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the ATLANTA SUN
DAILY AND WCkKLY. KBB
t ,|E m > piblihiiing C O.
Hon. A.H. STEPHENS
POLITICAL EDITOR.
A VICTORY IN THk CUlIHM.
Tbe recent attempt of the Kellogg
govern meot lo h&rress and cripple the
>'e» Orleans Picayune was a disastrous
failure. Oar readera will remember that
tbe Picayune establishment waa assessed
for the purpose ol taxation by the Kel
logg government at one hund'ed thou
sand dollar*, while tbe proprietor* of
the p»»er valued it at only twenty thou
sand dollar*. The maliee of thi'a pio
rwding wan manifest, and the Picayune
ref abed ’o pay the aaaeeamenL The pa
per was accordingly advertised fcr sale,
nnt t!ie owd< r* of the Picayune caimd
the ma'ter to tbe Cou r ts and there fougti.
it successfully. A reduction of tbe as
sessment to the figures of the proprietor
—tbe actual value of tbe material—wat-
ordered. and tbe paoer i* now out of the
greedy clutches of t»ie tools of the
usurper.—Saconnuh Mews, May 14,1873.
The course of the proprietors of
the Picayune was right, and we con
gratulate .hem upon their success in
their appeal to the proper peaceful
instrumentality of the Constitution
for a redress of the gross and iniqui
tous wrong that was done them, by
those in Louisiana who, “clothed
with a little brief authority,” are per
petrating other % like aud greater
wrongs upon popular rights a> d pub
lic liberty.
Their “authority” will, however,
be but brief, if the right course for
redress shall be taken by all the
others 90 suffering from similar
or cognate instances of outrage and
oppression. In the structure of all
good governments, as in ours, the
exeicise of sovereign powers for the
protection of the rights and liberties
of the people is delegated and en
trusted to Three distinct and lode-
THE
WEEKLY
SUN.
VOL. 3, NO. 521
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, 3IAY 20, 1873.
pendent Departments—the Legisla
live, the Executive, and the Judi
ciary. These are each checks upon
the others—while al 1 three are subject
themselves to the ultimate control of
that abs Jute sovereignty which still
ever resides and remains with the peo
ple, and which under the organic law,
(when properly appealed to), can and
will rectify all abuses in administra
tion, whether in the legislative, Ex
ecutive, or Judiciary Departments.
This we understand to 1)3an essential
principle in the creed of the true Jef
fersonian Democracy of this country
from the beginning. It is the founda
tion principle of all syVenis of self-
Government by the People of any
•State, or the Peoples of any number
ol States, in all climes or countries
Constitutional lilierty is seldom ad
vaneed or secured by an appeal to
force or arms for t he redress of griev
anc©s from maladministration of any
sort or form, even the grossest usur
pations of power by those clothed with
any sort of authority, however prop
erly or improperly obtained. The
day of ample retribution will come
if the masses, suffering from unjust
oppression any where from any sort,
w ill but exercise that patience, that
intelligence, that virtue and that pa
triotism, which should distinguish
the conduct of all Peoples who would
eitoer establish or maintain the ines
timable boon of Kkee Institutions.
Wo repeat what we said a day or two
ago: Now is again eminently the
“seedtime of ideas!” Let all duly
ponder who would wisely contribute
their mite to the redemption aud
persevation of the liberties of these
{States. A. H. S.
referred to is one ot a muen wider
range and of a much higher order.
It will add greatly to his own fame
as well as add greatly to the
honor of Georgia, to whom it
is most tastefully ana filial
ly dedicated in the following
words: “To the State op Georgia
this Volume is Apfectionatey
Inscribed, by one op her Sons.”
