Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1882-08-31

were always IcduN 10 Hldhc lOI Hllu'
"A worthless fellow" was usually said
in pity.
TOO latcr'
The words were those of utter des-
pair and WEAKNESS, hiding for little,
at least, the anger he had felt
In great crises in life we often give
attention to very little things. As Bill
Feddcn turned away he saw Il man bow
his head suddenly and kiss woman he
held in his arms. They were standing
in front of the window which was TO
have been the point of view when
Charley Chase received his thrashing
at his hands. And in among those
ideas that make lives a tragedy stole
one of those which make it Il comedy,
"llc'd better open now. That's bet
ter than seeing man licked. y
But the comedy of his life was for
ever over for Bill Fcddcn in Il half min
ute more, for as the couple turned to
enter the house again by the door
through which they had doubtless PIE
ccdcd him by only little time, the
light from the window showed him the
faces of Charley Chase and Alice
Brown.
The stars shown down on face
hardly less white than they; the teeth
cut BiIl's lips until the blood came; his
groan would have made listener shud-
der; but he tramped away toward his
home, leaving Alice Brown won and
Charley Chase unpunishcd.
CHAPTER II.
Fcddcn slept late the next morning,
50 late that score of men came TO
arouse HIM. But Charley Chase slept
later; and only one fair woman tried
yainly TO arouse him.
Bill came down, hardly more than
| half dressed, when he heard the confu-
sion below stairs. The kitchen was
full Of armed men. Judge Lynch was
not entirely unknown in the region,
and whatever Bill knew Of the past or
the present, he knew at once that he
stood almost on the threshold Of the
great future Whether his visitors
came there to hang him or not, they
could never aftcrward agree among
Ini, Tyn mon Oft of thr t,ycntv M,
,,nra onc of ,hnm a shrritl insisted on
in arrest. Strong wills ovcrcamc weak
nnos orJ hv nom Rin F,ddrn couId
have been lynchcd only by men bold
rnourh to have stormcd the county
mil. Weak wills had become resolved
loo lnte to succeed.
Bill went uuictly with his captors.
He never asked why they had taken
him. He palcd a little when they
nosscd thr house of tine widow Chase
with the crane on the door knob, but it
MIGHT have been at the thought that
his life was in especial danger lust
them. The man who said Poor Char
levi" certainly looked quite capable of
,Iootin~ him at that moment. He
flushed a little when they passed the
minister with his daughter, closely
yriln1 by his side. Bat he asked no
orostions
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7, Inv" n,,r nir,umSton,iai thc ryiJnnrr
,,nih ~ WIS ,on,.;n,nJ C'l m""r worthless Rill
T,jjn, ,i, h"t tor,irlr mointnL novcrtbr.
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i'Is ~ III h,,., t., ,' o,,n,o from nnntbcr wnon
mm. m,'7 nthor wcmnns If thr same sor,
MIGHT Inc owned near by.
/, But inAa country ncirhborhood
where mon hunt torcthcr in fayorabl,
weather. and Uossip about it when tie,
cannot hunt. the LAWYER was working
oroinst fearful odds. Everybody knew
} tLr h,Il came from Bill's revolver. ant
no rhetoric or loric could shake tha
conviction. Bill was shown the ball
and. before the lawyer could shut hi
lips, had admittcd that it came from
his weapon. His plea that his rcvolyc
! had been stolen was considered to b.
too trivial to be seriously entertained
Hired men at the Fcddcn farm-hous
/ had seen it hanging against the wal
- less than twcnty-four hours before tn
/ murder. That it was missing wa
/ true, but the fact was not considcre
= important,
( Tom French sworc that Fcddcn wa
sober. It was rather remarkable fo
Bill Feddcn. and the prosecution too
i some pains to prove the fact.
!. Len Edwards testified TO the intcndc
" ,hrcshin~.
, nro man sworo to tbr str,noc mcntc
!, ,otn 't ,hnt '" n,oJo n,on w, nh;cct 70 novin
! is'L Ii' Lnn"t ,m"v % hit. nmntho,. to tLd rnrl
\ i I,,o i,onoS i ,Lat G I,rt %' n,or cnroIos, oS
,uIs .io 'LiooL '',". "on;noJ li W his met Jmos
W., "u''''N' 'o
u The old maid testified to the oatl
, the minister to the hurry Fcdden wa
y in.
!, pcorlie Bradstreet, who evidentl
. thongbt il n sirn of some terrible moo
for y man to he indifferent 10 her. test
, tind to what occurrcd between the pri,
u oncr and herself II seemed a Gran
" " show for her. unchoritoble persons sal
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