The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1878-04-13

as it relates to me, it is ernphatically MOI
true.
Tn the FIRST place. was never in
Cl8rksvile, Texas, until the year 1862
durlry The war with the Confederacy,
and tDsn wss engaged in business quite
d.Gereat from that which usually engages
the attention OF a lawyer. Chester \.
Asn.ey was never in Cisrksville, Texas,
nor were Ashley and myself ever en-
gagged IN q cause with Sergeant S. Prem
tlss. Lastly, l never prosecuted woman
! in nv life, and the dramatic colOring TO
the scene IN the court house, giving such
! brilliant hues TO the eloguence OF the IN
/ known defender of persecuted innocence,
! is wholly evolved from the imagination
Of the story's original writer.
AN ARKANSAS GENUINs.
About the year 1897, Alfred A. Ar
rington came from Missouri TO the north
western part OF Arkansas, and there set
| tied. He had been preacher in the
State be left, but after reaching Arkansas
studied law, and soon became noted tor
the brilisncy OF his Imagination and the
success which attended his practice IN the
courts. With the tsste of the poet, and
much dramatic power, he won celebrity
as a reporter of trials, that owed all their
brlllisncy and interest to the sparkling
fancy and gorgeous painting OF the
writer. M tetgH Scd non oTndUlC
indeed, and to such an extent did
be carry his ornamentaton that un-
der the pictorial power OF his
graphic pencil II simple trial for the
larceny of barrel of whisky dis.
titled on the Arkansas river would be
transformed to a glowing and picturesque
romance of the spelling of whole Vint-
ages Of the purple Falernian IN Arcadia,
and of the utter distressing OF ArglVe
nymphs by horned and hirsute sstyrs.
Among his most famous productions Is
the imaginative report of trial In Con-
way county, Arkansas, where John lay
Tor and beautiful Indian virgin are the
central figures, "The Cane Hill Tragedy"
fanciful bet powerfully written &C
count of the doings Of the Regulators at
Cane Hill in the same State, and OF
Judge Lynch's judicial operations in that
locality; and q novel, one deservedIy
popular, but now forgotten and unread,
The Regulators of the Tansha."
AT CHICAGO AT LAST,
Arrington's life was successful but
eventful. Leaving Arkansas he went to
Brownsville Tex, and then drltted TO
Chicago, where he became the leading
lawyer at that bar, and died in that
city FIVE or SIX years ago. Judge AIRING
ton-sud the title was legitimate-letta
widow, now in one Of the government
dersrtments in this city, q lady Of much
grace of person and many charms OF
mind.
JOHN TAYLOR APPEARS.
1t was about the same epoch when
Judge Arlington arrived IN Arkansas
that there came from Alabama to Little
Rock a man made nationally famous by
the imaginative pen of Arlington, and
locally still more celebrated by his own
eccentriclties and genius-JoLn Taylor.
Morbid and mlsanLhrOplC, envIous OF
other men attaining q success which he
himself disdained TO accept, with an In
tellect broad enough TO solve the most
comprehensive problems, yet narrow to
daily Contemning the frivOliLies of soCi-
ETY., and avoiding, yet burning TO enjoy
them, he was q congeries Of paradoxes, an
inscluble enigma, the study of which was
at once fascinating and disgusting
pursuit Tall, thin and meagef in per-
son, swsrthy vissged, galvanized ca.
daver whose veins were filled with
NORWOOD and gail, malignant scowl
the natural and constant expression OF
his face, with a strange, peculiar habit of
always protruding his tongue from his
lips, he
LOOKED AND MOVED LIKE A SNAKE.
The touch OF his hand was as clammy
and cold Us the skin o! mOccasln, and
inspired equal disgust. He was said
to be married, but few men saw his wife;
none ever became acquainted with her.
He lived sIone with her, Stunned the
society of men, h8d no friends, and avoid !
ed making scqusintances lie soon be-
came the Ishmsel of the country, and the |
most persistent and successful stirrer up of
litigation that ever practIced before an
Arkansas court As an attorney he |
was respected for his intimate acqusin-
lance with the principles Of the law
and valued tor his ready familiarity with |
its precedeuts. His command of |
language was unrivaled. 1t was as mu-
steal instrument, obedient to his every |
touch, and he played upon 1t with mas
terly skill. HIS voice was exceedingly |
rich, sweet and sympathetic, and It's
capacity to influence jury e1trsordi-
nary. No man ever exCelled him in his |
command of the vituperative and the ssr-
castic, in which he was bitter, scathlng |
and absolutely mercileSs, while in pathetic |
eloQuence he could melt the most obdur- |
ate, seemingly without object and GER
tauly without effort. Yet he was not,
stricKly speaking, an orator.
ALMOST, BUT NOT QUITE.
This singular man had been q polite
ian of some eminenCe in Alabama; in |
fact. at one time, was the nearly success |
cul rival of VIM. r. King for a seat in
the United States Senate from that State. |
A vague story was occasionally told !
about Little Rock that he had been dis
appointed ia love, but no man, looking !
in his serpent face and meeting his
Sowing sheer, ever felt Disposed to solicit
his confidence. He was
THE GENIUS Oh THE SHEER.
Human virtue, truth, honesty, female
chastity and modesty, were alike the OBJ
iec,s OF bis pittiIess, snsky sneers. He
feared no one, cared for no one; envied
while he despised, and sneered where be
bsraE and WAS Ms willing TO run with the
hounds OF justice in harrsssing some poor
wretch rs to aid in resCuing culprlt hares
from the iaDgs of their pursuers.
At last he accused the lawyers in Lit
tie Rock Of poisoning his well, and then
the charitable inference began to be
drawn that he was insane. After resi-
dence of two or three years in the State
he went to Texas, and it is believed that
he is there still, minister OF the Gospel.
HOW THE STORY WAS WRITTEN.
During his stay in Little Rock AIRING
~ nd IF