Year: 1873

dld occur, and winch. II 1t happened as 1t did,
trouble and expense not only on his uncle, but on
all the loving friends who surrounded him on this
trial; What What were his preparations for his trip :
NO baggage. not even the ordinary articles for
revolver which two years before III he had loaded to
arstion. Counsel said he was hopeful Was this
the preparation Of one hopeful OF an amcable set.
tiemenss No; It was hopeful Of no settlement but


THE MOUTH or THE PISTOL


He conceived that the prisoner went direct from
the cars to his iathers lodgings before he went to
the hotel. He must complain here OF one thing on
the part OF the counsel. The ofncers OF the law
had been denounced as base dogs and demons OF
the law bounding down this family. He had the
vanity TO think he was not included in this denun-
catiOn Intentionally but the simple effort OF the
officers OF the law had been to have thorough
ana full investigation OF the matter for the Jury's
Judgment, and he appealed to them that the prose-
cution had put in no obstacle TO any exculpation or
excuse that could be offered by this boy. The iet-
came down to the hotel. and the history
evsnos s Of evfanf his sSs snSwed
the deceased did not get the note till
alter eleven O'Clock. Let them remember that
this note was the first communication he mad re-
ceved from his family since the separation. There
was no lair deduction to be drawn but that he wei
binger OF peace and in his anxiety to lose the
opportunity by missing his son. hurries or cary
IN the morning. How diaerents ana they prepare pSn,
themselves! This peaceful boy takes to the meet
ing the pistol he was unused to carry. The man
who had been breathing forth threats and slaugh-
ter and habitually carried pistol left the pistol
the


MESSENGER OF PEACE.


Nor did he rush upon his son. lie sends to him as
tremendously as to q stranger; sends up his card
II there was any apprehension on his part Of his
what the beIlman suggested. 90 down and see his
father There would have been opportunity for
seeing his father privately enough, and yet In such
not 90 that; he called him to his room. The actors
met. What occurred theref They had state
occupants % ants Of the other rooms He could not call
Mansfield T. Walworth. He would only answer at
that bar where no secrets were hid. The only
his heart stained with the blood from that heart.
Mr.. Eberts heard the words


'HOME," yhAOTHKR," CLAIR"


asked from whom came those worus. The testi-
mony OF the prisoner was that his father said only
~ promise" The word liar must have been
feet wide, the bed three feet eight inches wide |;
the only part OF the room At Tor an interview was
down. So they had the father sitting down near
the window. When next seen the father was lying
near the door with tour wounds IN him. There
inner side OF the arm. wound on the outside OF
the jaw, blackened with powder, passing inward:


last wound the the Ies side Of the I chest passing
downward and backward. The deceased was
nearly SIX feet tall How w.. could "a. TIM. tins
oner were above himf The last shot In


point OF time must have been the shot in the jaw,


1 IS
the ather took the seat by the window. The con.
versation was opened by the presentation OF the
idea that he promised without COERCION His right
side was presented to his son. In that position he


e ae tsen sn@ m oe and ma@
effort to reach the door, received the other two
shots and FELL and with few conyulsive move
ments his illregulateu life ceased. Where was the
evidence OF any attempt at conciliaton. except
the words


II pRoMIsE,n FROM THE FATHER, AND THE "LIAR"
followed by the pistol shotsf But 1t was said that
when he said "I promise" there was contemptu-
grave scene there was something in the attempt OF
the boy to pei the father who had begotten him
But in his careful statement ne says it was just
before his fathers hand went to his breast as II to
draw pistol: Well when each juror was sworn
the prisoners hand went to his breast and the
juror would have had the same defence for shooting
him as the prisoner set up. When man shot
another accidentally he commonly expressed
regret. There was nothing here 1t was, perhaps,
the best thing Tor that unhappy man, with his
heart bursting with ili-regulated passion and his
early hopes blasted, that he should have been
taken of thus suddenly. He, at least, sleeps well.
But the son expresses no horror to his friend. 1t
consciousness OF killing his father was present.
He knew that he had done a deed Subjectlng him
to the law and takes steps to surrender himself
He walks quietly to the station house, and as
quietly as possible gives himself up, ana with
the most perfect recollection said, al think he Is
dead, Tor he was pretty near me when last fired" !"
thing attested by this fact. He sent another tel
egram to the same effect, and in an interview
with the Coroner the same day said al came to do
exactly what have done" SO far as the relations
OF this husband and father, he did his work COM
pletey. There Will be no questions hereafter OF
and how he snail see his children Tor the OBJ
noxious individual is dead and the grass is grown
over him. and he will trouble them no more. The


DEMONS AND BASE DOGS OF THE LAW


commenced their work, and hrst, the Coroner held
his investigation. The prisoner was attended by
his earnest ana powerful counsel, and there after
careful examination, he made this statement al
ready presented to them which first shadowsd
forth the slight shadow OF defence which was pre-
sented here Nothing had been presented against
the deceased, with all his lauts which would have
permitted the great State OF New York, alter full
punishment, much less to take from him his lie.
And yet 1t was claimed, in one breath, that this
forfeited and In the next that he was one OF those
uni0rtunates whom the most barbarous nations re-
gard as peculiar subjects for pity and protection.
But 1t was said that he was not conscious OF
more than three shots, and the unconscious shot
may have been the fatal one. Was 1t to be expected
that thus young man kept tally on the shots under
tor In the matter was equally confused by the
startling nature OF the event' But 1t was said
such precedent. He had supposed that the man
responsible for the act was responsible for the
precedent, and not the judges, who, sad and SYM
pathiZng, yet pronounce the truth. He who In
vtes encounter with dangerous man is re-
sponsible for the act. Here was in every view an
invitation by the son to the man whom he re-
garded as


A DANGEROUS, BAD MAN,


not in the public hotel rooms where escape
was easy but in his private room, and
there where he was nearer the door and
had the chance OF escape. When there was no
word shown OF peace by the son and no word OF
anger by the iather the rule should be strongly en-
forced. He was not deaf to the sympathy ior the
young man which he knew they felt, but he re-
minded them strongly and earnestly OF their sworn
duty to Judge honestly and truly the law and the
testimony They were made In this case their
brothers. keeper. His blood came up to them for
their judgment, and II they ailed now TO give
justice 1t would come up against them in the last
great day. lie closed with an earnest demand that
they stliye most earnestly 10 discharge their duty
with truth and justice. He spoke three hours and
a quarter, and throughout was listened TO with
GREATNESS interest. Some demonstrations OF ap-
plause followed the close OF his speech, but these
were promptly suppressed.


When the speech closed everybody changed the
tlresome position OF their seats and prepared to
give renewed attention to the charge OF Judge
Davis. Before the Judge commenced however,
Mr.. O'Conor offered the following requests IN re-
gard to his charge -


That under the evidence the prisoner cannot be