The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-02-19

him, bu, was unable to prove his
j Innocence. Public sentiment ran
high against him, and he was forced
to save his life by flight. 1t is true
he killed MIR, Clanton; but the de-
ceased drew a pistol and shot at
MY husband. before he struck the
blow that caused death. The only
witness who saw it, died a few weeks
after MIR. Clanton was killed"
E1"My dear madam" said ], "YOu
Will not hesitate a moment / hope
ia informing the sheriff that he is
holding the wrong man in custody,
l have suffered indescribable tor
ture since | have been here, and |
fear that serious consequences have
resulted from my imprisonment"
EA'Iadeed, sir, you shall not remain
here another day if any thing | can
say or do will secure your release.
will now go Immediately to the
proper officers, and tell them ofthe
great mistake they have made"
She then called the jailer and re-
Ouested to be allowed to come out.
Without saying a word the jaiier
unlocked the door and held it open
until she passed out, then felock.
ing it, he went away.
stop amOment, Dr., Demar," said
MIR. Penwlnkle, rising with his hat
in his hand, and bowling low before
him and queen May. Il can not
wait any longer; / most humbly
beg your pardon for the indignity,
that we have unwittingly offered
you. We have been following you
for the last ten days, believing
you to be Edward Debar-bat l
now see what an unfortunate mis-
take we have made. While we
have been watching you, we have
let the real criminal get away.
We had traced Debar to Memphis,
and found where he had his wife
concealed, and we have been
thrown off of his track by the great
resemblance you bear to HIM. In
deed the resemblance must be very
striking, to have misled US so.
We have committed a most unlucky
blunder--we have lost our reward.
The real criminal has escaped, and
we have been so unfortunate as to
offer you an objectionable insult"
"NOt at ell, Mr.. PenWinkle," In
gomar replied, "YOu only did what
you thought was right. You
thought you were performing your
duty as an officer, and l rather feel
inclined to applaud instead Of CEN
susing you. 1t seems that other
officers have fallen into the same
error. Be seated, MIR. Penwinkle,
and let the matter drop; l would
most willingly grant pardon. but
where no wrong has been commit
ed, Of course there is nothing to
pardon. d
Mr.. Penwinkle resumed his seat,
and Ingomar went on with his sto-
ry.
lNaoMAR's STORY CONTINUED.
must now tell you what was
transporting at Memphis, while I
was languishing in Jail, delirious
with brain fever; all of which was
afterwards related to me by eye
witnesses. General Galloway was
at Horn Lake, very early on the
morning that l had promised 60
meet him there; so was Harry and
his friend Heartsel. Ten o'clock,
the hour that we had all agreed to
meet, arrived and every one was al
his post but me. After waiting fol-
me until eleven O'Clock, Harry be-
came impatient and intimated tc
Heartsel, shat it was his opinion
that | had fed.
eyes," replied Heartsel, sand III
bet my last cent, that he has car
ried that woman off with him."
rLet him go and welcome" sait
Harry, "but / should have beer
glad TO hav&had one shot at tbs
Villains carcass. before he went"
Gen. Ga llOway made enquiries o
all the citk gens Of the little village
hoping to hear from me, bn
nc one had A'een me. / OF cours'
had mansged to get out 0
the village quietly, without beinI
noticed BY any of the residents, a
that was IN accordance with Gen
eEal CaIloway's inst ructlons; ana
suppose that the two officers Wh'
had arrested me, had not told an
one their business; LNence ! ma
been carried off without any on
knowing anything about Y. Whel
twelve O'Clock came, and SUI n
siangs Of my whereabouts ha'