Western sentinel. [volume] (Winston [i.e. Winston-Salem], N.C.) 1856-1886, 1877-05-03

example,
HIS REPUTATION AS A LIAR,
They rest upon an equally precari
GUS basis. His lies are, like his
larcen;es, bungling and maladroit,
and usually betray the insanity of
mind that promulgated them much
more strikingly than turpltude of
the soul that gave them birth. He
puts himself on paper one day and
then calls himself liar the next
by way of recantation, with a sang
froid that is too amusing to admit
of the disgust usually excited by
such performances.
| His EARLIER EPLoTrs AS A FORGER
AND PERJURER
Were characterized by the same
crudeness. On one occasion in a
civil suit where A!eck Mcclure was
his attorney, John won the case
and got a verdict by perjury and
subornation thereof. Then, when
the Clerk of the Court was making
up the Judgment, John was SO
elated with the result that he
couldn't keep TO himself the base
ness by which it had been brought
about. To his feeble mind the
winning of that suit by perjury and
subornation OF the same was some
thing to boast of, and so he boasted
of it to Mcclure, his Attorney
The latter heard him through and
then told him he must go to the
Judge, ask permission to waive
Judgment and offer to settle or
compromise the case without refer
ence to the verdict of the jury.
John delnurred to this advice.
"Well then," said Mcclure, "you
id scoundrcl, if you will not do
that, will go into open Court as
your attorney, waive Judgment my
self, and state the methods 10y which
you obtained verdict in your
favor; and then, having washed my
hands out of your case, will pre-
sent you to the grand jury !"
This threat brought John to his
senses and he obeyed Mcclure; 5
command. Now then, when it is
further stated that it was one Of his
own relatives whom John thu:
sought to defraud through perjury
and the success OF which operation
he deemed matter for cXnitation
You can form some idea ct the
quaint combination Of villiany and
idiocy which serves him in lieu Of 3
character.
! But odd and luGicrous as his
earlier escapades have been, they
fall far short Of
HIS LATE PoLIrICAL ExPLoIrs
During the las two weeks. 1t vii
be remembered that when JOIN
first began to get through his thicE
skull the idea that Chamberlain
was gong to be left to his tate by
Hayes, he Immediately sought tc
make his peach with Hampton. The
latter consented to an interview
!. with Patterson more out of sense
} of grim humor than from any othel
motive, and when Patterson came
, Hampton enjoyed the scene in it.
) ludicrous aspects as kecu!y as die
any OF the lockers on. Patterson
made pledges Of tealty, to whicl
Hampton listened suavcly, anC
which he accepted with a queel
sort OF half-amused, halt pififul cx
preston upon his good-natured face
--r-uch as he might have accepted
assurances of distinguished con
. sideration from a burglar who haC
been captued in his house, and who
was now in the custody of the police
on his way to Jail. John was anx
ious to Iuake his peace with Hanp
; ton complete, and it occurred tc
his feeble mind that it would hcll
him in Hampton's estimation to
denounce his late associate, Cham,
berlain, which he forthwith pro
ceeded to do. Jacobs interview
was not long. The Star, that after,
noon, speaking of it, remarked witt
a grave humor peculiarly its own
that "the interview was very cordia
on both side, and lasted as much a:
fifteen minutes"
According to the best informa,
ton that | can obtain,
JoHN's "FEALrY TO HAMPTON"
Lasted about twety'fonr hours; bu
as that is longer than he was eve
before known to mediate an homes
association, we should give him dut
credit for it. But the next day h
got among his old associates-Kel
logg, Bill Chandler, fellow named
Painter, who is TO journalism wha
John is to politics, and the balance
of that crew-and they told join
. that he had acted the d-n fool.
John didn't know but he had
: However, it amounted to nothing