Shreveport semi-weekly news. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1865-18??, 1865-07-01

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by q whole head than either Of h
companions or the sentries. Pawn
the assassin, sits erect and filings b
|. barbarian eye to and fro, radia,in
; the tremendous energy Of his colo,
sal physique.
he is the only man worthy to hav
murdered Mr.. Seward. When again.
the delicate organization. the fin
; subtle, nervous mind of tho Secreta
ry OF State, this giant, knife in hand
precipitated himself, two forms
civilization met as distinctly Ias wI,el
the savage Gual invaded the Roma,
senate.
Lawlessness and intelligence, til,
savage and the statesman, BODY m,
mind, fought together on Mr.. Sew
ards bed.
The mystery attending Payne
home and parontage still exists /.
make him more inco,nprebens;ble
Out OF the vague, dim Ultima Thule
like those Asiatic hordcs which cane
from nowhere and shiyered ciyiIiza
ton, Payne suddenly appeared AM
fought his way to the saactum sascto
,sm Of law. | think his part in tn !
assassination more remarkable than
Booths. The latter's crime was
shrewdly plotted, as one measuring
intelligence with the whole Govern
lnent. But Payne did not think-lle
only struck ]!
| With this mans face before me as
| write, | am reminded Of some
Maori chief waging war from the
lust Of blood or the pride Of locpl
dominion. His complexion is blood
less. yet so healthy that passing
observer would speak of i. as ruddy.
His, face is broad, with a charac Or
nose, sensual lips, and very high
cheek bones; theIcrani,m is full and
the brow speaking, while the head
runs back to an abnormal apex at
theiop Of the ,erebellum. His lus-
terless black hair, duly parted, is at
tile summit SO disturbed that tufts Of
it rise up like the red jackets of
Iecumseh's; but the head is kept
well up, and rests upon wonder
fully broad throat, muscular as ones
thigh, and without any trace, as he
sits, Of the protuberance called Ad-
ans apple. Withal, the eye is the
man Payne's power. 1t is dark and
speeches., and rolls here and there
like that Of a beast in a cage. which
strives in vain to anler>.a d the Ian
guage of its cartors.
ATZERoT. =
The dizziness of this nan des.ies
him sympathy. lie is a disgusting
llt'lc gfoYeler, of dry, sandy hair,
oval head, ears set so Close to the
chin til at one wool think his sens
of hearing hmited to his jaws, ami a
complexion so yellow that tho UNI
cropped brownness Of his beard does
not materially darken it.
From as much examinations Of this
man as. his insigniIicance permits. |
should call him a gabby' fellow
49p4 Il I'll rsTalytiHn .u dEa44ls qf saa-!
yer. His lace is familiar to me from
review OF those detective cabinets
usually called Ragac's Gallery
As sneak thief" or basman,'
| should convict him by hi, face ;
the same Indictment would make me
acquit him Instantly Of assassina-
ton in this estimate | rely i.poa
evidence as well as upon appearance
Atzaroot staggered about Kirk F.,
woods hotel asking fer the Vice
Pres dents room; PAYNE or Booth
would have done the murder sileut-
ly.1 Nobody pitirs dirty man. The
same arts OF dress ard cIeanlinesa
which please ladies influence juries.
!, seems to say, If anything, that
it has no sympathy with anybody
approximate, and has submitted, like !
Il lion bound, to the logic Of conyie !
ton and Of chains. Payne looks at
none Of his fellow-prisoners assas- |
sins caughtseldo care TO recognize
each other, for, white there is faith
fulness among thieves, there is none
among murderers. His great white
eyeball never rcves to anybody's in |
the dock, nor theirs to his. He has
confessed bis crime aud they know it; |
so they have no mutual hope; they
listen to the evidence because it con.
Germs them; he looks at it only be-
casise it cannot save him. lie is
entirely beardlesss yet in his boyish
chin more Of Il man physically than
the rest combined. #
spANnLEK.
spangler, the 'scenesl,f,er and
stage carpenter, has the face and
bearing of day laborer. His blue
wooden shirt does not contuse him.
as he is used TO it. He has an1ld- |
ish face, wrinkled by fearful antici- |
pations. and his hair is thin. He is I
awkwardly built, and watches the |
trial earnestly, as if striving to catch /
between the links Of evidence vis;as
of life insured. This man has a
simple and pleading face, and there
is something genial in. his great in.
cahprent cOuutenaucp. lie Il said /