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4 HE CRAWLED OUT. Newt Vorce, the Celebrated Col orado Outlaw, Captured. THREATENED WITH BEING DYNAMITED From the Globe-Democrat. Dknvek, Col., Deccnilier 20.—Newt Vorce, "known as the “Deer Trail Terror,” Las been captured, and contrary to expectations. he wa« taken alive. He was captured by the aid of fire and giant powder, and at 3 o’clock was brought to Denver and placed in jail. This practically terminates tho career of a dosptrfr* uo who has terrorized the eastern Colorado plains country, and has defied the officers of the law. His terrorism has extended over a period of eight months; for the past two Weeks ho has been hunted as they would a jnad dog by tho officers of the law. Dur ing this time he has played the role of a mur derer, highwayman and general desper ado. While he has been hunted two deputy sheriffs have been shot, one badly wounded and now in the hospital at Denver, and the othci instantly killed. Another fa tality was that of a sheep-herder, Robert Lathrop by name, who was killed yesterday at daybreak by the sheriff’s posse, who mistook Lathrop for the desperado and shot him dead. Deputy Sheriff Cnntley was shot by Vorce ten days agowhile attempting to arrest the desperado. His right arm was broken, and he is now suffering from a complication of diseases which may terminate fatally. Last Sunday Vorce shot and killed Gay B. Hollingsworth, one of a posse who had him surrounded in a dugout on the Mill Iron ranch, where Lnthrop, the sheep-herder, was killed. THE SUMMONS FOH AID. A telegram was sent t the sheriff’s office in Denver for as i tanre. It was said that the desperado was surrounded in a dug out on the Robin.-on ranch, twi Ivo, miles north us Doer Trail, Under Sffirjli Chivington ami Deputies Lynds and Yates took a special train at once an«l prococ d< <1 to the scene. They arrived nt D‘ v»‘Trail at 3 o’clock yesterday. A poss** of tweh c men was se uicd there and arrived at the Kobin, -i. i;*.nch al (lurk last night. Vorce was found to hr unrounded in a dugout Which was used for stabling purposes. He had five hors s in the dugout which belonged to the rati h < «n Robinson. Vorce had arrived then* on i hursday last and had remained in hiding ever r.ince. When Colonel t.’hivin;-,ton arrived time he found the dug-out ■urroumb d by Wiley and .lames .Adams,broth ers, wlio vi re <‘( irt« <l behind barriers at a safe distance from the desperado’# retreat, but were in position to fully cover the dug-out with their rille and to prevent Voree’sescape. C< 1 ih‘l*< ’hivington at once resolved upon des perate n.e ;‘uirt . This was nothing less than the use of dynamite. Colonel Chivington is known throughout the west as an intiepid officer. Ifo is known as the h» roof the famous Rand creek massacre, which occurred in 1K64. At a time when Colorado was suffering from Indian depredations ho surrounded several hundred Indians in a valley of Sami creek and massacred them all with shells and bombs. For this l.e was cashiered as an officer of the army, but lie obtained lasting obligations from the people of Colorado, as it had the effect us ridding the territory of the bothersome Sioux, Cheyenn •* and renegade I’tea. Chivington is now < 5 years old, hut he Is as erect as he was in the prime of his manhood. He stands six fret four inches in height, has white beard and hair and weighs 250 pounds. A I,’.MID WITH GIANT POWDER. When he h it Denver yesterday he carried b large amount of guns and ammunition, ami also seventeen stabs of r iant powder, with fuse attacffi d. Alter taking in the position at th<‘dugout ho stationed his twelve men in a circle ar- und the diigmit at a distance of 250 yards <Ri h. was known to Im; in tho dugout anl heavily armed; therefore the keen est foresight anil precaution had tu bo usd. Tim guards previously posted had kept up a fire * n the dugout for thirty-six hours, and as they had been unable to g« t a favorable shot at the de. pi rado it was considered by Chiving ton as a useless task to continue tho shooting me thod- Accordingly he at once set about the hazardous task of placing tho dyna mite. The du ;out was'-al uatrd in an embank ment with the door on the side. Next to the creek, hi the real of the dugout, was a straw eta< k. and sloping irom that was an undula tion in the prairie. The door of tho dugout was the only position