The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-20
March of the - Moral Idea =

Geo. 4. Wynkoop, ex-clerh 81 the Leg
islature. cowhided Alderman Alex lIar-
yey because he had been "nest-hiding'
(Rev. Mr.. Beecher viii re and ex-
plain) with his sister Amanda. Harvey
stood the storm quite mceAIy. until
friends nterfercd. Then he s"ore thai
if George ever did anything The ti.At
any more. he would not allow his az
nifty a. alderman 10 stop a night.
-Ex-United States senator. -ll"ne~t
john Patterson. WAS put out 81 seveTal
hotels in Minneapolis. lie brought a
Young lady, whom he called Ms
Rogers. hi, ,.ucice - and insisted 20
! strongly on having connecting rooms
tl.at TIE landlord smelled a large nice.
The raouse Gained in sze when the
Truly Loyal Senator (whom Grant
| aud Yankeedom forced upon the people
of south Carolina for ten years. en-
ablinr him TO steal tens OF thousands OF
dollar,. and ruin many good cItizens)-
left an order that he should be awakened
at daylight III Room 2o'-whlch hap
peued 10 be Miss Rodgers room, DER
Ing the night "A discovery was made ana
the couple were ordered 70 leayc Tie
house. Toilets were hastily made
trunks hurriedly packed, aud Uncle n
niece were supposed TO have left on a
train FIR 1t. Paul. but took instead Il
hack tor tie Clark House, where a lack
man represented that he had an old
gentleman aud h#s niece. Who had iust
arrived oil il late tram and wanted Two
rooms. Particularly impre>sing his de-
sire for two rooms. the eX-S nator Was
assigned 20 No. 4 aud Miss Rogers to
No. l.. soon aiterward the discovery
was made that one room lstG suddenly
seemed sufficient. ana the ex-senator
WAS a-aiu invited To- ta-e a walk. such
scoundrels as Patterson son many 4
good man To suffer and die tbcttcr OF
than some who suffered and survived
in far Northern dungeons. for IL crime
save the endeavor to protect Iheir wo-
rlen and children.
And now another of those Penn
s~ylvania Hard nuts has added Il ncW
chapter of infamy to his family! You
recollcct that young Lyman Dukes, 4
lawyer, a Sunday School-teachcr and a
member of the Legislature. seduced
Miss Lizzie Mutt, daughter OF the State
Cashier, and editor of the leading Re
publican daily, the H,r,tsJ"rg Teie-
gropa.
Capt. Mutt opposed the match, be-
But one day Dukes caught the girl sit
ting on the lap of a well-known rake
about town. He at once broke oft his
engagement (glad of an excuse, no
doubt, and when the father insisted on
an explanation he told the reasons.
Capt. Mutt wrote him that he meant To
and said--"no power on earth could
make me fight YOU" Mutt armed him.
self with pistol and heavy cane. and ac-
companied by a friend (and the hotel
mani burst into Dukes room, and al
most without a word began to strike
him with the club. Dukes struggled
with him, and finally shot i'm. Great
excitement cnsued. and mobs were on
t~inually threatening to hang Dukes.
The associated press is controlled ~ Re
puhlicans. and they flooded the country
with an unfair account. You an Ieadi-
IN see that Dukes would have every
thing against him when he anne 10
were all against him. But the jury
happened to be men of unusual honc~ty.
and after IL minutes consultation they
decided unanimously that Dukes was
Not Guilty"
Then, the mob howled, and it i not
eXaggeratiOn To say that every editor III
Yankeedom. the same fellows who de
nounced the ku kluX for trying to pro-
tect their homes.--clamored for buses
blood, and openly suggested that he be
assassinated
He was advised to fly; but said he had
an aged mother to support, aHi II be
could not live at home, where all
the facts were known, he could not 1--we
any where.
So last week one of the Mutt boys
slipped out of a door way, and hot him
down, and then emptied four III - Tito
his body, And that night 4 band IF
music serenaded the murderer, And
the girl, whose loosepess caused the
whole row, says she is only sorry She
didn't get a chance to Kill him herself.
Mrr ,rNnrnA sn.n H.