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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION'. ATLANTA, GA* TUESDAY MARCH 23 1886
'?K"Common Cold
f jydtar ttj beginning of oerioot affeo»
Uooi of tha Throat, Bronchial Tubes,
, and Lungs. Therefore, the Importance of
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OTcroiUaatcd. Ayert Chorrjr Pectoral
l& m»y attrsys be railed upon for the speedy
r CUTO of a Cold or Cough.
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I life.—Jno. Webster, Pawtucket, It. I.
■ I contracted » aavero cold, which and-
I danlr developed Into Pneumonia, present.
Inc aaMraroua nml obstinate aymi loms.
u, nhT.Ielln at oneo ordered the use of
t Avert Cherry Peel oral. Hie Mructloni
I Sara followed, and the recall rapid
and pertnan.nl cure.—ii. 1'. Simpson,
r Bogera Prairie, Texas.
: l * Taro rears ago l suffered from a sorere
Cold which eettied on my Lunija. I cett*
aulted. various physicians. t
medicines they pre ■ ribed,
only temporary rybef. A ft
Lunas.
R and took Ilia
, but received
null K.O,™- A friend Indu ced
me to try Avert Cburry Pact or. iL /.Htt
taking two bolt lee of tbla medicine I was
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uaw mu .w . cd my life to be
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AJtron. Maw York.
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BL00DYW0RK!
In a Little Mississippi
Town.
Twelve Negroes Killed by a
Mob.
A Shameful Butchery In a Cntirihotue.
(We print below the detail* of one of the mo t
remarkable ma*sacre* ever known iu tbehlitoiy
of theaoutb.J
CAbeollto n, Alia*., March Id.—[.Special.]—
Twelve men ahot and killed by a nmkcl
mob in thia town!
Kd wonder the little place la wild with ex
citement today. The news of yesterday's
horrible maaaacre in the coart room hen
spread like wildfire throughout the state, an l
many strangers have flocked to the
town today and have been asaemblod
around the sc cue of tho tragedy d Jamm
ing Its horrible details. The (Jonstiti-
tion’h correspondent arrived during the
evening, and has closely investigated the mat
ter. There is much rot yet known, whltvi
Will probably develop in a day or two. T< o
realization of tho terrible fact that .twelve
men have been murdored in cold blood, rntemi
to have waked the people to t’te horror of tbo
situation. The story of tho t me i* a thrill-
tog one, and shows that it uu >i have been fully
premeditated.
THE ORIGIN OF THE DIFFICULTY#
Carrollton is a lovely little inland towu,
fourteen miles of Winona, nnd has a popula
tion of about seven hundred. .Some weeks
ago BobJMooro, of Greenwood I. id doll’s liom-\
and a personal friend of Jamns Liddell, was in
Carroltonand had a few words with El
Brown, a very bad and unruly negro, where
upon Brown smashed a molasses pitcher over
Moore’s head. The parties wore aeparatad.
On February 13th Liddoll was iu Oar roll on,
met Ed Brown on tho street and asked why
he, Brows, struck Moore, to which Ilrowu re
plied •
"I don’t know if that’s any of your J—d
business."
This was resented by a blow from Liddell.
Ed Brown immediately left, got his brother
Charles and John Johnston, a chum of their?,
all arming themselves, and took their stand
on the corner of the street where they know
Liddell would pass from supper. Professor
Gunn, of the male ai
north side. At the time the negroes were
mostly on the west side and center of the
court room. I was to the right as you go ’
tl»e juds
on the north aide, near
_4e judge's i
ting down. It was about 1 o'clock. The
first thing I noticed was a young negro mau
get up and go shuffling towards the door. He
got to the door and looked out, then turned
around excitedly and beckoned to the rest
of the negroes to come out. They all got
up and started, when the firing opcnod. They
ran to the windows and lumped out. Tho
first firing was a volley, followed and kept up
some time. There were a great many shots
fired. It wasa regular fusilado. My brother
was seated about tirento feet from me; before
I heard a shot I saw Ed and Charles Brown
pull their pistols. The firing followed imme
diately on their getting up. The negroes
werc.huddled at the doorway. I was not iu
danger of the firing, as the negroes were on
tho other side of the room from where I sat.
