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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XIX. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1887. PRICE FIVE CENTS. OirjT/HI/^Y. A Chapter In the History of Early Crime in Tennessee. From the Chattanooga Commercial. The recent discovery in Putnam coun ty of a cavern containing the skele tons of sixty murdered men has been chronicled by the press of tho country as well as of Tennessee. The»publicatlon lias caused a thrill of horror to pervade civiliza tion. Yet this cavern was doubtless filled through the joint efforts of a band of highway robbers, whose united efforts sink almost into insignificance in tho light of the individual efforts of some of tho men whose infamy has soiled the name of tho volunteer state. A Commercial man has been taking noteft from time to timo in regard to the outlaws of Ten nessee, and it is the purpose of this article to recite briefly the career of one of the most notorious. Taking them up In chronological order. Joseph Thompson Hare Is entitled to tho first mention. Ho was tho first noted high wayman that America produced. He was a Pennsylvanian by birth, and was born in 17E0. His criminal career, as is often the case, is to be attributed to the over-indulgence of his parents, who were highly respeotablo people Allowed to do pretty much as he pleased, he Sought tho company of the idle. He was ANNOYED BY BEING POOR. whilo some of the other boys were nch and bad a plenty of spending money. To remedy this, he prevailed upon some of his compan ions to make anight call at tho house of a wealthy old fanner. They found the old man him while under sentence of death: TUX LAMENT. Like the dove ter from his mate Forced to roam,— By the sad decrees of Fate, From my home. I’m a wanderercr au weary. Deserted, sad and dreary, Beneath Heaven's dome. I have drunk the bitter draught And my eyes whfufort I've laughed, nave been wet Have been wet With burning, blistering tears. And my heart with anguished f< Is aching .yet ON THE TRAP. •liicu to a dock sneu. entered mo winuow, biui going through the old man's trunks secured among tho crowd, all of whom hid their share till tho excitement died out. Then Hare be came reckless in his. viciousness, and his fa ther undertaking to check him, he made his way to Philadelphia, and succeeded in work ing his passage on a ship to Hew Orleans. Tho day he arrived, he whipped a local pugil ist named Marshall, who offered him an affront, and this led to several matches and bis extensive acquaintance amongst the worst classes of the city. In those days travel was oonfined to the stage coach and keel-boat as public convey ances, though many traveled long distances horseback. There were few banks and facili ties for exchange were unknown, so that trav- .. . • 3 B unis with them. l's calliug quito ,__ie traveler’s bul- lot and the hangman’s noose. Hare and two companies started on the road to Baton Rouge. Good luck at once favored him. Watching two men who got out of a boat, ho saw them bury a small bundle In a ravine, and heard them tell of tho murder of a man they wero taking to New Orleans. As soon os they gone he unearthed the bundle, and,found it to . Tennessee and Louisiana banknotes. .Findingthe name mid residence of tho murdered man, Haro, after inquiries at Baton Bongo, wrote a letter to the man’s brother, who with a party of friends WAITED THE RETURN cf the two murderers to the place where the treasure was concealed, and arrested them In WhlehHart, to Baton Kongo, where they were legally hung tor murder. Hare and his companions now went to Nash- Willo. Soon after arriving there they ambushed * party of four Spaniards, on their way from Florida to HashvDlo to buy goods, and ho and Lis companions netted over $7,000 each out of the robbery. Soon afterwords his party robbed a party of threo men, obtaining $i:i,nG0, ■ancT on another trip 84,(ft). The comrades now went to Nashville Where they got a new outfit and journeyed lrom there to Knoxville and then to New Or leans where they arrived with over $12,000 #aoh. In threo months they had lost it all, having boon plucked by male and female •harpers, and after consultation selected the rood from Baton Kongo to Pensacola for their operations. From one victim they secured *18,000, and went back to New Orleans. There Hare was suddenly taken down with Fellow fever, and when he recovored know not what had become of his money. Hunting up tils comrades, he fonnd that they wero also FINANCIALLY EXHAUSTED. , They stole a hone apiece, but lmd to aban don them and taka a barge. Swindling a fel low passenger at cords, enabled them to reach Hasnvillo several thousand ahead. There they f it up at the City hotel, but being rocognized a man Hare had once attempted to rob, ey set out for Knoxville and organized on Extensive series of operations. Haro went to Nashville, where he met an oldfomalo ac quaintance, who had married a Cuban named .Garcia. She acknowledged that her husband .was a heavy defaulter. Learning that Garcia was soon to return homo with a large sum, Hare, having obtained a description of bim, waylaid him on the rood, and when Garcia Would have