Life m America.
The^Etisco correspondent' of the; Sydney Town and Country writes : — ; iajhererbas.beeii'.qmte a surfeit , of mur-' , ders^ duels, .and shot-Borapes, more or -lesfcaensationaly which you will I find m! exchanges. . They :are,<usugi^estiye. of cei:tain> Social conditions/jSn' this continent, and. -ehowif that j,"ithe ■anctity of human life" is an exploded idea. Ihesuctender of firank James . James, jth^ notoripnß,,^ißWuri, Oi Qu ; tlawj , has been^the sensation, :i of the. houn Crittenden, tw6 men to assassinate; hi^ brother, Jessie . .-.. James, received the murderer's pistol, and: with Mb wife subsequently attended a ( levee, -given by James at the hotel where he was stopping, The most im» fluenti'al men of the town crowded each other for the^honbr of shaking hands '"with 'him.' 1 Theire is ; no - more" -popular the'Siate 7 of Missouri to-day v than' Ft&ak James, who" 'might ; Tie Elected Governor if he chose -to dirty iis hands m politics.- 'If be .had a han•dred lives theyare all ( justly f lor ; feited 6 -wfte laws of -his n'a^ive • cbsimonf-. -wealth ; bat instekd 1 of 'hanging, he will •tafee to the show business and make a .fortune:' - -
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 56, 30 January 1883, Page 3
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182Life in America. Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 56, 30 January 1883, Page 3
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