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TILT WEEKLY TRIBUNE
M. QUAD’S STORY.
MAD DICK.
[Copyright. 1593, by Charles B. Lewis.]
Everybody called her Aunt Kate, but
that was a misnomer. She was an old
maid and aunt to no one—at least in
that neighborhood. Her name, as she
signed it to legal documents, was Cath
arine Davis, and at the time of my story
She was about 35 years old. Aunt Kate
and her brother Ben had bough* the
farm in lowa. When Ben died, sir con
tinued on the farm, directing operations
through hired help.
Let me first tell you about a horse
which Aunt Kate camo into possession
of iu the spring of 18G0. One afternoon
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a stranger came along iu a buggy drawn
by a fine, large horse which had been
taken ill. He told what seemed to be a
straightforward story, and Aunt Kate
loaned him a horse for three days and
put his animal into the stable to be doc
tored. The stranger did not return, and
after a few weeks everybody believed
the horse had been stolen. Aunt Kate
advertised in several papers and had the
information spread as far as possible,
but no one called to claim the horse. He
got well after a week or tiyo, and was
then used iu farm work for about a
month. Then ho seemed to be taken
with a fit of fury one day and did such
damage that everybody became afraid
of him. He was turned into a paddock
in the rear of the bam, the door to one
of the stalls being left open, and he was
fed and watered from the main floor of
the bam.
Several horsemen who came to look at
the animal gave it as their opinion that
he wk naturally vicious, wliile a veteri
nary surgeon thought the horse had once
been bitten by a rattlesnake or mad dog
and would be subject to “spells” at in
tervals every summer as long as he lived.
The stall which he entered from the pad
dock was fitted up on purpose for him.
Stout plank partitions separated him
from the other horses, and the hayrack
and water trough were of iron. There
was no way for man or boy to get into
or out of his stall e»eept by the door, and
as that opened into the paddock, one had
to climb upon the fence to get a good
view of Mad Dick, as he came to be
called. After three months had gone by
and no owner had appeared, Aunt Kate
could have sold the horse, but she re
fused to. While she could get no work
out of him, she was determined to keep
him through the winter at least. I think
she reasoned that the horse had been
grossly abused, and being a very tender
hearted woman her sympathies were
aroused. There were days when Had
Dick seemed at. i>eaco with the world,
and there were days when be was so fu
rious that no man dared show his head
above the fence.
On the 20th of April, 1861, the girl who
was doing the housework for Aunt Kate
received a message that her mother, liv
ing 15 miles away, was dangerously ill.
At 1 o’clock iu the aft* tnoon the hired
man set out to drive the girl across the
country, and was fold that he need not
return until the next day. Aunt Kate
rode with them as far as my father’s
house and asked me to return homo with
her for th* night. I was then a boy of
18, and micli things were considered as
only neighborly iiimtng ueigiilxin. 1 was
anxious enough to g.i, for Mad Dick was
a magnet to attract, and Aunt Kato had
plenty of lii'-kory nuts leftover from the
wiater.
I went Lome with her, fed the stock,
got in the night wood and suw that, all
was safe st Ilin liMtit, aud the ovonuyt
[Mssed very swiftly and pleasantly up to
9 o'clock. That wits bedtime hour in
rhe country, and A util. Kale bud j«ir>t
started to wind tlio clock when I saw a
iiiiili's fault agaliHl Um kitchen
window ul I. i right hand. 'I liore was a
inirtuin, hut it wsi not Inwerail, It was
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was tiui 11141 I io i i t out, nii'l Aunt
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daylignt witu any reasoname excuse no
one would have put them down as bad
men. While 1 accepted the man’s state
ment as he gave it and was wondering if
they had a team to put up, Aunt Kate in
stantly sized the trio up for what they
were. She turned pale and put out her
hand to the corner of the table, but it
was Ouly a few seconds before she replied
to the man:
“I sorrv that I cannot keen you.
At tne nouse naif A mile Delow you win
be well taken care of.”
Each man tossed his hat on a chair,
coolly removed his overcoat and sat
down, and it was a couple of minutes be
fore the leader quietly observed:
“Sorry to put you to any trouble,
ma'am, but we are hungry and must
have a bite to eat.”
