Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1880-01-28

law II seemed as ii hundred cir
cumsiaicrS came mp. AL crying
trumpet tougurd. Guilty" Divers
persons had heard him threaten to
Kill Charles Mckinley; that young
man had himself said that he did
not consider his lite safe So long as
John Mason remained in the couu
try. Even john, father admitted
reluctantly that his son had drclar-
ed his intention at riddliug Charles
Mckinley with buck shot. While
David corroboratcd the parents
statement. Thus the coils OF cir.
cumslantial evidence closed tighter
and tighter ahaH; the Young man,
and beyond his bare assertion there
was nothing Ia be- said in retnta.
ton. The blow had fallen on the
Young glrl with crushing effect.
The sudden disappearance OF her
lover. the arrest OF her brother on
the charge of numbering him, al.
most drove her insane. She, how.
ever, shared the popular opinion
that Young Mckinley had been
murdered, aud that her brother
WAS guilty ut the terrible crime.
Urged tor Il Reason tor the belief,
she fnatiN admitted that il rested
on the slender foundation of II
dream. She added that on I'll.
nighi snrirrdlng The day upon
which Charles Mckinley disappear
eel she had dreamed that she SAW
quarrel: The men were III darn
rnNiur; there WAS ~ mountain TO
their right. and II deep dense forest
To their htt, She heard their
words; she saw John strike Mckin-
ley with the butt off, his rife aud
tell him to the earth. The blow
was fatal. The Young man never
spoke afterwards. John hid the
body in a dark cave in the noun
taihs. and there II still remained.
This dream made Il powerful i'm.
PRECISION upon the Young girl, and
though many were disposed to
laugh 1T it, even while admitting
il told tremendously against her
brother. nothing could shake her
faith and confidence in its horrible
reality. She insisted thai it was
true. though no trace of the body
could ht turpi H. any of the nuIncr.
ous mountain raves after most rigid
search. and the vision rested only
upon her inui> idual statement.
But her faith gave 1t tenfofd pow
cr: her acts seemed To confirm her
brlrt. From that moment she WAS
Il changed nnman. Slowly she
pinned away. Tie cu.of faded from
h'I rlhrk>. giving place Ia a death
like pIiur: h'I step. oICc light and
rl;,>ilr. h,cHmr slow and Ianguid;
h,l eyes lo>l then tender glance
and span Med with nu uIitaithlN
lHsift: she uttered Ha complaint.
Likr lhr gentle giil Who loved the
unfortunate lIiSh patriot. Robert
Emmct, she PASSED Ia her early
grav". toigi>iug all, beloved by
every one. the victim of broken
heart!
Johm MaSol broke Jail and fed
tn Texas. his brother David going
into rAl,r with him. This settled
all questions ar doubts az To his
guilt or luuucrIrr Flight was ac-
rrptrd 10y one aud all ~ Il con.
tc>siun ui guilt. Liberal rewards
were offered ion The capture ot the
brothers. David being considered
an accessory t. THE crime, but Meth
~ wrI" ever apprtntndrd. From
/ the Lone Star Stale they went Ia
Louisiana and III New Orleans fell
/ victims Ia thai dread scourge, vel.
/ low fever. Letters now IN the
! fathers posscSsion contain the most
! trryent pror-staiionS at their limo
cepce, and Subsequent r,rnls clear
" exonerated them from completely
in the taking of at louug Charles
Mckinley. For, Years later, when
the main actors III this strange cpl
sodr slept in their quiet graves
miles and miles apart; when inter.
est in The sceHtS We have related
had almost died AWAY. or WAS re
called with awe at the hunters win
tea tirrsidr, The Mystery surround
ing the disappearance" of the Nenng
man Mas brought To light! A party
ot busters. while chasing II bear in
an adjacent county. found his re-
mains in II cave IN which The AMI.
NAL they were pursuing had rsrab
lishrd his lair These was only II
ghastl> looking skeleton of n man,
IA rusty rifle and, rudely carved
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