I did not see any of those who did the firing,
as the row of benches was too high
for me to see. I walked out and down the
stairs. I passed the negroes who had been shot,
but I did not caro to see them; I bad rather nut
sec them. I saw the last of tbo crowd as it
was leaving the town. Charles and Ed Brown
were copper-colored negroes, aged about
twenty-eight or thirty years. Tho Browns
were desperate negroes, involved in many
difficulties and frequently denounced white
nun. When I left the courtroom I saw that
most of the dead.were massed near the door on
the lauding. One was lying at tho foot of the
stairs. Some wore wounded and crawled out.
“ The crowd consisting of about 100 armed
men, armed with every conceivable firearm—
double-barrel, breeclj-loadingshotguns, Win
chester rifles, pistols of all calibres, including
tho long horse pistol with their immense
bails, had ridden into town at the same mo
ment from different .directions, dismounting
they proceeded to surround the courthouse,
placing themselves in between- the fence and
tf c courthouse to prevent any escape, and as
U c Browns fired up stairs, a portion of tho
o< wd, which had bcou stationed in tho hall
appetite the rnuthouse, rushed up the steps
and filed down tho right aisle, whichjis on the
ci..itside, and then fired on tho south west
cln;ir where tho negroes were."
The*negroes nearest this army wore those.,
innocent men who fell a prey, falling
FOUR OR rrVE ON TOP or EACH OTHER.
Tbo Browns were reached and went down iu
tho twinkling of au oye liefore tho volley *of
iiiu-ke try iu tho bauds of the determined and
outraged men.
There was a general stampede of those who
would escape the missiles of the crowd, think
ing to each the window, thirty foot high, and
stand,
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.... .re.....a academy, passed,and hoard
one of the party eay that they would Da Mr.
Liddell, nnd flunn hastened to the hotel t>
tell Liddell what ho had heard the nogroe,
eye
stationed. Liddell, advancing, raised tho bat
of Ed Brown, and asLcd what all that
meant, when Kd replied, “That’s none
of your business," and Liddell
StrncV Ed. whereupon tho
opcnki) fibb os* msi,
and he returned the firo Crst at one and then
the other. Uo slightly wounded Ed nnd re
cclved a painful wound Iu hla right arm and
ono In his right leg. Mr. Citirm waa not
nnued. Erienda interfered and drove t%>
negroes elf. Johnston had been firing from
behind a tree within eight feet of Liddell
Mr. Liddell was (endued to his bed over tbre.
weeks.
The two Brawns gave bond and Johnston
•kipped. They stayed around town all
the time, now and theu making
threats. Mayor Klam heard Kd. Ilrowu
•ay he eapected to ho klllod but he would
carry some d—d white meu with him. Last
week Liddell went home and Ed Brown aworo
ant an affidavit against him, charging him
with oraault amt battery with Intent to kill.
Liddell waa arrested and carried book to CIH
rollon, and the trial Used for Wednesday th,
17th at 111:30. Erl had also made affidavit
against Ed Schackclford, Walter Johnson,
John, Jim and Bedford Maher, and A. (Ira*
bam. They were the parties who came to Lid*
dell'a asalalaure on the night of tho ahootiug.
On yesterday those parties, together with
Brown Liddoll, were on their trial. The ue-
groes and several of their sympathizers were
present, besides others who woro thorn for
purpeaes unknown.
At one o'clock exactly, while Captolu Estes
waa In tho midst of blsargumeut iu Liddell's
defense, • crowd of meu, estimated at from
filly to one hundred, armed with Winchester
rifles and pistols, galloped Into tho town and
surrounded the courthouse, some rushing iu
and the firing began. Ed Brown, seeing hi.
doom was sesled, opened tire on Liddell and
crawled under n bench. There were nt least
»tvn nvnnunn shots rinno.
After the shooting was ovor, and everybody
but Captain Estes and n wounded negro had
vacated, Ed Brown crawled ont from nls
Ing plan and opened flro on Estes. Tho mah
re-entered and perforated him with bullets.
Nine were killed dead on tho spot, vis:
Ed. Brawn, Charles Brown, Joo Lang, French
Hugos. A. Mathews, Simon (lain, Jim John
ston, Jim Harris, John Money, Andrew Bob
Inaon, Scott Moore, Olio Thompson, died soon
after, ten more woro wouuded, among whom
wen: Jake Osin nnd Will Dodds, who are not
expeeted to Ure.
Mnunoisi jvupkp rttOM Tint winnow*
up stain, ftilly twouty feat high, only two es
caping.