Aunt Kate hesitated for a moment,
her first impulse, as she afterward ex
plained, being to refuse point blank, as
she knew she had robbers to deal with.
On second thought, however, she con
cluded that it would be unwise to anger
them, and in the course of five minutes
■he had a cold lunch on the table. While
she was busy the men talked among
themselves about the state of the roads,
the weather, etc., and I felt so sure they
were ordinary and honest travelers that
I naturally blamed Aunt Kate for not
making them some hot tea. As they
drew up to the table she took a seat near
me, and I noticed she was all a-treinble.
It was a pretty light luncheon she had
set out for three hearty men, and it didn’t
take over 10 minutes to clear the table.
They kept up an animated conversation
as they ate, but did not address either of
us until they shoved back their chairs
and each lighted a cigar. Then the lead
er said to Aunt Kate:
“There is no occasion for you to lie
alarmed, as we are not robbers.”
“I—l thought you were!” gasped Aunt
Kate, looking greatly relieved at tho in
formation.
“It is very easy to misjudge people,”
remarked the man as he blew a cloud of
smoke toward the ceiling. “You have
four or five good horses, I believe?”
“But I don’t wish to sell any of them,”
she quickly replied.
“No? Sorry for that, as wo must have
at least three. If we can’t prevail on
you to sell at a fair price I’m afraid we
shall have to borrow the animals.”
“So yon are horsethieves!” exclaimed
Aunt Kate as she sprang to her feet and
the color came back to her face.
“I don't like the term,” calmly replied
the man as be compared tho time be
tween his watch and the clock. “It
sounds rough. There's degradation in it.
It is just as easy to say 'horse remover’
and give a man a show to be a gentle
man. Our errand here is to ‘remove’two
or three of your horses. The boy will
get a lantern and accompany us to the
barn, and if you don’t want to be used
roughly you will remain right here.
Should you attempt to leave the house
or raise an alarm we will give you cause
to regret it all the rest of your life.”
The man spoke quietly and in an even
voice, but there was a menace in his
tones that made me shiver, while Aunt
Kate turned white again. The lantern
sat on a shelf behind the pantry door,
and without further words I got it down
and made ready to accompany the men.
As we went, out the leader made a salaam
to Aunt Kate, and thanked her for the
cold lunch, and added that one of his
companions would be stationed outside
the door for the next half hour. That
was a bluff to keep her quiet, as the
three followed me to the stable. Aunt
Kate had only three horses beside Mad
Dick, and the hired man was away with
one. The other two were fine horses,
and I unlocked the door and led the men
straight ' > them. I think I was more
surprised tb.in frightened, but yet I was
that scared t hat I had no idea of playing
any tricks.
When the men found only t wo horses,
they began to growl, ami I explained
that the third was away. Just tlieu they
heard Mad Dick in his cell, and charged
me with lying to them. I started to ex
plain, but one of the trio cuffed my ears
and ordered me to show them th* door
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for the horse, t hey out not order me
to follow, and they hadn’t advanced 20
feet before 1 got out of the gate and
softly closed and secured it and then
climbed up on a post overlooking the
paddock.
The boldness of the men and the light
they carried puzzled the horse a bit, and
ho dodged them and returned to his stall.
They moved down on him and were
about to close tho door and enter when
he dashed out with a scream and seized
the man with the lantern by the arm.
It was pretty dark, as I have mentioned,
but I could make out that Mad Dick
shook the man as a dog shakes a rat. and
he also dragged him about and pawed
and struck him. The victim yelled out
ence or twice, and his companions rushed
at the horse and struck him with a hal
ter, but it wasn’t over a minute before 1
heard the stable door shut, and realized
that they nail rnsned in there to save
themselves. The sight in that paddock
would have been terrible by daylight.
The horse kept screaming out like a wild
beast, and I am sure he was down and
rolling over the dead body of the horse
thief when 1 ran to tho house.
