The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-19

charge of the farm, and between the two
/ the 1, 200 acres have been entirely con-
sumed. Frank is now in the penitentlary
for highway robbery. Joe shot at his
brother-in law, Mr.. Holt, and stole a watch
and $50 from another brother His
father fell into the hands of a brace of
sharps at the Avenue House. when Alex
Horney was chief of police, and took five
brass spiel n, arks in exchange for one
hundred dollar bill. Joe did not rest
much last night. and spit blood this
morning. He has been taken to the Com
mercial House.
THE WOUNDED MAN VISITED.
A Palladium reporter called on Joe
Walters Friday morning. He was lying
IN third story bed room at the CONNER
cial Hotel, and was guarded by Cassius
Peck, who watches him through the day.
Through the night he had been splitting
blood, and it was passing from his blad-
der Peck SAID that he was worse, and
was suffering great pain until the doc
tors gave him opiates. The wounded
arm is swollen, and the swelling extends
to the shoulder. A dark line down the
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by the bullet. Walters recognized the
reporter, who was present during part
of the Daniels trial, and asked him what
people said about the affair, and wheth
er they censured Chrsman, whom he
said was an old acquaintance and had
no reason for shooting him. There is
no truth in the story about my having
been in the penitentaries. he said, land
| would telegraph and prove il if L had
money to spare. | only have three dol
lars and need that Don't blast me too
hard until get able to tell my own story.
The sheriff has forbidden the guards from
letting curious people run up to and both
er me, but | have few friends and they
can come if they want to. When Amsden
and walked up toward Main street from
Oppenheimer's saloon the three officers
stepped out of the doorway and said hellol
hello, Joel | saw that they had put up
job on me and | pulled out my revolver
and told them had not done anything.
and backed away. held my revolver in
my hand, but if | had wanted to hurt
them | would not have backed off that
way. ChriSman shot me without a word
OF warning, and it was a murderous
shot" Here he said he had heartburn,
and tried to clear his throat; and is the
effort was evidently exhausting his
strength, the reporter withdrew, but was
invited to call again. aud Walters called
him back to ask him not to blast him too
hard.
THE LAST GASP.
The wounded man who was lying un-
der guard at the Commercial House Tues
day has escaped from the clutch of the
law once more This time he has not fled
to The plains of Colorado or the everglades
of Florida, but has gone where no re
QUESTION will ever reach him or blood
hound again follow his track.
About the middle of the afternoon yes
terday his symptoms indicated a change
for the worse, and his pulse grew weaker
quite rapidly, and he vomited large quaint
ties of blood and dark colored fluids. He
said that he could not live long. and asked
for his father and mother. A telephone
m essage was sent, asking them to come
to him. The evening train brought Mrs.
Walters. a plain-looking woman with
features that resembled those of Walters,
and his brother-in-law the attorney who
came over to warn him that the off cers
intended to arrest him the night he was
shot. Prosecutor Shiveley had taken his
ante morton statement of the shooting,
and he began to prepare for death. The
| Rev A. Lamport was called and remained
with him praying and talking about his
spiritual condition for three or
four hours. Mrs. Lamport was also
present and spoke comforting words
to Mrs. Walters. Joe frequently uttered
short prayers like ooh, Lord, / have been
very wicked. Forgive my sins; do not
| remember them against me / forgive
everybody who has injured me, and ask
thee to make nay lot as easy to bear as
possible" He handed Sheriff German
his watches and told him to send one of
them to each of his daughters ut Mobile.
Ala, and asked if his wife would reach
here before lie died. She had been sent
for, as were his children and relatives re
mote from here. as he said he wanted to
make his peace with every person that he
had wronged in his life. Judge Abbott,
/ who had been his teacher Ill early life,
was requested to look after the distribu
ton of his effects, and all of his personal
property. except his revolver, has been
surrendered to him. The wounded arm
continued to swell until the handages had
to be taken off Between the prayers he
told his mother if he could only live he
would spend the remainder of his life
like Christian. But he knew that he
was already at deaths door, and would
be in the other world by the time his
father. ''poor dear old man." could reach
him. / want to see Charley Chrisman and
tell him | forgive him, he said, but
Cbrisman was not found antil he was
dead Up to within five minutes of
3 o'clock, his conversation was all about
the way he had done, his pain and for
giveness. When the hands of the watch
on the stand indicated five minutes before
8 he said he could not talk any more. and
closed his eyes. For twenty minutes his
breathing grew shorter, and then ceased.
The post mortem examination is being
held this afternoon, and the remains will