turned him over to an approach ing party of horsemen revealed to Garcia that lie knew who he was and thus silenced bim, and secured all the money the Spaniard 4 He now started out for Richmond, bnt did “not reach there. In Franklin county, Va., the robbery of a drover cost him eight years In prison. In Baltimore, after his release, he learned harness-making, but tiring of that 'life went to Philadelphia and from there to Ibis childhood’s home, only to find tha Jnobody knew him. • Ho left and '.drifted to Albany where he became a foot-pad. i&ccting an old friend they operated 'on the kood from New York to Canada, and elsewhere •In that part of the country. One day Hare went into a tailor shop to be measured for a From the Detroit Free Press. Editors sit in their sanctums and write tlia hanging does not decrease the number of murder*. Fcnatois and representatives rise in their seat* and call executions relics of barbarism,' and demand that all hangings be conducted in private. Did you ever witness a public hanging? If you hare you do not believo with either tho editors or thesolons. The lew which sternly demands a lifo for a life Is the terror of evil men. A public execution does more to awe and humble than any other sight you can name. Five hundred of us have been standing at tho foot of the gallows for an hour. There has been no Jostling Jor pushing—no cursing or Jesting. Tho rope dangling from tho cross-beam of the gallows which a condemned murderer is about to mount drives curses from the mouth and Jest from the heart First comes the sheriff. Ho is followed by tho condemned and a minister of the gospel Behind them are two friends wboareto>tand on lhoscaffold to the last The death warrant has been read to tbo man in his cell, and his arms are tiod behind him. God says: “Thou shalt not kill.” The Bible says: “No murderer can inherit the kingdom of hcaveu." The law of the land names murder as tho highest crime on earth. Then why the clergyman with his prayers and hymns? It is the basest hypocrisy to lead the mur derer to hope—to throw over Ids horrible crime and terrible death the mantel of religion Up-up—upl It Is a high platform—eight steps to reach tho trap. There are three hundred thugs, thieves and loaf ers In the crou d. Watch them! Show me one sin gle face which has not paled since the man was led out Do you hear a jest-a rough word? Net one! These men are as dumb as stones. Yesterday had any of them disputed over a cigar the knife or pistol would have been ured. Tomorrow—next week—for a wholo year hence, the sight of this gal lows will rise np to restrain their murderous hands. The condemned advances to the front of the plat form to speak a few words. Nu need to whisper. "Huahl" You nover saw 600 people so quiet. Icon hear watches tick and hearts beat. "My friends, I am on tho brink of tho grave, fmk you to bhun*kei«ith which brought mo hero. Lei whisky alone. Lc< card* alc:io„ .Slumall bad people." Lv • Print that speech and men may sneer at It. Listen to tho words os they fall from tho Ups of a man that has less than ten minutes to live, and tho case Is different. They bite. They burn. They sink Into tho heart to remain forever. There is the dangling noose back of them. There is the hangman to the left— the sheriff to tbo right Let no man toll you that any word of that speech has been lost on the crowd —that they won't stand out In letters of lire when men are tempted to shed blood And now they sing. What horrible dlscordl What terrible mockery! If one who has deliber ately chopped Innocent children to death with an ax and thon brutally amaultcd tho mother can reach heaven thon our religion is wrong and worth ies. If he can't then why this awfol mockery of singing and praying and bcscocblng him to look to God. lust |iis ^ueK- By “Barge.** Written for Tn* Constitution, “Thar may not bo nothin’ in lnck,** said old man Flunket, “but thar’s some mighty strange things happens In this world. I knowed that tliar fellow what just rid by boy, and I here orwhile ago when he was er boy, luiowcd him all erlong through life to tho present time, and it was said that he was tho smartest boy in tho settlement, and wlion he was er young man It was said lie was the luck iest fellow in tlio scttloment, and it did look like luck to me, for he never turned his hand to qny thing when he first started out in life but what it was sure to turn out well,and make him money and 'fore ho was twenty- threo years old ho’d bought two likely niggers and had his farm well stocked. But ho ain’t got no farm now and he ain’t got nothin’ else, and its because his luck changed. His name is Jasper Green." Plnnket stopped to take a chew of Brown's tobacco, nnd then continued: “Thar’s Squiro Simmons, what lives yonder where you see that line ham, was just the same ago of Jasper Green, and they war raised boys together, and while everybody said that Jasner was smart and lucky, they had to say that Squiro was er fool and tho unluckiest cuss that was over allowed to live at all.** Old man Brown agreed with Plunkot and stated that he remembered the raising of both boys, and “It was just that way.’’ “Squiro Simmons was or green one,- con tinued old man Plnnket, “and when I remem- Very scon nowt Tbo sheriff Is tying his ankles, and the condemned Is taking his last vlow of earth. His eyes take In tho green trees at tho left—the beautiful hills to tho front—the meadows and orchards to the right,.flvs hundred polo faces arc upturned to.hls, but be sees them not. Look over |he crowdl Did you ever see thieves and thugs so awod and humbled? They havo long known tint the law punished murder. They have road and heard of executions. Tho law was a sort of theory; tho executions they road were in a distant place. Here, It Is brought homo to them as It could be in no other way. Hero Is tbo majesty of tbo law exemplified. Now the sheriff adjusts the noose. Did you foci .Brother Lewie at work, and mado known. This afterward led to Lewie becom ing an outlaw like bimeelf. He now *• ynnim A PHILADELPHIA LADY, but this did not check bie career. The robbery of a Princeton merchant netted him $30,000, but foolishly stopping for the night at a way aide inn cost bim a sentence of five yean in Afterhaving served bat a portion of nted as the first offense of a man driven .deration by the loos of a large fortune, when released from prison, Hare, after try- l to dissuade his brother from crime formed ‘dp with him and a man named On the 11th of March, 1818, the , river and the These released themselves and a .... . liras made. They were arrested on suspicion docs not lesson the crime of murder wh; Now there is prayer. More , —..*9 JEerdon^ one who has sinned against laws of Heaven and earth! do this thing, but they will tremble before the law which they hare seen vindicate!. "Now the black-cap!" That man has looked his hut on earth. His heart beats are numbered. Docs any one ask If be is "dying mime?" Never a onel If he walled and wept they would not reproach him. It would be a poltroon, stupUied with drink, who could stand on that death-trap and give no **^?«tehl The hangman has his hand on the lever! The man Is alone on the trap! The seconds ore horribly long to him. He straightens up, draws a frill breath, and then there is a crash as the trap falls—a groan from the crowd as the body brings up With a horrible Jerk-snd this Is the end. No, It is not! Follow these men out into their dally hsonts—by daylight and by darknea. It will be hours before some of them will smile-days be fore they will Jest. Some will put knife and revol ver away, where sudden temptation cannot reach them; outers will see that gibbet rise before them whenever an angry word is spoken. They may not become honest men—these rurcils—they may not embrace religion and turn to paths of industry, but human life has a new value—a greater value in their eyes. A murderer has paid the penalty. They re spect the law. The execution is a vision to rise up In barroom or brothel—a menace to whisper In theur ears a score of times per day. The Belle of CaUforala and the Lily, From the R * n Francisco Examiner. The belle of California U Mb, Etta B- Now for Ihe com jar lion: The LOybihouMen an weU molded; they giro one the Wes of marble. But look it Mia Etta’. shoulders; they tie Celt end Mood. They may not give the Idea of marble, but fcstlaj for clo’tlilng. The, wen tried end con- AU were sentenced to death, bnt Lewis’s sentence was commuted to ten years Imprisonment. Alexander and the elder Mare, however, bravely met their fate. • Strange to My.Hare’s bond was nnstebied rithmonl-.'. He had many good qualities, rhich might hart been directed in yooth. In might here been directed in yoeth. lew Orleans he ones saved some children aborning boose at tho risk of bis life. lereml times he ssved the liree of victims then his companions wanted them killed. s wee the case fat the robbuy for which he Jmebang^- Bare wee somewhat of a poet. Is s nod Hah story; sUtUbstler tram thslkottbat JUarfMm Oom these lilts* written byj. it b strictly true. two figures: Tho Langtry is toll, tbs Is well molded; she even has been called a Venus. But there Is not that soft, melting, womanly appearance that distinguishes tho bells of California from the remainder of her sex. Last of all, I will speak of Mrs. Langtry's ankle. It Is well molded, Z grant, but then It It English be fore everything else, while as for the bells of Oslt* fornfa—why, her anils is-wrll, It Is simply perfect —U is California. A Queer Sight. From the Detroit Tribune. John Darwins saw a curious Bight up the hsy on Tridsy, rays a Quincy, HI, exchange. 