Tho horrible work was done inside of ton
ruinates. Tho mob was oompoaod of well known
clUrens of Lefovre county, and wore not dis-
gulerd. Tho kiltiog of so many Is regretted by
everybody, but ell ere (ltd that the bad ones
On most of the dead bodloa arms were
found. The room was completely .fltlod with
smoke. Tbs Judge's beach is on the north
side off the room end the honchos facing it are
towards tbo south. It is a very largo court
room with windows ell around. On tbo
south well were counted
I.'C* SHOT Ilul.KS.
In the walls of tho passage loading down
stairs werotcu shot boloa. and In tho benches
thirty shot holes. Ono shot struck a north-
rest window sash and glanced into tho wall.
Five others show on the uorlb wall
direction of the benches. Largo pools
blood were on tho floor of tbo oourt room.
Tbo mob loft ns quietly nnd quickly as they
came.
For fear of further troubto from the ne
groes, Sheriff Hamilton has notified Uovsr-
nor Lowry to hold the Winona Biles In roadt-
isa to go at bis bidding.
Uovtraor Lowry says that tho affairs at Car.
rollton do not. as far as ho Is now informed,
demand executive interference, that hla in-
formation ts that everything is quiet and that
peace officer* of the county do uot now need
any assistance. Reports sent to him of the
SPEARING A HONDURAS TIGER
By Henry Newport.
Copyrighted, 1396. by B. 0. McClure.
•%-t-t-t-t!” kijsed Francisco, sliding from
the back of the ox on which he had been seat
ed, and clutching my arm with a grasp that
made the member numb for an hour. He
ciouched with me iu the shelter of tho two
oxen forming our hunting train, and pointed
down thejeonrso of tho arroya, toward a broad
plain, upon which a buck and doe of the stn*ll
brow n species of deer common ip Central Amer
ica were feeding.
Then ho coolly reached up and took a lighted
cigarro from between my lips and tossoi it
into the stream.
“Muy silenxio! much take care!” he whis
pered, “or the deer will see ns, and flash they
will go like lightning. Now, Don Kuriquo, f
will show you how wo hunt deer in Honda
ras.”
With a short goad, not more than twelve
Inches long, he directed his ox to walk aion
the stream's coarse in a diagonal line towar
the deer, purposing to break from tho shelter
of the woods into the open plain whereon the
game was feeding at a point within easy rifle
shot. He followed close behind tho slow mov
ing ox, cronching so as to be completely hid
den by its body, and motioned for mo to follow
his example, my well-trained beast going after
its lead* r without hesitation.
Tho forest around us was so dense as to be
impenetrable away from the course of the
6ticam. Mahogany, ceiba, guanacaste and
wild guava trees—laced together by the tboray
vincsofthe sarsaparilla—made a jungle which
was dark at midday. Macaws, with red
breasts and bead, yellow wings and blue and
red tails, flashed from the tops of tho
trees into tl.c open space formed by the
airtya which* we wero following, mad
Lai s lily £ folded when they saw us.
Frsucieco shook his fist iu mu to anger at
their disturbance, but their cries did not alarm
jump ;o safety; but alas f tho crowd around
the louribcuse, all being strangers, supposed
ct.ch man trying to escape one of tho Browns.
One ir.au, Amos Mathews, who plunged
through the eastern window, nearest thejury
rct-m, when equidistant in and out had the
whole left side of hla head blown off by one or
more loads of buck shot, or a Winchester rifle,
thus falling, breast on tho window fill, dead,
and his brains streaming to the ground thirty
or forty feet below, where he remained today.
His wound was found to be as long ns an ordi
nary man’s arm. and the weight of the blood
striking the ground was heard across the street 1
It fell with such force and in such quantity,
itc two gallons, that itspatte
tup on the courthuGse wall.
Peyton Hemingway, a confederate in all tho
plot and one of the leading backers of the
Browns, juni)>cd from the second story of the
courthouse, nnd running toward Mrs. Aldure,
had tweniy-flvo to forty shots fired at him, but
only received one slight wound and escaped.
A young negro jumped from tho second
story juryroom, striking tho ground without
injury and rnu awsy with several guns turned
on him, only ono shot striking hf
and that in half of Ills shoe sole.
Balls were lodged in all the walls, ceilings,
doors, window sash, piercing tho glass, mutila
ting tho benches, otc. All this occurred iu
less than ten minutes.
