The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1875-01-15
& STORY T9AT TOUCHES 357
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Ugly Sam, and Why He Refornss - A
Premise to Dying Mother
IFrnm Iha nairoir g =.

He had been missing from the ';PoJs-
mac for several days. and CIevrluHsi
Tom, and Port Huron Bill, Tall Chicago
and the rest OF the boys who were " OIst
10 get drunk with. him, couldn't nia'S-.
out what had happened. They hGdH1
heard that there was a warrant out fer
him, had never known of his bein. lex
for q day, and his absence from the Old
haunts puzzled them. They We're iu tig-
Hole-in-the-Wall saloon the other nora
ing, nearly adozeH of them, dFiui,iug
smoking, and playing cards, whea il
walked Ugly Sam --- .----- ---..-
There was a doep silence fora moG-U3
as they looked at him Sam-had a ne-
hat. had been shaved clean, had on ii
clean collar and a white shirt, and tipeg
didn't know him at first When tliry
saw that it Was Ugly Sam they uttered a
shout and leaped mp -..-----..-
Gave in that hat, cried one. -
''Yank that collar OF, shouted an
other. .... %. ...-s -.t. :..-..
''Let'sroll him ON the floor screamed
a third .-E - .--- .--...-
There was something in his look anG
bearing which made them hesitate. The
whiskey-red had almost faded from lis
face, and he looked sober and dignided
His features expressed disgust and con.
tempt, as he looked around the. roOiu-
and then revealed pity as his eyes feI
upon the red eyes and bloated faces OF.
the crowd before him. ---. ...- . o. .r..
s'Why, what ails ye, Sam" inquiEgd
Tall Chicago, as they all stood there!
Ave come down to bid you good-by,
boys. he replied, removing his hat aud
drawing aelean handkerchief from >his
pocket. ...--.. Sea-. -
- What! Hey We turned preacher"
they shouted in chorus. - a. ,...s .4:.
Boys, We know can lick amy two OF
We, bnt hain't on the fight any more ,and
I've put down the last drop. oi whiSkey
which is ever to - iuJo nay mouth I've
switched off. I've tai.aa IA oath. f..! III
going TO be decent! ...
Sam, be We crazy = asked Purt Huron
Bill, coming nearer to him. 90
I've come down 10 tell ye AL about
it." answered San. Move the cilears
back a little and give ne. room, le all.
know I've been rough, and more, too. /
have been a drinker, tighter, Il gambler
and a loafer | can'r look buck AMI re
member when I've earned an honest dol
lar The police hez CHASED me. around
like wolf, and papers hez said that | <
ly Sam was the terror OF the Potomac.
-Ie al know this. boys. but - Gilni
know had an old mother" -.
The faces OF the crowd expressed
illnuZement.
Il never mentioned it To ANY of .ye,
for was neglecting her" he went Oh.
SHE was poor old woman. living up
here in the alley, and ii tue neig'Ibors
hadn't helped her 10 furi and iOod, she'd
have been found deal long ago 1 never
helped her to a cent-diiu'C see her 10.
weeks and weeks, and l used 10 feel
mean about it. When fellow goes
back on his old mother he's u gittin'
purty low, and know it. Well, she's
dead-buried yesterday was upthere
afore she died. She sent for me by. Pete.
and when | got there seem it was rIl
day with her
Did she say anything asked one. 81
the boys as Sam hesitated
That's what aiIS Ine now. lie wrnt
on. when | went ia She reached her
hand to me, aud, says sine: ''SamurI.
! I'm goingto die. and knowd You'd
want TO see ME afore passed away /
sat down, feeling queer-like She didn't
go on and say as how was lodfer. AMI
had neglected her, and al tllaf, bat says
she: Samuel, you'll b. all alone Wli1n
I'm gone I've tried to De good uoth-
er to you, and have prayed for You
hundred o. nights, and cried about you
till my old heart was sore" Some OF the
neighbors had dropped in, and the NO
men were crying, and l ten yon, boys, I
felt weak
He paused for a moment, and then
continued:
And the old woman said she'd like TO
kiss me afore death came. and that
broke me right down. She Kept hold
of my hand, and by-and by She wills
pered: Samuel. you are throwing
be a man, if you'll only make up your
mind. hate to die and feel that my
only son and the last of our family may
90 to the gallows. III had youl promise
that you'd turn over a new leaf, apd try
TO be good, it seeInS as if I'd de easier
Won't you promise lie. my som. And
I promised her, boys, and that What
ails me! She died holding my hand,
and promised to quit the Iow business
and 90 10 work. / caine down To ten
ye. and now You won't see me on the
Potomac again. I've bought an aX. and
am going up in Canada to winter"
There was Il dead silencr--for a-iroi
ment and then he said. .i .-.---- 90 s go
well, boys. I'll shake hands witIr ~
all around afore 20. 'tioOd by. Pe-e-
yood-by .Jack-ToIn- jim / hope We
won't fling bricks at Ihe, and siEn't
never fling at any OF W. Ire Il dying
promise, ye see, and I'll keep it if-it
takes right arr, --.-' 90 -'-- 80 -.--.'
Tie ,iran l55..-.d reflective, Is at, each
other'ai;c.' iie T. 3 passed out, and n.
was II lurs t i;ne. ,.fore any one spike.
Then Tail Chicago tluuS his c!ry pipe
into a corner, AM said: ' - Oh" -'
'TIl lick tine IL II who says { UglySams
heal iss ;. level - ----- -.-.-- s.-.-- 90.
.-So1i T." repea ted the others. - 4 49,
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4 FIGHT BETWEEN Two AIUJsBgBiesss
IN JAIL.-The Pittsburs BtSY-,tcit says,
in an article on murderer named Beig:.-
iey. confined in the Jail at GreenSburs,
Pennsylvania, Confined in ~ sane
prison at GreenSburg iS' another c0,t-
.vicied murderer. Tim. Bacon, yonLh
with nurderous instinct developed 70 a
decidedly insane. degree. .whQ Ailled q
little boy with club TO dispQs-esS lin
of pound of sugar y, adToit a de
PRAYED, his brutality assInnes. at times
very curious phases. at Que time ge Sc
cured dog and hung il in ms cell wit y
a shoe string, and concealed tie carcass
IN his room until its putrefaetiQn revealed
it to the nOstFils Of the. iailer, Wien
BeighIey was convicted and TPmanded to
the Jail Tin said to tie sheriff, Now
there are two murdererS IN the jail. and
IT must be seen which Is the better man,
and. without more ado. lac SpranS upon
Beighly, ard in a little while, before
they could he parted. they were writh.
ing in a mortal combat on the stone
floor. The struggle. however was short,
and well it was for Tim Bacon, for about
the time Beighley had liiiu II a p2sition
where he could have killed hin, the priS-
on force interfered, and the furious. Two
were separated. Il am satisfied, said
Tim, when he got bis breatii, BeiShley
is the better man - and to this. day, has
been at peace With him, but wants. .
see him HANGED ,........ b..
3. MANY years ago the city Of Baffini0r-
! invested three and a quarter miiliOifs ia
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. ard
raised the money by issuing bonds ar Eix
Der cent. interest The anntial dividends
upon the stock thus held by the city have
long been ten per cent, leaving Il clear
Drofit of S13O 900 a year for rhe benefit OF