The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1874-07-29

LIANT COMMITTEE IN TEXAS-kUBBED
OF THE VIRTUE OF HIS WIFE, HE Be
COMES AN oUTCAsT AND A THIEF.
In recent dispatches from the In
dian Nation, the particulars of the
shooting Of this young man by
vigilant committee, was given. He
was there living under an assumed
name, but from a reliable source, and
in conversation with prominent cit
izen of Moberly, Mo-, Times repor
ter learned the particulars of his
death, and some of the facts Of his
early life.
At the time Of the breaking out of
the war he was living in Monroe
county, Mo-, and was engaged in far
ming. Being of a good family, he
was looked upon as a promising
young man, generous to a fault and
as brave as lion. The state Of at
fairs then existing in his county at
forded to him the opportunity he had
longed for of choosing the reckless,
daredevil life which his impulsive
nature had always crayed, and he
took to the bush. He was mixed UP
in number Of daring acts during the
war, and at the one time, being ban
tered by comrade, the two charged
through the streets Of Paris, Monroe
county, Mo, there being nearly a
regiment of Federal troops stationed
there.
After the war he settled in the
same county, and was married to a
Miss Mollie Matthews, Of Ran
dolph county. When the now pros
porous little city Of Moberly opened
up such encouraging opportunities
for business, Alexander moved there
and commenced the business of sa-
! loon keeping. For a time he was
happy, or apparently so, having q
loving wife, a sweet little babe and
a very lucrative business. But at
last chaos came in the form Of 6
wealthy and prominent citizen, ano
now an official of the city of Moberly
who seduced the wife and made al
outcast of the husband. After {
separation from his wife he seemed
to GROW more and more reckless, an(
after being the principal in severa
cutting and shooting scrapes, In on
of which he cut man named JET
fries near to death, he became a wan
derer. He was frequently heart
from in different parts of the State
first in Kansas City and then in som
other place remote from the one h
would be forced to flee, until in til
last extremity he migrated to tn
{ land of long horns, where he has jus
been summarily dealt with by Wig
liant committee, being caught in tn
act of horse stealing. He was sho
: down without moments warning
and had not a chance given him t
compromise. or ask the forgiveness {
, that Being whom he had defied an
/, wronged, and while he fills a felon'
: grave in that far-off State where pee
$ pie take the law into their own hand
: and deal out justice extravaganza
e and inconsistently, his wife now pile
;, the profession of a prostitute in thi
< city. A full record of the deeds an
: life of this once promising youn
|, man would occupy more space tina
l. we can devote to it; but, to point tt
a moral to adorn the tale, it shows thu
e slow and inevitable suicide of a ma
sunk deep into the fathomless deptl
t. of dissipation and Crime seeking tn
d bourne as the only source of relic
IS and goaded by the thought of a pu
le and once loved wife, driven ev'
1t from the society of relatives al
t. friends into q pitiless world to ca
ID her bread by selling her soul. |
it has at last found his fate at the han
it of class Of men who neither pi
Id nor forgive.-St. Louis Times.
- ~ We once saw a young IN
,>a gazing at try heaven, with a I il
~ ~ and a - of pistols in
other-We endeavored to attract