The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-09-16

for money to buy meat with for breakfast.
give her dollar, for had nothing less,
| in change. She went out, and while I was
eating my supper, friend meand told me
that she had gone and bought ten cents
worth OF whisky, and give it to Carter
Newman. had done toll her not to 90
to church that night, but after she give the
whisky to Garter, she come back, and COM,
menced fixing in a big hurry for church.
sposed they had made plot
to go together, and / snatched her
bonnet and cloak away from her.
She jumped at me, and while trying to take
her bonnet and cloak, got the 90 cents out
of her pocket, was why 1 noed she had
spent 10 cents of the 800, as my friend
had told me. In the tussle, she thowed
water on me, and l slapped her. Carter
then grabbed her, and run off with her up
the sidewalk. Her little cousin said to me,
"come on cousin Charlie, I'll show you right
whar they is" and he showed them to me,
under the sidewalk, hid. | then went back
to my house, locked myself up, and went
to sleep. This was about o'clock, and she
said she was going to her mothers. About
II o'clock she come back, knocked at the
door, and begged me to let her in. Anew min
utes arter that, he come and knocked at the
door, and | told him to go away. had let
Ruth in, and he cursed me and said ''let me
h, I've paid for bed" I told him he
hadn'. paid me. I said to Ruth, you been
off half the night with that niger, and
now come back here to bother me. You
said you was gwine TO your mothers. She
went to the door whispered to him, and
then he went off I tried to get her out,
but she staid there frettin and wouldn't
sleep herself, nor let me sleep.
Soon the next morning he came back fore
| was out Of bed. | got up and went of,
to keep from having anything to say to
| him. About 10 or II o'clock, came back,
was sitting in my room and didn't know
| that he was on the pace. She come and
set down by me. and he come to the door
and told her to get her things out there
and he would pawn his vaise for house to
put the things in. She tod him she didn't
want to move her things. He then walked
| in, took her trunk, and set il in the hall
and commenced stripping my bed, when |
snatchcd the things way from him. He
then went out, AMI put her out, and
| locked the room up and went off When |
| came back bout one hour afterwards, he
had broken the door open, took my bed
out, put it in another room, and both Of
them were locked up in there together. |
went to te door and told them, that was
plot they made that morning, while was
down town, and he told me to go way
from there, or he would come out and hurt
my head, and hurt it bad too. then
started to get over the door, through the
transient he thowed the door open,
which thowed me in the room.
He then kicked me in the side, and took
one OF my bed stats, and beat me with it.
That crippled me, so | fastened my door
and wen. to bed. AFTER went to sleep he
came and opened the door, and cut my
pants pockets out, with 800 in um Ed
die Perry saw him do this. The next morn
ing, which was Saturday, told him to give
me my money back, and he said he didn't
have a cent, but if 'cused him of taking
the money, that he would pay me back in u
week or two. Then he went straight down
town, and bought pair Of shoes and came
back with 'em in his hand, and had money
'nough to pay his and Ruth's way over the
river to ballM This was Saturday night.
Then axcd him "Carter whar did you git
that money to buy them shoes with, and
pay $500 for a skiff to take women cross
the river wiuh?--though you told me you
didn't have no money! Then he sncaked
| off. don't know whar he went to. then
staid at home'all night, aud next morning
bout : o'clock, went down town, and as
was coming back, most every body met
told NE that Carter said he had done give me
one darn good clubbing and if
said anything more to him, and didn't
leave there, he would give me another one.
He was then on his way up to my house,
went on home then, and Jest as got to my
steps, Ruth she run, met me, and said, 'go
and telegraph for my Brother Lewis, for
my mama is dying" |, like any other
man not specting nothing wrong, went on
and 'spatched 20 her brother Then ] come
on back home. Just fore ! got home saw
Ellen McKerney turning the corner, goin'
from home, to give Ruth and Carter a
chance IN the room. went on up stairs,
and saw them together. went in and
asked her what dey was dozen! She jumped
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