Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1867-08-10


genorolly the manner iii capital cases in this
country. His protestations Of Innocence were
80 strong and consistent, and his previous
cha,ao oter was 30 well ;ktiown, that the Judge
Esent him back to prison, there to ren,ain awhile
l i.preyio0 stoliis execution
| Hoosian Kahn had furnished considerable
| provisions and forage for our regiment, andafs
/ ter his funeral Iwent to his house to look over
his account which .ho had kept with hiss own
hand. i wasaceompanied by Mr. Cranston,
ling when We reached the house, and diassall
zemindnr's papers aud books were in tile room
whero he had d'slopt, wo wero conducted thith-
T er, the woman Haloa loading the Way,S and
bearing candles The bed was still in its old
place; but the clothing had been exchanged,
and the blood stains had been washed from
the floor. Ialoa set the candles upon tho itas
bio, and then withdrew; and shortly after
ward we were joined by Hoosian's clerk, nn
intelligent Mohammedan, named Ben &bbas.
AS there was quite current of air coming in
at the open window, we moved the table up
into the corner, opposite tho foot Of tho bed,
to take the light from. the Pickering draft, af.
ter which Ben Abbas produced the books and
papers, We had been engaged overthe ac-
count half an hour, when noise out Of doors
arrested our attention. 1t was chattering
sound, accompanied by sort of hoarsc grunts
Abba" cried the clerk, g that IS surely
Kaka'
"And who is Kaka?"
lie wns my masters baboon," replied
Ben Abbns '@lIo ran away more than a
week ago 2' 5si
Why did he run away 2" s 4S.isS
Because Hoosian Kahn whipped him
Ia ;,,k, u
was out, and ransncked the closet, and pulled
the clothes from the bed. Hoosinn caught
him in tho very oct and beat him without
mercy. Kaka loupcd from the window and
ran away into the woods, and has not been
seen since"
AS the clerk ceased speaking, heard the
baboon mounting the tree, and at once ex-
tingushcd the lights and badc my companions
draw back with mo into the extreme corner
behind the table; for had a great curiosity
to see what his baboonship would do. I re-
mcmbercd the animal very well, as had fire.,
quontly seen him about}the premises Tha
zemindar had captured him when young and
reared him for pct Up the tree the fellow
came, presently he swung himself upon the
stool, and thence to the room. The moon
was shinning brightly, and as the rays shone
in through the window, leaving us in tho shade,
we could observe the movement of tho inter.
lopcr without being ourselves detected, and
you will remember, furthermore, that we hud
the table as screen.
Kaka was ono Of the lungoor species, stan,
ding five and a half feet high when erect, and
presenting pretty good specimen of physical
development. AS saw him enter the ROOM.
looking so ugly and dangerous, instinctively
clappcd my hand to my pistol. Perhaps you
will imagine the suspicion which had already
dashed upon nc. This brute and not tho
khidmutcher killed the zcmindar. Crouch
ing behind the table, and remaining perfect
ly still, we watched the fellows movements
AS he entered tho room he stnn! arrn". ..perr
his legs and gazed upon tho bed; then he
went to the closet and opened the door and
took down tie dressing case, the contents of
which he overhaulcd almost as systematically
as man would have dono. Presently he ut,
tered n loud cry, and dashed the case upon
the floor, and then sprang towards the bed =
He seized the clothing and tore it off, chat.
full manner. Covcrlcts, sheets, pillows and
mattresses como off in quick succession, and
when the brute found that lie was only spcn-
ding his rage upon inanimate substances, he
caught one of the pillows and torc it into
fragments, scattering the feathers over the
room.
/ could bear the scene no longer AS the Inn.
goor moved back, after having rent the pillow
he stood directly in the moonlight and think
I never bcheld more savagc and rcpulsve
looking monster. I carefully raised my pistol
above the table md aimed it at his head /
am not apt to miss my mark, and did not
do SO in this instance. As I fired, tile fellow
reccd and clapped both his hands to his ears.
In IN instant was soon upon my feet, with
| my sword drawn, and before the brute could
recover himself, l had run him through the
heart.
BY this time the family was aroused, and
in n little while we were investigating the sub.
ject of the murder under the light of these
! new and wonderful circumstances. Onclook
at the feet of the lungoor enabled me to ac
count for the curious blood prints which Ihad
attributed to the hand of man There wero
the very outlines and proportions which had
been stamped upon the floor. And now too
| could account for the breaking of The shank,
and for tho mass of hair thathad been pulled
from the head of the murdered man Hoo.
eian's widow, as soon ns she saw the hodue 81
yKHka, aud heard our story, cried out that iuri,
goor bad killed her husband She informed
| US that Kaka had been in the habit of seeing
{,lfis master shave, and that several times, he
had been found with the razor ia hand stand.