For research and accuracy iu “abo
riginal lore,” we have never met
witn any work equal to this. W©
mean all our words import His h is-
tory of the Uchees, the Creeks, the
Cherokees, the Gamasees, the
Choctaws, the Natch es, the Sa
vannahs, Seminoles, etc., and
all the tribes of Indians which for
mally inhabited that part of the con
tinent now occupied by the Southern
States, is a very great contribution
to the literature of the country. The
labor of hi* undertaking as well as
the fidelity sf its execution is traced
on every page. There are in it over
thirty illustrations of ancient relics,
mounds, tumuli, etc., which greatly
increase the interest of his wrrk to
all who are curious in matters of
antiquity.
We can «av no more of this book
at present except to add that it ought
to be uot only in every public library
but also in every private gentlemans.
Mr. Jones now resides in New
York, lie was, at the ovitbreak of
late war, Mayor of the city of Savan-
nati. He is, we believe, the son of
Rev. Charles Colcoik Jones, who
was in his day so distinguished as a
Presbyterian clergyman in this State.
The son promises to become even
more famous as a writer than th
father was as an orator and divine.
a. h. s.
line AIKXCHOKII TKAUKDY.
Trial of Cantrell.
Veidlet of the Jury.
Letter from l altnfeno.
CBAWFOBDV1U.X, Or., Hay i5. Ih73.
Messrs. Editors of the Sun:
* Xr e grot c»*o ot tbe trial ol Z. B.
Cantrell, chanted with the murder of
William A. Alexander, both of the county
of White, which commenced in the
Superior Court here on Tuesday, Ibe
13th iust tet, has just terminated, and I
send you the result. The jury was made
up on Weduesday, and was composed of
the foltowing named persons, to wit:
C. B. Williams, Isaac *L Moore, Sr.,
Joseph B. Moore, James it. Jones,
J.*m»s M. Triplett, Hugh F. Mitchell,
Jacob Bock- r, John R. Kendrick,
Lucius A. Moore, Cyrus N. Nunn,
Wm. G. Kendrick, Wm. A. Par. er.
The following is also an nbstrnct of the
testimony on tbe part of the prosecution
and the defense
1st. Beuueit Crane, of White county,
testified that he kuew Win. A. Alexau
der, the deceased. Saw his body after it
\t..s taken home aud saw that nis thioat
11ad been out. 8uw two wounas. They
were above his shirt collar. They were
etn deep cuts, and do. pest on the right
fide.
2. Jt ffersou Oliver (colored) testified
on direct and cross-examination, in sub-
s ance as follows: That he was traveling
with Paine, Alexander aud Cautreh.
L'hey were traveling with wagons. On
lue night of th-- death of At. x«uder
they w.-re camped tu the roud
JOlilS L, JOHNSON, Clipiain of -the Atlnpta Police.jLB 1
Nothing is more essential to success in any avocation i>t life than u tiaViral ada | tetion ol the n.»n to the piece he occupies
John L. Johnson posses* es iu every sense the qualities uuo quuufic&tieus for the military or police officer. We have seen
:nm in the discharge oi his duties when Lis t ost was attendeu with, imminent danger. But whatever the danger attending
hie position, Captain Johnson is the bame cool, imperturltable genius, intent on executing his orders or the law, with no more
apparent concern for the peril ot his position than if he were quietly seated in conversation upon the common topics of his
official life. In Atlanta he has been u part of our municipal govemmtnt lor years, and we have, y* t 'o hear of the first com
plaint of any failure whatever in the discharge’ of hi j duty.
Captain Johnson is now about thirty years of age. He presents a ctmmandipg bearing—tall aid stout—but entirely
tree of ostentation. While an inflexible officer, te is as mi’d ot* manner aLd easy of appioac-b as a boy. He is universally
popular, as has been evin ed Dy the succetsiv. reappointments to t flice by the diffeient City Councils fcr years pact. He is
the “Jonsen” of The Sun’s Police Couit reports, and our readus cniside ot the city, as well as his many admirers in the city
will be pleased witn the perfect iikenerfl oi him which « ur artirt. Mr. Hyde furnishes in The Sun to-day.
