Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1871-10-12
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Misffllaatnns.
AN INCURABLEaeksE.
BY, JUDGE CLARK. ooiJJ j -.

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lit was Dick Gazzam, the veteran an
fecdotist of the circuit, who was, enter
: tanning a ikoot of Us one evening after. {
field-day in court-"1he most ItigioQ,
man ever knew" said Dick issiWas
Gus Gilrymple. .{eI "a ion.
He had been cest in more costs, com.
mitted for more contempts and served
with more writs, than any other zman
n the State. He had sounded all the
tdepths and. shoals of law, had tried
every chance of Chancery, and were
he living yet, probably would now be
treadlng the tortuouS paths of bank.
ruptey." tl5 -
4 tHis was emphatically aJtheart ioi
controversy Out of law, he was fish
out of water. His appetite for. il twas
Unsuitable. He could never get enough.
He camepreciOus nearit oRce, tffougif.'s
.sHow was that?n we asked. ''S
i 81 was going to tell you, said Dick,
4 81 said Gus, was the most litiQibns
man ever knew; but he had q neigh
bor-One Dalkins-and it was, nip and
! tuck between them. The number OF
/ actions and crOss-actiOns between the
two was something incredipIe.I You
might step into the court any day., and
it would have been safe bet, that il
the first case you heard, called Wasn't t
| GilryInple rs. Dalkins, it would be Dali
kins Us. Gilrymple. .iis,.4 90 ~,
| But to- COME to my stary:'sI .inGs='
"One day GUS caught one of Dab
klns' shoteSi trespassingaoa aVaeant lot
of his, and shet the intruder dead on
| the spot. q sb SdI % I1Si5siailsa a
sHoserve a. wriHten ticezoh1 the
owner forthwith to re16pe the ecafesa;s;,i
| under pain of an aesi6 on. sfor 1HEisah b ce;,'
was hisnext step; and for tI5aS purpose
Gus. walked over to his hdeighb 8 s,E =
He found the latter-wh6 'Hss 4 bft of d
money lender, we may adfMintae aef
on receiving. a considerable Payment
from a debtor who had 'eallgd t. settle
HGus. waited patient the mon
ey was paid and putaYaY, nd the coast
c ear, and then entere:i hon his errand.
But as there was no witness to, what Dc.
curred, / prefer not to travel out of the
record ..s.-,.,,lt,.., i.
"Next morning Dalkins was found
lying dead on the fOOri.Of the room. in
which he and Gus. hady been! left,ite-i
gether by the man who had paid the
money-whOse naIneI had. forgotten
to mention, was Bilseyy:=sj load i'Asi =
"That a ruthless murder chad been
committed was only too evident, The
skull of thetieceased. wis crushed in;
and bloody hammer ing, peas r. had
probably. been the INSTRUMENT efIiployri
Ell in dispatching The victim, as &eff as
the faithful watch dog, whose bdtiy lay
not far from that Of his master, The
money drawer too had been ,rifsed, de- |
monstrating that the mOtiye. of the
crime had been pflInfer. NJ ,,,.'.,,s y
ssGus., on being. es toned admitted
that he and DalEin5, while together
mad come from hi, j, words to kOl0,, and I
finally to blows; that they lad hadvI
right smart OF, 4, ,Scrnppage,ls sins fant,I
in the course of Which eblOol had been
drawn. ~ ~ sniissn n mJ1'f n
~ ''On the whole, things locked ;ugIysl
for Gus. ( He had fhebhE the iikssttahhrt
seen with Dalkins, i ANIL lth0ti ca tSReAH
scene of the murder-besideS being
cOgnizant of the ynfoney. 2HsF pefseni.
bore marks of a I7recent combat ana |
there was bl18d On his GARMENTS, Hiss
own statement, made with cohsideTl 4
able reluctance, that after getting tfieSS,
worst OF the light, ne had BEATEN, i
hasty retreat, leaving bis opponent
triumphant, with scarcely a scratch, Of !
course went for nothing. 3, at. Il
$40 cut q 1ofIg story short Gus, was !
arrested, tried, eony ted andsenfeneed. \
tobe hanged, did all in my power TO |
avert his fate-inoved an arrest of judg- /
ment and f0r, q new trial, . and at last !
tried a writ of :erEoys but in. vain-the !
fatal day was fixed, ard the Governor
decided not to interfere. el g. .Du. !
r son the evening of the day preced-
ing that on which, Gttss was 20 suffer, I
had taken. an affecting leave :of him,
after receiving his final instFuetioas9
touching his Unfinished elaw ibusiIiess II