Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-09-11

want my friends 10 know, u ! have any
that ! am eoinf n my wife and request ;,
he buried by her ! have loved her dear
She vas q good eomsn. AZ f1r me ] ws'
reckless when drinking. Wish you all
goodbye. Sallie Cook, Ncd bless you
Take good cafe II our children. Nv
nerve IL good Pat this In print, Tom
Newland. Don't fail 10 publish this. May
heaven smile on you all. q. MuSDf
To Mn. WALroN.
On another scrap this was written under
the head Of
FAMILY RECORD.
e. Mundi born March l4,h, 1910. Kate
Mundi born Dec. 1910, was married Aug.
10Th, 1869. Now AZ she Is dead ! don't
want 10 live. am accused Of her death.
Not guilty. ] am going 10 XII myself
The beliefof every one IL | am Ruilty. II is
hard for a man 10 live when bound in Jail.
Me snd my lawyers had but brains 10 60
on and truth Judge NJ. g. sauhey Is q
man. Record this. Give him my love. /
trust we will meet In heaven. g. MUNDf
On smother scrap was the following :
John Canter, Pope, Mrs. O'Hair and the
negro woman swore lie. james Rober
con also swore a lie.
Jane. Mundi, George Mundi, Michael
Mundi and your sister Mary, ! wish you a
long farewell 1t ia hard for you TO think
q the fate Of your parents Tilda Poe is
the cause Of the trouble We would be
happy only for her. Now she may 20 il.
Mama and Pa wont hear no more.
G. MuNDI.
On other scraps we're scrawled: Daugh-
/ A.. 81
Mundi and George: | never killed your
mother. So they told you a lie. God
bless you all. Sallie never teach that OF
them. II Il falsehood. l hope 10 meet
you all in heaven. Good bye. q. MUSpf.
will my leg TO Peg Leg -. ] met him
in town lest County Court and like TO have
hit him with my fat So nov will him
my wooden leg, remember.
| had TO kill myself No body wont do
il for me.
&. Mundi is my name Stanford is my
dwelling place and Christ Is my expectation
When ! am dead in my grave and my
bones are ro,ting think Of me-"
Another note addressed to Shanks Spoon
amore telling him to deliver his gun 10 hi =
son james, is couched in such vulgar
language as to be unfit for publication. HE
threat that unless he complied with the
request he would come back and kick
him, will hardly be carried out, however.
The above we're sorawled on numerous
scraps Of paper and some Of them were
hard TO decipher. We have put them in
some shape and publish them both to com
ply with his request and to crafty that
morbid desire that the public feels to know
what a man thinks about when on the eve
Of taking his own life. The jailer does not
think he slept any hardly during the four
or five days be was confined. lie was in
constant fear Of mob and the night be-
fore when an engine ran up 10 town from
the Junction aud then returned, he was
sure !, brought a party TO deal summary
justice TO him. There is no doubt whalev-
err Of his guilt, in fact he virtually admits
i. in one Of the notes above when he accu-
ses HE sisierin-law, Miss Poe, Of causing
the trouble between him and wife There
is repor, lhat mob was forming at the
Junction 10 come up Saturday night, and
compelling him confess his crime by
threats TO bum him up after s,turaiing his
clothing with cosl oil, torture him to
death. The suicide was a most determined
one and he could only have choked his
life out by drawing his legs up TO keep
them from touching the floor. His death
was the terrible ending OF misspent life,
anil an awful warning against the use OF
intoxicating drink. A dead dog would
have received more pity than he as he lay
on the floor Of the Jail office after the in.
quest, The vast crowd which forced itself
in TO see him, laughed and jeered, forgetful
OF the awful presence Of death, in iis salts
faction Of beholdlng the murder Of Mrs
Mundi avenged by her own murderer.