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CURIOUS TO LEARN
WHAT DEATH MEANS
M nnesota Lawyer Commits Suicide in
New York Hotel.
HE WRITES TO HIS BROTHER
Said He Had a besire To Know What
Came After Life.
WAS OF A PROMINENT FAMILY
Friends Are of the Opinion That His
Mind Was Unbalanced and
Caused the Act.
New York, November 12. John C. Bullitt,
jr.. of 1 > ilutli. Minn.. was found
dead today in a room at the
Centr. 1 Railroad hotel, on Liberty street,
this city, which he engaged on the pre
vious nigh: having registered as from
Duluth, Minn. Tile man had apparent.y
committed suicide, as a bottl. containing
hydro-ehlot ■' acid, cyan de of potassium
and nitric a<-:d. were found on a table near
the bed upon which the corpse 1 ty.
A letter found in th apartment addressed
to Joshua I’’. Bullitt. Jr.. Big Stone Gap,
Wise ,-minty, V Tgi:read as follow-:
"Thursday- I>< ar Josh: I have dej’id, d to
erm it all. 1 w!s.» that you and Jim « ill
nduc. father and mother to so in ike then
wdis IS <.,ure my wife and daughter
t>.\ one-third share of lhe:r estate. 1
■ i ~y, ry paper, memorandum. '
, l . .. |me be destroyed Wtth-
■ ■ ... ... . r< 1. hot nij iu
I -!;.■■• rlty of : Hence. li t
virtues. let them live In
You will. I know. be inten ted
i. owmg how a p rson feels who Is about
, . nm the unknown world. lienee I
, x ti , n you w'.mt my feelings a ro. 1 won
( do'u'ot. I hope, but uv-r till the won
ind the hope, a ■ ' '
' What is the
■■ .. ■ .■ . Ik w; but only a
I ;| ln very curious to verity it.
~pm- ~f fear is absent. I am going
■ . .- ■ •"■■■ to play chess
with th( , ..... ■ in. Th .fact illus rates
erhaps b r than a
. . ■ ■.■ vim bl. Death scents
, . be nwrelv an ev-mt of no more
nbrt kfast. 1 h’ve
... . .. : mmmons
■ ' ’■ 1 ns "'? r -
. .. \ Olli
■■■-..'r ' JOHN C BULLITT, JR.”
Xf'er rec ish-ring at the hotel Bullitt w is
, ... ■ the econd floor. Early
th s Ing i came down stairs, hut re
turn'd to II ■ room. That Was the l ist
time Bullitt w-s seen alive As there was
no response to the knocks of the cham
bermaid. the door of the apartment was
for.- ,i open lam this afternoon, and then
fill Slli.ldo W.l discovered.
A I wn ,-nv b’P'- f.-cimi in the room showed
11,.,. |. , e received his letters in ear., of
Jam.'- M.-N.iaunt, Syml'eate building, No.
A, Nassau -re.--. this citr.
J. It. M.-Muri :i. of T W-- ' Th.rty-first
tercet, th. . ty, 1 i iti uit fri> rd of Mr.
Bullitt, ai .1 who wis terf. l. insuunr-i’al
in ~id... a.m t.> <o.i; to New York.
Sj etc of I is !:■: id I.ir u'hl.
I ...e.irut mi is-.no why he did It,” said
Mi. JlcM irraii.
... . I • lea on •' it < I’l be civ. ;| IS tile
past •-1 '■< . or fom ;■ i -: ina ..■ id.
]’au! prior to mov'ng to Dyluth. Five oi
Siv years ago. I can’t, just recall ill' i x.-iei
th I was at his w. dding, Mr.
: , ■' |.' . . West' ' ai. -if
.:. | •ij s . ; i most ■ i 11..'.bl<■ woman
. I.d tlt- Ir lm:m Ia . wa ■■■ !>.: pp.- st. Ta y
,s little girl about Iff.) yi
ol,i Mr.- mother ind sister live
\\ it'll be!' ill I luillth.
■ IPilbit tv.-, a iup hew of John C. Bul
i: ■ , e.. < i.■ m ■ prom a. a t «i 1 tz. ns of
I i ila.b Ipbia. Ila ■' 1 e w is J - Win M. I tu! -
litt oi l.oiii o. .I'.-, Ky., ami he has a In >th
er, Joshi: . F. lt"ii>:t. Jr , to whom the
W’3
-■U
Easily. Quickly. Permanently Restored
Weakness, Nervousness, Debility,
Liiftrain of evils
from early errors or later
X. ; the <>£
/ *.*• X overwork, Ki<’kur-R5. wcr-
l' Vi bl. etc. I dl strength,
// W v L \ 'A <l*‘vniopnipnt ami t.ono
II J 1 ’-4.'*? \ u ivt-n to rvery organ
I ! m U Lnd portion of th, body.
V Jbn l n>l...nuniia.io..tho.ti.
V '/ ’ / I midfidiito in.’ r'AHiimit
T # -■ • > ■ . ' ■■ ■•.
2.000 i Bu«'k,
♦ x plana* i« n and proofs
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h/! <~x i ia n ai\l rr I—l IQ l\/I RRR•h /I RKi i I
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SQL’ AN CR! !:K FOLKS.
Jep Jones sells the Big 1 ish Story
of the Man irom Red Bank.
On*- day artcr the w aider Taylor's cot
tage h-d ■ h] . nip: . for ,i y’ur or more, a
f.-m’i.' iLtna d Swan im.v.ul d-»wn from It’ d
Bank, uiid. a day or two later B.d Sw.m,
as the man was mini.al. cum down to lha
of us was wait- •
in fur tin tid< and Ullin’ lb s to pass the j
5t Z 1
"Gc' ■!•tm 1 . I'v. bin ■ it in' "1 I e town J
of Sq in •'nek fur the last ten y’ars, and
f.'ru glad to b* with y. . i was the only
liar la I’ed 11. ink, at. 4 it war mighty lone
some fur no You folks hev gained tin'
reputushun of bein’ th. biggest liars on
till: fair of the airlb. and I ar’ proud to
bucum a resident among ye.”
