The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-09-21
THE CASE OF JOHN G1LMoRE.-
Chester Reporter SAYS:

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HE CASE OF JOHN GILMORE.
Chester Reporter says:
John Gilmore. colore,l, who was ex.
tenslveiy engaged during thu year 1868
In stealing horses aud mules in this see.
ton OF the country aud running them to
Lancaster County, piu Landsford, ia one
OF tho regular Republican candidates for
the House OF Representatives in Richluud
county. His enemies are trying to rob
him OF his wnll.enrncd reputation as q
thief, aud to prove his unftness for the
position to which be aspires, by showing
that he is an honest man."
The Lancaster Ledger, commenting on
sundry certificates published by Gil.
more. says:
John Gilmore (who is better known
III TINS com munity as Black John Wylic)
left this place in 1866 or CT. He WINS
arrested here in 1866 or '67. on the
charge of cotton stealing. and placed in
the jury room up stairs, in the court
houee, there being no Jail here at that
time, from which place he made his o.
cape by jumping from the window. He
Is ulso charged with stealing q mule from
gentleman in this County. Subse-
qnent to this, we are credibly informed
he was arrested, tried and convicted of
horse stealing at Chester Court House.
we do not publish these facts merely TO
the prejudice Of John Gilmore, but tbat
the world may see how easy matter it
Is for convicted scoundrel to obtain
certificates of character"
THE $4,000 BRT.-Ae Prince Hal
said to lying Jack Falstaff, we say to the
hIdlcaf press in the matter of the S1O.-
0o0 bet: "Now, mark how plain tale
shall put you down"
A gentleman left an advertisement in
our office offering to bet $40, ZOO that
HorHce Greeley wonld be elected Presi-
dent OF the United States, and deposited
with us 81 600 to be put up as q forfeit.
Meanwhile, this gentleman discovered
that clique of Wall street brokers had
made n betting purse of S1OO, 900, and
were sending ont their clacqueurs to the
hotels and public places offering'all sorts
OF odds on Grant, for the purpose of
forcing public opinion aud raising tile
cry that the election Of Grant was a snre
thing.
One Of the parties charged with tho
task OF advancing this movement Of the
Administration brokers offered to bet
$40, 600 to $1,000 on tho reelection of
the present incumbent. The gentleman
to whom we have referred as having bet
an oven $4,000, being of a practical
turn OF mind, perceived the opportunity
of making better bargain than that
which he Ind himself originated, and be
Immediately accepted the odds and an
nulled his former bet, forfeiting his
81, 600. BY this arrangement he risked
81, O0O less than by his original wager.
and his chances Of winning tho $4,000
remained tho same. But tho Radical
press, being short of facts to Suggest
decline in the popularity Of the Liberal
candidates. became Immediately iubilant
over the abandonment of the first bet,
without. Of course, alluding to the
sequel. which left the Greeley champion
". 900 better off than he was before
Ne,o York Ne,os.
John K. Holcomb, good citizen of
Harrison County, Ga, was called out of
his home one night last week, by dis.
guised party of men, and shot dead. |
Mr.. Holoomb was Democrat, and his |
murder is attributed to the Radical |
wretches who have 80 long tyrannized |
that County. His body was found the
next morning about q mile from his
house.
The Barnwell Journal has changed it's
name to the Masonic Workman, and is
now devoted to the interests of the Ma
sonic fraternity.
An English expedition is exploring the
interior OF Iceland. of which rs little is
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