Aunt Kate was at the door to inquire
what was going on, and as soon as 1 told
her she clapped on her bonnet and shawl,
and we started for my father’s house on
the run. When half way there, we meta
whole wagon load of men who had been
down to Concord to a political meeting,
and all eagerly volunteered to go back
with us. By the time we got lights and
reached the barn Mad Dick had cooled
down somewhat, but stood before the
stable door like a watchdog and reared
up and struck it every time the men
within made a movement. They could
not get ci.t on tho main floor, and dared
not ojien the door an inch in the face of
the horse, and were thus neatly trapped.
When the crowd went iu on the barn
floor, the fellows fired several shots from
their pistols and drove us out. They
probably’ hoped to pry oft the planks and
make their way < but they found
nothing to work with and were in mi l
night darkness besides. A messenger
was sent after the sherifi’. several rifles
were obtained from the nearest farm
houses, and before daylight there were
40 men about the barn. Just as day was
breaking I climbed the post to get a look
at the horse. He had backed off about
80 feet, but was still watching the door.
The men in the stable decided to make a
dash for it, and of a sudden the door was
flung open and one rushed to the right
and the other to the left. With a scream
of fury’ the horse dashed at the one try
ing to dodge him on the left, and I plain
ly saw all tliat happened. He caught
the man as a dog picks up a rabbit, and
he not only shook him about, but bit
him in place after place and then rolled
over him and crushed him to a pulp.
The other man might have escaped had
he kept on to the fence, but he lost his
nerve and retreated to the stable for
safety. After Mad Dick had made sure
of his victim, he stood sentinel at the
door again, and then the fellow in the
stable called out that he would surren
der. The men had to saw a hole in the
partition to get him out, and though he
had two pistols he made no attempt to
use them. He proved to be the chap who
had done all the talking to Aunt Kate.
He was a middle aged, good looking man
and evidently’ well educated and was an
entire stranger to all. Like many an
other criminal, he was willing to talk
when first captured. He said the trio
had come over 100 miles to steal Aunt
Kate’s horses. They could have got the
two without alarming any one at the
house, but they didn’t want to pass the
tollgate below us until after the gate
keeper hail gone to bed. Having a cou
ple of horses on their hands and having
ascertained that there were no men
about, they had entered the house and
conducted themselves as described.
It was desired to get the mangled re
mains of the two men out of tho pad
dock for burial, but after a dozen differ
ent plans had been tried without suc
cess, it was decided to shoot Mad Dick.
He was crazy for another victim, and
his fury had been so fully aroused that
it Was feared he would break through
the fence. He was kicking at the boards
when a bullet was fired into his heart.
The man who was captured guv* his
name as William White, but that was
probably an alias. He would give no
other information about himself, and
when asked about his companions he
claimed not to even know (heir names.
After be had been sent to prison it wa»
said in the papers that he had bw.n rec
ognized as a horsethief who had made
himself a terror to a large district in
Minnesota. Aunt Kale got breakfast
for the crowd of inmi who had piirlki
pnted ml he capture, and when llur
prisoner wus ri.ixly io b« taken off to
jail eliu said to him:
“You are evidently a bad uuiii, hut J
must suy you were civil enough to me
when you visited the house.'’
“And why rliouhlu't 1 have been?" lie
qut'iied as h" smiled and bowed. “Aly
professfon i« ilnit of s horse remover,
ami hidl'Mt mid < Inldi «-u uro as biW'm in my
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jt l, nine malesand one female; eight
whit" at.d two colored. Nino of them
are youngsters, 17 to 23 ytars • Id.
Dr. Grace, alliance kc urer, delivered
an interesting speech at the c<>urt house
Saturday. His audience was m do up of
all trades and fac'ious, farmers, lawyers,
doctors, merchants, mechanics, demo
crats, republicans and populists
The fanners have finished fathering
their crops, which are considerably short
of las year
The number of families moving west
is greater than ever before.
FOUGHT A DUEL.
A Cuthbert Fool Room Furnishes w
A Tragedy.
Special to The Tribune.
Atlanta, Nov. IS.—W. E. Hickey and
W. W. Bryant fought a duel in a billiai d
room at Cuthbert last night.