Every man r.z up . id took off his hat
and bowed and looked pleas and Abe
rail..: ..poke fur all, when sez:
"Mister riwan, what sort of a liar do ye
consider yerself, .I I may be so bold as to
"A fus.l-class -ir, sab.. Red flank don t
offer tin natural ads intages to a liar that
Squan Creek does, but 1 made .-an a lepu
. ai tn at they driv nie out.''
■'.\nat's yet be.; holt ill the lyin' biz-
i.yln’ about, whales, .all. Sum folks
make a spec ally of lyin' about narks or
del ili..-11 or porpois. s, and ■ uni stick to lob
ster.'. old-r or clam-, 'out I kin tell the
biggest, .-.i-kei, smoothest li. about
whales of any man on the face of this
.lirth. I uonT want to crowd an." oth* r liar
out, but if thar’ Is an openin' yer,- fur a
whale liar. I'd guarantee to till it in away
to do ye proud.”
••Our I, whale liar got. downed six
.... go,” sez Ab.?, “and so thar’ is a
, ~. i ncy, but ye or ter understand that
ye’ve got to stick to whabs and let other
things alone. \\ ,' \ . got our shark liar,
our clam liar, our lobster liar, and so on.
and one ain’t allowed to interfere with
t’other. I'm the only gineral liar in Squan
Creek. I got a medal fin .- tvin’ live hu
man liars, ami I at privileges me to lie
about anyt'hfn’, 'out I’m the only one as
kin do it. If W let y. into this eorpora
siiun will ■ • whalt .’
••[ will,” Bill, "ami yere's my band
on it.”
He took cvvi jbudy up to the grov ry and
letter was adtlresstxl. Joshua is kno\vn as
it junior because he has an uncle of th?
same name.’*
Was of Old Kentucky Family.
Louisville, Ky., November 12.—John
Bullitt Jr., of Duluth, Minn., who coin
mutod’ suicide in New York city today,
was the son of Hon. Joshua F. Bullitt,
of Jefferson county, Kentucky.
The dead man was about thirty-six years
of age. He was educated at the University
of Virginia. On completing his 'diic.it'on
he went to St. Paul, M.mi., and engaged
in t’ae practice of his profession. In a
siiort time he was made assistant counsel
for the Northern Paciiic road at St. Paul
and later became resident counsel for 11. 0
same road.
Bullitt was a nephew of Colonel Thomas
\V. Bullitt, of this city, and also of John
Bullitt, one of the most promim at law
yers of Philadelphia. He was connected
with many of the loading families of
Kentucky, but as he had not lived here
since boyhood, was not so w,il known
as tile oilier members of Hie family.
His father was formerly a pramim nt
’ iwyer in this city and was at uno time
judge of tie court of appeals. it. is not
known yet what disposition will be made
of the body.
Cigar Maker Kills Himself.
Philadelphia, November ll.—Charles Gor
bach. a cigar manufacturer $m Norris
str. i, near Fourth, today attempted to
kill his father-in-law. Frederick Fritz, and
the latter's sob, Joseph, of 202 North Fourth
street, by shoot.ng them. He then sent a
bullet through h‘s own brain and died soon
after being admitted tu the Episcopal
Hospital.
r’ritz and his son are beer bottlers and
arc said to !>■■ wealthy.
Tli shooting occurred in Fritz's home and
is said to have been due to some dispute
ov, r bus Iles,--. 't ile elder Frilz was but
slightly wounded, and his son, while se
verely. was not dangerously wounded.
Sharland Turned on the Gas.
New York, November:'', l-lrm-st Sbariaml.
twenty-five years old. an Englishman, com
mitted suicide in his room on Fifth avenue
by turning the gas on. lie left a letter
addressed to W. Bernard, an actor now
playing in tills city.
Bernard said that despondency caused
by family troubles and lack of funds had
probably prompt'd the suicide. lie sa:d
i hat he ni'-t Sharland in New 1 irl'-ans
about two years ago. They formed a close
friend hip, as botli came from I .ondon.
Tile suicide's mother, a few years ago.
T , irrii I Mr. Douiton. the proprietor oi toe
famous Douiton pottery works in J'-ug
land.
Falihee Commits Suicjde.
New York. Novemb.-r 9.- After making a
desperate effort to murder his wife in their
apaiiments on West Forty-sixth street to
night, John Falihee, twenty-one years old.
committed suicide.
BANK PRESIDENT CONVICTED.
Two Years in the Penitentiary for
Wrecking a Concern.
Kansas City. Mo., NoV' iiib-r 11.- 1 res
idt nt J. J. 1 iarragh. wlio has b -on on tri il
sot the past w«’ek in Tnd< - charged
with wrecking tin Kansas City Sate i »e
--pe-il and Savings hank, was found guilty
shortly aft<*r o’clock this afternoon and
sentenced to two vt ass tn the state penit’-n
--tiary.
Notice of a new trial w ;s made and leave
gi\ < u to apj»:y l herefor.
Th.- bank failed on July 10. ISO 4. it w...
i v ’ i b a n 1 ■
hud ‘Ki in deposits, m arly all fr<”n
poor people, and wh« n it tailed on y SIIJH.'>
in < :■ h was in its vaults.
I-, rrah and Elm. r C. Sattley, he bat k's
cashier, wen both ; rrested, < '
receiving deposits when they kmw tin
bank w.is in a. failing condition. Sattl-y
ow. the bnnk $85,00, all ' X'-ept "1
wlii -'i wa.s uu.-ei-und, and Darrah ow-d il
JIG-1,(MO of which $06,000 was protect' d by
doubtful securities.
Both were highly respected, and liie t '■!
are caused a s* usation. F. ieli was indo • d
on numerous counts. Sattley was tri'd ami
convict'd in August, ism, and sent to tire
penitentiary for four years. He was p:n
doned this y. ar by Governor St'-phens. ami
Mi nt to Chi' igo. I'.irr.'h was also tried in
Js'.ij, but. tin jury disagreed, in th" pres
ent trial, which began on Novniber Is:,
must, of the Saltlev e\ ideuee was r. ';• .slud.
The I Went to 11,, jurj .it 3 o'ct'ick tern
afternoon, and a verdict wa: rendered al t :•
two hours deliberation. Darrah took the
verdict composedly.