The armed forces retreating down stairs
heard two remaining shots up stairs and hnr-
rled back to find that Captain p. N. Estes,who
was addressing the court whoti the firing be
gan was trying to assist several old faithful
negro friends in their last hours, and that Kd
Brown, who was supposed to have been killed,
was resting on hfs elbows, not having strength
to rise further, and had
AIMED TWO DEADLY HIIOTB
at Captain Estes, who was unhurt, no doubt
owing to the fcoble and dyii
the half-breed leader, who
trcmlty had this bitterness in hU heart. Those
shots brought back those who wore slippiug
away; but, Alas! they found their work incom
plete, and turned a wholo volley Into tho body
of Ed Brown, riddling him from head to foot.
One of ftiese balls—evidently from a Winches
ter rifle—passed through throe soata of hourt
pine, one and ouo-half inches in thickuosa.
The Browns received uot loss than teu shots
each.
A number of the negroes lumped from tho
second story of the courthouse and escaped
without a bruise from jumping, and wero un-
buit from the flying missiles.
ABOUT THE BROWNS,
Adam Browu, the father of the deceased,
was born free, in Tennessee,.and was of Indian
extraction, being considered three-quarters
breed. Ho had all the characteristics in ap
pearance, temperament and general attributes
of that people. He moved to Carrollton prior
to the war and engaged in blacksmithing, at
which he made money enough to be consid
ered rich. He purchased and operated two
plantations and a good store out of this source,
but by bad management and becoming In
volved in bad Investment*, was nuable to stay
the loss of fortune which overtook him, and
he died without a dollar.
His death followed from ft ahootiug difficulty
in 1S72. in which he was wounded by Tandy
Oury, of the Carrollton Conservative, living
but a short time thereafter. He nad been in
two other shooting difficulties prior to that
time, in each receiving wounds sufficient to
have killed any ordinary man. Mr. Onry kill
ed him in eelf-defense, aa Adam bad snapped
hla pistol, if not fired it, twice at Mr. Onry.
Joliet Brown, the mether of the deceased
Ed and Charlie Brown, and wife of Adam.was
born a slave, but her father being thrifty and
avowed by {its master the onportnnitv, rnado
money eflough to purchase Tiei* freedom and
that of her brother, prior to the war. She,
like Adam, comes from the Indian race, being
about half-breed. She has large cheek and
law honi» and la what la toot-mad “raw twonnv ”
tha W-kll »w‘»o- Hau-urero. duo um v uluio nuu
from thn I i* w bone, and is what is termed “raw bonoy.”
nools of " er fctbcr, Edmund RicUardsou, purchased in
Carroll county her freedom from his master,
Alfred Jackson.
There are tbiee daughters to Adam and Jul
iet, who are considered conspicuous in their
near approach in appearance and Uynperamcnt
to that people from whom their ancestors draw
the mw>r part of their blood and resemble in
many ways
A BEAUTIFUL INDIAN SQUAW.
They have long, glossy black curly hair and
large black piercing eves full of resentmout
and flash, carrying unrelenting and vindictive
hatred to that enemy who ctosms their path.
The two sons, Ed end Charlie, aged respect-
aggressors, one tiring at I.lddell In the oourt-
house, whereupon the Utter's friends ret*!-
tsted with the above fatal results.
An Interview
WITH AN EYE-WITNESS OF TUE MASSACRE.
Winona, Miss., March 20.—[Special.]—^Your
correspondent today interviewed an eye-wit-
rsa of the bloody slaughter at Carrollton.
Tbo witness sab): “The vourthoose is *
square brick building two atories high, meas
uring about sixty feet each way; ou the lower
floor there are two halls runulug clear through,
one from east to west, the other from north to
ceuih. The stairway start* uest the interest-
Uou of the two hallways, north and west hall-
war.to a landing about eight feet from the
lower floor, where it takes e turn and goes iw»
to the Hght into the court room. The door
into the coart room U e good sised one, and
the landing commands the door. About six
feet frrn the door commences a
row of beuches, eaeh row being
Uwtr thaw the one back of it. The
seet where thcr .yor sat was about Afteea
feet in front of t Ue first row of benches, the
seat between br igdivided by an iron railing.
»are ten windows to the court roam,
en the east end west, and four on the
blmcd—looked up at tho first cries
macaws, but ou sighting the oxen calmly went
ou cropping tho hcrbsgo, and occasionally ca
nning each other, until wo had approached
within twenty yards of the edge of the forest.
