, with intent
OF numbering II they had to. Before
going TO the house thev went TO the
barn and took a two by four and they
wi Titled II down so they could get
house
and the man resisted. and they pound
ed hin, TO a pulp and they fed.
There were living with him two
relatives and they 'nhoned for the
police In Wheeling, They threw out
the drag net and along about 30
they arrested two men at road
house where they sat drinking One
of them had n criminal record. No
body knew the other. They search
ed the men and they had nothing
but a lack knife. They had on these
eiisruises. that they put over their
face with holes cut through for their
eyes
They brought these two men back
and they indicted them. Oue~of them
was named John Moody. They didn't
know the other fellows name AS
the Indictment was returned they
indicted him under the name or
Frank Fry. and the trial was called.
NV friend who was then prescott
ing attorney was prosecuting the
case. The lawyer for the defense
arose and made an appeal that theyd
take the matter out OF the hands
Of a Jury for they had failed to es-
tahlish their guilt and there wasn't
very much evidence. Everything
was purely circumstantial.
Frank Nesbit took one of these
magnifyiny glasses they use In Jew
alrv stores. He picked up the knife
that had been taken from the man
and he saw two little hicks ABOUT an
eighth Of an inch apart that they had
overlooked He got up ard picked
IN this two by four and said.
"Whnever whitfield that, Whitfield
II with knife that had two hicks
in the blade" and he fitted those
hicks into the groove and they ntted.
showing that whoever Whitfield that
two by four whitfield it with that
jack knife.
He laid that matter before the
inrv. and they convicted those. men
tn he hung in Moundsville pentten-
fiarv, and they died on the scafToid.
Oh. IRE sure your sins will fine
vou OUT" Ultimately something viii
happen You can find the record
of that my friends. in West virginia,
saT1e You lawyers know what that
Now. In the perpctrntton Of all
crime. the criminal agent with IN
credible egotism is preparing 10
match his brain and his cunning
against that OF destiny and now
etrikineiy do such incidents show the
utter utility OF trying to get away
A man prepares to commit
crime He lays his plans and he
takes his precautions and he goes
10 work and yet destiny idIy, casually
and contemptuously, without waking
any attempt to lay counter plan,
trips him up by some trtfiing incident
he overlooked the two hicks in the
kntfe He overlooked the log chain.
with the initial on it. Something
will bring them to Judgment later
on. And your sins win And you ont
in your own bodies.
Sinner Pays.
There's not a man that doesn't
nav. Many man will not pay at
hunny, courts but he win pay at
court which he cannot brfbe or brow
beat, and that's the court OF physi-
cal retribution for your transgres-
siors and your moral offenses. Ger
tain disease follows certain sins.
If a man has certain disease we