AMI I II Kit \ tC \V
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lilll K KKUM
(• KUKUIAS,
We have juet finished the perusal
of a woik eiititled “ANTIQUITIES of
a man standing behin't the tent with a
pistol in his hand—but could not tell
whether he was white or black—He had
curious red lips—He staid there
until Cantrell returned—He then
left— or I could not tee him there any
more—Cantrell then get into the wagon
again and remained about one quarter ot
an hour—He tnen called to Paine aud
asked if Alexander was at ibe lire?—Say
ing that he was gone fiom the wagon—
Paine told me to get up—strike a light
and look for him—We ull looked around
and couldn’t find him and came back to
camp—Some one then went to Wallace’s
—aud Wallace sent a negro boy to go
round and tell the neighbors—Cantrell
then got on a horse and went down the
road we had come from Washington—
alter awhile he called out to Wallace r.nd
Paine, as they were stand tog by the tire,
here he is, dead—A oruwd sooi assem
bled—I got a wagon, as Cantrell or Paine
• me told me to do, and took toe dea
body to Wallace’s—When i had come
irom ’ back to the camp Cantrell to>d me to look
tu the wagon and I would find a bloody
. ag aud bandkerch'et -ldid so. He told
me i > burn them up and let no one set
them—Joa Gresham (colored) was tture
Washington to Greensboro, iu Tuiialerro
o uuty, near Mr. Wa 1 lace’s; that on ’hat
night," while he wvs currying the horses.
Cautreh came up to him aud said, deed,
loan uie yvur knife ? I said what do you : —and saw the rag—I told him some one
want with my Knife? He said be wasgoing I h*a cut their finger aua I threw the rag
out on a bu. t thut uight’ard asked me if i ' m the fire—Joe Gicsham then
did not want to go I told him I duin’t. J tound the haudkeremer—L burnt
He su'd yoa keep quiet here to-nignt. I tn»t, too—doe ' tireshaui and I ineu
THE Southern Indians, PartICC-[.old him all right, I Woiild’nt do any thing, 'swapped knives—there was a
Trj l$E> ” 1>V aIld Mr. Cantrell, what do you want a little speck of blood ou the blade ot
‘ ■ d,,? , He 7 ld } ‘ oblI1 t “ r * i ‘ b “ ku T if . e 1 T Tui8 tbe ; q urred strong force to cut these parts,
Alex rnicr. I asked him what tt..t was , km e I loaned Cantred. I aid Rot open * nd it reined the instrument was rSogh-
tu 'l . He *“ d h ’, s bas « ot a m f b ‘* 11 after *"'“ d * d "-»«• 1 !, deed. It required strong xnuecuU
rich rarin, yon know-you say nothing auow wht tier the ulade of the knUe was ; f( J^ to cu£ ,* em j thlc4£ anv
"* '»• “ ud 111 tbe wuiow auo j suarp o. not-never naving wnmled | oue would have cat himself in this way.
LARLV OI THE GEoRUXA
Charles C. Jones, jr.
It is from the I’ross'of “D. Apple-
ton and Company, of New York,”
aud is gotten up in iui exceedingly
elegant style. The paper is good,
the binding neat, and the printing
excellent. It consists of 532p»ges,
including a ooptons index, an iiidis-
abou*
was in an old field with small pines in it,
about a quarter of a mile from tbe camp.
The throat was cut—there were three
cuts, ho thought—one was in another—
toe large vein on the left side was cut—
the same Vc-in on the rig 't side was cut
through. The cuts were deepest on the
right s.de. They seemed to go to the
neck bone. Thinks the knife was not
sharp, but loogh, tu at made the cuts.
It was about twenty steps from the big
roaJ where .tie body was found. The
cats were from left to right. Bpe Lauds
and arms were bloody—very little, if
any, behind.