Bryant was drunk and got mad with
Hickey when he laughed at one of b i
miscues. He cursed Hickey, w> o
knocked him down. Bryant left the roi m
but returned directly and began firing ; t
H okey- The latter dodged behind a
stove, and then puiie* his pistol and
emptied it. He hit Bryant three times.
Bryant is dying. Hickey was wounded
but will recover.
GEORGIA LEG I SLAT UR E.
An Important Bill Just Introduced—Bills
That Vanned.
Atlanta, Nov. 21.—The bill which
passed both houses, authorizing the an
nexation of West End to Atlanta has re
ceived the signature of the governor.
A bill providing that any woman shall
he entitled to a pension who can show
that she was the wife of a soldier during
the war, that she was his wife at his
death, and that his death was caused by
wounds received during the war, pro
vol;- d considerable discussion but failed
or p issage, receiving only 63 votes in the
house.
1 n the house, a general bill providing
pay for election managers and clerks,
pa "i-d as amended. Ti ■ original bill
fix-! the compensation at -:*J a day; the
bill as passed leaves the sum in the dis
cretion of tiie county commissioners.
One of the most important new bills
introduced was that requiring the label
ling of convict-made goods. A number
of states have this law, which is, of
course, in the interest of the product of
free lalxir. The bill provides that “con-
J vict made” shall be clearly stamped on
every article so manufactured—the size
of the letters to be used being specified.
Any person selling gwds of this charac
ter that does not bear the stamp shall lie
guilty of a misdemeanor.
In the Senate.
The biH of Mr< Person ? Arestricting the
amount of money’ which the treasurer
shall keep in any’ of the state depart
ments to the amount of the bond given
by that depository, passed the senate
unanimously.
Th# senate also passed:
Mr. Wooten's bill to appoint graduates
of the military colleges of the state to
the rank of second lieutenant.
A bill to preserve the game and fish in
Catoosa county.
Senator Corput’s bill to amend the
registration laws of Floyd county.
FIGHTERS WANTED.
The Mexican Revolutionists Are Advertis
ing for Recruits for Their Ranks.
El Paso, Tex., Nov. 21.—The follow
ing circular, printed in Spanish, is being
distributed throughout the valley on
both sides of the Rio Grande by the
agents of the Mexican revolutionists:
Twenty-five Thousand Men Wanted to
Fight.—Tho unilers.igned, general in chief
of the revolutionary movement, will pay
F 2.50 per day or $75 per month to any indi
viduals that present themselves, armed
with no less than hit) cart ridges, to any of
the chief; commanding in the north of the
state of Chihmiliua. The chiefs of the
north lire ( iiizens Micarlo Pacheco ami
Valente Gniei i. These men, mmuited,
with rifle .-.nil pistol, will be paid IS per
day. Santa Ana Pehez,
General in (’iiief of lie North.
It is said that the seerc-f ageuts of the
movement have organized n provincial
form of government, and will shortly
i issue script with which to carry on their
| campaign against Mexico.
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Millions her th«- PrtnftMiM ( aiihl.
Pakis. Nov. 21. L'Autorite says that,
a new group of financiers has b<*eu
formed to reeom truct tli ‘ Panama Canal
company, and that they have already
•übai'rih*' 1 htt.inio.iaa) I’rimes.
A Fir* «>n m f'oftnn Ship.
Wai.vemon, Nov. 18. -Thu British
•UamMhip Fuiiwell, which sailed for
Liverpool with 6,010 bales of cotton, re
turned lo h'T pi<’r at midnight and it>
•taotjy sniumim d ilm fire dapartmeut
to *nppi"i* flr.i raging in Iho i-ottun
litowed in th" hold ‘ The iti'einen hav- i
th* fit" iimler i udli'ol.
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THE SCHOOL FUND.
A MISUNDERSTANDING.
Special to The Tribune.
Atlanta, Nov. 21 —The question of
quarterly payment of teachers brought
up bj the report of the j lint committee
yesterday has formed the principal theme
of discussion about the iegisla’ure today.
