Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-06-13
And my old man .camo across tho room
aud put his arm about MY whist,


sycamore; and-Naucy, wo couldn't wait
until aftor tho wedding, either Of u.s."
l put my arms about Jobs neck, and T
kissed him; and then I got my sunbonnet
and rau over tq Mrs. More's.
Captain Kinoaid was thero. I stood
at tho door with my letter behind my
back.
"Won't you walk in?" said Mrs. More.
Ell haven't timo," said I. "It's only
an GRAND. It's little singular. Milly,
there's a--a.-"
"My letter! my lottor!" cried h1illy. "It
has come at last!''
How she knew it, Heaven knows. She
hadn't had glimpse of it.
1t was the old sailors story; q shipwrick,
a deserted island, wrotohed months
spcpt in hoping for succor, and sail at
lest. E1o would bo homo in three months.
"Thrce months! said Milly. "Oh, how
can I waltz
Aud then says I:
emily, forgive poor old stupid goose.
That letter has been lying under my best
coffee crushed three months aud day.
And there's vessel in the oiGng now"
SO it was Will; after all; and Job and I
went to tho wedding with happy hoarts.
And no need to pity Capt. Kincaid, either,
for he married Fanny More before the year
was over.
PoIsoNINa-A DESPERATE CnAnAc-
TER.-Profcssor Doromus, tho celebrated
New York Chemist, having bcch inter.
viewed relative to poisoning case, gavo
tho following: remember distinctly tho
case of James Stephens Tho circum-
stances about this case were all very strange.
Ono night o man was seen running
through tho streets, down town, shouting
for the police That man was James
Stephens, and close upon his heels was
another man, who, Stephens said, wanted
to kill him. The man accused of threat
cning Stephens wns looked up. Next
morning Chaunccy ShalTer called on tho
prisoner as counsel. Almost tho first words
of tho prisoner were, 81 shapt dopy it; l
tried to kill him, aud if I get out III kill
him yet. came oil the way FROM Ireland
on purpose to do it," "What do you want
to kill him for2" asked Shaftcr, much
amazed at the audacity of his client.
"Because he poisoned my aunt" said tho
prisoner. "Oho" said Shaffer, and then
he went right out and got warrant for
the arrest of Stephens The story of the
alleged poisoning was got out of the priso-
ner as far as possible. He charged that
Stephens poiosned his (the prisoner's)
aunt, because she opposed the marriage Of
her daaghtor to Stephens. The woman
had been in Greenwood Cemetery Just
about year. Her body was oxLumcd and
the organs sent to mo for examination.
Now, you know, what made tho case SO
interesting was tho fact that this Stcphons,
although ono of tho blacklist ecoundrels
ever hung, was prominent church mombcr
a leading light 10 tho Sunday School, and,
in word, perfect pink of picty. Besides
this, he was something Of local politician,
and so he not only had the clergy praying
for him, and soheming to save his neck,
but he had much political influence ut his
back besides. | might namo good many
prominent clegrymcn, still living and doing
good.in this city, who signed their names to
a petition to Governor Morgan, praying for
a rcpricvc for tho prisoner. Oh! that man
was an elegant wretch. lie was always on
his knces in his cell, and tho simple women
who visited him shed rivers of tears over
him. remember seeing one of thom run
out of the cell and cxcam to tho warden,
"rhat mans perfect angel, and it's great
shame he should be punished" But about
tho poison. found arsenic in tho stomach.
the liver, the kidneys, &c. After I had
reported tho result of my analysis, saw
communication in ono of the papers, com
ing from chemist who was younger then
than he is now. That chemist said that
there was arsnio in the earth, tho trees and
plants, 10, and that it might have been
conveyed to tho body of this woman FROM
such source. So went to work and ana.
lizcd samples of the earth, tho trees and
plants in the neighborhood of the tomb
Not satisfied with that, l analized the wood
Of the coflin itself, and oven the nails and
some of tho satin lining. Then, as thoy
still kept up CRY against mo and in favor
of tho pious criminal, VIC even cxhumed
another body from tho grave near by, and
analysed that. BY that time the Stephens
party had been silonoed, and justice had its
way. Before tho man was hung ho con.
cootcd plot to murder tho keeper and
mako his escape. His confederate was
negro named Sanchez, also condomned to
death. Sanchez confessed tho plot, and
when Stephens saw no other hopo left be
tried to kill tho Sheriff when he went in to
search tho prisoner on the night prior to tho
execution
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