4. Witness for tne prosecution—Dr.
Mayberry, ti "Waite county, testified that
he is a practicing physician—a graduate
of a meJical college in Virginia; he made
a post mortem examination >f the no<fy
of Alexander in White county; there were,
three distinct cuts ou the throat; the
first cut was on tne left side, an wiiat is
. ailed Adam's apple. It was «ninch and
a quarter or htdf lone. It d’d not go
into tiie wiud-pine. The second cwm-
me-nced about the top of Adam's apple;
was deep ana w ent straight iu. x tie cut
wes dt wnwards towards tbe right suoul-
der, and over three inches long, and was
two or two and a half inches deep. It
.-ewered the wind-pipe and most oi the
swallow. The third cut was almost at
right angles to t e other. It Isgan iD
the otner, and 2>ear the terminus of the
other. The veius and arteries ou the
right side were all cut in two. It re
fer any book noW-a-dayg.
But it is of the contents of this
Book wo wish mainly to speak. Its
subject is a most interesting one in a
Historic point of view, and most ably
and profoundly has die autnor
treated it. Mr. Jones nnd before ac
quired considerable distinction iu
tne field o? letters in his
smaller works, to-wit: 1st
on his hands and arms. There seemed to
be as much as a gallon of blood
on the ground five or six steps from
wnere the body was lying ; the body was
lying on th© breast. When Cantrell
waked me he said Alexander had been
gone thirty minutes—[the knife of Alex
ander produced identified by witness.]
He was bloody before—I saw no blood
on tbe back ; tbe blood on the groked
was warm, the weaihsr was very cold—
it was then sleeting. It was'about four
hundred yards from the wagon where
Cantrell found the body. It was near
sun rise when we got to it. After Can
trell called me we were not separated more
than two minutes until he went to the
negro nouse. It was W T allace who sug
gested to him to go to tue neg r o house.
It was usual for Cantrell and Alexander
to sieeg) together; Jeft and I slept under
tbe tent, the fire was in front of the tent.
Alexander had his over-coat on when
found—close coat was in the wagon. He
had on no socks ; Cantrell had with him
only one suit of clothes. He had this on
the next morning—saw no change in
• bcK& and no blood on them.
Alexander seemed to be not in his
right mind the day betore. He spoke
of the sand annojiug him nd of cross
ing a stream wnere there was no sand or
str am. 'That night he seemed to be at
unwell. N© money was fonnd on the
bo<y of Alexander alter ins death except
a nickle five-cents and seventy-five cents
in nis vest in the wagon. While we were
limiting for Alexander, Jeff was at the
can o. I searched the close coat of Al
exander in the wagon after we found him
dead, Imt found no money in it or the
veEt, ncr could I find his pocket-book. I
tound his finger-riDgin the road thirty or
forty yards trom the Pody. I knew it
was his ring, for he showed it to me in
Elberton und said it was his wife’s moth
er’s ring, or had been worn by her.