from which Vorce could tihoot. lin was well guarded by men in front, who had in tractions toshootas soon as tho desperado bowed his head. It was now about ten o’clock at night, and a snow storm had come up. It Was cold and blowing. Colonel I’hivh';ton, iircoinpanied by Mr. McShane, a ranchman. now proceeded down the hill to wards the dugout, covering themselves b.v the filr.iw '. k. 1 bev carried with them the ®ev< nf<sta ks of giant powder. They pro ceeded guard*div. as it was intensely dark and tin y did not know but that the hunted man Imd managed to get out <4 the dugout unseen and might be on (ho surface of tho dug out. In time they found out to the contrary. I’L.M ING HIE I X PLOSIVE. Tho immense quantity of giant powder was placed on the roof of the dugout and the at tempt was made to light the fuse, but the fuse would not burn, it having got wet from tho anew . Colonel Chivington then decided to set fire to the straw stack, knowing that the dames xvould communieal * to the woodwork of the dugout and thence to the ciant powder. While ! the straw stack v :w burning the country Found about was lighted up and the cordon of the posse was lighted, the men being brought in irom 150 \ aids to hi yards distance from the dugout. Th- stack burned fiercely, and the posse waited path ally for the desperado to conn*out. Colonel Chivington ami McShane remained near tin* dugout. As v< t there was no danger of the dynai.:it< exploding, and they preferred to be in readiness to take Vorco alive if ho so Signified. McShane never took tho point of his ride from the doorway of tho dugout, thus protecting Chivington in his other work. It Was now near midnight, and the tire was get ting uncomfortably < lose to the dynamite. Chivington and McShane were thinking of withdrawing. Finally they heard a voice coining out of the depths of the dugout. While he could not see he could hear the roar ot the burning ’raw stack, and he fell that his dung'r wu' imminent. Ho called out if he could surrender or it he mu t bo roast d alive. In tuply, Colonel Chivington stated that he was surrouni* d by dynamite ami death was only a matter of a lew moments, but ihat if ho w ished to surrender and would come out »>f hislmling pia e without arms and hands up he would n i Im* injured. Tho des pciadu said he w* uld do it. THE SVHKKXDEK. Accordingly won! vvns s< nt out to the circle of guuids nui to shout. MeShanv however, kept his rife up il - I ami in readiness to drop the desperado if he exhibited the least sign of treachery. Voice came out of the dugout w ith hands up, nt! the time pleading not to lie shot. Colonel Chivington then went up tothedesper ate man and found that he was without arms. He was then handcuffed, and members us tho jK»>se closed in and \ orce was an unquestioned prisoner. It w.s then found that it was too late to remove the dynamite and it was left to do its work. However, one of the pos#e, more venturesi'ine than the others, volunteered to go after the arms of the des perad»« in the duco.it He secured a Winches tcr and a 4t caliber Colt’s revolver, und had Bearce!v got to a safe distanoo from the dugout when the explosion o < urred. It made a deaf ening noise, ami when the smoke cleared away and the men visited the scene, then' was not n vestige of tho dugout left. An immense hole was dug into the earth. Had Vorce remained in the dugout it is scarcely possible that uny trace of him could have been found. Wagons were then taken .nd the nri*<>n« r and pussc driven to I>« er I'iaii. They arrived there at day break this uunnuu and the was given a break*ast. He had not <aten for thirty six hours, and for the most of this time he Lad been' instantly .-!»«<ulug from the dugout. The killing of Robert Lathrop, the aheep herder. « n Sunday morning was a most dra matic affair. Wken the d« Mwrado took pos session us the Robinson ranch on Tuesday, it Was by ft i< aide means, lie held up the owner aii l t rrori.-.ed I.aikn p. who was working for ILhiuson. They knew who the (iesjHTado wns w th< ut Is a g told, and they did limply at they Mtn luld. THE KILLING OF !. At II HOF. Xvn<‘s Lh alien wa> no| known until Fri day. It w a-, suspected at Deer frail that he had taken ivli ge then , nad in order to ascer tßm an« io was s« nt tu tho ranch for th<» ©bicuriblv purpose us buy mg burses. He fuund THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION. ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1887. out the situation and reported to the officers at Deer Trail, who sent the two Adams boys and a man named Johnson to the spot. These men t«x>k up a foolish position, being where they could not leave without placing themsclvoH in jeopardy c the despe rado’s ritie. After remaining in this position twenty-four hours without food ordrink, they drew cuts as to who should run the gauntlet ami make their position known. It fell upon Johnson, and he successfully ran the blockade. It was at daybreak that morning, shortly after Johnson left, that a man wearing Voree’s well-known sombrero, walked out of the dug out towards the horses. Instantly the two guardsmen fired, and the man fell dead. It proved not to be Vorce, as was sup posed, but Robert Lathrop, the sheep herder, whom the desperado had terrorized. It is supposed that Vorce com pelled the sheep herder to put on his (Voree’s) hat and then sally forth for the purpose of feeding the horses. It was undoubtedly a cun ning ruse on the part of the desperado, and it <’ost the unfortunate man his life. Vorce was interviewed on his arrival at Denver. Speak ing of the killing of the sheep herder, he said : “I had just started out to feed my horses, hav ing slept at Robinson’s ranch the night Iwfore. Lathrop, a sheep herder, and myself started out to look after stock at the stables, ami hy some fortunate circumstance for me Lathrop had j>ut on my hat. BTAKTLED BY SHOTS. “We were walking along talking, and the first I knew of tho presence of any one was a volley of rifle shots, and Lathrop was shot down. I immediately sought shelter in the dugout stable, as my horse, saddle and arms wen- there. Then the siege commenced.” “You woo taken completely by surprise, wen; you ?” “You bet I was.” “What has been your experience since the hunt began after you?” “I have felt ns if I had no show to live. It seemed that every way I turned some one was wanting to kill me. Os course I have a few friends, and I was told that 1 would be shot on sight, and I was determined tu protect my self.” “How were vmt armed?” “1 had a4l Winchester and a 41 Colt’s re volver, and plenty of ammunition.” “It is stat< <! for a certainty that you were in Denver la; I Thursday night. How is it? were yon lh< r< ?” “No, I have not been in Denver for several months, and have no desire to.” “It is also said y<m were in Bryor’s last Fri day after ammunition ; were you?” “No, 1 was not; it was easy enough to pick up ainmunition without going there for it.” “Who w; s in the dugout when Gay Hollings worth was shot ?” “That is a question I do not like to answer, but may have more to say about it another time.” • How is it that you have not made vour es cape before this; haven’t you had plenty ol opportunity ?” “That is also something I do not want to talk about. I think I could have gotten away if I had tried.” “It is reported that you were wounded dur ing tho fight with Hollingsworth ; how is it?” A BI LLET IN IMS NECK. Taking a red silk handkerchief from about his neck, Vorce showed tho reporter a bullet holo, which he said was received yesterday. Vorce was in the confederate army, and served under General Lee as a scout, performing much valuable service in that capacity. He is a man fifty years of age and weighs 180 pounds. He is live feet eleven inches in height, and is one of the best built men on the plains. He is dressed in plain clothes, but throws his white hat back in a dashing manner from his rather intellectual brow, which gives him a very distin.niisln'd appearance. Tie wears a heavy blonde' miist.K he, has a keen, piercing blue or gray eye, and stands erect like a man proud of Lis physique and anxious to impress ev< ry om with his importance. Whenever he fin s a rille at a mark or an animal he invaria bly has suspended from the little finger of his right han't a heavy revolver, so that in the ev< nt of missing his mark with the gun ho can hit it with his revolver. He does this to keep in practice for any emergency. “Billy” Frost, the man who was Newt Voree’s companion in tho “L. IL C.” ranch one wok ago yesterday, is in the city, and will doubtless be arrested and held for a v itn* ms, th*- most important, one that tho state eanjobtain in the prosp* etivu trial. SexeralDci r Trail people are in tho city, among thorn Air. J. JI. Lawn'iicc and Harry