I found the story of the young Irish man who took two lives quite sad. Unfortunately, in that time period, there was a lot of racism towards the Irish by the English. Even in America, back in the 1840's, there was an Irishman who was hung, and later pardoned in i believe 2011. His name was John Gordon, and his older brother had come to America first, in a time when everything was owned by British American's, and you couldn't vote or be involved in local government unless you owned property valued at 200$. The older brother opened a small store selling sewing needles, and thing's one would need in their house, while most people worked in the many mill's that employed many Irish immigrants who were looked down on, called dog's, drunkards, and other demeaning names. Harold, the older brother made enough money to get a license to sell bottled liquor, which increased his income, then was able to get a license to sell liquor by the glass, which afforded him the money to buy land, and to bring his mother, brother's, a sister, and several other family member's over here. Harold employed John at his store, but ran into trouble when he was accused of selling liquor to mill worker's in the morning, which he was not the one selling it, but another man was selling it without a license. The issue was that production was down in the mill's, and accidents were increasing because worker's came in drunk. The town leader, named Sprague cancelled the Gordon liquor license, which cut his income down significantly. Gordon told Sprague he would regret taking his license because he was innocent. Harold Gordon was responsible for the people he brought to America, which was why he was so angry. Six month's later Sprague was killed quite violently, and they blamed John, and charged Harold and his other brother William, even though they had been seen by many people at a christening by many people. The local paper printed lies, and the jury was instructed to consider English witnesses over any Irish witnesses. They found John guilty with no evidence and false testimony. On the day he was hung, the priest told him he would be free of the cruelty and prejudices of this world. In those day's a killer would confess to the priest, and he would have the person being executed confess, which John never did, and walked up and said goodbye, and he died very fast for a hanging. This was known by many people to have been the execution of an innocent man. They stopped executions after this, because many people knew he was innocent. I 2011, Rhode Island pardoned John, and the murder is now the oldest case file in Rhode Island. There are still many places in the world with prejudices and racism, but at least the British and Irish aren't fighting one another as they have for so long, even in the last part of the 20th century. I like all these old home's, and the stories that go along with them are always so interesting. G-d bless.
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I found the story of the young Irish man who took two lives quite sad. Unfortunately, in that time period, there was a lot of racism towards the Irish by the English. Even in America, back in the 1840's, there was an Irishman who was hung, and later pardoned in i believe 2011. His name was John Gordon, and his older brother had come to America first, in a time when everything was owned by British American's, and you couldn't vote or be involved in local government unless you owned property valued at 200$. The older brother opened a small store selling sewing needles, and thing's one would need in their house, while most people worked in the many mill's that employed many Irish immigrants who were looked down on, called dog's, drunkards, and other demeaning names. Harold, the older brother made enough money to get a license to sell bottled liquor, which increased his income, then was able to get a license to sell liquor by the glass, which afforded him the money to buy land, and to bring his mother, brother's, a sister, and several other family member's over here. Harold employed John at his store, but ran into trouble when he was accused of selling liquor to mill worker's in the morning, which he was not the one selling it, but another man was selling it without a license. The issue was that production was down in the mill's, and accidents were increasing because worker's came in drunk. The town leader, named Sprague cancelled the Gordon liquor license, which cut his income down significantly. Gordon told Sprague he would regret taking his license because he was innocent. Harold Gordon was responsible for the people he brought to America, which was why he was so angry. Six month's later Sprague was killed quite violently, and they blamed John, and charged Harold and his other brother William, even though they had been seen by many people at a christening by many people. The local paper printed lies, and the jury was instructed to consider English witnesses over any Irish witnesses. They found John guilty with no evidence and false testimony. On the day he was hung, the priest told him he would be free of the cruelty and prejudices of this world. In those day's a killer would confess to the priest, and he would have the person being executed confess, which John never did, and walked up and said goodbye, and he died very fast for a hanging. This was known by many people to have been the execution of an innocent man. They stopped executions after this, because many people knew he was innocent. I 2011, Rhode Island pardoned John, and the murder is now the oldest case file in Rhode Island. There are still many places in the world with prejudices and racism, but at least the British and Irish aren't fighting one another as they have for so long, even in the last part of the 20th century. I like all these old home's, and the stories that go along with them are always so interesting.
G-d bless.