In connei t mi with the motion for a in w
trial sens.ui.m-il cl.arg'-s w re m.i'b- by ix
i'"iigr' s:u: a W illi.mi W'oru -r, liar igns
attorn- y. it.- charged that • imt b.-.'l
1,. ..a F’ to bring in a verdict oi <on-
, i polities wen n on ble for 1 1-'-
banker’s com ction. In tin last local etim
paign thi fr.curls if I'm uting \ttorm-s
I.owe had nim-i: to say of the I'aira li
ea:.-_ prom slur on til- stump that the
haulier would be pros-outed. Th prose
i uti a; attorney- denied any knowledge of
jury "fixing.”
Bartley's Shortage Is Large.
Lim-olu, Neb., Nov-mlur 11 The .Xpert
wli i has been ettaagi I for several months
k <
h:s report of the legislative Inv stigot ing
treaied 'cm to hard cider, and was dOoiy
idmitti d and went to lyin’ that very day.
,1... a:. t i:<- diuii'i '!••■* r t " he\ any gi • a <
Vim in it, and his second was no j.i-.i.
crowd I . n to «vil>-
, things, ITiilu-tus Thompson stov4 up
and said:
"1.-ia'.- of Squan Creek, p'easi to remem
,, r that Bill Swan ar’ a stranger among
us. He's lived fur y’ars in a town wha:'
wa til. Otli.i bar. wi'll nobouv to ul-
I courage him to do ids best. 11. S moved
i down Veie among its. and lie's got to f el
I :■ s way. He ‘Pint ; -. cents fur hard • id. r
| and i.. i. r 'm.ave I a .. g’.l. and if g.vmi a 1" >r
-how h'-'ll prove Ids:.. It an urayment to out
Bill was given as good a show as any
11,.i •. •i. ad, and i > ■ •
he d-. \ eloped. Inside of six months h<
v tin I.; gg. t 1 iai oi the nbJ<
whales from Sandy Houk to 1 rein i’liti
shoals, and lour difl' tent daily p ■1" rs s- nt
reporter: to interview him. We putt' ■
on the back anil made a good ib al ot him.
and if he’d only stuck to his l.m, he would
in v bin elected a meinb' r ol ill.- leg ma
chttr' in a couple of y ars. He dldti t lien,
itowev. r. lb elth. r ired of 1 : •
w'nab - or the l\in’ habit sorter go; awaj
with him. One day when lie had bin down
on tile buy alone to fish fur bass lie cum
sailin’ back to say to the crowd on thu
w liars:
"Wall, boys, of all tlio sights 1 ever did
see at all my bo'n daj s. th s om was t'na
griatest! I'\e bin a lishi-rman fur tweii
■ v y'nrs. but 1 never seen anythin' to com
' '■Selmol o' wil d. ask.-, Aik Barker.
"Wuss than that fur wuss."
“A dozen sharks'.’"
"Wile- than shirks."
■•,\ lot o' dead men?"
"Wur.s t an dead men. Yon all know
about Sw ■ teake 'slai.d, 01. course—down
by buoy No. '•'.’ Wall, so many s. a bass
l:ev crawled up on that island to rest that
it has bin sunk out ol sight. Thar’ is
millions and millions of 'em. They are
piled on top of each other till thei ar’ s.x
--!■ on fi et thick, and it won’t take two aours
to 11 till biggest steamer that floats "
About twa-nty rm n jumped into their
boats Ol d sailed down tie- bay, but when
they cum to Swevteake island not a ft "t
J could they See. The island was just the
I sinte a.-, < ver. and they know, .1 they iiad
I bin lied to. When they got back to th.
! wharf they found Bill Swan smokin’ his
| pip, and lookin’ mighty innereent, ami
| Isaac Stockpole goes up to him and s z;
TITE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION•> ATLANTA, GA., MONDAA .NOVEMBEJ? 15, 1897.
committee showing Bartley’s shortage to be I
$876,000.
Tile amount of the defalcation has been I
variously estimated at from $700,000 to
$1,000,000. Bartley i.s now in the Douglas
county jail under a twenty-year sentence
in the penitentiary.
An appeal iias been taken to the supremo
court and argument on motion for a new ■
trial will soon be made.
WHITECAPS DO BLOODY WORK.
Two White Girls Are Given a Terrible
Beating in Ohio.
Holgate, 0., November 11.—Word reached
this city this evening from Oakwood, 0..
a hamlet fifteen miles south, of an out
rage perpetrated last night by whitecaps ;
upon two girls, Edith and May Roberts,
aged nineteen and seventeen years.
Ten days ago tiie young 1 idles received a
whitecap notice warning them to le.-.’Ve the I
town and county, but they paid no atten
tion to it. Last evening they retired early.
During the night they were awakened by
a band of eight or ten nun entering their
room, ind dragging them from their beds
In th'-ir night robes to the road, where thej’
were terribly whipped by a cat-o’-nlne-tails. >
Alter '.boating the girls, the whit, caps I
give them a coat of tar and feathers and ■
took tlu-m back to the house, where they I
were found unconscious this morning.
May, the youngest of the two girls, Is in
a critical condition. ?\ card containing
icn n-inies was found tacked to the front i
door, but none of the nanus are known ,
about the place. .
Bloodhounds wore placed upon the trail |
of the wliitee.i.ps, but owing to heavy rains ;
and the trampling: of bundle.* : of people |
about the scene, tile animals were, unable
to follow the scent.
Shot Dead by the Sheriff.
Knoxville. Tenn.. November It.—(Special.)
At Helenwood last night Maynard Cecil was
shot and instantly killed by Deputy Slu-rfft
Kenton. The murder grew out of .1 quar
rel over alleged Insults to a woman, and
tm n t'eeil dr-w ids gun. Tile c’liecr ord'.rod
him to put up Ivs gun. At this he began |
firing nt th- "file r, i id th, latter return'd
the til' , killing him instantly. Three of the
ib-ad man's brothers Imv- bc-n killed by
shots and cuts, amt the fifth one was killed
In :i mine. The dead man had been «lrink-
Avengel His Sister’s Wrong'. I
Carson, N'-v., Nov inlier 9. -In rev.-nge j
for an alleged wrong t , his sister. Jul-.n '
Guinan, aged sixteen veils, shot and fa
tally wounded Charb-s Jon's late this even
ing. Jones died soon afterwards.