2ft has been here for years and never saw It befora It wassomtIOObff buffdo fish, each kith its bead protruding shore tbs sarfecs of tbs water. They re- saainsd stationary. Mr.Dsrwins thinks that tbs temperature of the water was so high that tbs fish were driven to seek sir to prevent snflbcatton. This her how he used to git erround in his coperas britches and Jeans jacket at the parties in the settlement, I can’t tell how he over did turn out like he has, or how he ever got tho woman for er wifo that he has got.” .... “Ho got her,’’ said old man Brown, "and ho had Jasper Green orgin him, for Jasper wanted the same girl, and the girl’s father and hor old aunt, that lived erlong with 'em, wero agin Squire, too, and called him er fool, and un lucky and gauky, and the old man swore he should never have her, and told him to never darken his door ergin. Hor maiden name was Lula Bright." . “Well, you see,” said old man Flunket, growing somewhat animated as the fountain of memories began to stir, “I know all orbout lk$ "Whole business. Old man Bright had watched Lula and Squire erlong timo and ho seed that she was always ortaking up for him. aft he seed Jhat Sauiro thought more of Lula than he’ dhTof anybody else, and he took to trying to bring him out and make something of him, but old Bright got disputed with Squire's awkward wavs and then he went to work and tried to git his a girl disgustod too, bnt-he couldn’t.” ‘The first thing that old man Bright dono for Squire to kinder bring him out, was to give him a young horse, for Squire’s dada was a drunkard and uevor did havo nothing to help any of his children with. Sauiro got tlio young horse home and him nnd his dada turn ed in and broke bim to work to **t little old one-horso wagin What they had, but ho was as wild as * buck, ana one day while they war passing to making such o^ fuss, that Lula’s aunt stepped oat in the yard to see if somebody warnt trying to steal the uhlokens, and Squire he slid elf down the path and Lula went hack into Iter room, and the old aunt she spied Squire's whito shirt ss ho got ovor the fenoe, and she flow buck into tho liouso and woko old Bright and told bim that some nigger had got uiiiuAciu tum who riuiiiinx'Hi wihi win, end old Bright ho lltouten bed end blotvod lil> horn, which was a slgn»l between lilm and Edit Turner, who kept s rack of nigger hounds, and Edd ho was np and grabed his horn and Mowed up his dogs, and 'fora old Bright had got his clothes all on, Edd was at Ids house and ready for business.” “It wasn’t no time ’fore tlio dogs was on the trail of poor Squiro, and he bored cm er coin ing, and ho struok ont In er run to git homo it bo could, and Lula sho herod cm and she was ■cared to death, and sho listened to the bark of the hounds as they went dosm the spring path nnd over the fence snd then through tho old fluid snd Into the woods snd sho could here tha tearing down of fences so Ss tho horses could git over nnd the voice of Edd ss lie sot on hlsdogs snd sho come mighty nigh going crasy for fear the dogs would catch Squire and tear him up, but they didn’t for he just took to er tree end set thnr till the dogs all como up, and then ho surrendered and they took him over to Justice Sinl'h’s and put lilm under guard till morning end then thoy war going to try him for stealing childrens and put lilm in Jail. The next morning, bright and early, Lula she come hero to my Squire hurt nor slio didn't want her father to And It ont, and she didn’t know wliat to do. The old ’oman called me In and told me erbout liow it was, snd I just saddlo my nag snd wont over to Juatico Smith's snd stood Squire’s bull for live hundred dollars to appear at big court, and that settled It. flqnlro lie joinod a military company and wont to Virginia, and ho made as good er rebel sol- diotos tliar was In tlio war. Squire he sent let; era to me for Lula snd I’d give ’om to tlie olw 'oman and the old 'oman would take ’em' to Lula, anil to this day me or my folks can get anything that tho Simmons have got, snd they are the richest folks in this set- tlement, and that fellow what passed here er while ergo Is Juper Green, and you can toll what hels by looking at him. You never know what or man’s gwyuo to ho Ull ho dies." . . . « . . . Whon Sherman came down hero,” contln- ered up everything In the way had kept ell through the war, and hid It out. Thar was not er living soul that knowed how mac); ho hsd nor what he dona with It but hie old nigger, Pomp. When wo bored the yan- keee wore apt to git down this way, old Bright he went to studying how to mile anil ho trusted lug erlong with his gun looking out for er tur key, thoy met throe or four hoys of tho settle ment and one of cm wus Jasper, and they would havo Squire to stop and talk or wbllo and as ho stopped tlio old man didn’t go very for till ho sot down on cr rook, and Jasper I hadn’t been er round tho horse long till he seed how akltish he was of strangers, and so horse would shy, and Squire was busy talking tn tho other boys anddidn't take no no tice of what was going on, till Jasper, giltlng er little closer and closer to the horse, all at once giro a Mg shuttle on the ground end out jumped the horse down the toed, kicking, and er Ilyin, and tho old man was terribly excited and Jasper lowed to him: 'Shoot the horse, shoot the horse, he’ll Mil your son,’ and the old fool biased er way and downhofotch him. They skint the fiorso, put the skin in tho wagin, and the old men end 8qulro took hold and were pulling the wagin on back home, when who should they meet but old Bright. “ ‘Hollo!’ said old man Bright, 'where’syour horso?’ '• ‘Thar's what’s left of him,’ sold Squire's dada, pointing to the hide, “When tho people In the settlement hcred of It, they all said, ‘Just his lack, Just hit luck.' But Lula she criod when she bored er bout it, and old Bright didn't like it, end he thought ho'd give Jasper another young horse what he had there and tee hew he’d come out with 'cm, and maybo Lula would see tho differ ence in the two fellows snd becomo disgusted with Squire. Bo old Bright he didn't let on. but ho giro the horso to Jasper, end the first thing anybody knowed be had him broke end WSJ cutting shines round tliesettlement, riding out tho girls and having er fine time. Oldman Bright let it run on this way for tome time till at last he called hie daughter to him end pointed out the difference in the two young mon, citing the hones at an example. Lola the Just cried end went erlong end Jasper ho’d Squire he’d walk over to see ’em, unfold man Bright thought ho’d done tho very best thing he could have done to break up the attach ment that was evident between hit daughter and 'Squire, ''After that,” continued old man Blanket, "I remember that one day the two young men happened to meet at old man Briglits, end the old man he’d got some finessed com from UU bUIIlun ItUIwe I time be give the young fellows each an number of grains, and thoy were to plant In a rich spot and git in the seed of it. Jasper he went home and and fixed his ground up well end planted bis grains, and it wara’t no great while before the com was np and looking fine. Squire he w.nt home and picked out a rich spot just back of his mama's garden end fixed hit ground and laid off hit farrows, and then took Ms com snd went erlong end dropped the all and tha time and picked up the. grains fast as he had dropped ’em. people, when they bared of It, just lowed ‘lie hie luck. Its bis luck, and it looked that wav to me.’ ” "When old man Bright,” continued old man Flunket,'teed that nothin else would do, ho A mad, and forbid hb daughter ever speak- _!g to Squire Ergin, and he told Squire never to darken his door If he didn't went to git shot, and the Squire knowed old Bright wee er tough customer, end that he'd do just what he 'Old Bright had er nigger named Pomp that loved bie yoang mistress, and hated Jas per Qreen, tor Jasper wee mighty bed erbout patenting, end no carried little Dote, from Squire to Lola, and from Lula hack to Squire, his iiiiiiinj. Pomp with everything, and askcil his opinion as to tho safest way to hide It. Old l’omp said ho’d fix er way to hldo It so that every yonkeo in the world oouldn’t find it. Bright told him to go ahead and not lot er liv ing soul know about It. Old Pomp bo went off end gatliorod up a wliolo hug full of gourds and ho fotch cm and glvo cm to old man Bright, and they put all tlio gold nnd all s'' • Into em and them old 1’onip ho got a nwchet and told his master to eunn .head end they went down In tho creek bottom and begin to look for hollow trees and overy time they got one that suited thoy’d put ono cr tlio gourds Into tho hollow, and old Pomp would mark tho tree with his hatchet, till they got all the money stored away. Old Sherman wam’t long er coming and old man Bright, ho lit out on hit horso to go ovor the river and tho bridge was bumod and he tried to swim with his botso and that was tlio end of him He got drowned and the soldiers got the horse, and no one but old Pomp knowed anything erbouthta money but old l’omp, and he wouldn’t tell, and every body thought the yankoca gut It.” Plunkct took a fresh chow of Brown’s to- beeco, and then oontlnued: “Bight tliar Is whor Jasper Green’s luck Banged for tho wone, and whar Squire Bim- nnn’t olmnmvl fnt> ftire hMftar. T.nltx wu rwir man's changed far the bottter. Lula was poor thon, tho war was over and it was hard' times. Squire camo homo from Virginia, and he was ’ iad, I re glad old Bright was dead, I reckon, for be wont right straight to see Lula, and they war married, and everybody said that Squire had yankecs had money In the gourds and they got It, old Pomp remarking: 'Et young Mia* bad er marriod Jasper Green, he’d never knowed notldn' erbout these hero gourds.' Old Pomp Is dead, ansi Iia'i filia steilt# tilnrrnp T Vnnw ttmt’l frail AP and he’s tht only nlggor I know that’s got er tombstone. Squire and Lula put it tliar on hla grave, and the reading on It Is this: If xu Un Poxr, nu Suva Wa skin was Mack, hut he was a fhfth/Ul frfonfl nu*! >w hffliwt "iiPi A IVelril Story of the Sea, Prom the Burlington Ilawkeye. I an: a lawyer and was sitting at my desk busily ongnged, whon my friend Bert Alden rushed into my offlcoone afternoon almost hurl ing the words at me, “Frank, you are wanted et tho Marino hospital I” "What for?” I Inquired. "How should I know ? You lawyers are awful Inquisitive. If a body tells you anything you always begin to ask questions. They want yon right awoy.” Picking up some writing paper with pen and Ink, and inviting Bert to come along, I started. While wo are walking along I will tell you who we are. I am a New York lawyer with an office not very far away from tlio metropolis called “down town.” My bosom friend snd companion, Bert Alden, Is a deteetlvo, and a good ono, too. As good In his line of business as I am tu mine, I suppose. At any rate we make a strong team together. Any legal work Bort has on hand he lota mo do and I return tho compliment by allowing 1dm to do my de tective work, In looking up delinquent debt- Bnt to return. In