Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-06

to his health, but have tendency to re-
lievG him of the tediunl which might
ensue from prison life. 90
A LITERARY TASTE MANIFESTED.
When not thus engaged he would devote
himself to reading that he might forget, in
the perusal of good and wholesome books,
his deprivation of the great boon of liberty,
and while he attended to his physical vel
fare he would not forget his moral and
spiritual well being. He inclined to his
toric and religious books, and had that day
sent an order to the Methodist Publishing
House for the following works: Catacombs
of Rome, Glimpses of Heaven, Hope for
the Fallen, History of Moses, Napoleon
and History of the Patriarclls.: - ~ 49,.
/ Before reading history he studied thor
oughly the geography of the country about
which he intended to read. He had never
read novel, chewed tobacco or drank
whisky. He was not as much affected now
at bis imprisonment as he was when the
charges were first brought against him,
and thousand and one rumors circulated
to his great discredit .j .{ 3n-.
WHY THE ASSASSINATION DODGE
boz zr Be-. FAILED. .st F-
UP to the time he had made his escape
to Canada he had suffered great mental
torture, and he was induced partly to take
this step for fear he might become utterly
demoralzed and lost ferever. He had in
stituted plan by which had it been car
ried out, he might have escaped. lie had
made arrangements to have white corpse
sent from Cincinnati to the nearest rail
way station in box, which was to be taken
charge of by two9men, whom he had paid
to carry out the strategem,- attired in his
al IL, oil,
would cause it to decay rapi ly, bury it Il
few feet below the surface, and at u time
when it had reached such a state of decom-
position as not TO he recognized, it was to
have been discovered, but for some reason
theplans We're not carried into execution,
l.E 90 "ALL PRovIDENT1AL." ,# ' I'd.
"When the devil was sick the devil saint
would be;
When the devil got WELL the devil saint WAS
Boyd has mingled good deal of practi-
cal philosophy with his Christian-like
resignation," and wisely endeavored to
create a favorable impression on the prison
officials. He was very communicative to
the Banner reporter, saying that he be-
lieved his Imprisonment was all provi
dential," and that he was suffering for a
score of men who might, perhaps, have
had to serve out terms in the penitentiary
if he had anot.f He intended to bear up
under his affections and to come out of
confinement better and more religious
man. Greater men than he had suffered
imprisonment, and he was willing to let
it run its course. The tinge of wearing
the stripes was made less sharp by the
kind treatment he and the other prisoners
received at the hands of the officials of the
prison, and he would make a good -pris--
oner. ,a,rrers,v
TOO THIN"
2 In Mark Twain's descriptions of the
Nevada funeral, those who have read this
exquisite piece of humor will remember
the expression of ..Scotty Briggs the,
committeeman appointed to Secure the
services of minister to preach the funeral
sermon of a deceased rough when in a
moment of admiration at the acquiescence
of that gentleman, he'proposed to r"clearl
OUT the preachers enemies. Using his
own language, Scotty swore he would
whip anybody who didn't like him till the
possible foe couldn't tell himself from
last years corpse" We mention this as
an illustration and cite the authority.
"JOsephus" may mention case i'm point,
but of this we are not assured. Something
akin to the subject. however, may be found
in the history of the Roman catacombs.
BOyd's tale of the prepared white corpse
which he paid to have delivered at that
unnamed station on the railroad is :" too
thin for any but the most gullible to
swallow, and is now but the expression of
a vain regret that a more feasible plan was
not undertaken than the one carried out.
If the corpse was to have been destroyed
by chemicals before being discovered and
identified as the remains of the fugitive
which he says was his plan, but that his
agents did not carry out their contract
color would have made no difference, as
no one knew better than himself, and
which was practically demonstrated on
that memorable September day in the
mountain fastness, when the hideous deed
was committed at which ghouls them
selves would blush, in the Suffice of the
body of the unfortunate negro, which was
torn from the grave to furnish material for
the diabolical orgies q -RFs<Rs eg3D
That the event was premeditated was
clearly demonstrated by the fact that the
body was
=. PACKED In CHARCOAL, -
in order to keep it from decaying too rap