The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-10-03

How many such persons read. or have
an opportunity to read, a card hung up
10 depot The chances are decidedly
in favor of the paper, and we are fire.
quently surprised, that live, calculat-
ing business man, should patronize
these occssianal advertising mediums,
when his local paper cffers him so much
more for the same money"
They tell pretty good story on May
or Cabell, of Dallas. Among the
''druuks and downs" arraigned one
morning before his court was an Irish
man. When his time came he was
ordered to stand up" Whats your
Manner said the Mayor. Patrick
O'Gorman, your honor" was the reply.
Where are you FROM From Weeks
oGrg" "Whst from VicksburgG" IN
dsie, indade, am." How long since
y.u left therei" Just SIX days, your
Lonor." The Mayor turned excitably
to policeman, and remarked: Take
this man Immediately outside of the
corporation, and order him to leave"
AS soon as they had crossed the bridge
over the Trinity river, which Is but
short distance, Patrick said, "And now
l am outside of the corporation, am
Il" Yes" IAN We have no juris-
diction over here, and can't arrest mt
what would have been me foin if l
had steyed9" 'tIn your case, the fue
and costs would have amounted to
about $11 So" "An' isn't that an il
egant escape bate the ould gentle
man beautifully out of that an saved
me credit. l haven't been in Vlcks-
burg for SIX months"
Lynch did not Gle after all. He
lives to tell of the horrors of that awful
night when his eight children were de-
stroyed, and when the assassln's bull
let's penetrated his own bosom. A
Telegram reporter who has visited the
scene of murder Gays: THE debris
the burned building are still as black
as on the morning when the bones of
| the murdered InnOcents were dug out
of them. The place and positions of
| the victims and the beds on which
they slept could be easily recognized,
and the ruin of the biackened cinders
! contrasted with the lastly arranged
shrubbery and rose bushes that had so
lately been tended by the hands of
Mrs. Ly-ch and her handsome young
daughter, Miss Carrie. Lynch says
that when he woke up at the shoot
| ing he was IN his sober senses,
not insane. There was no powder
burn on his breast. The balls ranged
in direction which could not
have beer the case had he attempted
suicide. Again, according to some of
the neighbors, Lynch's five-shooter, cap
and ball, was heard to discharge four
barrels during the fire, in addition to
his double barreled shotgun. Also, q
neighbor stated that Mr.. Trimble, like
wise DeighbOr Of Lynch, had the day
after the murder picked up in The ruins
two or three cartridge shells belonging
to a pistol of small calibre, and that
Lynch had had no such cartridges
about his house for years. This tallies
with the fact that he was shot with small
balls. Therefore the suicide theory
falls. And inasmuch as the bodies of the
children were found in exactly the
same position as when they lay down,
! not having changed their positions,
all, and most likely Lynch himself,
must have been insensiblc under the
Influence of chloroform, or some ether
soporiic, or they were killed before
their father was shot, because, had
they been awakened by the noise, some
one of them would have escaped, or
at least changed their positions. The
assassin or assassins probably had two
objects in view, to kill Lynch, and
outrage Miss Carrie. In reply to
question, Lynch said that the
children were asleep when he lay
down at 8 o'clock, and the last he
saw of Miss Carrie IN this life she lay
on her side with her face turned toward
the little boy. This most horrid crime
is still enveloped in the deepest mys
terry. 1t is, however, certain that the
assassins intended to make a clear
sweep, and went about their diabolical
| purpose with the deliberate intention
Ga hlui u1TIng Inc 0HVrI1 nUusenoIu.
Lynch has been ad Tised by his friends
TO leave Hockey, as it is feared the
hidden hand of the devils incarnate
who slew Miss Carrie, her little brother
and sisters, and the innocent, mother
less, sucking babe, will strike again.
It is certain that if the fiends who COM
mitted this dreadful and devilish deed
are ever caught death by violence
awaits them"