duo time we arrived at tho hospital and walking into tlio office we were met by tho superintendent, I)r. Davis. “Yon sent for me, I helievo, doctor?” I * > *^Yc’s, Mr. Benton, I did. There Is e man hero who was sent from tho quarantine about a week ago. Ho hot been delirious all the time while here and he was delirious wbllo at tho quarantine. Today he seemed to get rational aud lie asked for a lawyer. Wlillo out of his mind he constantly talked of “murder" and “cannibals,” and occasionally he would halt spring out of bed and shout: "You shall not till liorl" I don't know who ho Is. All I could earn was that ho was picked up at sea with five otliore and he lias not been ablo to give an account o! himself slnoe." ‘Is he very tick?” I inquired. -'He is,’’ was the reply, "He has had scunr very bad for some time, I should Judge, and at tho quarantine hospital thoy trealod him for II i alone. I found when bo camo hero that ho had received a blow on tho head with something, which caused eoneusslon of tho brain, and brain fevor had set In, through Its having been neglected. Today la the first day he has been anything like rational and I (car it will not last long. Coma and see lilm,” and tho kind- hearted doctor led tho way to tho wards. Wo followed him through a labyrinth of cots to a small wing partitioned off from the time very happily, being In each others society illy. Tho mate (ruin tlio ‘Alert’ go* frequent].. passionately jealous of me, hut Adele wouldn't bare anything to do with him, although her father wlshcifit. About this time tho scurvy commenced tn break out among tlio (tew. Four iflhii died ivitli lt.llio first ono being Eugene Gerault, the captain. Adclo was well-nigh brokon- heartodand turned to me for sympathy and protection. I promised it. Think of her po sition. It was meet cruel. Her father, heron- rangers and not one of hor own sex to turn to teller sfllictlon. Alas! tor human hopes. Though I bad promised protection, fnlly In tending to accom It honorably, It was not or- dallied so. I, too, caoght the scurry end though I did not die, I was so weak I could not defend myself much less champion her cause. The mate made proposals to hor In my hearing whloh she Indignantly rejected. Tlio poor girl a crying to me and would have committed do If 1 had not told her It was wrong. iueideL , Then the nrovlslons run ant all at onco. Da you know what hunger Is? We had nothing to eat far e week. The sailors drank a good deal of liquor which the ship waa well supplied with. Then the weather changed all of a sud den. Tho tee broke up and our ship drifted out with the floating Ice-floes. The first night, no lookout being set an Iceberg crashed Into tie and stove in the side of tho vessel like so much paper. The mate was a good seaman and h* had had the boats In readiness for torno time, pending an accident, I suppose, so that when ihe shock camo we got Into tho boats and row ed away. There wero two boat loads of us and as we started tlio ship careened suddenly to boat Into the vortex with ... _ was all we heard, and the next moment all wao silent save for tlio cnickllngand jostling of tlio icebergs and ominous swish—a crash as tho iro-riocs collided with each other. Tho men In the night In drinking and was pilch dark all night, hut when tlio dawn stood, he said: “This is the man.” Now, I havo soon many different diseases In all stages, but nover have I beheld anything so fearful as this. Tho man (If such an object on tho bed could ho callod) was wasted to a mere skelton. The faco, onco liandsamo. more bkqivuu* xiio wuw Iwiwanntt framed In the vlifto bedclothes, vrss % lived blue in contrast with them, the blood and hu mor showing through tho skin. Tho hands wero mere bones with tho skin drawn tight over them. Now, I am not a wenk-minded man, hut I must say that I couldn’t nmron a shudder I inL I.IIO (lau* VnlldUit nh SMI.lv. when I saw saV him first. Noticing no respir ation, I aakod tho doctor If ho worn dead, nttt icarcoly nliovo a whisper. [bentdown over him, and ho asked; “Are you a lawyor?’’ "Yes,” I replied. "Wlio Is that?” pointing to Bert. "A friend of mine." "Bert Aldon?” "Yes.” “I know him,” he replied. "Indeed,'’ I said, surprised. "Yes.” The doctor horo Interrupted, and speaking In a low tone, said: “Mr. Benton, if ho tome — wants to mako a deposition, got It as soon ss possible. Uls pulse Is rsnr low snd is fifteen minutes he probably may he dead. I have busi ness to attend to for about tea minutes and I “Twenty-odd yean have passed since Squire and Lula were married. Squire hotel no dunce now, bnt he could go to the Legislature ■nv flawhnM I4v wnnl. flnm* it* li'fi hll treats every body right, some say one thing and some say auothor, but Isay it’s Just lilt Luck." Fiction Turns to Troth, From tbs N. Y, World. The statement contained In Elder Haggard’s new novel, “Allen Qnatermate,” concerning the existence orwhlte races laths Interior of Africa, has merited a most remsrksMs confirmation from the man who abovs att otters, Is qualified to speak on the subject. Zabehr Paiba, the grand old Slav, king of Central Africa, whom the German traveller, Dr. Bchvetnforth, desoritw la lMl as living In a