Marvin, who have actively aided the authorities, ami who stand icady to go upon Frost’s bonds as soon as ho is arrested. I’rost willingly makes a statement in reference to his association with Vorce in the dugout, and as it is clear in al most every detail, it is possibly best told in his own language. t host’s story. “1 took charge of tho ‘L. 11. C.’ ranch Sat urday, December 10, and on arriving there found a man nam- d Met'aull, who remained to snppor ami afterwards laid down to rest. While (‘hatting to. »'ther, Vorce, whom 1 know slightly, appeared and entered the dugout, ap pearing nervous in the evening. I got him some supper and then we talked till mid night. Sunday morning I got up ut day light, and McCanll started home after break fast. I told Vorce if ho remained I would not, and he said ho didn’t want me to get hurt on his account. Ho said ho would leave at dusk, but at 2 o’clock the sher iff's party arrived, w hich fact Vorce was not backward in announcing. He broke for the door, took aim rapidly and tired. At tho same time two shots were tired at him, one of w hi* h cut a holo in a rod handkerchief about his neck. Vorce retmned the tire and ex claimed, ‘They are thicker than fiies, and I am going to b<» killed right In re. Tell Mollie (’oilier that J sold my lift* ns dearly as possi ble.’ Mollie Collier is Voree’s companion, having lived with him near Deer Trail for two years past. She is now in jail in Denver charged w ith being an accomplice.” Catarrh is caused by scrofulous taint in tho 1 blood, and is cured by Hood’s Sarsaparilla, which purities and enriches tho blood and gives tho whole system health and strength. 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At meting -ester-a the Board ]4u>>ed unani mously the r.b )’• •'*\»lutt(»n, which 1 take great pleasure in trur.* uvttnig to you. The Board an res emtes your kludness in mrntshing for their iitspve tion copies of these periodicals lur January. They are txaiHiUil, and gnatly pleased all the nieint-crs who were prvsint a! the meeting. Your biolher. 1. I’, i n n knur. Cor. See. Atlanta. Ga., l>ecembcr It. ISF7. The publishers of Kino W’oid's would In 1 glad to see their friends at 32 and 34 W est Alabama Atlanta, Ua. No well regulated household should l»e without a bottle of ANGOSTURA BITTERS, the world renowned appetizer and invigorator. Beware of counterfeits. Ask your gna'er ui druggist for the genuine article, inanuiaetured by I)r. J. G. H. Sirgert & Sons. A General Calamity. From the Arkansaw Traveler. In a Kentucky town. Stranger (to native) — [ Your people seem to be deprvnred. •Yes, we haw suffered an aw fill calamity,” “Financial crash T” “No, worse than that. Buck Sj tilers is dead.” “Your mayor. I suppose “Oh. no; be k< pt the lk‘w Drop *al v>n.” M ist have laen a prominent man. ’ “No. iv 4 paiticularly.” “Then why stl uld his death cause such general ; sadnosT” •*W‘ny, you *ce hb wife has decide ! to keep the saloon closed until alter the Amend.” I‘vvt Uu:rrA' i Yovh 1 i N*.s with a Stub born Cov.gli, when a sate and eert.iin remedy can be had in Dr. Sayne’s Ex|H'ctor.mt. Ten V>l utßS of i™. It happened one afternoon la«t year, during the mouth of November, that I received a tel egram calling my presence in London early th next morning < n an important business matter. I wired back this reply: Mr J. Devon, Anderson's Hotel. London: Shall leave Burtown r y 12 tonight, arid will . nil on you tomorrow at S:l‘. Kkjghtyu Having despatched my message I finished off the day's work with all speed, and then re turned to my lodgings to make preparations for my journey. The remainder of tho evening was spent in skimming over the morning's paper, wherein I found little to interest me. in disgust, I Hung the thing on tire floor. It alighted at a graceful angle, on whose apex appeared the heading, conspicuous as leaded type could make it—‘‘.Shocking Wife .Murder in Hurtown —Arrest of the Murderer.” I picked up the paper and proceeded to digest the ‘‘harrowing details.” The gist of the news was as follows: An abandoned ruffian, Chippy Watson by name, bad, after the fashion of his class, beaten his wife's skull with a mallet, in conse quence of some domestic disagreement. Having committed the deed, he coolly put on his coat and hat, and was proceeding to depart, when the neighbors ami police, attracted by the screams of the unfortunate victim, rushed