The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-08-16

anu VIM sdiu ne was prOSpeCtlHs III q
Location to open tonsorial establish
ment.
Last Saturday morning Burleigh
went to the proprietor of the only enter,
talnment hall In our town and engaged
tie nan tor the following TUESDAY even
ing, saying 70 the proprietor tnag ne
INTENDED 10 give adraiilic entertainment
on the evening named. Having com
pieted TINS preliminary, he returned 10
his room, locked himself in, and was
seen by no one for the next torty-elght
hours except
TWO CLERICAL GENTLEMEN.
During Saturday, number OF his pa
irons raped on the door, wishing 20 gam |
admittance for t0nsorisl treatment, put |
they were answered from within that a |
work OF greater Importance Woulu pre-
clude the possibility of his dong any |
tonsoTial work that day" IS t4e cur
tains were all drawn no one OF the as
appointed applicants could discover what
"work' 1t was that engrossed burlelgh
attention 50 entirely, and many conJec-
lures were INDUCED in by the patrons as
TO the nature of it. The sequel, however,
proves that Burleigh was far IRON beng
idle during these log hours OF secluslon'
On Sunday morning
THE FOLLOWING STARTLING STATEMENT
Was found posted in various public
places of our hanAet, and also on the
outer side of Burlsih's room deor:
To the Worthy ca1.' s,pron and Vicinity:
Having. sincSse Sfsgreat sensation in
Chicago-the hanging of Sherry and
Conn0iIY-heard sundry citizens of Ca
prom and vicinity express strong desire
to witness some such tragedy, l have
concluded to crafty their lust Tor the
horrible by committing suicide. by
shouting myself through the forehead,
on the evening of the 9dinst., at Thorn
ton Hall. The pIee OF admission TO this
real tragedy will be 81, and the fund
[ that NAV be realized thus shall first be
applied to my funeral expenses, and,
/ should any rplas remain, 1t shall be
/ invested in the works of Darwin, Tyn-
dali and Huxley, and the same shall be
presented to the town library in my
name. Nv reason for. thus putting pc
Rod to NV life Is bat I have endured the
manifold raiseriesof existence as long as
/ I desire to, and ny own wish now Is to
! plunge into the eernal, sOundless, life
( less gulf OF Inconsistencies. The death
1 of the body Is tie humiliation of the
man; and annihihtion is eternal peace.
/ Before destrOyingnyself, / shall read my
auditors and death witnesses an original
lecture. in which, shall Justify suicide.
In ali seriousness, G.. w. BURLEIGH.
Notwithstanding Bur eigh's announce
ment of his bloodTintentions upon him
I self. a determination was soon generally
manifest among or citizens to prevent
his crime However, q strong and very
general desire prevailed to see how far
ne really would cary out his announced
intention, and ourcitizens concluded to
let him go 80 far athe reading of
HIS ECTuRE.
and then, by wel-arrahged stratagem,
10 gain control 4 his person and en-
deavOr 10 reason aim ont of the rash
purpose. But theI had not calculated
on the GOODNESS ahl strength of BUR
leigh's determinatDn to effect his end.
All day Sunday Blrleigh kept himself
closely secluded il his room, and, with
the exception Of on local clergymen, he
refused sdmission D any one on any pre-
text. At , p. m. Re permitted a brief
admission TO the 2ev. Mr.. Wilcox and
the Rev. Mr.. Burtm He allowed these
EEuAiEAAlCiA ~ Ca Eha0l0AN WIZ bAAh hAAbAi
a quarter Of three and then dismissed
them, court eously declining their offers
of PRAYER ia ais behalf. They
report that he listened to their
arguments calmly, and answered
them as calusy, hut that all
, their efforts failed b weaken his Tesolu'
ton. During his long seclusion, from
Saturday morning until Monday morn
ing, Burleigh was doubtless engaged il
writing his lecture on
ssTHE JUSTIFICATION OF SUICIDE"
During Monday hewalked the street.
! most of the time, refasing to enter into
conversation with anyone. Almost tn,
whole time of his stay here he has KEEP
, bachelors hall; and this circumstance ha
! enabled him to make his secl1sioa com
. plete when he chose to do go. He con
r tinued his self-immursment all day yes
, terday. until Z O'Clock in the evening
7 when he came forth and walked briskll
about town for half an hour. He thel
. reuaired to Thornton hall, to make tn
final preparation for his violent end. /
p was at that time clear that his audienc
7 would be a very large one. Early Tues
day evening vehicles began to arriv
. numerously from therursl districts. B
. s O'Clock fully one hundred and fit
persons had purchased admission to tn
q scene of the Interesting event, whic
T many thought would not hap
q pen, and some thought woul
happen. Burlegh himsels acted &
q doorkeeper, and 10 children were allowe
admission The audience was compose
of men and women in the ratio of thre
= of the former to one of the latter. A
exactly ten minutes after eight Burleig
n closed the door, walked forth with
v FIRM, DELIBERATE STEP
To the platform. took his stand benin
a temporary desk he had erected, bowe
2 gracefully to the audience and i'm
mediately began the delivery of hi
= lecture. While Burleigh was attendin
T to the duties of BOOKKEEPING, a couple c
2 stout citizens had seereted themselves i
a small ante-room that opened near tn
speakers stand. Their intention was /
overpower Burleigh, who is a small man
2 at the close of his lecture. The failur
: of this plan proved that Burleigh had il
some manner gained knowledge of it
: existence, and that he had planned mos
z effectuaIlv tc render it futile
The delivery of che lecture occupie,
Just one hour and ten minutes, ant
during that time the audience wa
held spell-hound. The stag
r manners of the lecturer plainly indicat,
that he was no novice in public speaking
His voice was cleT ARistinet and musical
bearing evidenceeOf his scholarship il
elocution. His meditation was simpl,
perfect. The lecture was certainly
masterpiece of infdeI reasoning, and hi
anEuage was most powerful and. fercible
He had studied to make it end in such
manner that its EN- would be unsuspect
ed. As soon as he had finished he step
!, ped quickly backward until lie reaches
the middle OF the stage, and with light
ming movement,
DREW DERRINGER
, from his hip pocket. and while Messr
Gibbs and Morton where rushing upol
him, he placed the pistol TO his torehea
and fired, falling into the arms c
those who had sOughtto save him oul
ing this act women screamed and tainted
and strong men groaned aloud. In
scene was such as will haunt one vivid
to his dying day. It was the embod
ment of the horrible and. terrible. In
large sized ball had literally torn Bul
leigh's skull to atoms His death wa
5 instantaneous. Since the consummatio
= OF this fearful tragedy, depression
p horror and gloom has pervaded the com
, munity- The deepest sorrow prevails
u this wantOn distinction of so noble a