The Imdy piore de- j (jactr.-ll did not drink on the trip, that
I saw. Alexandor was _ nght-iianded
mam
Ai. Witnes 3 for prosecution : Joe Gre-
reli and Oliver w ”re traveling h‘"w ^ns (colored) testimony before com-
,.d two more mm wa.ked up m the big ; snowed it to me a*.—(witness Ueacnbeu ogethej. They left Washington eo^firmed W Jeff°Oliver’s
Uiv * ■ t 1 '1* ft!>u CilUJ t*Cl (*D * . . • i i
• V. .i /vn > in anmn narrinn ara flhnn*
everything dies out I will give you some- j with it-having recently tnrown fcr U in | It tLe cutting was done by auotuer, it
thing. I tola him I would say notth. g Washington. 'Alexander went to bed ! uoaL1 onj haV0 dune b 8Ua< hn g
atxiut it He said it you do you will ge t taut night duectly after sapper He Lad j d above deoanaed. It could not
a bal- in the centre ot your head. He . money. I saw his pocket-book at V\a«li- Uitve bteu jaue iu front
1 hen put his hand iu his vest_ pocket aua mgtou. I* w s about four inches .ong. j Tbifc examtnation w»» about six weeks
pnlied out a litt e vial, aud I asked him He went to pay Moore for cooking uir llb
if wnat was iu it would i>e good for tue aim there aud pulled out hu* pocnei- j. i tXDected it would P
)>eiisable requisite, ill our judgment, tootbnc e. He -"Hid you oetter not take hook to p *y him. I saw the pocket-boo* i J r
it. It might kill you. I have to t ke it. ‘ alter his death. Caujreh nad ik—he hao I 5 Wituess for proeec«tion—W.Uiam
n w Mtu), a drop at a time for a pain in it iu his pocket and pulled it out a lut,e Paine tesr tied that, he, Akiander, Gan-
mv l»rea.-t. He then turLed off from m» wa* and said : • Jtff, lo* k ntie,” ano ,
sketch
Chief
road. H. went louud the mules beyoLu
the fire to where tbe men were. I saw
irn no more until ue ueut to bed. He
sf pt in the »«gcn with Alex*pdei. 1
sh pt ou a pallet wi b Paine by t.ie tii-.
W«- Lada t«nt cloth. When I first i id
down I dozed • ff in a 'litle sleep. I
1 kuew ’t wtte oi right to go to sleep wumi
i ue said he was gou<- iu -ill Alexander.
His i wa Xed up ana kept awake un it about
now.)
bouk.
I know it was Alexander b puck'-i- d-v, 2o-.il J *duk>
»‘ e road in :his eounty, near
of Tomo-Chicki, tne g r eut' *W*. no"r>* br.oi*- —it mayhave be* e
, , a. Ol ti iiltdeni Tet aUtwoliOilM While. Wa
if the YaWeeS. 2d. n.S aw .*e Mr. Aulinaer got up
Reminescences of the last days, eu*., uu d went ou ot ti e wa^ou in ui- suin
of General Henry Lee, lather ofiti-
Robert E. Itee. 3*1. His Historical i * L,U
sketcli of the Chatham Artillery.
These a.-e all charming works of
their ccarocter. But the Book no*
-eut.fi- After Le v. --
£ .ue «|>UUI . W n y u»U.'Ut« Cantieil g >
< at of the w*pou ana w*-nt off b>>. A*
I er ne Well! *-fl 1 hi ke*f afoULil to i.
II 0>>ul*l »©*• auy one ala.ai ther^—. s.»*
[By corsenr. John S. Moore, of Was
ingtoc, who was sick and wished to g
home, wa-* introduced ou the part o* t..'
ietense. **bo swort—that when A.
»nder, Paine, C utrell audO.'.vcr |a«
turough WasliiLgton, Alex.- Lad p
ins wit© to cook something fcr bio.. 1
cm© to one do'ilar and seventy-£.
©ruts. AWxaB-i.r old not pull • u,
poeket-oock when he wens to pay it,
pulwd a two-dcilur bid cut ot ins v
pocse* and tiaiuied witness. He, \1>
Landed liIlu l ock iwent.*-nve «•< > *►.
coange.]
Third Witn*s for prosecution— 1.. a
Dillou tea ited that lie saw IKjoj cl
Wallace’s I statement in some particulars about the
Cantrell and Alexander went to bed to' ! ra « and handkerchief, but con
i' m Alexander’s wagon. Jeff aud I fl lct d 1D others.
I s.ept ueder a ten* bv a fire. Nextj
he had killed himseH. Sa-’d ho hr.J : jund
hi* parse with bills and nicies iu itt
haul he fonnd little monay in his ves.
pocket in the wagon. Said it had caugnt
him in a bad fix, as he had lstt heme
with only sixteen dollars «n money.