in and secured him. It was now past eleven —time for me to make my way down to the station; rather more than time, in fact, since that imposing stnicture was distant from my lodgings by fully two miles. None the less, on reaching my destination there was only one minute left me win rein to take my ticket and secure a seat. The latter operation, thanks to the slowness of the booking-clerk in handing me my change, had to be accomplished by mnningthc gauntlet ol guards and porters as tho train began to move. No sooner had I ascertained that my limbs were uninjured by theXum ereinonious fashion in which the railway oflicials had ‘‘assisted” me to my seat, than I discovered that the only other tenant of the compartment in which I was ensconced was a voting lady, and one, moreover, of no small beauty. Now, I am a ■hy man as far as the fair sex is concorned. So it happened that, as I contemplated tho charms of my vis-vis from behindtho evening paper, which I had found time to buy on my flight to the station, a measure of my courage returned, ami in the inspiriting words of Mr. Gilbert, said Ito myself: “I’ll take heart ami make a start; faint heart never won fair lady.” “I trust you were not alarmed by my uncer emonious entry?” I remarked, with some in ward misgivings, but much outward assurance. For an answer, a quiet stare and a slight contraction of th«) pretty mouth of iny com panion—indicating tier opinion that, as a stranger and uniutroduced, I had no right to speak to her. The sense of defeat and disgrace fairly over whelmed me for a while, andjmy eyes wander ed over the paper I held in my hand, seeing but understanding not what they saw. At length they lighted upon a fa miliar name, .‘‘Chippy Watson,” and their owner recovered his senses ami almost forgot his grief as lie road the fol lowing lines: ‘ The Burtown Murder—Escape of the Prisoner.” After detailing the inci dents of tho hearing before the magistrate and the remand of the prisoner, pending the in quest, the paragraph wonton as follows: ‘‘On leaving the court, Watson was conducted be tween fuor officers to the van. Just as he was stepping in, and when the policemen were endeavoring to keep back the crowd that pressed round, the prisoner suddenly snapped his handcuffs, in some inexjilicable manner, and knocking down the constables who threw themselves upon him, broke through the bystanders and fled down tho street. The whole affair took place as it seemed in a second. Ono minute, and Watson rigorously guarded, was quietly walking into tho van’ in the midst ol the officers; tho next gaud ho was free, tearing down too sheet witli tho police ami the populace at his heels. Ho was seen to dodge down a back al ley, known as Shut Lane, and followed by tho crowd of several hundreds. At the end of Shut Lane he disappeared round a corner, and, strange to say, has not been seen again. There can be no doubt that he will be re captured, but his present escape and disap pearance are most mysterious. We under stand that tho fellow possesses singular strength and agility, but none the less, it will be a standing disgrace to our police authorities that a prisoner should thus, in broad daylight and in the midst of a crowded thoroughfare, effect his escape from the bauds of justice. Ho may be distinguished by a scar across his chin, and by having an arrow tattooed on tho back of his left hand.” As I lay back in my seat to muse upon what I had read, my thoughts began after a while to wander and my head to nod, according to their u out at midnight, and before long I fell asleep. How long I slept I cannot tell—probably for a few minutes only—but in those few minutes I underwent a most discomforting dream. I dreamed that Chippy Watson stood over me, mallet in hand, and that my traveling companion was holding his arm, to avert tho threatened blow. She struggled in vain und the mallet fell— yet with a strangely light touch—upon my arm. Witli a start, I a woke, and then saw the girl of my dream bending toward me with a scrap of paper in her hand. But her face, how terribly was it changed! Instead of the dainty pink flush 1 had last seen, there was a ghastly whiteness in her cheeks, and her eyes seemed starting from her head with terror. Holding up one linger as if to command silence, she passed me tho paper, on which were written tho following words: “Someone is underneath the seat, and