Life — April 17, 1884 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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216 EXTRACTS FROM THE TRIAL OF A | MURDERER. DEDICATED TO THE QUEEN CITY OF THE WEST. [Closing Remarks of the Prisoner's Counsel.] T only remains for me to suggest to your honor that the Jury be charged to acquit my client on the following grounds: First, he acknowledges the crime with which he stands charged. Second, this is the fourth crime of a similar nature of which he is guilty. Third, he expresses his intention of walking ever here- after in the paths of vice. Fourth and last, he is a leading member of the political organization which, now having the upper hand in our city, will decide the question as to whether your honor shall continue in the position which you now occupy after the date of the next election. [From the Judge’s Charge.] ‘The Court is embarrassed. According to the strict principles of the law it is my duty to charge the Jury to find our friend at the bar guilty of murder in the first degree. My position, however, is of such a nature, having been elected to it by the party of which the accused is a leading member, that I cannot conscienti- ously fly in the face of the direct wishes of my constitu- ents. I therefore, gentlemen, leave the matter to your own consciences. I would state, however, that the gentleman now to be adjudged is of a doubtful char- acter, and an old-established legal maxim provides that the prisoner should have the benefit of the doubt. [The Verdict.] We find the prisoner guilty of murder in the first degree, but in view of the extreme heinousness of his crime, the nearness of the elections, and embarrassed by financial relations with the prisoner’s counsel, do hereby express our fixed determination to acquit him of the charge. [Consequences.] Riot. Militia called out. Decent citizens shot. Records burned, and general defiance of law and order. J.K.B. For a vegetable dinner: Cauliflower by any name *t would smell as cabbage. A scientiFiC New Yorker who drank too much Piper Sec. said that he was not tight, but only “ har- monized with his environment.” A SPECIAL dispatch says that there was a “snow slide” last week in a Colorado town, and that two of the oldest citizens were injured, but no one was killed. There is nothing very sensational in this. During the winter, there have been over two thousand “snow slides” in this city—made by schoolboys on the side- walks—and hundreds of people were injured daily. The reason that no one was killed in this particular “snow slide” out West is explained by the fact that the citizens were very old, and when they had regained their feet, probably could not run fast enough to catch the boys. - LIFE: IN A GOOD CAUSE. N entertainment in aid of the ‘‘ Home for the Destitute Blind” is to be given on the 16th, 17th and 18th of April, at the Madison Square Theatre, at three o'clock P.M. It willconsist of the comedy of ‘‘ The Moonlight Marriage,” to be played by Mrs. James Brown Potter, Mr. Robert Sale Hill, Mr. Edward F. Coward and many others, and it is safe to anticipate a most bril- liant affair. There is no worthier charity in the city. This institution has been at work about fourteen years, and is the only one here which aids the adult destitute blind. There are about seven hundred of these unfortunate people in the city. This institution can reach but forty, and the enormous need of a larger building has induced the friends of the ‘* Home” to pro- pose the erection of a new building, in which charitable intent the following ladies take an interest. Reserved seats are three dollars, and can be obtained of those whose names are not marked with an asterisk : Mrs, August Belmont, rog Fifth Avenue. Mrs. Bradley Martin, 22 West 2oth Street. Mrs, Charles H. Berryman, 8 East gth Street. *Mrs, John G. Heckscher, 143 Madison Avenue. *Mrs. Charles Leland, 162 Madison Avenue. *Miss Mary Harvey, 15 West 21st Street. *Miss Susan O. Hoffman, 270 Madison Avenue. *Mrs, Wm. W. Tompkins, 68 Fifth Avenue. *Mrs. Henry A. Coster, 232 West 14th Street. *Mrs. H. A. C. Taylor, 12 East 35th Street. *Mrs. John Sherwood, 18 West 32d Street. Miss Dehon, 273 Fifth Avenue. *Mrs, John C. Peters, 83 Madison Avenue. *Mrs. Eastburn Benjamin, 51 West 39th Street. *Miss Walton, 70 Fifth Avenue. SPECIAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, Mrs. August Belmont, Mrs. John C. Peters, Mrs. Bradley Martin, Mrs. John G. Heckscher, Mrs, Charles H. Berryman, Miss Dehon. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. This column will be devoted entirely to the interests of ECONOMICAL HOUSEKEEPING. Reliable information for the guidance of young mothers and housekeepers will be supplied by a lady of experience and ability. HE usual codfish steak for Sunday’s breakfast can be made more palatable by substituting shad with watercresses or salmon and cucumbers. Have you a room in the house that you cannot afford to furnish? Just hang a few engravings on the wall, put a grand piano in it, and use it for a music- room. “Beefsteak hash is a most delicious compound, and can be eaten with relish, three times a day.” This recommendation was written by a Burmese dictionary- maker who had never tasted it in his life. If you are annoyed by the racket which the old Stilton cheese makes, scrambling around in its tin case, procure a wooden starch box, line it with Canton comicbooks.com