The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1875-07-17

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mission hs bad snderisEsn Tor 4
friend. shich would reqsifs bic ~.
tendance Al pablo land sale On The
following day.
EHactisg promise that he you'd
not delay bis WRIT longer Than vas
necessafy. and having given minute
dIfeciisg as to tho route, ] continued
my gay bomevard, While he turned
back.
was retiring In bed on The nigh,
OF my return, when n summons from
without called me to the door. A
stranger asked shelter Tor himself aud
horse for the night -
] invited him 10. Though a sIran-
ger, bis face seemed not unfamiliar.
He was probably one Of the mon /
had seen at The land Office, a place at
that time very much irequcnted.
Offering him seat, | went 10 see
his horse. The poor animal, as well
as could see by the dim starlight.
seemed to have been hardly used.
His painting sides bore witness of
merciless riding, and tremendous
at the slightest touch, be-
tokened recent fright.
On returning to the house, found
the stranger had gone. His abse1ce
excited no surprise; he would doubt-
less soon return. went again to the |
stable thinking he might have found
his way thither, to give his personal
attention to the wants of his horse.
Before going out, from mere force
Of habit--for we were as yet unvisited |
by thieves or policemen took the
precaution OF putting the strangers
watch in drawer in which l kept my
own valuables.
| found the horse as had left him,
and gave him the food which he was
1cw sufficiently cooled to eat, but his
master was no where to he seen.
As | approached the house crowd
,f men on horseback dashed up, and
was commanded, in no gentle to mes.
% 'standp In another moment | was
q the clutches of those who called me
heir prisoner.
/ was too much stupe6ed at first to
lsk what il all meant. | did 40 at
asst, and the answer came-it was
errible. s>.
My friand, with whom | had so late.
y set cut in company, had been found
and robbed near the spot
It which /, but l alone, knew we had
separated. / vas the last person
Known to have been with him, and l
vas now arrested on suspicion Of his
murder. So
A search of the premises was ihme-
nediately instituted. The watch was
ound in the drawer in which / had
,laced it, and was identified as the
of the murdered man. His
Iorse, too, was found in my stable. for
he animal I had just put there was
10 other. 1 recognized him myself
vhen saw him in the light. 4
What said know not. Ny con.
usion was taken as an additional
violence. And when at length, / did
ommaud language to give an intel
igible story, it was received with
neers of incredulity.
The mob spirit is inherent in man
at least in crowds of men. 1t may
ot always manifest itself in physical
'iolenceJ I 1t sometimes contents itself
nth the lynching character. But
whatever its form, it is always relent-
ess. pitiless, cruel.
As proofs Of my guilt one after an
ther came to light, low mutterings
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