pallet "where visitors were ctn fueled through halls ot state by richly drtawd and attentive slaves, and where chained Uoas guarded the doors and sol- die is In mail armor waited on his will," Is now a esptlvs In the British fortress of Gibraltar, whither he wttdcperied from Egypt seme two yean ago In feottgofe-y of Ms —wr—ried —wspitrify hi tee Best, dan rebellion. Talking the other day to a corrct- pendent about the slave countries oaths White Nile which an entirely savage, bo remarked: “At •oontry, there are tribes ss oquuv w uua, mu uvu uuw mka w o^uuva and In the course of er ye« or so, Squire had fixed (hlngs np so that be would go over to old man Bright's and take hla ssat on er bench would meet him there, and they'd sc t thar and talk, and old man Bright waa nona the wiser. But Squire’s bad lock was with him yet, and ao one sight, whUa ha and Lnla were ont under e^h^d'u.ra.Mhl.^el.J^jlTte'h!; tooea ana Uiou"uti»is axagntcrwES in ner toom. the chickens what roceted la some cedar trees let te to squalling, and thsguiocailet in cannibalism still prevails and that many of than lest none tsit human fiesh. “Maa and moan are sold In the markets by the pound exactly as one sells mutton and beef. Tbs old and bt are prefeir- •d. gof-fti—»they are sold dead and cut upt’’ Compensation. One woman. In furs and velvets; fea&MSEycmri^ The other stood on the flags. One woman, alona In ber earrisgv; By tbo other a little child. Who, watching ihe warning heme* ■ 1 her bee and milled. Looked up te her 1 ■be stooped to her bey snd Mresd Mm, Whan ber OM sen lay lathe dust. Ooe, back to ner darkened wanaton, irealih cannot hold death at bay! °^b«k mm* hutwhere labor Von ft tae among us are equal sfcKian.^Motiorilng to Bert to draw down to him, be asked: ... “Didn’t you used to have a brother Wil liam?” "Yes,” said Bert. "Ho tan awoy from home about ten years ago, and three years later we heard he was drowned. The news killed poor mother, and te n short time father followod her.” “O, motherl” said the man on tho bed, and suddenly changing Ills voice to n natural tone, he exclaimed: “Bert, I am your brother WU- lalml" “O, Willi have I found you?” “Yea, to lose me again, though.” "Ewt/lhave’a story to tell before I die. It trill make your blood curdle te your votes to hear it, but It must bo told. Ploasegst your things ready, sir,” he said to me. I was standing beside the bed listening to the conversation with Bert, I draw a stand which held the medicine closer to the bed, deposited my paper and ink thereon, sat down and got ••^hsreshail I begin?" asked tho sick man. "At the beginning,’'said Bert, with an at- deposition's*’ he told it, or rather ss I coplod It, ran as follows! ~ f'l shipped on the 'Alert,* merchantman of the Westlnd* ' _.jdla Hue at New York. Tho chip waa bound for Jamaica, with a cargo of mer chandise and Implements for fanning. When out on the Atlantis we enoountered a torrifio storm which drove ns up north, way outof our reckoning, and disabled us. We had lost our rudder, one of our mast, and tbo propeller was broken# « We laid around for two days expecting to meet or see a ship. On the evening of the see ond day a cry arose, ‘lire, fire I’ It wu too true. Somebody had gone Into tho store room and set tho ship on fire, how, I don’t know. At once there wu a rush for the boeto, bet the captain, a cool, level-headed man. restored (ri der and had the boate provided. We ell got te comfortably and pulled away from the ship. I waste the boat which was In charge of the first mate, a man whom I disliked as ho waste coano anil brutal. Wa bad orders for all the boats to stick together, bet a storm arose and separated us. We were driven along that night and part of next day, when the storm lulled. During the storm we had lost two men. Tho mate, with an oath,said,'he didn’t care. It left more grub for us.’ There werei five of us In the boat now. Wo occasionally rowed and drifted all that day and night. The next nlngone of the men descried a sail. We e wrack, aa' .... tha ship which carried It bore down on ua and we were taken aboard and ■The ship was tha 'C1ontte,* a whaling vessel XDO imp wss ine eimiuii, m wiuuws irewi owned by a French-Canadlan, who was the captain also. Hla name waa Eugene Gerault, and—O, bow can I tell itl—he had a daughter (an only one) on board the ship with him. Ilia wife had died a short time before and aa be did not want to ba separated from Adele betook ber along with him. She waa about seventeen yean old. with black bait and eyes and waa tha prettiest girl I ever tew. From tha first time I sew her, I loved, eyl worshipped her, end she returned (he affection with almost equal ardor. The aMpper, being short of bands, hired os all and we cruised around for about from tho Ico and were In thoopen sea. I look around at the crew, anil taw that (with the ad dition of Adolo who sat te the stem with me) It was Identically the same crew which came from tlio ‘Alert.’ They had Just hail enough crow to the teat fuc-fng us aud talking so all Well, ' ' could hear, said: “Well, comrades, we have gut no provUlims and wo will row and drill southward, which I think Is in tliatdirectlon.” At tills junction an albatross camo flying over ns and ono of tlio men knocked It duwn with au oar. Instantly thoro was a scrimmage for it. It waa tom piecemeal and divided among the men who devoured It raw. This only served to wliot tlielr appotltos and they become blood-thirsty devils. Tho nmto spoke up: "Comrades, wo nro hun gry nnd there appears to bo no holp for It unless ono of us Is sacrificed to save tho llvos of the othors. I proposo that wo draw lots,” Incarnate fiend l At his heartless words Adsls, pops girl, fainted, from terror aud fa- /tiicic, jHim iiiiiitcui iiuiii ex-stist tlguo I soppoaog and fell across tny knees with faco upturned, Tlio Bight of a victim ovidont- ly nrousod all tlio luloiiL passion in tlio mute's nature, for slopping forward ho drew hU knife and without motion cut hor tlmuL O, horrL bio! Tha hot blood spurted Upon niy faco, and sodlng It, the mate knelt dowu and, drunk it at ft Howvafrom tho wound.1 wmhortnr-stthck. you may boliovo, and so weak was f with th# .scurvy that I was unablo to do anything to hinder him, hut by n gnnorliunuui effort or Impulso rather, I pushed him backwards and raising tlio body of Adclo in my arms I threw it ovor tho gumvalo of the boat into the soa. As tho body foil Into tho water I turned my Jjcad and saw tho niAto raiso an oar to striko heard ono of tho sailors shout: ‘trail Hot* Too lato. Tim next thing I know I was hero* Whoro is tills place i"' ho asked. “New York," I said Hero ho ceased, exhausted, and lay back on tho bod with closed oyos. I had copied all this In short hand as fast os ho talked nnd ho talkod mg ono of Ids hands and I said to him: iiort,nsk him what tho inato's namo was.'* Tho sick man opened his oyes quickly, and said: “lib namo is Herman Hcnnett. llo Is* Kentuckian. Lot mo sign that quick.” Jus! hero, as luck would havo It, Dr. Davis and a nurse entered. In tho presenco of tho thro# witnesses and mysolf. ho signed It and with # Wliiiriwis mm nijhuiii nu w.w.w smilo of satisfaction no turned to liert and •aid: “Brother, If posalblo, will you avong# her death?" “I will, I swoar It.** returned Bort. smlio William Aldon turned round In be<f and closed his oyos. Tho end is near,” said Dr. Davis, And so It seomod/_ Tho dying man's mind *koa of “home, moth* began to wandor. He talk#— er, wid Bert." Suddonly he snrang up in hod ni MU mu. duuuoui; i.w.uiiulB Up wilh a shriek nnd shouted: “You shallimt kill hor, I sayl" Dr. Davis Jumped forward, ray ing: “Hold him, gentlemen, for tlio lovo of heaven hold html** Wo compiled with lib re quest, or tried to. Ordinarily I consldor my- SI If a strong man, but te thta caao I was In fault. What teemed Uko n skeleton a short timo before wu now possessed of lncrediblo strength. Dr. Davb had hold of ono arm amt Bort wu holding the other, while I had tho foot to to take core of. Threo times did ho throw my hold off ond almost got away front Dr. Davb and Bert, bnt they Imng on with all the tenacity of bull-dogs. I shall never forgo* that struggle. It wu terrible. Blirloklngand groaning, kicking nnd biting, with tho vein* on Ms livid faco and hands standing like A verltablo demon. The fit ceased as suddonly a* It had begun and we three desisted, hot, breathless and per- ssnok “Adolo, love, anu w. wire, wsiswu, uui, uiv-iujim spiring. A peaceful look passed over lib nnd opening hb eyes ho whlipored: "A Adolo, wait for ms. I am coming Adclo,” nnd with her nsmo on hb Bps, tha spirit faded out of his Muo eyes, andWIlluun Aldon had gone to hb rest. “It b all over,” sold Dr. Davb softly, and reverently, "Lot ns pray.” Wo knolt at tha hodsldo and offered op » prayer for Mmwhow •plrit had no more ahodo on earth. "Look," •old tb doctor, u wo arose. Thu dead man’s faco had underzono a wonderful metamorpho sis. The blood, and with It the humor, hod receded from It and left It as white as Urn driven now. Czeopt'for tbo ghostly pallor, ho looked ; ait Ilk. Bert. I)r, Davb cWd - y. W. were the Ice (or almost three moattu, I think, when the eyes and tho bands upon the breast and w# quitted the room. ^ t t # • • • • Bat little moro remains to be said. Bort had fill brother interred and started out to find Berman Bennett and hla companions. If# earned that of the five men picked up with hU brother, two died on tho steamship tho day they were found, two moro had di*;d In th# quarantine hospital, and ono was almost well again. That one was Herman Bennett. Bert bond him after a little search, and not think- ng of his resemblance to William, ho walked np to him and said: ''Herman Bennett, I ar rest yon for the murder of Adele Gerault on the nigh seasl” “Auclel Great Godl my sin has found tn# outl" be exclaimed, and ho fell full Jengtn on tha floor. Ho had broken » blou.1 veShriond ho died almost immediately. A merlcfful death but a richly dorarnd one. Tho last of tire “Clontln Castaways'* hid met Ms rewad ond Add* Gerault wu avenge. A T.XU Chief, yrom ths KcrTTfllo, Texas. Bye. .gag ^tlrusiloi^M Wsihln^tnu, Napoleon, or an r otiga nan who, hu scratched his wmis U4U sp vu thfl

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The Atlanta constitution. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, July 26, 1887, Image 1