Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1869-09-17

poisonous fangs Of the ra,tlesnakeS You
saids ~ God bless you, Herberti can |
ever repay YOU for whatyou have done"
Again the prisoner paused. H
Let me out let me out 1 am chok
mgr exclaimed John Clements in a
shrieking tone, as he started from his
seat and rushed through the crowd 10.
wards the open door Close by he sank
upon bench and buried his face in his
hands.
IL have nothing moro to say" con.
cluded Herbert, sinking upon the bench.
"Prisoner of the Vigilance Committed"
began the Judge in solemn tone, "the
sentence ofthis court Is that within one
hour you shall be taken from this room to
the large oak near the hotel, and then and
there be-"
"Hold, for Gods sake hold !" shouted a
voice, and about dozen miners rushed
into the crowded room. Three of the new
comers took hold Of the arms of John
Clements ard pinioned them to his side,
| while another whispered q few words into
| his cars.
"Its lie, liel" shouted John Glen.
cnts trying To free himself; but his en-
dcayors were in vain. The next minute a
young girl, pale and wan, supported by
two men, entered the ROOM
II was witness OF the murder of my
best friend ~ began the girl in q trembling
tone Then pointing to the still strug-
Cling John Clements she said He is
the murderer of Ella Tracy. | saw him
take the knife from the belt of Herbert and
thrust it into the bosom of my friend. He
had caught n glimpse of my face through
the half open door, and after Herbert had
been taken prisoner he returned and
seized me with violence. In the struggle
to escape from Linn | tainted. When
awokc | found that | was bound hand
and foot and thrown into an abandoned
mining shaft. l cried for help unit
| was hoarse, but no assistance came.
saw that the stars began to disappear
Hour after hour | waited and prayct
to God for delivcrance The sun n
last shone into the shaft. Hour af(er houl
passed away. began to prepare my sou
for Heaven, for starvation was staring mt
in the face, when two miners came to thI
mouth of the shaft. They threw in small
stone which hit me on thearm. lmoanet
with pain when Il struck me, but was moi
heard. We didn't hear it fall, said one
It's very deep said the other, bending
over the mouth of the shaft. | saw his
face. He caught glimpse of my white
dress. Somebody Is in thereN cried he
and both ran away. But soon they cam
back with ropes and drew me out Of m!
living grave, and, thank Heaven, cam
in time to save an innocent man |" con
tinued the little girl who was a servant a
the 81. Charles Hotel.
Scarcely had she finished when TIL
miners dragged John Clements out of til
log house towards the large oak near tn
hotel In vain were his pleadings for con
passion. The crowd of exasperatcd miner
knew no mercy Ten minutes after, hi
corpse was dangling from the limb of tn
oak
The writer of the above narrative was
I mere boy when he witnessed the prinoipi
events described, but the terrible scene
3 still remain distinctly impressed upon hi
: memory. The names of the locality an
of the persons are assumed, but the mai
occurrences have been given as they actr
ally transpired.
! But little more remains to be salt
= Long did Herbert Tudor mourn the Ill
= = timely death of Ella Tracy. AT lengt
7 when his fair delivercr had grown up
wOmanhood, sue became ms Drlue.-OI
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