lias just touched me.” Was it the dream that tilled mo with the thought that tliis was no idle alarm? I cannot tell; but this much 1 know, that in an instant there flashed across my mind with overwhelm ing force tho thought of the escaped wife mur derer. Returning my companion's silence-signal by a gesture of acquiescence, 1 wrote upon the paper: “It is probably only a dog. Shall 1 look nn der tho seat Her answer was short and to the point “No; do not look. It was a hand.” Hi re, then, was a sufficient dilemma ; but by comparison v\ ith what had passed lieforo be tween my feilow passenger and myself, it was n dilemma that 1 tell almost disposed to wel come. Tiic male sex in my person was about to assume its rig!.tio.l position of protector to its weaker, if would be independent compan ion. Sweet was my revenge : and yet, tho re venge scarcely promised to be »holly pleasur able. My first action was to remove any suspicion that might be in the mind of the mysterious third occupant of the carriage, through the presumably accidental action of having touched the lady's dress. Giving vent to an audible yawn, as thougli I had just awakened from sleep, I remarked in a tone of cool imper tinence: “You really must excuse mo for ad dressing you again, madam : but will you per mit me to smoko to enliven this tedious journey ?” As 1 spoke, 1 accompanied my words by a meaning glance, and was favored with tho reply: “Certainly, if you wish it; I cannot prevent you.” Thereupon I produced my valise and tobacco pouch and proceeded slowly to till tho former as I thought out tho plan ot action. On refer ence to my watch I saw that the train would stop in another ten minutes. Clearly. the only thing to do was to wait till we reached Black ley, and there get assistance to tind out who our unknown traveling companion might be. The longer I pondered over tho problem the more curious for its solution did 1 become, and then, heedless of tho warning 1 had re ceived. I struck a match and intentionally dropped it. Stooping down, with a muttered malediction, to pick it up, 1 east a searching glance underneath the opposite scat, and then my blood ran cold, as the faint gleam of the taper revealed the back of a inau's hand with the mark of a tattooed arrow upon it. Chippy Watson then was our companion—a doomed and desperate man! Hy a mighty effort 1 controlled iny voice sullieieutly to say: “Excuse mo reaching across you. madam, but that was my last match ami 1 could not afforvl to let it go out.” j The girl, into whose white cheeks the color I showed uo trace of returning, murmured some unintelligible reply, and for a tew moments we sat in silence’ Again 1 looked at my ' watch. Thank Heaven! in five minutes we should is.' at Blackley, and the awful ride would bo at an end. Scarcely had the thought formulated itself, when the girl opposite me sprang up trembling like a leal, and shrieked FOR $1.65.' / A Y t i. The Southern Farm. Th e Weekly Constitution. 'A. 3- And your name in the Con stitution New Year’s Present} HENRY W. GRADY, Director Southern Farm. I< Q v (Also Managing Editor of Thu Constitution.) J The Southern Farm Has the Best Writers. Its Poultry Department is Perfect. tut dfqt nnTD rum Minn Int DLol urrtn tvth IVifluL! THE JANUARY NUMBER | JfOR. I. 'J. 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The lanuarv “Farm” will also contain the exact formula and method of cultivation by which the Prize Crops r,r rm.... *>n<l Cotton for the George W. Scott Premiums were raised. These crops were: 1 CoTTON-Vcor-o W. Truitt, of Troup county, 8,76 b pounds of lint cotton on five acres;. J. T. Wyatt, of Jasper county 5,000 pounds of lint cotton ;J. W. Mann, of Campbell county, 2,677 pounds of lint cotton on one acre (over five bales to tae a rj). George V . Truid, of 1 xoup, 2^cL°RN- j n T\ Sim>n, ; of’ ftlS"to the°"cre; M J. J- Millirons, of Coweta county, 171 bushels to the r.cre; G. W. Truitt, 156 i bushels to he acre; J. L. Clay, of Paulding county, 109 bushels to the acre; J. H. V idner, ol Coweta county, 10u 2 bus-.e-.s to the acre. HOW TO GET THE SOUTHERN FARM. READ THIS CAREFULLY AND YOU CAN MAKE NO MISTAKE The price of The Southern Farm is $1 a year. We will send it with the Constitution one year for $ 1.G5. (This gets your name " Tiln for 80 cents. 