An hour or two al’t'-rwards the murderer I
surrendered himself at th, sheriff's oftlve ;
and .-"iif. ss'-l h< had shot Jones, whom the i
bo\ io-, used of wronging Ills sister
Jones had s. rved a.- liistriei .-dtorney dur- ;
ing one of the most .stormy criminal se_s- |
sions held in th, U Hte<l States court in
Nevada Mho prosecution anil convict on oi
thus ■ concerned in the robbery of the
United States mint.
Highwaymen Kob Mail Stage.
(lUthi’i''. 1 * I’ . Novtnib’?’ 'J. -l’h»‘ mail
• (cp* running" l»> «r, <’h. \'«-nii«* and < ina-
than, was held Uip today by highwayni'-n. ■
who rifled the mail pouch'-.- and veined
about S4OO in mom-y and valuables.
James Wil: "ii. th'' stage driv-r, has been
.-iiT'-st' d for supposed complicity In the f""-
Explosion Kills Two Men.
Crawford, Neb., November 9.-The boiler
of a Burlington eii:-;im- explod'd m ar lu re
this morning, inst.-intly killing Engineer
Simpson and Firem tn Robinson.
DURRANT GETS A RESPITE.
Within a Few Hours of the Gallows
the Murderer Gets n Stay.
San l-'ram-iseo. Cal., Nov. mber 11.—Wil
liam Henry Tin od'.r. Durr.mt, who intir
d< ",-d lll.ii • i. Lamont a'ld Minnb Wil
-1 urns in tins ity in April. T, and who
was y.-s-t -rd '-. s<-m< nri d by Jud"- Babri"
l.ang- on Friday, will not be executed at
San 11in I' morrow :il'i'-r all. th'- 'n
m c mr- of ti..- s' ite having granti d
him am'H tv pit" at th. eleventh hour.
I", to 4 o'clock this afternoon, when the
a . . .... - . ... res from Sa< -
nu nto that th, < >urt. now in ■ ' '•
i.o'l a.-.-m-ed a writ o’ p-o .'bl,- eu Mid
in-truclid Warden Hah not to c irry out
llio execution of J uii-iiiit until fm.het oi
.l. r--. 'lie’,- was apparently no further hope
tor tin- oiiui'-mi’ol mi rd, ver of Blimehe
Lamont and Mlnnit M II am .
. . . m< ssi's. Dick: in 180 rdman.
had mail, a ".Il'.le effort to secure anotli.-r
writ of hul"-,s corpus in 'lie Unit'd Slat, s
, even •
mi-non :o app- al from i':i-.i: decision to the
-opr. me <-o :i ’ of the United St it'-s.
Me-i i.-.v !i i !■-. how-ver. Attorney Dupr.-y
I.a ii-Ti d to S.icr.imento and :..p;»!i<,. to tlm
'■il'- .sup:'. Tn.- court tor a writ of piobaldo .
, .us. . f-.r tic- purpose of stuy.n..; the pro- 1
cecdings ....ab'.-t ills cli'-w upon the j
grounds that no ofli. ia.l know! -dg- of the i
n'-tion of the supreme court of the Unit'd
St ites in tic- m>t'">' of Durraut's app' id- ;
;| -..:n th- de.-is on of th. fed. ral . ourt
h.ol v t b. ■ n r. c ive.l; that the superior
court i.i.l a.-'. 1 hastily in s.-nteneing i
luirran: 1" I hang, d t.nnorrow as the ,
law ri-'i'airot that Io- bo given at lea.-: six'.' :
dais gr.:'-e; ami thirdly, that tlm pend'-ncy
of :ih ap'H-.il .ti th’’ .'-'uproiiH' court •
f IB IV U) t: tw> IM CT IT >M rn rw T.I :• Mt U« 6T «* |» VI «J »• '-l
I "Bill Swan, wo bid y< welcome to Squall
irn k. witli tin mid rsrandin' tbit ye was
i to be our whale liar
I "Y's. \ a did." sez i lili.
' Ye was to li- about wimbs, and whales ;
"That's so. and i've ripped the shingles !
off tile loot.”
“But sia bass ain't whah-s, ami ye've
lied about sea bass. Thar' ain't a lis-t on •
to tiiat island th.er ain't a I'm or a scale."
• "Tii. n tm-y've slid off after restin', and
1 ain't to blatm- about it." sez Bill, lookin’ ]
' sor.• '■ injured in bls f. ■ tin ;,.
■ I "But w.i it whopp.n' bi; lie, and it I
was a lie mu. r yoiu line, i-al.m Hemp-
■ stead is our li.-li liar, and you liain't no j
i right I" trespass onto him."
Then Bill Swan dk-appiiitcd us as a man j
I and a : lu r-b.-i '. li d of ownin' up
that it was a iiv wlii.li sorter siipp. d out
I ai". den -lly, and saym'.s he v. us sorry and
I would bo more k. . rful in fucher. lie jist
, i riz up and got r.-d in the face and stuck
| to liis story. Wh. ii wi tried to convince
, i him of the error of his waj.-. be slu d tears
i ami offered to go b.fo' Squ.ar' Watkins
! and mak' atlidavi. lie couldn't deceive
1 nobody, however, lie lb d and we kt’.owed
In lied and In- w.c left out in th. cold.
, • h.-n tn' kept sta-ki) • )o (pc ij Ci got
, i his wife to wrastlc with him, and she
. r< ad llim • -, - - . .. , Bibl and
i cried fur an hour. She didn't move him
I j ■* peg. and We got the preacl.er to call
; I "Bill Swan, it ain’t the lyin’ that's so
| monstrous wicked, but it's the lyin' alu t
Hi' lb- J'.st own up and seek furgivenesn
and tak a new start."
'Them fish was right that, j. st as I
| said, and I’ll die b> for • 1 go back op my
story!" s xs Bill as he falls t> theddm’
I 1. ars.
Deacon Hollister thought lie could work
! on Bill's f. linns nd make him owm
up. H" walked him around the town grave
t yatd. pt • sented him with a New Testanu nt,
s ! t< < k him to prayer meeting ami jo-ad him
s j th'- ernfessions of seven different nmr
- ■ d.-rers. but when be was through Bill
s I look, d Uli and said:
' ; "That's all right, deacon, but them fish
r ' was sixteen feet deep, and they sunk that
i island about four feet, and nobody on earth
a i kin make me say different!"
