The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-03-04
IN THE DEPTHS
\ Want and Woe "A Man in the City Hos
pital With u History

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|fep.hs of want and suffering. He is slowly
fying apparently from complication OF
,eases, as all his vital organs seem to be
4 some way and in some measure affected.
HE'S scarcely past the meridian of life in
lie, is more than ordinarily intelligent, Las
good education and shows by his man
|ter that he has been well bred and accus-
tmed to the best society. He has seen
Mater days; but the black waves of a cruel
HE have engulted him, and
stranger among strangers, pen
lilies, without one ray Of hope, even, to
&, d the flood of memopes of past all
glow with sunshine, he lies dying on his
iumbe bed provided him by the charity of
be CITY,
4 He las history, or more properly speak
[tg his family has history which to some
|Gtent is interviewer with that of our coun-
hi. In feeble voice, interrupted now and
ben with fearful paroXysms of coughing,
hi bis cheeks all mantled with the hectic
low of fever, he told our reporter all about
;antecedents.
4 He is known as Saybrooke Gardiner Mad
|dm, though Maddern is not his name
|He is in his torty-third year of age and was
|km in log cabin within sight of the Trim
LIN river, in Liberty county. His father
His native OF New York, as well
u his mother, and came to Texas to the
|ks of his recollection from what his father
La told him, in 1898 or 1884. His father
|kNed the cause of Texas faithfully and
|ellantly against both Indians and Mexi.
|Gns and while he was not at the battle of
Han JaCintO, he was member of the Texas
|nmy under Houston, and would have been
|h that battle had he, with nine other men,
hi been off on detached service, under
Ipmmand of lieutenant whose name the
|tng man had forgotten. His father died
ID 49,, when he was in his thirteenth year,
|hOm injuries inflicted upon him by pan.
|ber. His father was coming to his home
bio evening about shutdown from field a
Mic distant, where he had been at work and
In panther sprang from a tree on the road
Ele upon him. Fortunately he saw the
Nnther spring and had time to partially
Eade the force of its body coming down
|nOn him, so that he was not disabled in
ke outset. His father had nothing, not
Men pocket-knife, with which to defend
himself, and had to depend upon his physi-
n strength for protection. Being pow
'fnl man, he pitched into the panther with
ls fists, and fortunately broke its Jaw the
hst blow he struck it. He and the panther
ID it up and down in a ough-and-tumble
ght for several minutes, until he finally
Rat and kicked the beast
TO DEATH.
| lle was, however, badly laCerated about
he shoulders, neck, breast and stomach by
Do claws of the panther, and died three
bys afterwards of his injuries.
lMy mother" said he, survived my
2ther ten years, dying when | was Off in
n army serving the cause of my loved
k1as, and the one great sorrow of my life
b her death, and my absence from her
aside in her last dread hour, for my
[bther was my all. had never left her
te for any length of time until went into
"a Confederate army, for she went with me
Men went abroad TO college, and she was
rer my companion, my one dear friend
N contidant and adviser in all things, and
~ death was to me the loss of all that
2de life bright; that gave it u zest.
mere has been nothing to bind
"a to earth since she passed away.
|Ne army needless of danger, reckless
p every battle and skirmish in which /
pS engaged, have been since then but a
4 BIT OF FLoTsAM,
[nown hither and yon by the waves of
pihes restless sea, cast upon many green
W sunny island and upon many a barren
FSre bul to be washed off again by the
[hng tide.
.My mothers maiden name was Gardner,
Nmy Christian name is as told you Say
poke Gardiner, the Saybrooke being n
ending of the names of Lords Say and
poke, in whose employ my first maternal
areStor came to America. ! say my first
hternal ancestor, whereby mean of the
herican branch of the family, he being
founder of that family. | take
at pride in my mothers family
II You will listen | will tell you som e.
MS OF It's antecedents.
III Inc founder of the American branch of
family to whom | alluded awhile ago,
II Lyon Gardiner, a military engineer
came to America, as | before stated
'he employ of Lords Say and Seal and
yoke In 1853 he purchased from the
ans he then being in command OF Fort
ofooKc what is now known as
GARDENERS ISLAND.
~ SIaud is between the two long arms
ne eastern end of Long Island, Is nine
~ long and one and half miles wide
" widest part, and contains some Q, 300
. OIL land, Lyon Gardiner paid for il q
coats hats, hatchets and similar
IS 1t was then called Mancho.
n, but he being native of the
ot Wight, he changed the
W. vi hiS sea-girt possession to Wight.
~ Ip0J TO 1903 he lived ON his island,
only the Montauk Indians as his
no9S' These Indians dearly loved
a1u were devoted to him even unto
W. need be in his behalf because on one
Ioh When he was in command of Fort
Vr9oke he. restored to Chief Wyan-
sk ms daughter, kidnapped on her bri.
nHht by Chief Ninicrait of the Nara.
WIS FOR many years my English an.
~ anu his descendants bore the title of
Gardiner.
81 ioVo, a few years before his execution,
CAPTAIN KIDD,
pirate, buried some of his treasure on
San9' and informed John Gardiner,
The, island of the fact.
uardiner afterwards forwarded this
alon to the colonial government
SVSinmission was sent to the island to
~ ior 1t. This commission dug up n
which contained 1s3 ounces OF gold,
yuncss OF silver, diamonds, rubies,
ahu gold silk and satin cloths.
10 siahd still belongs to the Gardiner
anu has on 1t at present some 100
women and children who are EN-.
No az farming, gardening and stock.
Nm The old ancestral manor house.
M M " " la, is still standing and occu.
me present owners of the island,