The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-03-15
STEALING II OO1T,

Robert M. Martin, pale and hag-
gard, and with head bowed low, yot
every inch a gentleman, not only in
attire, but in manner, was led to the
bar of tho special sessions yesterday,
Mrs. Allen, boarding house keeper
of Macdougal street, having ac-
cused him of steal q coat and a shirt
from hor house,
"May it please the court" Mr..
Leonard Jerome, Jr., said rs the
prisoner, covering his face with his
hands, burst into tears, "NIay it
please the court" Mr.. Jerome re-
peated, sit is only this morning that
l learned that my old friend was in
trouble. Not ton years ago Robert
NJ. Martin was worth nearly mil.
lion dollars. He was an honorod
member Of the stock exchange and
his career Of twenty years in Wall
street as broker was one of the
most honorable. To day we hear,
for the first time, of his distress. I
remember, your honors, when the
gift of Robert NJ Martin of $780,
600 to several churches in this city
was quoted as royal gift. He
failed in 1879, and since then his
family have been scattered, and he
is left, I now understand, q pauper,
your honors. I learned from Mr..
johnson, the clerk of the court, that
my old friends mind SEEM
cd to you so much affected when he
was first called up for trial that you
ordered his case to BIZ left over un-,
til you could have him examined by
the physicians. 1 ask the mercy of
the court for man who once was
not only honorable but charitable. !"
Justice 'Vaddell, altar long con-
sultation with his .associates, said
with much feoling; "Robert NJ.
Martin, you have had enough expo
rience in this world to know the
disgrace of committing a crime.
Mr.. Jerome, however, has told us
Of your great misfortune, and we are
therefore inclined to deal with you
mercifully. The sentence of the
court is that you be imprisoned in
the city prison for the term of FIVE
days"
Mr.. Martin, who seemed dazed
and utterly crushed, was led to his
cell.-Neao YorG S,ln.
THE KENTUcKY GIANTS BABY.-A
few weeks ago the wife OF Capt. NJ
W. Bates, the famous Kentucky
giant, who lives on farm about a
half mile east Of this town, gave
birth to a child, the second since her
union of marriage with her present
husband, and ip both instances the
child was STILL born. 1t is to be
greatly regretted by all that life
should have been extinct from this
child-body, WHICH is nothing loss
than wonderful prodigy of nature
for it's remarkable size, If tho child
should haye lived and grown up to
maturity, we would Aavo beheld
being beside which we would be
nothing but mere dwarfs. Tho
child, fully developed in every fea-
ture on the day of it's birth, meas>
ured thirty inches, length which
many children of normal growth
have not attained after two or three
years Of age. IT weighed twenty.
two pounds; it's chest measure was
sixteen inches, and it's feet six inches
long. To the sorrow of NIL and
moro particularly its parents, the
child came into the Morld dead, and
never saw the light Of day. -Weve-
land Leader.
The death of tho young Duke of
Newcastle CALLS to mind tho unhap>
pv life of his father, who visited
America with the Prince of Wales.
He was q man Of good character
and ability, his income WAS $350,000
q year, and Clumber Park is consid-
cred one of the fnsst estates in
England. But his wife ran away
from him his only daughter mar
ried drunkard, who became a
lunatie; his younger sons, with one
exception we're disreputable, and the
eldest, just dead, was q confirmed
gambler. The old duke WAS much
respected and loved by his tenants,
and the old pooplo in the neighbor-
hood of Clumber Park have good
word to soy of him. The landlord
of the old inn at Mansfield is the
proud possessor of q walking stick
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