The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1869-08-15

I. NEW ORLEANS, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST Is, 1860.

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surgeon gravely, "before II O'clock tonight
! you mast be dead. The pain has ceased be-
I cause modification has set in; it is gradually
mounting upwards, and viii soon CHOKE YOU"
"MustSrnust choke me % exclaimed johnson,
and he then, for TIE first time, realized the fact
that his respiration was gradually becoming
more and more affected
'Would you wish to see Col. Blake or Capt
Pennant before you die r demanded Pepper.
Must Tsurely die n he asked the surgeon,
before replying, Il
.'Surely-Inost surely; nothing can prolong
your existence, even for this night" t st.sezs
Then, = he said I'm see the colonel"
When Col. Blake came to his bedside, 'tAh"
he exclaimed, Pm glad to see your honor
sound and hearty, andnot wreck, as Lam
ye don't know who i anl--hark ye, Pm one of
the boys that metye at Dunseyerick Abbey on
tho day iv the duel, and that afterwards swore
against Squire Uiick-ha, see you remember
me now. Well, the parson as is here tells me
must needs set every one Iwrongsa tolrigh
if don't wish to go straight to old Dayy; 50
just want to say to you, thai all that We then
told you lie; i wish Jim Bradley was to
the fore, he. could bear me- outa.sSauire UGck
Didn't kill Captain Desmond; twas rs did
! itR Ihnd my own reasons for the shooting of
hia,=-he wronged my sister. We agreed to
save ourselves, to put the Sauire's neck in the
halter, and we hanged him. jim of late years
| vas always threatening to tell, and you may
| Iemember all that happened at his. death on the
| Racers deck, what he said and did meyer LETT
| my mind since Where's the ICaptain ~ he
inquired, II may as well see him, too When
Pennant entered, johnson remained silent
inntil he asked him, why have You tried TO
take my life-what have done to injure you ~
/ Nothing in particular; you often stopped
nay grVg and orded me some dozens, ana
iowedyUu grudge ike, / suppose hecaifse
swore falsely against your father; but that
Doesn't matter now | tried to shoot Won be-
! cause Piueher Martin paid me TO do it, twas he
! b.lued me Ito ESCAPE after l was cast to be
! hung. / killed poor jim, my chummy, because
! he was going to tell you who you was, which
1eesf tsIi6if flllat sa,s1e mftSlst t ssd nh
! what had happeneu wnen We We're poS ., tftitir
7 thoughtF I'D get rid of the only witness that
! cOnld turn up against me. Pm serrier for that
;c,h now than for all ever DONE that's certain,
I Tor Jim was a true ressmate aud we sailed
! together all our lives"
Ffhc magistrate had taken down Johnsons
Z 1crInrntion as it was made, and after reading
7 il over to him. he died, without exhibiting
What might be called penitenoe OF remoTse for
( thr many criminal acts of his wicked life.
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parents anu ms oH'l t'tI ~ Ethor Stnnhen
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ia ma t.st observation-disclosures, haf
s,,1I ti,o cI1estt 1css a
Pas9So r plt w ~ ~, erLatantiotad IA,
MLlsn y a" ,1GiTF9 NO his foot TTTis Was in s.
ME- cctor,r hat he had then To dispnse O
.i'f Of the estate Inv sustain
the present poSseSsot ttat he vas only sun
ing ms ia +%e u,ifnrss on whom h
r - IS not for+bcnr5intr 'Fher
relied TO sup W IL harrister
was a Fi.9I?o "a M e'ic -. an ti nInintff5s sid
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. 'hssiseu ~ =, ' $50 al p,,,,sr frnzed anxiousl
Soiieit9I' S' ~ iFpaIins1 Counsel fun
t?M4lInsS ing ~" the nnioE stool ddlin
himself ;t I'I hie hief Sttestively watchin
me- oustS ', ! H.; 80 dead silence ncryaded til
:, Pepper motions ~ that sn,nstbina had ron
court, p;St, f;o,,IIs becanse h6,eful Pes
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