, 1881-11-19

learned lal alr. Rope, tile EAl or to llflltSe,
WIS suffering with an Immense cn,icHr HI ).fs
neck. Sparks. Ms sUoll M l,o snw It. said III
Tie lnost confident manner that l,g could cure
tic cancer without donht. Al tint Ile
wantetl was tn ltnyG tho pntIpnt lcar lin no
tint 1u could give datly attention 10 usa
disease. Mr.. f'npc. believing that
Sparks was ll0neat lit wlInt lie suld,
nj 0ilco nsksa hin h, be u member of
Tho family az lonK rs lie WIS perform.
ing tie task Ut curing tho turrsL,n diseuse.
With that pronll'tnpss 30 pGcnlfnEly cllnrnc.
teristic Ut all trafnps, When askc.I to remain
at II I,oltsc all night, Dr. Sparks said hc
would l,o only too glad to rc1nalm ut TITO
house Of sfr. Pope until the cancer WIS
currd. After remaining lr tho family sever
ii days, elufmnK that tlu was perfectlng u
euro Ut the disease. when, In fact, as tic &C.
Qiel shows, he was arranging In Ills head
A IiEt.1IslI CHIME,
by the enactment OF which lla was to outrage
the perHVn Ut tho loyely daughter of air.
Pope OF IS years Ut aUe, lu concluded to
pitt the wheels of Ills flei,distt plans III ,,to-
tlon. Ilo first Administered chloroforn to
Mr.. Iope and put l,Iin to sleep. llo uIen
Under SOME pretext or other tduccd Miss
l'upe 10 ~ with him Into MI outhufldit,g on
the grounds. No sttuner did llo yet her there
thar, lie laid slolc!lce upon l,er. and utter
n aer Ht S etS sfsesSa Il Y to Six sS,a 'r Arx Sso
lie then outraged tho PERSON 0f the
ypl,n9 Indy, R,ld, leaving |ler pprfertly insen-
slbe Oh the ground, left III Rrcat haste ~.
less SHE shoiill receiver mid lle bu caught.
laly sougllt l,or fatllnr, nlNl Informed FIN Ut
whit had occurred. Thu old nian at onen
procured the assistance Ut a frlenl. and,
learning the ulrection taken by Sparks, hur-
rlGu after hltn. 4 rapid ride and
Il HOT CHASE
resulted III Spnrks being cnught and Jailed.
Contrary to his expectations he WIS mt
lyrellud, as he expected that tlu would be-
anu had every rcasnn to 6rlioyc, rs tho clnr-
acter Ut tho crime fie thought Justified such
after tho reudag Of tic verdict, Judg1 Crisp
asked the criminal to stanl NIP while tito
Buit0.lce Ut death was being rrui0ullcGf}.
This Sparks did: but hefora Judga Crisp
had uttered llatl.tlozen words llt was In
"tlNlgu, aIn not afraid; tint selitcnco
don't. hurt HE. | done sure that day live
months ago. ouly wnnl tn sny ti'at 1
tl9nt want TO be ,H mol}bed by men on sartl!:
be prosecuted llere OIL cnrtll for anything
that lsaye done. : cUnlsss hive 6rgke thy
law, and nh guilty af tllo crime charged
!; as%lns, ISL me acnowsg9 + sf nsfore Ky. y
aud the sentence tl,nt you nre going 10 puss
won't hurt lie at all.
WANT To SEE My WIFE AND MOTHER
befnre | tl[e. a!n thankful to you, and give
YOU thousand lines praycr while a,l1 here
on eartl that you SEQ fit to let 1ne get hero
before tic bar Of GoA. ! expect to be for
given for wlat llase done, and to 80 up
yn,itler aid have nntllnE to 10 but sit down
In Tic Kingdom, OF tho Lord. judge, want
you to te!l me 'le ..ay and the hour. Il yoM
scarc 1,lo Ut ni!. Xii tint n,n going 10 ,io is
to get this litte placu here tputting is hand
over It's heart} TINT tho fro emit burn ~,
bury ne .tccentIy, pnt mo awny al! rtnht,
'cAlisu wMnt IT, 10 lU!lle to t;ttt nicely, b.
fore 80, though, want to see my wife utnt
lily nlDtiler.n
Ills disconnected utterat,cas were listened
to by II largo audience, aid wlleil iIe Ind ctll-
elHttud thu Judge AHsllreA him tllnt Ills ru-
quests would bs grnrtel Judge Csfsp then
concluded tho sc1ltet.ce, tlaMtng Nov. IL ns
tho dAy Of tho hanging.