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A Terrible Charge.
Published by request
“Prisoner at the bar, have you any
thing to say why sentence of death
shall not he passed upon you ?”
A solemn hush fell over the crowded
court room, and every person waited 1
in almost breathless expectation for
an answer to the judge’s question.
The judge still waited in dignified
silence.
Not a whisper was heard anywhere,
and the situation had become painfniiy
oppressive, when the prisoner was
seen to mo7e; his head was raised, his
hands were clinched, and the blood
had rushed into his pale, careworn
face His teeth were firmly set, and
into his haggard eyes came a flash of
light.
HtfSd. nlv lie arose to his ted and in
a low, firm, but distinct voice, said :
•‘1 have ! Your honor, you have
asked me a question, and now I ask as
the last favor on earth that you will
not iniei nipt iny answer until I am
through.”
“I stand lit re before this bar, con
victed of the willful murder of my
wife. Truthful witnesses have testi
fied to the fact that I was a loafer, a
drunkard and a wretch- that I return
ed from one of my prolonged debauch
es and fired the fatal shot that killed
the wife I had sworn to love, cherish
and protect. While I have no remem
brance of committing the fearful cow
ardlv and inhuman deed, I have no
right to complain or condemn the ver
dict of the twelve good men w ho have
acted as a jury in this case, for their
verdict is in accordance with the evi
dence.”
“But, may it please the court, I
wish to show that I am not alone re
sponsible for the murder of my wife
This startling statement created a
tremendous sensation The judge
leaned over the desk, the lawyers
wheeled around and faced the prison
er, the jurors looked at each other in
amazement, while the spectators could
hardly supine:-s their intense excite
ment. Tue prisoner paused a few see
onds and then continued in the same
film, distinct voice:
“I repeat, your honor, that I am not
the only one guilty of the murder of
my wife. The judge on this bench,
the jury iu the lmx, the lawyers within
this bar and most of the witnesses, are
also guilty before Alrifeghty God, and
will have to appear befo-e his judg
ment throne, where we shall all be
righteously judged
“lf twenty men conspire together
for the murder of one person, the law
power of this land will arrest the
twenty and each wilt lie tried, cori
victed and executed for a whole mur
der and not for one-twentieth of the
crime.”
1- I have been made a drunkard by
law. If it had not been for the lcg' - !-
ized saloons of my town I would never
have become a drunkard, I would not
be here now, ready to be hurled into
eternity. Had it not been for the hu
man traps set out with the consent of
the govennent, I would have been an
industrious workman, a tender father
and adoring husnand. Buttodaymy
home is destroyed, my wife murdered
my little children—God bless and care
for them—cast out on the mercy of a
cold and cruel world, wbi'e I am to
be murdered by the strong arm of the
State in which f live.”
‘ God knows, I have tried to reform
but as long as the open saloon was in
my pathway, my weak, diseased will
power was no match against the fear
ful, consuming, agonizing appetite for
liquor. At last I sought the protec
tion, care and sympathy of the church
of Jesus Christ.
“For une year our town was with
out a saloon. For one year I w.is a
sober man. For one year my wife
and children were supremely happy,
and our little home a perfect para
dse.”
“I was one of those who signed re
monstrances against reopen ing the Sa
lmons in our town. The names of half
of the jury can be found today on the
vetition certifying to the good moral
character of these rumsellers, and
falsely saying that the sale of liauor
was necessary in our town. The
prosecuting attorney in this case was
the one that so eloquently pleaded
with the court for the license, and the
judge who sits on this bench, and who
asks me it I have anything to say be
fore sentence of death is passed on
me, grantee the license.”
The impassioned words of the pris
oner fell like coals of fire upon the
hearts of those present and many of
the spectators and some lawyers were ■
moved to tears.
The judge made a motion as if to j
stop any further speech upon the part
of the prisoner, when the speaker nas
tily said:
“No ! no ! your honor, do not close
my lips; I aiu nearly through and they
S are the last words I shall utter on
earth.”
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4i i began mv downward career at a
saloon oar —legalize*! and protected
oy tbe commonwealth, which lias re
ceived annually a part of the bio and
money from their poor, debuted v.c
tims. After the State had made a
drunkard and a murderer, l ani taken
tn foru another bar—the bar of j isti e
—by the same power, ot law which
legalized the first bar,” and now the
power will conduct me to the place of,
execution and hasten my si ul ut>
eternity. I shall appear hetore anolh
er bar—tire judgment bar of God —
and there you, who have legalized the
traffic, will have to appear with me
Think you that the Great Judge will
hold 'lie —the poor, weak, helpless
victim of your traffic —alone responsi
ble for the murder of my wife ? Nay,
1 in my drunken, freiuied, irresponsi
ble condition, have murdered one, but
you have wilhuily and deliberately
murdered your thousands, and the
murder mills are today in operation
with y our consent.
‘•All of you know in your hearts
that these words of mine are not the
ravings of an unsound mind, but God
Almighty's truth. The liquor traffic
of this nation is responsible for nearly
all the murders, bloodshed, riots. po>’
i-r'y, iniseiy, wretchedness and win.
It breaks upthousandsofhappy homes
every year, sends tho husband and
father to prison or the gallows, and
drives countless mothers and litte chil
dren into the world to suffer and die.
It furnishes nearly all the criminal
business ol this and every other court
anti blasts every community it
touches.”
“This infernal traffic is legalized
| and protected by parties, which you
I sustain with your ballots. And yet
some of you have the audacity to say
that you are in favor of prohibiug tho
traffic, while your votes go into the
ballot box with those of the rumsell
ers and the worst elements of the land
in favor of continuing the business!
Every year you are given the oppor
tunity of voting a protest against the
soul and body destroying business and
wash your hands of all responsibilty
for the fearful results of the liquor
traffic; but you inform the government
by your ballot that you are perfectly'
satisfied with the present condition of
things, and that they shall continue.
“You legalize the saloons that made
me a drunkard and a murderer, and
you are guilty with me before God and
man for t lie murder of my wife.”
“Your honor, I am done; I am now
ready to receive toy sentence and be
led forth to the place of execution and
murdered according to the law of this
State. You will close bv asking the
Lord to have mercy on my soul. I
will close by solemnly asking God to
open your blind eyes to the truth, to
your own individual responsibility, so
that vou will cease to give your sup
port to tl is hdl-born traffic.”—Beebe
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'i -jrEART bi^UASE;
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case of Mr. Silas Farley ot Dye will., Ohio
who writes Juno 19.1:"Cl, at foil ws:
“I had heart disease far .C years,
my heart hurt::.'; mo ■ contlinfally.
Tho first 15 years I doctored all tho time,
trying several physiciuna’and remedies,
until my last doctor told mo it was only -
question of t!mo
I ecu Id net bo curei
sj A I gradually grc
fifi . worse, very weak,
an'l completely dls
couragcd, until I
VfjLe ; >> ffA&i lived, propped half
'djw&Sk up la bed, teeauso I
couldn't lie ilnr is
nor s!t up. Thin':
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TOU yvjrxy fit' come I told my . .
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of Anderson, Ind., I commenced taking
Dr. miles’ Jew Cure for the Heart
and wonderful to tell, in ten days I was
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mcnced framing a barn, which is heavy
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years old, 6 ft. 41-4 inches and weigh 2501b5.
I believe I atn fully cured, and
I am now only anxious that everyone shall
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Dyesville, Ohio. Silas Farley.
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petrel Tbo Truth And Do Convinced.
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