Then, suddenly, Francisco's ox stood still,
trembling violently, at the aame time
fixedly toward a clamp of jicorai, or
trees, which grew in the ceutre of the plain
some rods beyond the deer.
A full-grown black tiger, with his legs bent
so that his belly brushed the crass, was sliding
like a sunkeont of the shelter of the coppice,
His eyes gleamed in bis black head liko globes
of white light, aud even from our stand we
ccujd tec his whiskered upper lip wrinkle into
a scar! and note the slow waviug of liU tall as
he gathered himself for a spring upon the un-
suspicions deer.
It was a long leap to the buck, but the tiger
knew his powers and landed fair on the slender
creature's haunches, bringing it down as easily
as a cat crushes a mouse. It closed its jaws on
the deer's velvet throat and for fully five min
utes lay on its victim, making uo motion that
we could see.
“So; sonor,” Francisco* wliispcrod, “ello tl-
pe negro is much .better game than deer.
We will kill him. Deerskins aro worth only
one real each; hut the government gives ua
eight reals for a tiger’s ears, and we can sell
tho ?kin for as much more. Yes, we wlll'kill
him.”
“But my rifle is fit only for small game,” I
raid, in n ficrco whisper, “and you—you have
nothing but a toasting-fork!"
My contempt for hLi spear was roturued
ith interest by Francisco’s pitying glance At
tho little Stevens rifle which I carried. He
quickly tethered tho oxen to a mahogany
tree, making no efforts at quieiuoss duriug
the eperatiou, and then remarked aloud:
“You think I can’t kill him with this toast
ing fork? What you bet I can’t? I bet you a
doubloon. 1 bot you a real. I bot von any
thing you want I cau kill him! Stay here,
stay where you can see the fight best, and,
Don Enrique, you will see this toasting fork
kill a tiger. But If I don’t kill him, take care,
then—cuidndo pordios, culdado!—four your
little rifle with bis little bird-shot bullet,
against n mad tiger will not be worth that.’’
Hesnoppcd his thumb and finger with a rc-
E )it like a nistol shot, and before I could stop
irn dashed cut into the plain and ran full
tilt towaid the tiger, which was still mumb
ling the bloody throat of its qanrry.
When it saw the adventurous Spaniard run
ning toward it the great cat lifted itself from
the gra>s with a growl that uncovered its
yellow fangs. It stood as high as a four-
months calf, and now that its size could be
compared with that of the man who was ad
vancing to meet it, it was apparent that from
flank to nose the brute could not measure leas
than seven feet.
That it had the courage to fight, I knew
from tho stories of the Honduras tiger's
prowess, which liad been told me at my
friend’s hacienda; aud that it bad the strength
to kill a man is well evidenced by tho hun
dreds of cattle which yearly fall victims ti ti
gers iu Central America. Ho great is the loss
from. this source that fur many
year* the authorities In the province
of Olautho have paid out large turns
of nioucy *s bounty to the killers of lions aud
tigers. These bounties have given rise to the
profession of tiger-killing in some parts of
Honduras aud Nicarangna—the tiger-killers,
being locally known as tigreros, and perform-
HANGED IW OrAWK,
William J. Ward Executed for the Murder
Jacob J. Parmer.
Montgomery, Ala., March 19.—[Special.1—
Wm. J. Ward waa hanged at Oatrk, D4e
county, between the hours of 12 and 1 o’clock
today, for the murder of Jacob J. Parmer.
Ward was taken from fail at Clayton, where
he had been placed for safe keeplng,yesterday,
and carried to Ozark, where ho was executed
today. The execution was private, being .wit
nessed only by the officers, ministers and re
porters.
the crimp.
William J. Ward murdered Jacob J. Palmer
in Dale county, Ala., September 30th, 1833. It
was a bright September afternoon, and Palmer
passed through the quiet Httle village of Echo
on horseback, going in tho direction of his
home down the road toward Newton. He went
home that night with wounds that would not
heal—home to linger but a little while amid
the prayers and tears of the loved ones, end
then to diel
Very aoon after l’almcr rode through Echo
going horn#, Ward was seen to ride rapidly
array in tho aame direction, and aoon aftor
returned rapidly. He rraa riding s rod male,
ctrangely In keeping with the bloody deed he
commuted. Later-rathe evening Palmer was
found by hi. friend, lying by the rosdiido
four mile, from Echo. He had received two
pistol .lint wounds and the life blood was
ebbing fart sway. Kind hands carriel him
home.
