The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1858-12-03
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"Wcll, I'll give ii to You he resumed,
IA he threw his cigar away, and tipped
his chair back against the wall. 1T
msy not have been 80 startling nm ad.
venture as some, but the train Of circum-
stances connected with it were very Gu
rious, and. in my opinion, remarkable.
Nv brother James, who is too years old
cr than myself had gone out into the
| West, intending 10 settle either in Mis-
souri, or Kentucky. lie had been gone
about three months. when ! received n
letter from him, dated Columbia, KY.
He was in Jail, and about 10 be tried for
the crime Of murder. lie had been ar
rested for numbering a traveller. and the
evidence was so strong and 80 direct
against him that no lawyer could be
found who would give him any hope,
He had stopped over night at small inn
some twenty miles west Of Columbia, and
IL the morning he set out alone on his
journey. As he was passing wood he
saw dead body lying Icy the roadside,
and he stopped his horse and dismountcd
He found it To hc middle aged man
who had been killed with knife, there
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The corpse was sun warm an" WINE VI
the act OF turning II over, Va ordcr 10
get better view OF the iacc, II: heard
some one approaching, and. on looking
up he saw two men, VINO seemed 10 nave
come from little wood-path near at
| hand Ne told them how he found the
body, and asked them II they knew wh"
1t was. But they only sh'"k their heads
and told HIM that he WAS dong " very
well. In short, they accused him OF
having du@e the deed, and, without iur'
thcr ado, apprchcnded him and carried
him to the next village, where they en-
tered a complaint and gave IN their cvr
d"ncc.
" At first my brother looked upon II as
a hight affair, and only considered the
delay ii would occasion him but When
the examination came on, he 'unnd things
locking rather dark. II was proved that
the murdered man had stopped at the Inn
where he stopped, having arrived late "
the evening, and started o' at daylight
in the morning The two men who had
caused his arrest sworc point blank, that
they saw him strike the fatal blow, and
that he was pulling the murdered man'e
They ,uld the story with such assu,anc,
and REGULARITY ,h,, they were rcadil,
believed And ,b,n James conld not de-
nv cuoucb To helm him. The people ha,
h.c,,uc rnnvincrd that h, was guilty
and the whole tide was against him.
AS soon as rot this letter, hurried
N to Kentucky. hoping tina, | nigh, b,
of some assistance To my unfortunate
brother. and wished TO &c. there, il pos
siblc, before his trial came on On tho
evening Of the fourteenth day. | reached
an inn To which hal been directed and
had my horse put mp. | knew that
was very near my journeys END out
could 60 II" 'nr'her 'hat night n'"'
supper ! went INTO the har.r"om' where
a few OF the nc'gl"orS had assent lee"
and from their conversation soon learn
ed that this was u" very house AZ w",'"
my brother had stopped o" 10, "'sn, we
fore his arrest and OF course , con-" NOT
be- far I'll from the scene OF the MURDER
! had made mp my mnd that ! would MOI
reveal my relationship to 'hc prisoner
nns,' had seen MN an" 'oh,'.re" w''' ,
HIS lawyer u he ''an one ana " NJ '' y
none, win one whom ! "'s"' c.s'H. "'
HIM. 80 ! pretended 10 IN e"',tc'y VI"