The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1859-01-12

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upon lhe olh,f, ihe victim VI lhe
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VI provide even ibe commdh heeof.
safIai Of lfa for himself abi FAM.
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sometimes wlll bin, NJ, l'eioman
bad hls fast horses and hi' carriage.
and those other elcelofns which mak q
lr The round ol "ehlogmehls" in.
cliet' 70 tho miserable lifc or tha
gambler hui when money and cred.
i hal cone, Ne lhey dIi mon wInrt.
ho had not Che wheoailhal ~ tivs
hinfclf oven u docont attire, Nj.
stock went lor lhe paynento Of debts,
hia wllo and children we're In want.
and he wandered amid the scene Of
HI, FORMER property, pcnn,leis aud
frlcndlcss.
Thus reduced. Pelormnn was On.
ablcd BY dlnt of hard struggling, "a
collect enough money together Il
star, q small cigar store IN Popular
street, below Second. In this plac,
il was that ho took the second stcI
in crime, where be porpeirated lhos,
extensive forgetlca which wc hay,
before noticed, and which have con
signed him to the fclon's cell.
In company with n young maj
named Myers, be has drawn from
tho kcnsington Bank, by means o
spurious signatures to checks, sum
amounting to nearly n thousand dol
lars, and has made 10 Recorder Eucu
before whom hc was heard, on Sat
urday evening, q full confession o
his guilt. Myrs aud pe.crman wcr,
visited at tho Moyamcnsipg priso,
by their wives, and the interview bc
tween them was exceedingly nAcc,
ing. All were moved 10 tears, an,
tho remark Of Pc,crman 10 his wifi
that he Was indeed guilty. bat tha
she should take care OF the children
and train them to become honorabl
and useful citizens, deeply ,ouelie,
the keeper, who was silcn. spec.a
tor Of tho painful scene.
On Saturday evening. when ,h'
prisoner had been committed by th,
recorder, in default Of $1,000 bal
each, Pe.crman was questioned b,
Mr.. Enou, rs 10 the name Of III,
friend who would 70 hi. security
The reply was q truthful onc:--"Re.
cctder, q few years sgo, when I hat
mcaey. and was spending !, freely
| wns surrounded by fricnds. bul
nov, In my pail, and misfortune,
canaoi SEQ ono OF them" wher
Pcterman Was removed from tho
Office, he wept like . child, and there
tcfcw who saw him Who dld no,
lecl truly sony for his commi,.al,
That he coastmpls.sd snicide va,
evident, from the fact that In hi'
pockets we're found q large qsansi.
" Of arsenic, which MAS removed By
the oaiees.
The cashier Of the Kcnsing.ot
Bank had an interview With Peter.
man ., the conclusion u The hearing
and asked him whether bis famil,
II
had any support. llc replied shs'
his wife and ninc children were d
the poin. Of starvation, and ihs, b,
did no: know hos soon ,hey woult
die. Tears were IN the eyes Of Ii,
cashier, as he fcciingfy replied
make your mind easy, P,,eImsn
for they shall never want while
have means 10 provide for them
That cashier has . true heart, aus
God viii blcss the man whose psbl,
deed is the btighs side 10 this trieI
record Of the course Of crime-gam
bling, forgery, and attempted sui.
eide.
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