8 owed aim a paper on which he had
set down what it had cost him to bring
the body along. Paper looked bloody,
as i told him. He said he duin’t know
w I how it come so, and put it in nis pocket-
{ s dhiib50i 'book. His oonnter.anoe changed, as I
thought. He didn’t say how„it came bo,
bat said be didn’t know it was bloody.
He said it was an acoonnt paid for coffin,
burial clothes and othe' expenses.
9. Witness for prosecution, William
Owens, testified: I live in White eoanty,
Georgia. I was in Alexander’s bouse, the
night after Cantrell got home, and went
into the room wnere he waa in bed. I
stooped over bim and be said, “Cut
him, Jeff; it is Bill Alexander. Cat him
again.” I don’t know whether he was
asleep or not; he was in bed. It was be
tween midnight and day. After he lav
back in oed ne ask©d what I wanted. 1
told him I wanted my sack. I had no
farther conversation with him about de
ceased. This was iu January las:. I
told tnia to the prosecutor three or four
weeks ago. Didn’t think it wor.h while
to tell bim sooner. 1 was drinking that
night. 1 waa drunk when I lay down,
bat was all right when I got np.
The State here closed.
1. Witness for defense, John Lawson,
testified: L heard Jtff say soon after the
body of deeMsed waa found that ho slept
that night under the hind end of Paine’s
wagon. I got to the body about a ball
hour by the sun I suppose. Body had
not been moved. It was lying on the
nelly, with tbe hinds under it, the knife
in Court m his right hand. His right
hand and knife were bloody. Blood had
run down to his elbow. I got there
about the time Wallace did, or a little
lit fore. The knife and Dody were washed
about the same time. Blood was sticking
clotted to the kntte. I saw Alexander at
the camp the night before. I thought
from nis actions he baa been drinking.
He didn’t seem to know the wagons
apart. He said it L.oked like ne liad
been turned around for two or three
days.
2. Witness for def.nse, Marian IX
Wallace, testified: The first I knew of it
a couple of men came to my house and
called me, about good dayligut, and said
one oi the cmnpauy left camp that night
and they couldn't find him. He hud not
been well lor sev-ral days, acd >hey
wanted tue to g>. witu tli©m. I did so.
Tue body was n.ituo, a* testified to by
others, ljuig ou toe breast, with
a knife in the ru^i.t hand; the knife
now in court, said to be Alexander’s.
Tue body fell warm. Tl.e blood about
had hoi coagulated. I washed the knife.
Tut- edge was rough as if it had been
wficiteu ru a rock or something rough.
C.»utri ll, at my suggestion, weut to Jim
Ha-ku-y’s, a negro living near by. He
was comiug from there wbeu ho f mud
tbe body. It could be seen from the
road after daylight. I proposed to move
tne body to my house. Cantrell aud
Paine both oojected for sometime, but
fiually consented. (The verdict of the
jury on the Ooiouer’s inquest, which was
held it*Wallaee’s I ouse, was here intro
duced aud read in evidence. Tnat vej
diet was tnat the Mcoeaaed came to Ln>
death by his own hftds.)
3. Witness for defense. Dr. S. H. Per
kins testified. ThA he is a practicing
physician iu Taliaterro county. Tay lor’s
Jurisprudence is astaudard work. Blood
coagulates in a short time—usually in
thirty m uutes. Don’t know the chem
ical process in coagulatiou o' bl od. All
chemical processes hast, ued by heat.
Biood ccagulnUs sooner in a warm room
than a cold one. (Extracts read by J. C.
Reid from Taylor’s Jurisprudence af
firmed by him.)
4. Witness tor defense. Dr S. J.
Farmer testified. I am a practicing phy
sician in Taliaferro county. Healthy
blood coagulates in a few minu.es after
it is drawn. I have known it to coagu
late in from five to ten minutes. In
cold temperature it is retarded. Apple
ton’s American Encyclopedia is a stand
ard authority. (Ibe testimony of Jeff
Oliver at committing trial was herq in-
troddlfd for the purpose of showing
marked conflicts.)
