Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-12-27
TRYING TO HANG MUTT.
INTIMIDATING LETTERS SENT TO
HIS WITNESSES.

Every Effort to be Made to Discover
their Anonymous Author-The Epis-
ties Full of Obscenity and VuIgarity-
Col. Breckenridge the BuIl's-Eye of
the Target.
PITTsBURG, Dec. pa special from
Uniontown, Pa, says: 'F. c. Breckin-
ridge, nephew of the late Captain Mutt,
and one of the three men who witnessed the
murder i'll the room in Jennings Hotel one
year ago, has lately been receiving anony-
nous letters of a threatening character.
The first of these, received through the
Uniontown post office, December /, reads
as follows:
"You! What are you afraid Of? When
you meet me on the streets you look like a
dog, you skulking murderer. I'll have your
hearts blood. Paupers out here want money
10 defend that devil IN jail. The rope is ready
for him, and you are the one who has put it
there. Curse you, your days are numbered
Tell Lizzie Mutt to sell her piano and let the
paupers move out of the brick house. Dukes
Is dead, but his avengers live. There are no
paupers in the Dukes family. They never
lie or beg. How do you think you will feel
when bullets rattle through your old house?
They are ready foryou. Goodbye until we
see you in court.
"[signedl GOGGLES.
''Parts Of this letter areomitted here. be-
catlcn. The envelope bore the poStmark
of Uniontown, December 1, which was
the Saturday before the December term
of court began, when the trial was to
come up. The object of the writer seems
to have been to intimidate Breckenridge
from testifyingin in young Nutt's defense, ,as
it intimated that the threats are
to be executed in the court
room. Breckenridge was a prominent
witness in the prosecution of Dukes.
After the trial of James Mutt had been
changed to Allegheny county nothing
more was heard from this unknown friend
OF Dukes until Sunday night last, when
the following note was found under the
door OF the residence of Col. Ewing Brown
field, President of the Peoples Bank. of
whichBreckenridge is Cashier:
"'N. Broaon6eld-Be on your guard. Clark
breckenridge viii be shot at his desk. This
home.5
The Peoples Bank is Just across the
main street from jennings Hotel. 1t was
in this bank that Capt. Mutt had his last
conversation with Mr.. Breckenridge on
the, fatal morning one year ago yes
terday. Here it was he told
Breckenridge of the load that
was crushing him down, and went
bitterly as he leaned against the same
desk at which Dukes alleged avenger
threatened to shoot Cashier Breckenridge.
Col: Browntield's dwelling joins the bank
building. Breckenridge is not disturbed
by these threats and cares very little
about them. Long letters came to him
self, but he is indignant that the
writer should thus anOy Col. BrownfieId,
an old gentleman. He says that he thinks
1t strange that man who is ''Burning to
shoot should give his intended victim
such circumstantial warning. Brecken-
ridge is small, slender man of rather
nervous appearance, but he knows no
fear. Much Indignation is felt at this
method of annoying and intimidating the
Witness"
WASHINGTON, Dec. 26.-Mai. Brown,
OF the counsel for James Mutt. in an inter-
view tonight said that Clark Brecken-
ridge is not the only recipient of threaten
ing anonymous letters. Numbers of per-
sons in this city, who are expected to be
interested in the trial either as Jurors or
active sympathizers with the prisoner,
have received similar letters, the object of
the writer clearly being to the prejudice
of young Mutt. Every effort will be made
to expose and punish their author.