The report makes it appear very simple
indeed, but there is a misunderstaoding
of swie eorc growing out undoubtedly of
the difference between the fiscal year and
the calendar year.
The committee’s report figures it about
this way: That by the first of April
when the first payment provided by their
resolution will be due, there will be in
the rreasurv iu round numbers something
like $3,000,000. They say that that will
be for the first quarter, and also
for wbat may be due to the sol
diers and widows providing they be paid
quarterly also. Included in this $3,000,000
is the state road rental which goes to the
school fund every July of the previous
year. Even here there is a clash be
twean what the committee thinks the
quarterly payments amounts to and what
Che state school commissioner placed
that quarterly payment at. Commission
er Bradwell says that this will be $400,-
000 or more as the first quarter is the
heaviest.
Oa the contrary the committee says
the first quarter is the lightest. I am
afraid they do not agree on what the j
first quarter is. The school year now
begins the first of July, while the com
mittee does not say so it seems pretty
sure that they are figuring on it begin
ning the first of January. Even if it
does begin the first of January and even
if there is the amount of money
needed for the first payment, it is diffi
cult to see where the money for the sec
ond and the third payment is to come
from. It is all plain sailing lor the fourth
payment as the bulk cf the tax s come
in in the last month or last two months
of the year.
After a cireful study of the whole
thing the solution seems inevitable that
tho schools must be suspended for six
months. That is the feature of the bill
introduced by Mr. Fleming. If the
schools are suspended for six months
aud the money due the school fund is put
directly in the treasury and placed to the
credit of the several counties, then it will
be possible to pay the teachers at the
end of every quarter. They may not get"
the full amount the first quarter or the
second quarter, but the money will be
accumulating, aeditis easy to see with
thia machinery, they may eventually
reach regular payments.
The Day in the LeglHlature.
It was an easy day in both branches of
tho legislature today. The members of
the present legislature are not talkers,
strange t_> say, and with the very light
attendance made necessary by general
illnes?, they have gotten down to busi
ness aid are passing such bills as they
deem necessary without any discussion.
Ths feature of the day was the veto
by the governor of a bill of Mr. Freeman,
of Troupe, giving attorneys the right to
swear to tho best of their knowledge aud
belief in certain money cises. After a
careful study of the bill and of the pres
ent law,and especially of the decisions cf
the supreme court bearing ou that sub
ject, tbo governor has decided that it
would baa bad bill, aud for that reason
vetoed it.
Quite a big Chatham county delega
tion is here today, figuringov« r tho much
discussed election bill introduc'd by
Mr. Doolan. The gentlemen who are hero
are Mayor McDonough, M >jor Ryals, Co).
Estill and one or two others, and they
are fighting the bill. The indications
are however that the bill will have the
support of the entire delegation.
ATLANTA FAILURES.
iMHlrr’K Book Store an<! I.iukl n Gro«-e*r.v
Get ReceherN.
Special to The Tiiibuxb.
Atlanta, Nov. 21.—J. T. Osboru was
appointed receiver tonight for John Mil
lei’s book aud stationery atore on Mari
etta street. The liabilities are estimated
at SIO,OOO and the assets arc nearly as
much.
Application ba* been made for a re
ceiver for W. H. Land, grccer, on White
hall s'reet.
KILLED IN CARROLL.
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man kllli'd Jordan Chamblee, in this
ciuuty last night. Both wrio white ii.nn.
They wine with a luige parly of fileud*
and g>l tn qilairellh.g in thn publiu
road. Aiinaii was diii'ik and stabbed
i'hiinililih. Aliu'in has b>eti anokU’d,
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The groom is one of the most promising
young farmers of this community, while
the brid« is one of our best young ladies.
They have the best w’ishes of the people
of Stilesboro.
Mrs. Lucas had the misfortune of hav
ing her corn crib containing three hun
dred bushels of corn on the night of the
14 h burned.
Ou Saturday night Mrs. Arthur Davis
lost her barn, five horses, seven hundred
bushels of corn and five out-hoasee by
fire.
Both burnings were the work of incen
diaries, and were for the parpose of rob
bing.
