Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-06-08
The Assassins Of Arkansas.
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In the meantime scene was oc
: curing within the grocery fort, des
n . tiued to secure the guilty from tie
grasp of violated justice. The as.
e sassins were giving themselves up fc
the mercy of Judge Hoge, then in
9 a state Of partial intoxication, who
admitted them TO bail in the penalty
Of ten thousand dollars.
The fact becoming known, again
excited the multitude to madness. :
They broke open the United States
arsenal, took out and loaded two can
mons, and placed them within two
hundred yards Of Shelley's grocery.
1t needed but the touch of spark
TO have blown the fraillortress into
atoms, and hurled its murderous gar
ri4on into the dark grave of their
numerous victims.
But once more young Willis inter
posed, and prevailed on tho people to
await patiently the results Of IA final
trial before the bar of the next dis
trict court. Undeniahly the Ilomi-
cides that day owed their lives I'd
him. But will they thank him for
the undeseryed BOOM we shall /
soon seP.St II
! At sunset the same evening, a
husband and father might have been
seen parting with his wife and child I
i 60, dearest, said he, 'to be alb
sent for week. Were l TO remain
home now, my enemies, in the first
fury of their passion, might pro-
yoke me to a personal difficulty
which | am anxious for many rea-
seris to avoid. Before | return, they'll
will have time for reflection, and
cannot fail to perceive the folly of
further resort to violence.
But, my Albert, demonstrated a
rroud-faced, magnificent woman, with
black eyes, will they not
say you are a coward for leaving at
this crisis?
I would rather be called cowardH
nan actually be homicide, repIiedII
he husband, mournfully. !
But, persisted the wife, may not !;
he ruflians ayenge themselves on :, =
ne and your innocent babel !
Nonsense, Mary replied yeuHg = :,
Willis, with a smile, that would be :
n act beneath the meanest Of dev- !
s..
WELL rejoined Mary, seeing all a.
er arguments upavailing, kiss us, -
ood Bye nd be sure you come back 4 4
a !. week. y
Then there were te prs and tender %
mbnces, and the lit tle child's lip lso
Mingled with those df its parents; de
nd then the father suddenly yaulted lc'
ito the saddle, and shot away over !,
ae prairie with the speed Of an ar ~
ow, as if be we're endeayoring to es- Fe
ipe from the spectre of some gloomy /,
lOught y
He took the road to the Cherokee pa
,nntry, intending TO visit Fort Glib iif
10, and prefer charges against Bill pe
heIley, as keeper of the arsenal at
fayetteville, in order to procure his 81
and he made the utmost "
aste, fearing the emissary of the
ique would anticipate him, and nIs
-ejudice the ear of Gen. ArbuclSIe. iisl
at his mind " as i'll at ease. The no
lrting words OF his beautiful Mary, pe
lay they not a yenge themselves on mpt
e and your innoceIIt babel rung tn
1e knell from etd drnity- through ca
S feverish brain. A midnight he ta
lused to drink Of crystal spring diid
/ The Indian line, thirty miles be- h0
)nd Fayetteville.
Hestooped down and imbibed a me
Plus draught, and laved his burn Pr
( brow; but when he raised his y1s
'ad, he stood transfxed with hor- tdc
+. a low, bur Ttling murmur, as of sqpI
lsy wings, sounded in the air above ed
m. He look ed, and a fiery lu- nol 40
lnous vapor, the 81 ze and figure Of ap'
coffin, was floating along the air!- cpo cp'o
id Imagination paint the rest, or lht
IS tia mere optical illusion, engen-
red by the wild heat of the brain; col
have the spirits Of the dead at the
nes truly the pow er to flash their not
le faces before the living eyes? Nh.
These are problem which every see
9 will solve for themselves. But Ing
young attorn ney saw, or thought lou
saw, an awful group gathered the