.■ | Tb.-.t was the end. We jest let him alone
1 J and got another wliab liar, and art'r pin-
' In’ around fur a . out !e o’ y’ars he d.e l.
s ' We thought he'd own up at the last minit,
d and seven of our crowd was on hiuid to
I ketch the words, but when death seized him
the condemned man was of itself .sufficient
cause for a stay of execution.
The matter was partially argued in cham
bers and later argued before the lull court
and taken under advisement. Shortly af
terwards the court announced its deeis.on.
granting the writ applied for, in which
all the justices concurred.
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HANGINGS IN TENNESSEE.
Lively Times for the Sheriffs During
the Fall Months.
Knoxville, Tenn.. November 10.—(Special.)
Two condemned murderers. William Mays,
white, and Robert Sims, colored, who di<
next Wednesday, one at Blountville and
the other at Jonesboro, have made confes
sions. The men are in Hie Knoxville jali,
and have just had sentence passed upon
them by the supreme court of the state.
Mays says that he killed Massengill.
was proven at the tr .il, ljut that Robert
Colo, who was giv n twenty years in lh<
state pen as an accomplice, is not guilt.'.
He would make oath to this, but Cole, In
says, swore a lie on trial to keep himsel.
from hanging.
Sims, the negro, was convicted on killing
a. young white m:in mini -d Walter Gallo
way. who had i dl'd upon a young Indy
where Sims was employed. In his confes
sion there is little that was not given at
tlm trial.
Mvuatt Leach who killed John D. fleck,
the coal operator at Coal Creek, hangs at
Clinton on December .Sth.
Bat Mathes, a Sei er county whitecap
who murdered Vi'illinm Whaley ami wit<
I. st spring, hangs at Soviet vi»l - on Deci m
lr '.' 3d. Mathes's crime w \ one of th"
darkest in the crinilnnl annals, and his con
viction is the result of the legislature hav
ing the whitecap eases tried bj a special
judge. The execution will be the first In
Sevh-r county, where whltvapism has
reigned for years and law and order are
not known.
Murderer Will Have To Hang.
Di atur, Alt., Novniber 11. (Speciid.)--
j After a trial lasting only one day, the
jury in the Jesse Sugars’ murder ease tills
evening Lilt' brought in a v-rdi<-t of guilty,
and lixtd tile p'-mtlty it death. Sugars,
last spring inurdu I Jackson < rr. a fit' -
ll a.n on the Louisville ii"l N ishvill' rail
road. It was a most, cold-blooded murder.
Franz Will Be Electrocuted.
Columbus. <)., November 11.—The board
I of pardons lias rejected the application
of Albert J. Franz, the Dayton murdorir.
i-orr.mutation of s* at. is '-. ami le will b
eP-.-troctit' d November 19th. unless the gov
ernor interferes, which is improbable.
Sentenced to Life Imprisonment.
Decatur, Ala.. November 11. fSpo-ial.)—
Will Dickens, the m-uro who was on trial
for the murder of Oscar T’b'kins. a young
man, about three years ago, was today
given a verdict of guilty and sentenced for
life imprisonment. The jury returned a
verdict on elf-uinst ant iul evidence, as the
two men were tog tlmr wlo-n the murder
w.i - commit ted. This s tho third time tho
Caso has lieeu tried. It was the unlvev-al
milnion that f'ickens should lie hung, i io*
murder was done in *"1'1 blood, as Bick, ns
did not know the man lie shot.
FTCKLIN SENT TO THE ASYLUM.
Illinois Lawyer Was Arraigned in
Charged with Forgery.
, - ton, I a r 11.—The sen
.. iti al cm of Atto ney Alfrt d C L'i- kiln
v. ;• brought to a dramatic close this after
noon by bls being -ent to the insane asy
lum. I'i'-klin is tile son of tl'.e Lite Orlando
B. Flcklin. who mmri'd a i.-t.-r of Alfred
11. Colquitt, late governor of Giorgi.
Ficklin, tin- eLh r. was w-ll known nil
ov-r the west, lie was an Intimate friend
of both Lincoln and Douglas.' wa- in con
gress with them, as Hu Lincoln-Douglas
debates will show. .mot.g oilier things Al
tl'i’d acted as b: id. . l ot' "111" lie people,
lending their numej at ami paying the in
fer'st as It became dll'- Astir a long time
It was learn'd. it. is . aid. by the tm r< '
. accident, that th.- pot's for several thous
and dollars were forgeries.
The grand jut'.' found fifteen indictments
against F.eklin atul the eases ' alia- tc trial
11 ' ■ • pt
torney in copying tile imf'.tment in whj'-h
a note was mi-<L . ■■rib' d. Judge Henry Van
Sellar, of Baris, ordered th" jury to render
a verdict of acquittal, whic't w .a (lone.
The next < isi wis called and while it
was in progress tiu* stat'-', atlotit- y mode
the astounding statement tb 't he had been
d in open court and ill of- ■ ■ forged
but no one wis al.! t , find ’.tie no' s .md
th, .-a<" on trial w-nt th" w ty th" first.
Then with eleven iiidietim-nt - I'-fr the
state's attorney oh ained a continuance til!
the January ti rm of the <ir<n.: court in
order t" try and lie I th'- " .
A. •'. Ficklin was then tried for insanity
and tn):'-" io the I nkak ■ alum.
A Preacher's Discovery.
Dr. Blosser, who lias lor many ye-irs
mail' as: "<-ial‘. \ of ca'.arr -I:" bus
biscovet d a remedy that ■ :!’■' ' the WH'.-I
penet ratin;.'., hi .. ing ■ mok- i.ip 'r (1 a t t ' • s
i i'tr films at'd h'-‘.ls the mu<-"-,ts nu-m-
I brail". Any r.-;.<!- r of Tin C"":tliu mi
u,w.l' address Dr. J. W. Blosser
I Pon. 11 12 and ildin vtl tata
- trial treatment free.