5. Witnessfor defense, John G. Evans,
testified that Jefl’s testimony was in con
flict with statements made to mm on the
morning after Alexander’s death. (Jeff.
Oliver was now introduced by the de
fense for the purpose of more completely
laying the grouud for his impeachment.
He said he commenced the conversation
with Sheriff Googer of T*il ; aftrro County
but pidn’i recollect bow long it was after
he was in jail.)
6. Witness for defen e, M. L D. Goo-
ger, Sheriff of Taliaicro County, testi
fied that l,e attended the jail and canned
the prisoners their meak. Oue morning
soon after i e was in jail, aud I was about
to leave,alter giving Jeff, ms oreukf&st, he
asked me to rem no, aid said he wanted
to talk to me. He told me all he LaJ
sworn on the commitment trial ug&iuss
Cantrell was lies, and that Aiexaade.had
told him that if he would swear to them,
he should never suffer for anything a3'
long as he lived.
The defense here closed. Tbe case
was ably argued by Wm. H. Brooke and
John C. Reil for the prisoner. The
ouly argument on the part of the State
was by Col. John P. Estea, of Gaines
ville. His speech did great credit to his
heart as well as his head. He inw-tsd
upon nothing out that the jury should
weigh the evidence and discharge tiieir
duty to themselves and the country.
The charge of tbe venerable Judge
Garnett Andrews was short, clear and
unbiassed.
The jury was out only a few minutes
and returned a verdict of “not guilty.”
The prtsone , who had demeaned bimselt
wit'i great propriety during all tne irial,
instantly rose and said: “Thunk God
and thfc'Couri for justice.” He was im
mediately discharged, and so ended tnis
most interesting investigation oi one of
tlie most mysterious tragedies which
eoanty.
TAIJAi'KBiiO,
Witnessfor prosecution PM-Al-, ever tr8rs ,, irbd in this
m ruing about an Lour be ore day Can-, *?**uder, Prosecutor, testified: He heard
' cm,Vi to me f. know i* Alexander commitment trial. Joe Gresham pointed I
ibe iiie. I told him he oat Cantrell, the defendant, as tne man . The Cincinnati Commercial suggests
that >-.ad the undertone convcrsati n witn j ^ a plati^rm for Gen. But.or to ran ou
Jrff aud had on the shawl. ; ior the Governorship ol Massachusetts,
8. Witness for
Hay nts, testified: __________
county, Ga. Had a conversa >ou witn \ Grab and Credit Mobilier. It ;hiDks
dece l>rd
was with us by
w s n< t. W© got up and g.4 a light a’id
t to look for him in the wood r. and
W© aid not find mm and .he.,
* fir to Wallace’s house. Be joured us.
C .utrell took a bor*e and went t<» a
v' -ii Ti .g negro house, an*t as he cam*
■*1 f. u .d Alexander ab -at tw Lty
; lr m t ie r'"d, invit'd 1 field, dead.
I. was w nght. We all 'hen wen*
1 low u mere and found him with histhrua'
H.e own pocket knile was m hi.-
piuseeutioo—John 1 and later the Presidency, tboio tw > tb-
He lived in Hal' sorbing questions o‘. tL— day. o:Iary
, rinoner as to deatu of
-** be passed up wnu tiic cut|»c.
Cantrell wished to stay sll night
at his hoUttt. Said ha waa sorry to
-av he bad the corpse cf the de-
c< ased. He sai' there had been an m-
ttaaed aa n lay where it v^a ioun... . I • ...u.hauu,bloody. AlfcXaudei was bloooy j quest held over him aud the jury found
“ue is the very Lest n—u, in all rmp.-cts,
to ttst pub.ic judgment i '.Uu.Lg these
matters. If, oy testing it, he can get
cne-tenth of the 200,OUU voters of bis
atnt-, he will have the satisfaction of
knowing that there is n majority of nine-
tenths against him.”