The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1879-11-14
BLOOMSBURY, PA. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER H. 1879

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pocketboot. which 7 b.d mn, sw.. 90.
couutin' the nonev
oWbere did Won v;t mi. % ..v. .h.
who spoke sfore
~ wont tell, .avsI.
nWhy not p savs he .-
oBecause I've give INV wo,d ,o dad
man SAWS I. and I ron,, On hacL or n,
"In show YOU where the the dsad man IA,
SAYS Jess Roter. com;n, Ga,,id With III.
sneakin grin.
Then 1 knov'd Jess had been. e.ve..
droppin at the funeral. and had o;ven In.
formation aeiu me. I made . a..h At him
but a dozen hands seized and held ma
fast.
Jess led the way to the prspevines. and
in few minutes the body had buried vas
removed from its resting place.
what have you to say now ?, savs the
sheriff. ''
'Nothin', says !, rememberin' nv prom.
Use. t
Then a strange man present spoke to the
sheriff in private. They examined the pock .
ct book together. Then was handcuffed,
and took away thirty miles to iail.
''Twould be too long story to tell all
that passed till was tried. A Young LAWYER
took up my case. For long time [ wouldn't
tell him anything. insisted I'd given my
word to n dying mau, and could not break
it. But the lawyer was q smart chap and
outlawed me. His main pint was that q
lawyer was bound to keep his clients se-
crets, and anything told him would be as
safe as with myself Besides, he said,
whatever promise had given The law would
imply condition that l wasn't bound to
keep it at the risk of bein' hanged and
even if I'd agreed to be hanged sooner'u tell
'twould be agin public policy and void, !
give in at last, and told him all.
We'll, after some delay the trial came on
The witness that swore TO seein' the murd
cred man last atore his remains WAS found
WAS his own brother, which was the same
man that had held the private talk with the
sheriff the day was took Up.
He swore that him and his brother had
come out to buy land, and had been s,op.
PIN for some days with settler in the neigh.
borhood. His brother and him had started
out one afternoon te take a look at the
country, but he had got tired, and not
feelin' very we'll, had turned hack, while hi.
brother went on, intendin' when nipbt come
to stop at the nearest cabin. After that h,
had never seen his brother alive, but he iull,
identified both the pocket book and the body
The pocket book had $1,000 in it.
My lawyer crossed examined this witnes,
sharp, and mixed him up good deal. In
fact he contradicted himself 80 much tha
| more'n one of the jury begun to look doubt
full.
All at once the truth flashed onto me.
That's the man that done it = says j
springin' up, and pintin' at the the witness
4 know now why the dyin' man didn't wan
nothin' said.'
The officers forced me back into my seat
and the witness took out his pocket handker
cher and begun weepin' vi'lently. He coul,
stand anything, he said, sobbin', sooner'l
bein' charged with his brothers murder.
The scene powerfully affected the yer,
jurymen that just af0re had begun to show
signs of doubt and they, too, took out thei
handkerchief and wiped their ewes. an,
blowed their noses. and then shook tbei
heads.
The Young LAWYER made a good speecl
for me, but 'twan't no use. When a murd
cred mans money and body's both found OF
the prisoner it's easy to see he don't stan
much chance.
AS I'd got to be hung, I'd been glad t
have it over: but the Judge i've me a coupl
of months to prepare for death, and said h
hoped I'd improve the time repentin' of tn
great offence
Them sixty days passed mighty tedious
Every one of 'em was spun out with suffer
in. Hold YOUR hand in the fire n minni
and guess you'll think it's full hour.
To add to it all, Parson Piget kent teszer
of me N confess He said be could ofs m
M hone onlesu ala told him INV ho,
w.u,t in him that ia nm, INV trus, !, On
that d;dn,, want ro ,v;n, co, fsss;on. f.l
sorrv aftervsrd. for be;n, 40 ,hsrn with pic
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w;sb;n, that all wa. ovar bu, ,bot n;.t
somsbow tho bor,or of NV .;,ro,;on oon,
before ma mora d;s,;nc, than e,sr hefor
"a heer l;s,en;n, dur;n, m. dow n ,hs a.
nsnter ppttin, nm tbe v.llows and INV mo.
ura h.d ho.n tool for INV cof;n
.When n;.h, coma tbrowed mvss,f q
INV hsa .nd ,houvbt over INV mast life
hssoed fo,y;veness for all aims had .ctua,l
comm;,,od snd ,r;ed n n,ov that bs ~
might he forgiven for whose crime I Wa
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