1 he looked around in an anxious way and i
"It’, mighty kind o' \ >u boys to be here I
and see m - go, Im; don't n ■;•!.■<•: i>izn< ss
on my aieount. B‘tier git down to SW'. t- ;
cake island and see if them i'.iss lia.n't
. uni in fur another v. -tilt’ spell!"
’POSSIL'I SV ETCHES.
Zeb White, He Tehs os the Trials
of Office Holding in the
lent lessee Mountains.
(Hie Olenina m,- I -.h smoking with the
old 'possum limit -r of Ten :• .-. ■ I asked
, liim if lo- l .d m v.-r held i ; übb - oHiec
| and after on i ; over the nii'.’.''r for n
( lie i ' pli' <1:
"Y,-. j had on tr jest a t and
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Deacon Hollister Walked Him Around the Town Graveyard.
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BURGLAR ASSASSINATES
POLICEMAN J. T. PONDER
SHOT DOWN IN COLD BLOOD IN
DISCHARGE OF DUTY.
L. Steinau’s Liquor House Was the
Scene of the Dastardly Crime.
Three Men Indicted.
Monday night at ten minutes past 6
o’clock ißoliccman J. T. J. Ponder was
shot and killed by a thief and tin assassin.
The cold-blooded mutder of the officer
while he was on duty, the early hour of the
evening anti the fact that it occurred direct
ly opposite the union depot, in the very
center of the city, makes the tragedy one
of the most startling sensations that has
occurred in Atlant:: hi several years.
The killing oe'-urred in th" wholesale
liquor house of T.ouis Steinau, at No. 41
Wall street, which had been closed by the
sheriff
Just after the murder there was the wild
est exeitem nt in the neighborhood of tlm
scene where tlm terrible crime had been
committed, and S'tisa.tlon after sensation
followed the tragedy so rapidly that the
excitement for a while rose to fever heat.
I'lio noise <■; the shooting, the discovery
of the dying officer and very soon after
wards-eight arrests are intermix'd with n
number of offiv rs and detectives seeking
Io ferret out the perpetrators of the
murder.
How Officer Ponder Was Killed.
Just how the officer was killed can only
be .surmised by the facts as htive so fur
been gathered about the tragedy. Sotn -
live or ten minutes before the shooting, a
man lug the front of th" wholesale
store saw cither one er two men in th"
store ami apparently at work in the small
otlice which is partitioned off from the
i main body of the store. Passing along the
I same way, < UUc'-r Ponder must have seen
. the men in the office. He was at tiie time
, station'd on th" Wall street beat by the
union ilepot. Knowing that the wholesale
house of Louis Steinau had been closed by
the sheriff in the morning, and that no one
had any Imsim-.-s in tbit'" working, he
ptob.abiy tried the front de.or, and finding
it open, walk' d in.
Then followed a chase and the shooting.
Those who were in the store for no lawful
purpose doubtless ran to (he back of the
store, having opened the roar doors for
the purpose of hasty Hight if discovered.
The. brav ■ oflic-r followed .after the fleeing
men and was fired upon.
Springing out of the door one of the
thi'-ves, knowing that he was In the dirk,
| till'! that h - was to be pursued and proba
bly run down, turned amt fif'd the fatal
I shot and then escaped In tlm darkness.
When th< ball struck him Bonder went
back toward the front of the store, and
: fe'-ling tl at his life's bl "id was ebbing
I i'W.-i.v. hastened to seek the uld of those
who were the near.-st to him.
In live minutes, or less time than that,
after he was .- ho' he was dead.
i Hi fore tlm life left his body tho Grady
■ hospital ambulanee was telephoned for,
■ but when it arrived the offiecr h. d breath
' i-d his last.
An im poi :i - 'it "I' the : tore by the offlci rs
■ resulted in the finding of a .--i-r< wdrlver.
a. hammer ami :i Imtn-h of keys. The key
i had a number upon an insurance tag, ami
I by th' -e keys the ofli '-r< .it onee d. ■ id"l
th'-y could locate, the murderer. Tlm keys
I were picked up n.-ar the bark door, til'd
. th" othicr articles were found on the
1 desk in the front office.
Detectives Make Arrests.
i In the hands of tlm detectives the keys
were placed, ami with them t was not
i long before a conclusion had been reached
i which led to the arrests of a number of
i persons.
! Tlm art'"':-' which followed made a s>-n
--• on v. hi- h was almost as astounding
’ as th" tragedy itself, for .■mom: tin par
, tics who were held wore Mr. , Loul.s
i ;•:■,.4’ nt. Julio- 'iW’tt ind \\ alt* ''
i three well-known white men. and Uh.irles
I Shropshire. 1 'harles Strickland and 1 >av Id
i Crockelt, three m sro- ■.
Indictments Found.
'.mils Steinau. Julius Simon and Aalt'-r
■ , , b .1 for
, nation of Policeman .1 T. Bonder at I tm
i iliree nwn must now remain in jail without
■ th.. )'■> sihility of bail until timir < a.-"" are
i rc.ii hed in U criminal court and a jury
I determines whether .hey are guilty or iti
j noeent. .
Tiring in the Ballroom.
Vrilliani - on. ( • • ?\ i\ <ml•*’ 1“ Sp < i
At a. c'linny ij.iiv* mar Iv ’** Jim lhv k »-
i bv itid Thro Sb.iw, two you white m-m.
.: .!.:■, i .;.: ■
v:s shot in Hi'"' a’>lon)( !» by (Fn» k;iby.
'lie V. Hi.l-1 not vt>:isb.hT<d \<ry d.ing<r
< 111 s. ———
i TO BALD hLA’JS.
I u > Will tuai) -n oppHcftti «n, free iur .rniation
x h • >■' ■- «h- t:; • 1 11 f.iiyng
I y .. -.»<• s. i!p <!••< Aii.ircsß,
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Mention The Constitution.
I since then I mver waited anotl r. ’Bout
Uv, y’ars ar ter the wa h folks mom.' I
, wanted me to be jeslict <'l ’ te peace.
s ~ . , , and I didn’t
i v. - m the oiks, but th< y w 1 mt nt it and vot< d
me in, :n:d -a> I w ■ a .b tire. When I got
home and told th.- ,1< wornm she said:
" -Zeb w: ite. I'm pr. ttd to know you've
pot to be a mighty b.g man. but > m il be
powerful wc.iry of this ::i; :<!•• •>! a wok.
