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— Anofhci* Victim*. A jooDg man earned Jeromab McLaugMio, a rftiWen! of New Lisbon, Came to h* tJfieih by * fating down »inirs to Witwa'fe Hotel, wbero he fioaitled. while in a Cate of iotuxtaatioo, oo Moo-: day o*ehtof Fdbt we^k. He had beeb drinking at John W«taoa‘a Grocery. during the evening. and vvi§ goiog to hii room at the Huiel, when he fell, a dUuace of «bou- .twenty feet, atriking on hi# bead, fracturing hit skull and breaking hi* neck.Jerry McLaugbho was a young tuaa of promise and ability, and had f»r many jeaia been Deputy Cjerk of the Court of Columbiaoa County. aod also Clerk iu the ofhoe of ibe Probate Judge. He was addicted to periodic*! **aprers ** and in or.e of these he found aa untimely death. Thus /firm, ncruraed Rmm, has another victim. There ia a day o»*tning when the Rum-tellcr will.have an ac-coasi to give. The Rum-teller id this instance, ia a murderer—nnd is to considered by the community where be deals firth his viperous poison. The Ohio Patriot in speakirg of the death of poor Jerry, says of the Heaven-defying wretch who was hra marderer:“ Wo hare not language to express oar utter detestation, our mo?t holy contempt of I he poor, miserable. God-abhorred wretch, who ootwith-staoding he had been kindly requested, time and «£8o( not to gi*e Jerry liquor, g-va tliat unfor«u-nnte young man ihe material uri.ioli term routed his earthly exifcter.cn. How much beltei than a murderer is *ach a v gnbond 1 Is he not responsible for ihe d-ath of a fellow creature ! He is so in the eyes of tins community if not io lbs eye t f law. If autb a thing l* p.wb|« let] im mak* peace with his guilty conscience—*f conscience lie has. H« may r*st assured, that fmm tliii time hencefhnli ®r'd f-r-ver—as lo^g as his pi*l!ut»«d omc^KB d.igr«cos Gods footstool, •• the alow, unerring 6nger of t,corn ” will be pointed at h:u» ss the dealloy or of h'u fellow-mao.**
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The Ohio Star
Ravenna, Ohio, US
Wed, Feb 22, 1854
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OH, USA 08 Apr 2025
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