When the sun had rhren, there bo waa dead
and that JUtle home waa aabied in grief
Palmer died aboutS o'clock on the morning
of the tlrstday of Octobor. He remained con
scioua to the last, and in the presence of wit'
neucaiuade a death bed declaration. Tho
wUucsees were, Charles Brannon,.Willi am
Woodhtm, B. H. Bright, Sesbotm Brannon,
John J. Blvenback, and J. J. Binncflold,
The dying man laid that ndiile ho waa 1'"
along quietly toward hla home,
rede np to him (Palmer) and .naked him hla
name. Palmer told him, and then, without
another word, Ward drew a revolver and shot
him twice, flret in tho back and then In the
shoulder. Deceased said he knew Wstd very
well. Dr. H. J. Simpaon, the attending physi
cian, said he reached Palmer on tho morning
of Ootober lit, nnd fonnd him dead. Ho made
an examination of tho wound, and fonnd that
the dead man had boon ahot twice. One ohot
entered the loft aid* near the spine
and came to the anrftee two Inches below the
•nrf.ee In front near the axilla. One bullet
passed near the heart, and the other penetra
ted the right lung. The physician thought
that either wound would havo produced
death. The weapon that did tha murderous
work waa a thirty-two caliber revolver,
rar
The esse has been
in the criminal
Dale county is In a qi
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notate, tho snud to.
m croup and whoop
ing their daageroui work witn the help only
of a tpeer and s knife. To the functions of
guide, interpreter and servant for casual
travelers through Honduras, Francisco united'
the occupations of deer huutcr and tlgoro, and
now—atung by my contemptuous remarks
about hla native lance—he was advancing to
do kittle with a larger tiger than lie would
probably have eared to attack whllo In a
calmer mood.
With his mantle wrapped closely about his
left arm as a shield, the lanco held by its mid
dle In his right hand, ho walked to within ten
terrorising that marked
venturous lifo of their father, but accepted
and sought ovory svallablo opportunity to
affront and bully tho white race, never having
a single serious conflict with the negroes, but
always aggressive to a degree of bitterness to
the white people.
They were nevoid of all religious faith aud
scouted the fear of death or the future.
WHAT n SAID.
The coroner will hold no inqnest.
It la well understood that the perpetrator,
of the slaughter cams from a distance.
Tlicaftiris deplored by good cUlsens, but
there Is a feeling of relief that the communi
ty la Anally rid of a gang of bad and doper.to
negroes.
Mr. I. B. Koxon, cashier of I' rot Katlonsl
bank, of Sing Bing. N. Y.. su orod greatly
from costivcness and dyspepsia, duo to over
work and riant of regular exercise. After
wasting much time and money in seeking a
remedy,he began taking the old reliable Bran-
dreth'a Pills, two every night for three weeks,
no now has a good appetite and capital diges-
tiso, and will answer any written or personal
inquiry regarding hla remarkable cure.
ng Its sides with frequent quick switchings of
iUtall.anditagroirlsweromomsntary. With
bis spear Francisco made, a half-lunge at the
beast, which was, or course, Cor out of his
reach, and in tho dash of an eyelid the tiger
settled upon its haunohoo, rose in tho air and
cams down frill and Ctlr upon the man, is It
had done the moment before upon the doer.
An ox could not have witbitood tho shock.
Francisco went down, and for a second man
anil tiger rolled together In the grass.
I ran toward them, firing my rile and
shooting, hoping thus to distract the brute's
attention long enough to give Francisco time
to rise In case he waa not mortally hurt. Bat
death was already busy with a victim. The
victim was the tiger. Instead of slighting
upon n defenseless man. It had come down
upon the sharp spear point and literally im
paled Itaclt. The next moment Francisco had
leaped from the grass, where the shock had
flung him, and pushed the blade of hla sharp
cnclilllo, or knife, Into tke beast's undulating
neck, when he twisted it, and anddenly
brought it ont with a sweeping ent that lever
ed the windpipe, Jngular vein and gullet.
There was an agonlxed switching of the
brute's tall, a few convulsive shudders run
ning through Its body, and then It suddenly
stretched Itself out to iu full length and the
tiger was dead.