1 ooks to me like an afriickshun s.-nt by
th. I..:\vd. ami I nope .t won t <mi in t:o
I "We wa- talkin' it over, as -he trad
th. bacon fur supper, wi.- n ulori ' cum a
stranger, wito stops at the do:>h to say:
" '7. U White. I'm callin’ on y<- to serve
out tin low and gin :.n j> Bee. I'm livin
seven mile.: up the hill, and my name is
1- o' m> haw 1 - ■ bin in
fur ..ver live months, and durn my hide If
1 don't believe that Jim Sawtoil has made
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9 1,, l j YotgirFlr’fit and THIS
I, . s «A&cquroH|
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- ’ snyy laterthan //z/r/v<Ai’wi®|
Of® SOOD 1 IYI
lelectbb Belts o far ■. ,
frwJ . Warrant. (I I..<*crrr* I r 0 v ,ll n !■<• it !■ h-f v lr- .1 '
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. irifildMt. k i ‘.1.1. 'v- inani. <’• >' •t) Oon l.aH .. .i. . >
Jy J 1u ... n .. .■\iipt .n tu tm<: t.i«*uient I ‘ ! ■ , < *
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" H YOU iillM NO RISK SM HEALING WITH US.
Btvitrt IrOfiMen W» (In not n»k Kill I n.onry in .-<hnnc<-. J’ n ’ < d <f ’ ■ ru*. *
, ),.>• Tf.btly vJIh./ b- •. ’ <»■ I> b ‘t
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'jvn-o.u '/Tot.jgeo HAVE MW WfERM iSUAH VfJuR Lit-?., . ;
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Af/TOtr.M ih'billfy th • i--it CJTLm.” 0X7*3." COXi’': ’
ba £ost Fiffor " tc. «s ..
Bb. Home Eu ctbic Belt ’■ tass Co. ■
j in ibc Huck DEARS 3T«, C?’JCAC3, ILL., U.C. A.
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KILLED BY WHISKY CONSTABLE.
Rev. J. H. Turner, of South Carolina,
Shot to Death.
Columbia. S. C., November 10.- >< ci a I.)
Tt v. ■ sujipcm d that when state c.-mstables
wre withdrawn, "except in he rural dis-
b.r ] <pi..r <b'h -'•i\ ■>. bn; ion;-h: J. H.
■ • i I pt t proa*
ami recently one of tlm most prominent
business tm n in tlm '■minty, 'li -s 'lead with
a bullet through his jugular v. hi.
The shooting was don. by State C. it a
bl< W. H. Ni wboid, a Tex in. who has dotm
government service in that st-ttc ami M'*x -
eo. ami was employed here by Governor
Tirm.in.
Tamer was a delegate to tiie "good
roa ■ convent on ivhi< h meets here tom >r
a Columbia train. When a <.'■ da'r tlro'.e
chiu'i two men '-ailed to hit to halt. B
foia he could rein In his horse, two shots
wi ro firi <l. and in f wound 1
>.■ -a bold went to Sp.irt .a abu rg, and iii
■ •. ;'<■.. lit v '•■•'• r <••■ . i: ’ I'm a pri'. it -
11. ha'.- mb I."' n :-. .ltd of -lite.'.
Hundreds ot Siiartan-burg ■ hi re at-
tet ditig tilt ' ■ fair an ma a. ■ <l.
I supposed Turner w is mlstak n for a
Newti. ld's .lawyer t' legriph'd tha: the
d"t. .give held a' I. ■■"! itt • e h ba .1 am'
they ver. aceid' ntally diseh •. ■ I.
"It is :. great p ty." sa d Gov. - .■■■■ It”lt ■ ■
b". " wm.ld miit i-ai given Newbold lor
.Shot itncl Killed by a Companion.
Svlvania. Ga.. NoV'-tnbct* 9. (Sp.' i -I.)
J.'anny M.-K inm... th- f-m.-y- ar-'dd ;-"ii
of Mr. Th.mi t... .)!■ 1< iim- \, "f (Ills pl.u < .
was :■<■■ identally sii.> and kil'.'.-d by hi.--
uncle, Mr. I. ■.' As m ual, wtn ■he i -
load'd gun licit did the work. Mr. I. ■
was playing v.dh th.- boy and point tig the
gun a it in and told ai'ai in fun that li. in d
ood mind to shoot him same
tlm. pull ng tlm trlggi r. flie w■ ■ >ad
i How breast ind he
was killed instantly.
A British Consul Skips Out.
p .vnnn.ih, Ga., Novi mber 9. (Sp- ini.) —
V. nit. 1- Robertson British v-c. < on-i.l here.
Wil" V. I -I tid'd II- few <l.l - .1'1", It:
left tiie city suddenly, des rtluf v. : :'■
and little daugiiter, carrying wi 1 him tho
money belonging to several ■■ ilors who
w. ' paid i.fi' li. fiir,- him, am.l a ivimg tin
tm roil', ut-s.-til'd 'ibi : '.':i: i.ms. Hi" wi" '.-■■
sold ...It il 1 hous.-mdd goods . nd •■: pr. ■
paring to return tu m r p.- qil" iu Limit,nd.
I'.nmg tm n or "Id should not fail to r d
Man Medic :' ■ (' '. ’ id\ et ii -’ 111 lit "11
P-'lge !'•
I'"-:al '-ord tmv. Ity my of your
fri :.ds upon eoipt of their ad.lr> - . -.
S< nd .it ..
Till-; ATLANTA (’< ' NST t Tl' l’l< )N.
| pork of liim! I'm d nmieb'i tiiat Jim be I
! sent to jail fur three month.s. and that !
! sumbody pay me thr«*«- dollars fur that ;
“1 had to t« ll liim that ! u.-is h > j' ti- <' I
‘ yit, ;a.d couldn’t move In tin- » , and h'* 1
I tihigs his hat down in his m idn* >s and i
‘ jumps cm it and calls me names and i.m t- i
t -i ms around till I h« v u> pick him up a id
i tiiiuw him ov< r the f* nee, and I h.sd j' j
■ j li:i.: Hcd supper üba n in walks ?.la; y S' b- 1
. b'ms, who used to live in the cabin down <
below. Si‘<' had sunthin' on her mind, and !