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Get in in time to secure the January number of the “ Farm ” and get in the Constitution's “Nev/Year’s Box,” which closes February Ist. With the Constitution and the Southern Farm you are fixed for next year. Remit to The Southern Farm. The Constitution will be forwarded as promptly and your name go in its box as safely as if sent direc* o the Constitution. Address, ‘ THE SOUTHERN FARM, -37 J Broad Street, ATLANTA, GA. ere I could stop her. “Oh, the hand has touched my foot again !” The moment the words left her ups I heard a sudden movement under the seat, and quick er than thought a figure appeared upon the floor. In that moment I flung myself upon the niffiau and clutched his throat with the energy of despair, knowing that should he once gain his feet, it was all over with me. the lighter and weaker man. Can I ever forget the horror of that five minutes’ ride? Tho whole compartment seemed to be falling upon me. Teeth, nails, feet, all were attacking me at once, but through all I kept my grip upon the murderer’s throat, and though I stream ed with Wood and almost lost consciousness, still held on. while the girl's screams rang dinilv through my ears. Suddenly the train stopped; the struggle ceased, and I fainted across the body ot my captive. When I recovered consciousness at length. I found myself lying upon a table in the Black ley station waiting room, with a sympathetic crowd around me. and best of all, I saw a face bending tenderly over me, the face of the girl of my dream and my discomfiture. After making two or three efforts, 1 managed to ask: “Whereis Watson','’’ “Very nigh dead,” replied a ruddy-faced farmer who stood beside mo. “You three quarters strangled the life out of his ugly body; he was black in tho face when they lifted you offhim.” , .. "Do.von know that he is an escaped wife murderer?” I inquired feebly. “Yes. we know,” responded my honest friend. “The Burtown police telegraphed after the train to have it searched, because a man answering his description had been seen in the station before it left. The police have got him safe, my lad. this time, and no mis take. Why. I saw him handcuffed and his arms pinioned behind him, and lie a lying half dead tho while, after the throttling as you gave him.” Do my readers want to hear the rest of my story, now that the catastrophe is told ? If so, 1 will inform them that Watson, on breaking loose from the police, after turning tho corner of Shut Lane—where it will bo remembered be disappeared—contrived, by an almost incredi ble effort, to scale a high wall, and so gain the shelter of a railway embankment. Along this he crept until he reached the mid-town tunnel, where he lurked all day, until, late in the evening, he crept into the station, and con trived to secrete himself in a carriage of the midnight mail, with tho results before men tioned. There is one more incident in close connec tion with that journey to be told: it is this, that there will be a marriage early this spring. The name of the bridegroom will be Knightly; the name of the bride does not matter. She was never formally introduced to ber future lord and master, and therefore it is surely un necessary to tell the name she will soon cease to bear, to a passing acquaintance like the reader. A REMARKABLE CASE From the Jones County, Ga., Headlight. The death in Griffin of Mrs. Lucy W. Pitts, the aged widow of John Pitts, recalls to mind a fearful tragedy, by which her family were once plunged into the deepest grief. About the year 1820, there resided a mile from Clinton, a very estimable family named Rose. Two daughters graced this home, and by a strange coincidence, both were wooed and won by men bearing the same name. Howell Williams wedded Miss Lucy Rose, and George Williams Miss Martha Rose—the former af terward became Mrs. Pitts. George Williams was then considered the handsomest young man in the county. If he had habits of dissipation, these hab its were carefully concealed; if tho embers of a fiendish and ungov ernable temper smouldered in his bosom, a calm exterior betokened them not. He was at tentive to his business, and as clerk in the dry goods house of Mr. Samuel Griswold had the confidence of his employer and his contem poraries. He lost his position in tho store eventually and determined to leave town. He bought the farm now owned by Mr. Samuel L. Chiles, three miles from Clinton. His cot tage home was brightened