The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-02-17
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started 10 rive his lawyHf lisi ~ Witness .
Az eyes wrf1 ~ me man m m insisht iiis
wife was siillnp bpside him 81 idonii q shot
WIS hearl and she feiilei hack IN her
ehalf corpse, nevif moving ~ spaat.
Ing The report aoi the whnlo building IN
an uprotr but hrfafu interference
was possible, Parker placed The mafile N The
pistol Just bchlnd hla firht eaf and dfed, scat
died In an hour. mover speaking after tho
shot WHORE b. Hui the pistol ia n mystery,
II IA supposed his w.t. " he sister. Mrs.
cram, gave n 10 HIN, Mr. craft, his bioihor
in.inw, identified the weapon as lpeonainE 10
him, but all any no one but ha wife wa. near
enough 10 Tho prisoner 20 pl,o II 10 him Ey-
erything indicates that To- whole affair wns
conc ,olcd deliberately, and that Mrs Parker
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killed. ahe told ihrcl people yesterday that
chs would have 10 dic II would be bo,tor for
her baby, M II would get tl,Om from tho
knights and all ,s of Honor, Of which order
she had been n mombur, Mrs Parker and her
husband hal been married about six years
Ilcforo her marriage she wis a Mas o'Neili,
WIN lived In tho nor horn part " the city.
Those who know her say she WIS strikin 'ly
handsomc, petite and aioutly built, aud IN
every way m attractive girl. A. she lay dead
on the table u could bo aoen she was still n
pretty woman A letter wis found IN pnrkrr's
cell, wr'i,cn by him, IN which he declared his
intention of h Hing himself and wife. Prom
tn tone of the lett II IL plain that tho wifc
was u party TO her husbands plans.
About four o'clock on the morning ~ Au.
gust ~, ltsl, n crowd of mcn, among them
Johnny Parker aud Mike rcyton. were stand.
ing In front Of u saloon on the corner OF finh
street nnd laons avenue. when Parker and
Pcyton, both of whom were very hoi-hcadcd
whom Intoxicated, quarrelod over naying for
n drink. Pcyton, who was n large man. aimed
n vicious blow NJ Parker with n knife. This
thrust Parker swore missed IA mark and took
his aasnllint In tho side, cutting open the Alb
domcn aud letting forth tho oniralla Such
was pnrkcrs story, told Just after the murder.
rcyton was taken 10 tho hospital. and there
he swore that Parker had come up 20 him ~ ho
WIS standing IN the saloon. and drawing long
knlr had cut him In the side. Peyion thon put
his hand 10 his sid. and staggered 10 tho edge
~ the sidewalk. whore he foil faintlng from
loss VI blood Parker Ian east to an alley
nnd ~ the alley, throwing away hIs knife
ns h. ran. Policeman kinF wss cnllod 30 TIM
spot, and gave chase, catching the fugitive
hrfnrc h. lad gone a block Parker was ugly
and resisted violently, and King and two othor
officers were able with difficulty 10 get him 10
tho police station. There ho was found 10 bc
| 20 much under the Influence ~ liquor that he
WIS threatened W IN drlirium tfemcn4 Hem
cdiur wcro Hpp,d and tho inan saved fr0m
the attack. AZ soon ~ he was abln to speak
he told bis story IN straightforward manner.
| and never varied from II even when payton,
| On his death bead, lientinnd him as the muir
| derrr Parker was tho s1n Of wealthy pa
| rrnts, and had heen we'll educated Rnd
brought up, hut m reaching manhood be- had
fallen into bad waye from which bic wife. I.
again AMI again 10 rescuo HIN. and from whioh
Parker, WIN wasa line book.kcepcr. promised
/ 10 sever himself only To fall back info lad
company. until hr committed murder.