1 she don't atop to way ’Howdy - ." bt ht- she
" Zeb White. I’ve cum fur my divorce.
■utiin m cars agin, • i H's |
fur the lust time.’
: "1 was tollin’ lu.-r that I had no power in '
th." i .-• , ami she Was eryin' and scoldin', ■
when n walks la r liusband and s. ::
"•Job Wlii'.e. J can't abid< this woman !
no longer. Jist gimme a divorce, and i'll I
go down to Bristol this v>"'y night.’
"Tlmn 1 sot out to tell him that I had no !
' power, and they belli turned on me and j
| l ulled me a liar and abused me 'till 1 had j
I to order 'em off. .Nobody else showed Up i
' : . : : I had I
to ship, when sumbod} stops in front ■••
i the cabin ami whoops ami cracks Ids heels :
together ami yeils:
I " 'l’ve been a-cryin’ fur justice fur the t
las: liftwn years, and now I'm goin’ to 1
' lice it or bust, Zeb White, cum off yer !
roo and tell a felli r er.; ■er tiiat tl t
i'r play left bi this vain !
; a-.d wicked work!.’
I "'Who . it and what d'ye want?’ s.z 1, J
i as I gits up and op-ms the doah.
"'l'm t’y Green, of Sugar < 'ove, ami I'm
wantin’ justice agin tin- old man Watkins
Liurn his hide, but he sold i.ie a mew 1 bl.ml
of one eV . .Hid all li< I up w i.ti .•■pavins!
j I've wafted fur fifteen y’ars fur an horns'.
' man to be 'leeteil justice of the peace, and
! now I want a sqtiar' deal.'
I "1 goes out and tries to soothe liim,” said
j Zeb, "but be wouldn't be soothed. He jest
I jumpu up and down and hollers fur a
squat" deal Till lie wakes up folks a mile
j away. 1 promises to do what I kin whim
I I gits my papers, bitt lie wants th old
! mail Watkins air, sted and sent t-> jail
that very t.lglit. I hits to deny that, of
■ < oursc. and he !',ts off an awful whoop and
j sails into me. 1 wasn't lookin' fur it, and
he tolls me all over tin yard bel'o' I n
izes w hat's up. Thi n I turns' to and makes i
him squeal like a rabbit, and lie goes off 1
thi'-a.enn' to ambush me or burn the
C ;;t,in. 1 was powerful sick of boldin’ oills
,-ven be!o’ I got it.
I "An th.ng mu.' Lapp, n'.'" I asked, a.. |
the old man made a long puns.'
"H,aps o' things.” he repl.rd. "j had
about ten callers a day fur th<> next w< < k. i
All of ’em wanted warrants Hid law I
suits and justice. Scented us if everybody '
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Mention Tho Constitution.
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v. -,' ' .’ : . Un i n Im.
THAT PA ’') ' '-'i ,
Mi UJ-ixTI.U, ’ , ■ LJ .XuM,u t'l
Mention Tiie Constitution.
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I ed. ilci.be I would he. eum out al: right.
I however, but fur Tom Stov. r a I 811
: I ■ ' l ■ I - •■.■■■■..:.. '.
| 7.‘ b W ! ir’ 1 a m- ■nt or mi in-
i "T't.rty decent. I reckon.' -ez f.
' M< libe It W.s about tw .iv y'a' s .go t
! I trades bosses with Bill J'.ilb" m
I to bute. and to this <1 iy im b ..i : ; ...,;
Ime a •■• nt. I latowed I eoiildri'i :.. ; >
I squat" al b< to' Sonar' . I tym but n m
| th.i yo’ is j. jt s: •i<i / j »u t<» .- .h fur
j th. hi <3 ami shall < xp. <-t it it hi
my favor.’
*''lhH ’ll ip tiv But hr OW ; St / I
I " 'Mak. sno d:ff ( run ■ if he d,
.' jest lake my word I'm li and go right.
I ahead and mak. him pay S 3 or g. ( f,- fa,l
I and I’ll divide tile monwill: vo '
| "I had to t< Il him th;;- | mm: ?.. ... -
cordin’ t . i tl r’ did m
| ami rages around and I lias to tak. 1
I by the tni-k and knock his head ag i t. e
I ' uliin doah. Next day Bill I’atte; m cut i
a long a-lookin’ as happy as yo’ pit a ■■
Wive if.id passed tin tttm day, he
! so’s down on th.' doom st. p .imj z.
" 'Zt-I) White, IntvonT yo' alius r. 'honed
| to coa.-ider that 1 was a ‘ap:..r n .. i "
" T iiev.’ :■ z I.
‘ " 'Wall, v, J>n is White is tdlii
that I stole a ham from his smokehoi.se
live y’ars ago, ....i 1 want him .at ■ ..;
>ent to si.au .s prison in to tutni t
■ night!'
"Ami so It w. m," continueil the old m.i«
as he sadly shook hi.- head. "I j. -; : . m
ed as it ev rybody wanted lawsuit With
•'-•'. ■ el.se, and evt'rylic'dj , ct
to li.- on hi: sitb . It rn ul<- 'em nil mad •.
can I Wouldn't Be, at d l»efo’ Igit my
papers that wasn't a m in or woman around
llu-so parts w iio’d bow to me it 1
met ’em on tile mad. When the papers
timilly cum the old woman ! cits at ’em
’Zeb While, is that" a heap o' money in
; btin - jest;. .' of th- pen.•<■?’
" 'Reckon not.’ z I.
: " 'ls thar’ a heap o' glory?'
) " T >on't ska.- sly t liitik It.’
I “Ts that" i lnap o anythin' but quar
: Itl.s'."
" 'Reckon not.'
" "ITu a semi them pain"'- be -’, ind k- p
Io l huntlT . on! and 'p .s-u":;i and trust
| t< > th i ■ 1. awd to P wants
"Ano t hat's w lilt I <v. I." aid the old
1 man, “anti ' halnT Inn io mo’
• in' t■ ■ I■■' .i ::• ■ tn I reckon J wa t
bo'n fur a critil man, but only to hunt.
I • t and ’possums and be in od t< rrns
with all the folks around.”