The Somerset Herald

The heinous practice of carrying concealed deadly weapons has another victim in the person of Mr. Joseph O'Donnell, of Ellicottville, N. Y. O'Donnell claimed that Edward Northrop, a lawyer, had withheld from him $500 of his father's estate, which the lawyer positively denied. O'Donnell met Northrop and assaulted him, when the latter pulled out a pistol and fired three times, killing his man almost instantly. Both parties were reputably connected, and enjoyed the esteem of their townsmen. When will the practice of carrying deadly weapons cease. Had Northrop not had a pistol in his pocket, his hands would not now be stained with the blood of a fellow-man, nor would two homes be shrouded with gloom. The law in regard to this practice should be rigidly enforced everywhere, and all found guilty should be made to suffer the penalty. Mayor King, of Philadelphia is making strenuous efforts to have it enforced in that city, and his example is worthy of imitation by all good officers. If the law on the subject is not forcible enough it should be rendered so at the first practicable moment. No one thing will do more to lessen the number of cases of murder and deadly assaults that now cumber the records of too many of our courts.