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Show STRICKEN DUMB. Signal Punishment Visited on a Man While Blaspheming. There is no sin without its punishment, punish-ment, but it is not often that the punishment pun-ishment follows so directly as to be a fearful example. A: striking instance of this is recorded, curiously , enough, in an item of police news in a Balti-j Balti-j more paper. It is related that John Kelly, ac-I ac-I cording to a statement made by his j wife and supplemented by a statement j I written by himself and presented to Justice White of the northern district, was stricken dumb on the evening of March 10, while cursing. Kelly was arrested on the complaint of his wife. Vtfiile she told her story ! to hear some noise from Kelly, who was inside the house. "Your husband appears to be very quiet," said the patrolman. "He is quiet just now, because he was struck dumb while he was committing his awful blasphemy," said Mrs. Kelly. Kelly then came from the house and j was taken into custody. When taken before the desk Kelly made signs for j paper and. pencil. On the paper he j I wrote his name and age. The next morning he was still dumb, and when brought before Justice White made all his statements in writing. Mrs. Kelly told Lieutenant Dempsey that in the midst of his cursing and blasphemy her husband suddenly choked and trembled all over as though i he had a chill. Then he tried to speak, but could only choke and groan. |