The weekly Louisianian., 1872-11-09

Ex.AuDlT0R WIcKLIFFE,

ca u y " On WuON bU6T 81
HIS DISCOVERY AND FL1aHr-HE DIS
aoRaEs TO arRAuss..
[From the Selma Times]
In the mouth of August, 1870
there came to this city a man Of "a
ther pleasing appearance, apparent
ly an educated gentleman and (
man Of means. His stay in the city
was limited to few days, and leav'
ing town, be went to our neighbor'
ling village of Summer6eld, and ir
a little while settled himself in ve.
ry retired and secluded neighbor.
hood, some five miles north of Sum.
,nerfield. He appeared to have
plenty. of money, but was not by any
means lavish of in its expenditure,
and in place Of going into society,
he, on the contrary, expressed a de-
sire for retirement, and was averse
to forming extended acquaintance
with the people among whom he
lived. He purchased a little place
some distance from any public road,
and in locality rarely ever visited
by strangers, and announced to the
public that he was a physician, and
gave his ncme as DR.. j. Polk Shell
by, and by that name he was known
here and at Summer6eld.
DR.. shelby's practice, however,
was very limited, notwithstanding
the fact that he kept his horse, which
was by the way a very fine one, con-
stant]y saddled and ready for use.
The doctors practice would have
doubtless been larger, but for his
bad luck in bleeding poor emacia-
ted man, suffering from chills, and
the mans dying in a few hours after
ward: This occurred just on the
threshold OF his medical career, and
caused his skill to be questioned to
degree that deferred many from
calling his services into requisition.
But practicing medicine was more
q labor of love with the doctor than
for the accumulation of filthy lucre,
and it did not ruffle his temper or
interrupt his course of life that bis
patients were few. What college
DR.: Shelby was a graduate OF, or in
fact from whence he came, were OF
those things unknown o.the people
among whom he abided.
As before stated, the Doctor ap-
peared to have plenty Of money,
and in this case appearances were
in consonance with the truth, and
thereby hangs the tale we propose
to unfold. Having plenty of money
the Doctor brought and sold divers
and sundry things, and made nu-
merous speculations, at the same
time continuing the practice Of me-
dicine.
Time wore on, as the novelists
write it, without the occurrence Of
an incident to interrupt or change
The current of DR.. Polk Shelby's |
life, and he began to be regarded as
4 permanent citizen of the locality !
in which he had been tarrying since
August, A. D. 1870. It is true that
The Doctor had many little &C.
centric ways that his neighbors did
not understand, but his general
conduct was unexceptionable to
hem. And thus things continued
until within a few weeks since. when
\ change came, and DR.. J. Polk
Shelby was shown to be an impost-
,r and a fugitive from jastice, with
Nemisis on his back.
Some two or three weeks since 8
Mr. Bumrael, of New Orleans, was
n Selma on business, and one day |
coming in contact with DR.. J. Polk
Shelby, recognized him as an old
from New Orleans,
md nsrubQe dictu discovered in the
DR.. J. Polk Shelby ex-Au-
1itor George NJ. Wicklife, of Lou
siana, and so called him. His in
;erview with Mr.. Bummel was of
short duration, and leaving him
very abruptly, the ex-auditor, alias
Dr.. J. Polk Shelby, mounted his
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