Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-07-30


covered with blood; and not far off was
found the club with which it had been
done. IL was a piece of locust, and was
daublcd all over the heaviest end with blood
and tangled hair. The two trunks were
found in the woods, entirely empty, every
ricd Off
1t didn't take long to find verdict
IN that case; and when they had decided
that the pcdlcr had been brutally murder
cd by some unknown person, the body was
carried back to the tavern, and then the
people turned out to hunt up the murder
er' They hunted all that day; securing
the highways and the byways, and the
woods in every direction; but the object of
their search was not to be found One of
the first places visited was SUIT Manrle's.
They found him sick bed, and his wife
SAID she was afraid he had the smallpox.
She had seen nothing, and heard nothing.
of any stragglers about the premises; and
us the settlers were anxious to get out of
inc way OF nan, who had that fatal dis
ease, they left as quickly as possible.
" 1t was on the third day after the mur
der that all hopes Of finding the william in
that section were given up. As many as
twenty individuals had been apprehended
and examined, but not proof enough could
be found to dctain them. People wonder
ed how it could have been done-and well
they might-for the murder could not have
been done an hour before it was discover
ed, and i'll less than another hour half the
inhabitants of the town were ON the search.
inquiries had been made upon every way
by which a william could be thus gained =
! had made up my mind that the murderer
had not left the town at all | believed
that it must have been done bv some one
who lived in that section; though | had
no idea OF where suspicion could rest.
The third day after the murder was
Sunday, and in the forenoon Smith and ]
went out to take walk We stopped at
clic tavern. where learned that SUIT Man
gle had the smallpox of the worst kind,
and that nobody dared to go near the house
l asked it he had the doctor.
"' No. said the landlord, his wife
says she can fix him up, as she has been
iii hospital in New Orleans. So the doc
tor thinks there is no need of his venturinc
there.
"Of course | knew that / couldn't take
the smallpox again, so made UP mymind
that d go down and see the poor fellow,
and ilnd out if he wanted any help Smith
said he would go part of the way with me,
but he wouldn't venture into tue cot. We
set out, and when we got within half
dozen rods OF the house, my companion said
ne guessed he'd stop, and let me go ahead.
The dwelling was only log cabin, and
when l reached the door, Mrs. Mangle
came out. She was hard looking woman,
though not so homely as had seen.
60 Don't come no higher she cried,
whcn she saw me. 'eut'o s5vo tho Sn,an-
poX awful
"' Never fear says 7. Il amt afraid
of it. I've just dropped down to see if
couldn't help him.
But she declared that I mustn't conc
in. She said it would be the death of me.
He didn't want any help. However, in
sisted, and she finally gave way; but she
warned me against going near the bed.
went in, and there, in one corner, on a low
bed, saw SUIT Manglc. His face was as
spccklcd as an adder, and he seemed to be
in much pain.
"' How arc YEP I asked.
"'Can't do something for yc 2 says I. !
"'Take care {! he cried. Don't come
no higher Yen catch yer death ?
1t struck me that the man could talk
a good deal better than'I could when had
the smallpox, and l thought his eyes look
ed rather bright and clear And then his
face wasn't swollen bit
{" Take care ! says he, as went near
er to him
"Never fear says I. 'Tvc had it;
and as L spoke | sat down on the side of
the bed. He trcmblcd so that | could feel
the bed shake under me, and turned quick
lp over so as to hide his face; and as he
did this [ saw two things that rather star
tied me. In the first place, saw that he
had his clothes on; in the second place,
saw that the spots on his face ucreat any
Hing Iut spots They weren't pustules
at all, but only daubs of some kind of red
and purple paint, or berry juice.
1t didn't take more n a minute for me
to see quite an animal. I'd seen twenty
men sick with the smallpox at the same
time, and / knew that this chap wasn't
sick any more than l was I'd come there
to help him if could; but the thought
struck me that might help him in lit
tie different manner from what / was ex-
pected.
"Well,' says 7, as honest as I could,
if | can't help ye, I'll be moving; but
loook out that ye don't catch cold
He said he would, and | left him.
When L Joined Smith, | told him what I'd