While Mrs. Davis’ barn was burning
two men entered the house and broke
open several trunks, but failed to find
any money.
Farming in this community has come
to standstill. The ground is too hard to
plow, and cotton and corn is all gathered
and most of the cotton crop has been
marketed.
BEATS THE WORLD.
Great Steel Cruiser, Columbia, Shows
Off at Boston.
Boston, Nov. 18. —An accident to the
corvette Kearsage marred what prom
ised to be the most marvelous perform
ance ever witnessed in any wafers. The
fleet-winged cruiser Columbia, afteF-1
crossing the line with a speed with 22.7
knots an hour, was thrown four points
off her course by the position of the sec
ond-station vessel.
Despite a wind that blew so hard that
one could hardly stand on the forward
bridge of the great commerce destroyer,
and a sea that seemed to churn itself into
one foaming mass as far as the eye could
reach, 7,350 tons of steel w r as driven
through the water at the speed of a rail
road train, and it is fair to assume that
23 knots would be a reasonable estimate
of the speed that would have been
reached by this the great steam vessel
that the world has ever known.
If it be remembered that the swift
merchantmen Lucania and Campania
have never attained an average of more
than 22.7 knots per hour for a day’s run,
one may form an idea of the speed
ready developed by this naval phenom
enon.
It has just leaked out that on Tu«x
day’s preliminary run, for a distance Os
4.7 nautical miles, the Columbia actual*
traveled at tlie rate of 24.9 knots gB
hour. Though she conid hardly batt
been able to maintain this speed for fav
consecutive hours, it will stand as a#
maximum spurt.
Will Get the Bonu«.
Land Ends. Rockport, Mass., Nov.
18.—The Columbia passed the Irwana
four knots from the start, and the
sage at 10:05, making 24 knots an hour
The wind was dead astern, and she wRI
probably keep up this speed on l»r re
turn trip, which, if accomplished, will
earn a bonus of $600,000 for her hwJM
ers.
WITH MUCH POMP.
Virginia’s Governor-Elect Will Be Inaugu
rated at Richmond.
Richmond, Nov. 18.—It is now pretty
well decided that the inauguration of
Governor O’Ferrall will lie characterized
by an imposing military display and that
the incoming executive will deliver an
address. Colonel <<. Percy Hawes, who
is a great admirer of the governor-elect,
called Colonel O'Ferral] and informed
him that tlie military were exceedingly
anxious to honor him on the occasion of
his inaugviratiiin. Colonel O'Ferrall ac
cepted.
The only appoiuiineni that the incom
ing executive has decided u]»n, is that
of Mr. Evan H. Chesternian to be his
private secretsiry. Mr. Chesternian is a
member of tlie local staff of The Dis
patch and a son of Colonel W. D. Chw
tennan, The Dispatch's well kno st
managing editor.
Colonel Nash and Justice East, of N.c
folk, called on Colexcl tl’Ferrall in il."
interest of the appointment of Gem il
Anderson as ad jutant genera). Cole *»
G. Percy Hawes, another aspirant !< r
this office also called to pay hie respects
and was aceonijMinied by ColoiM-1 H. C.
Jone*, of the Find regonentof infantry.
THE VETS TO MEET.
Gcnvrul «»i'il<iH II w I nd il>e far
Ihr Rt-fiHlmi.
Naw Okl.EAsn, Nov. 21. Heatlqnavl
•rs Ihiitei! Slates i '<n>fcdor tie Veff ,i.i.-.
General Order No. 115: The g, 11 •.
commanding aiiiiosii.ei's that the n t . <
which wan fixed by the lusi in. ■
held in Ihe city of New Orle.im, («• n,
place in the eiiy of Itiriiiingliain, Ai..,,
leaving tlie date Io the geih ~|l
ninildillg llnd di p'll III" i'll l Oinni.iii'leii
and wliii h wiw |m* l|ioiiei| I'm h .im i •
given nt Hie lime und whi.Ui A. re no,
Voidable, will HOW t ike I'Piee nt Jl„
iniiiglimii. Alt. on W<duei'diiv md
Tliin>dni. A| , d'.'s mid ?tl l"t)l
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