In less than an hour Francisco's skilled fin-
geisand niinhie knlfo had stripped tho beauti
ful velvet it from the carcass, and with the
kindqnntei. ->f the doer across tho back of an
ox wetttnff cn our return to the liscienla.
“1 must have that tiger skin, Francisco." I
remarked. “1 will give you half a doubloan
for It.’’
He L
and then brought
“Don Enrique," be said, earnestly, “1 get
yen another one. I get you Donna's tiger skin.
She will be hero before night looking for Don
Tiger Negro, htr husband. I kill her. You
take them both—both for a doubloon.”
He waa thoroughly in earnest. His blsck
eyes sparkled nnd nls face beamed with ani
mation at the hops of gifning another half
doubloon at Rich a small price aa the risking
of bin life. But we had both been near enough
to death fbr one afternoon, and to Francisco'S
extreme disappointment. I re fa red to counte
nance any more tiger spearing text day.
followed by a wave of excitomenb Tho kill'
ing, in cold blood, of one white man by another
was Itartling, and for a time tho feeling
of indignation against Ward ran high
among the people. He was arrested
and had a preliminary trial, which
resulted In his commitment to prison without
bail. He then applied to a court of chanoory,
by writ of habeas corpus, for ball, which was
again withhold. He was defended by Colonel
Oates, now a member of congress from Ala
bama. An appeal for ball waa mado to tho
supreme court, hut the jndgo affirmed tho
ruling of the chancery court. The prisonor
was then tried for his crime in tho circuit
court of Dale cnnnty. Thejury In the case
returned a verdict of guilty cf mur
der in tho first degree, and
fixed tho penalty of death by hanging. Again
the case wm appealed to the anpreme court,
and again the decision of tho lower court was
sustained and the sentence was
tlon after petition was presents
O'Neal, praying him to commute the death
sentence to Imprisonment in tho penitentiary
for life. The main rearona urged by the
petliions praying for a commutation woro
that homirldea are very rare In Dale county;
that tho killing of Palmer canted great excite
ment and feeling of indignation among the
pee pie at tbo time, and that the Jury who
made out tho verdict were actuated by thia
aame feeling rather than by tho true status of
the case.
It is said that Palmer bad purchased some
land that Ward expected or wished to pur
chase, and hence tho hard feeling that existed
between them. Farther than that, no cause
for the fatal dlfiicolty is known. The hanging
of a white man in Alabama, and inDaieconnty,
at that, la a remarkable event in tho country's
history. Ward was tho first whlto man
in the state since the late war.
governor firmly refused to msk* the
commutation, and in reply said: “I regret
that the reasons urged do not raise a doubt of
my duty in tho premises. If their wm a sin
gle doubt I would be
Quick to Rlre the benefit
of it to the doomed man. I am constrained to
let the death sentence bo executed.”
On Frldxy of last week, Just one week be
fore the day of execution, Mrs. Ward, wife of
the doomed murderer, visited Montgomery,
•ought Governor O'Neal and besieged him
with a prayer to commote thn death Motenos
or grant a respite, but her pity-pleading wm
of no avail. Tbo governor^ kuew of no miti
gating circumstance, and again refused to
change Ue sentence, which wm prbmptly er-
Ward was born of respectable parents In
Dale county In 1835, and was at his death fifty
years old. He bad a common education, was
sman of more than ordinary intelligence,
pleasant address and gentlemanly mien. Ho
was five feet six Inches tall, carried himself
well, had blue eyea and WMrathM handsome.
Iio leaves his third wife and several children,
having loot two wives by death.
Tammy's flood Besolutlons.
a boy :of our acquaintance became very
good on KewYoar'odty, says the Youth's Com
panion. He withdrew to his room and appeared
, tiler an hour or two with a sheet of foolscap pa-
Iper held np before him. At the top of the sheet
: was written, “Good Resolutions for UM." Then
came the following somewhat amusing preamble
*na nsolm:
be better on account of my Triends, do agree to
keepthefotlowtng resolutions for one year at th*
1 will sot up when I’ve been called once, in
stead of after I've boon called four times.
I will ksep the baek part of my hair combed M
slick u the*—*
I will ro
harthmoM
I will brush my clothes every day to MV* ms
from scolding, for It It wicked to scold.
I will not chew gum, I wtll not bo sassy and I
wont quarrel with any of the boys.
If I break any of these resoltuums I will draw a
blue mark over It and be sorry.
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