| Show sold soia to death not I 1 long ong ago in a thriving city of illinois there wai going to be a city election anil and the people pal baic d one to another shall we have saloons some said yes and some said eaid no and aino among bl e those who said yes was mr me ham II ammond mond J P hommond of the clothing and d dry ry 0 goods firm of hammond ammond II and kin king 9 ile he was vaa it a wealthy man owning considerable property ile he did no not t favor saloons because he loved to drink for he passed as a good temperance man but he thought that thiet men would drink anyway I 1 and were willing to pay for it and the city might as well profit by it and more especially since he paid a larger tax than an any y other ether man in the city he figured like this next year we shall have to raise for city expenses about 2 COO of that my share will be about 60 now if we have ten len falcons alo oros that sell at the back door contrary to law we shall get nothing but if we have ten saloons that L pay each I 1 will have but about 2 25 95 of city tax to 10 and ill save his mind j you will see did not run along the gentle curves of kindness kindne sd but bat turned rather the square corners of advantage As 21 mr r hammond was a temperance man who fa favored saloons he was the best candidate the saloonkeeper saloon keeper keepers could have since his very temperance character would draw votes voles to help the liquor cause he was nominated for alderman in the first ward but so 0 o strong a fight lid did the temperance people make against him that he was elected by only six majority the other four wards were evenly divided so that if four votes in mr hammonds ward had voted the other oiher way there here would have been a temperance majority in the city council mr hammond Ha was petitioned to vote against saloons but he replied 1 I am a temperance man ladies adies but I 1 was elected on the other ticket and I 1 can not now change so the saloons came now one of the citizens of that town was vinton yates he lived with his family in one of mr hammonds houses ile he used to be a drinking man mail but he had reformed forred aua A ld had not drank for a ion long time but abo tira a biou after the saloons opened lie he began drinking again and kept kep tit it up all summer r Is so 0 that mrs yates had to support the family by washing and working for the neighbors leaving her oldest little girl to keep house at home it vae the hardest for her to pay day the rent eight dollars a month and thou though n h sir mr hammond was very I 1 kind ind and twice threw oft off a part of the debt yet by october she x was as two months behind mr yates was quarrelsome when lie was drunk but he had never hurt any of his family and rio no one expected he would ile he w was as thoughtful and kind when he wits was sober but one evening 1 in october about dark a te terrible word was waa passed from mouth to mouth and soon reached mr hammond vint yates has killed his wife lie ile hurried harried to the place and found the house and yard fall of aei neighbors gh bors the children were crying g and one little boy too young to realize realie what had been done except that t something terrible had happened to his mother kept calling 0 mamma mammas mamma roe me want mamma I 1 i l the poor woman lay on a bed w where here kind hands bands had placed her it seemed that when her husband hubband came home lie he found her crying which so BO provoked him in his inebriate inebriated ed state that he struck ler with a piece of wood ile he was put in jail arid and when be knew what chehad he had lone done he was wag ready to kill himself 1 I ought 12 t to to be hung for this he be said fier fiercely ely and I 1 hope I 1 will ivill ife be athali the only way the devil of liquor will leave me ive quit I 1 off lots of times the last time I 1 stayed a y e d quit u i two years and I 1 h dat have hav e be beun begun un then only the stuff was stuck under my cay nose well got my money and they may take my life its all icv ive e got left except and at the h remembrance of his children h he burst into a loud load crying and turned away mr hammond said the wife of one of the neighbors we dont know what to d do 0 about flain fixing up the children for the fu funeral oeral I 1 hey need so BO many thin things gs mr hammond looked annoyed d but after al ier thinking a minute told her to bring up a couple C of the children to the store and they would won id see what could be done after the funeral mrs yates brother N mr ir kenzie who lived in iowa called on mr hammond to see if the family might occupy the house for a few days longer lie ile w was as full fall of indigena indignation t ion but ignorant of the fact that mr illy hammond was one of the city officials rod and I 1 perhaps the one most responsible for the intro introduction of saloons vint win wants ts to hang said mr kenzie a and nd he be ought to hang this worlds got no more use uee for him onla I 1 wish hed been hung before he did this and I 1 te tell I 1 I 1 you the officials of this his city ought to hang wit with h himl him they put the liquor in his big w way ay lie ile never won would id have gone gon e in at the back door for a drink lie he always said that if the saloon I 1 keeper beeper could not invite him in at the front door like an honest honert mau man he would not go in at all ile he never would drink his liquor like a sneak and then lie to cover up the theft and I 1 beli believe eve he was glad gad of the excuse to quit and to lay it to his independence pen dence but bat along comes the chris christian tian people of this thia city and after worshiping god on sunday they go to the polls on tuesday and vote to set a trap for vint Y ates they tell me it was by the deciding votes of three temperance raen men that the front doors of the saloons were thrown open as if they had said to the saloon keepers there are some men trying to support their families who w wont ont drink on the sly alv so just open your doors and invite them in respectably giop yates stood it a month before he went in and now hes murdered my sitter and left his ch children idren on oil me my sister worked to keep the family together she prayed over it and cried over it and the tear stains were fresh on her face when she died she wont cry no more oh its tim tiie money the trouble I 1 tell you sir sir the officers ot of this city sold anna yates to her death for money and god almighty will make em pay lit all back yet for iles hes said ile he arti r i 3 TT TT i anu he will the man turned abruptly away and mr hammond seem seemed ell about to faint he fambles io in his vest pocket packet for cloves which he sometimes carried there and he drew out a little paper wad by some strange curiosity he unrolled it and there was a last springs ep rings election ticket it be began aai like lik this LICENSE TICKET for mayor E K brea ikc MILIDGE for aldermen first ward J P HAMMOND lie he tore it in pieces and began pacing the room its a losing business anyhow he said to himself 1 I remember r I 1 out that I 1 would P probably save cut but this abis one thing has cost me lets see and lie he i figured thus i remissions on rent i T 1 1 73 J aleven weeks rent lost 22 00 store bill lost 19 62 childrens clothes 8 as carriage at funeral 00 ays yys mr hammond 0 faed in utter astonishment at the fooling then iben he ha went over it abrain bi but it it added up the same game he looked at it a minute longer it wali wai the exact sum he ha had supposed he ha should save goil god see fees me in this business he said as he rose un UD and alha ilha t shall I 1 say 7 1 I ale plead ah guilty 0 of f helping helpin gr to sell anna yates to her death E W IL W 1 n I T U |