by the presence of two tine boys, and his wife, was a model of gentleness. ' One morning Mr. Williams went to the bedside of his young wife, at whoso breast slumbered their infant daughter, not yet ten days old, and leaning over her he loft a good-bye kiss upon her cheek, telling her he would not be long away. Coining to Clinton, lie met his sister-in-law going out to see the sick wife, bidding her remain at his house until his return, and soon after reaching town entered the nearest bar-room and began to drink. Some time past noon he concluded to return to his home. On entering his wife’s room ho found Mr. 11. Williams and wife, with whom he began an unprovoked quarrel, to avoid which they both left tor their home in Clinton. This seemed but to add to his passion, and he began to threaten his wife, who left her bed, running to the field where the bands were plowing. While calling upon these negroes to save her, she was caught and held by Williams, and with his knife cut her throat literally from ear to ear. Sinking on the earth, hor life ebbed away. Leaving her body there with the frightened negroes, he rushed back to the house, and, seizing the sleeping babe, threw it from the opened window to the ground below, but its wrapsand the bedding around it saved its life. After being brought to a trial he was sen tenced to be hung. On the appointed day. Williams asked for a glass of water. He drank the water and threw the glass upon the -t.no floor of his cell. Picking np one of the pieces, he deliberately cut his throat: but, not to to thwarted.au |indignant public clamored that he be hung, and, although life was nearly ex tinct, his wounds were touttd about ami he was carried to the scaffold, the rvje adjusted, the trap sprung, and the wife murderer's spirit had gone to meet his maker. A Socialist Church. From the Philadelphia Press. AV. 11. Benson, of Philadelphia, announces that he is about to found a socialist churab, ti.e members of which will believe in God and a life hereafter. All members will be requested to take the following oath: I hereby solemnly swear that I will not rob, cheat, strike, tell lies about, commu nicate disease io. nor injure in any way a fellow member if this church. 1 nlo swe-ir tfiat I will drink distilled and fermented liquors with great eaie and moderation. I also swear that I will not lend money to, nor borrow money from, a member of this church except as a regular business tiansac tion, I also swear that, as far as lam able, I will keep my body, clothes and dwel'ing n a clean ami healthy condition. I also swear that 1 will give to this < i urch, etorv year, one per cent of my income, provided said one' per cent is not more than iVO. To Mothers. AIRS. AVINSLOAV’S SOOTHING SYRUP for children is an old and well-tried remedy. It has stood the test of forty years. Twenty five cents a bottle. A Universal Interests AV,II bn fell in Um article which AIR. GLAD STONE lias written expresely for the Youth's Companion. The subject of the great states man is the ■■Future of the English-Speaking Races,” and the paper is said to be remarkably lucid and suggestive. ' ♦ Father and Son Sentenced. Ikokton, Ohio, December 23. —Pearson Mc- Coy was today found guilty of murder in the second degree for the killing of Dr. AVni. T. Northrup, at Harchild, la.-t April. He and his father killed Northrup in u fight growing out of a prohibition quarrel, Northrup being a prohibitionst and Mc Coy a saloon keeper. Alf McCoy, Pearson's father, is now serving a life sentence. Whatever name or designation is given to Fever and Ague, or other intermittent diseases it is safe to say that Malaria or disordered state of tlie Liver is at fault. Eliminate the impuri ties from the system and a sure and prompt cure is the immediate result. Prickly Asl* Bitters is the safest and most effective remedy for all biliarv troubles, kidney diseases, and like complaints that has ever been brought be fore the public. A trial is its best recommen dation. “‘Brown** Itronelilnl Troches* are excel ent fbr the relief of Hoarseness or Sore Throat, C-ey are exe edingly cUeetive.*’—Christian World, London, Fug. Turning Night Into Day. AA’liy is the sun like people of fashion? It turns ilidit into day—the time people catch cold, which, if not attended to in ,ti nK ‘; " duce consumption. Take in time Taylor'S Cherokee Remedy of iswcctGuiiiand Mullein.