The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1883-03-21

n use We u the cslucuSC
to justify a different verdict IL you have
committed An error. 1t Is one that We
cannot avoid, but can only express our
condemnation oft in this mild way. The
prisoner is discharged" Dukes then
left the court amid great excitement and
Indignation. Wednesday night an exci-
ted crowd started toward the courthouse,
where Dukes is under protection OF the
.herifF. carrviry ,'ufcd efigies Of Dukes
and II Jurors. v Len rear Dukes's room
hey suspended hi, fiigy across the street
luging. I'VE will hang Dukes's body on
4 sour apple tree" The streets of Union
town were still crowded at a late hour
Wednesday night, and a call for an IN
iiguation meeting signed by many lead
ng citizens was posted.
DUKES STORY OF THE KILLING.
In an interview with y. l.. Dukes
this evening at his mothers house. in
German township, he told of what
transp;red just before the killing OF
Captain Mutt, which has remained a
mystery until now. He said: Il was
sitting by my fire that morning when
there came a knock at my door / call
ed out. Come in thinking it was the
porter of the hotel. The door did not
open Immediately, and | arose and went
TO it. | had my hand upon it when it
opened. and | saw Clark Breckenridge
nd the porter Williams. said Good
morning and Come in TO Brecken-
ridge. He said that Captain Mutt
wanted to see me, and the Captain, who
was standing behind them, pushed past
them into the room, holding his me
appraised in his hand. He slammed the
door behind him and, kissing through
his teeth i have come to sa you
struck at me with the cane. | threw
UP nv arm to save my head and the
blow fell upon the arm, making the
bruise found upon it and testified to by
the Sheriff and Doctor. Igrappled with
him and wrenched the cane from his
hand. He came at me a ain and seized
the cane. and in the scuff1e it was raised
above u heads with both our hands
upon it. l jcrked it Immediately down
and broke from his grasp. suppose it
was then the bruise va made upon his
head. This was at the foot of the bed.
When he lost his hold on the cane a
| second time and drew back between
the bed and the window he stepped two
| steps backward toward the mantle,
thrusting his hand into his overcoat
| rocket. At the same time l saw the
| butt OF his revolver glisten. as he drew
it from his pocket; and then drew my
own pistol and fired"
where were Feather and Brecken.
ride at this time -
'Outside the door, replied Dukes
4 ..Tb.ro u-aS not a man in that room, hl1
| Captain Mutt and | when the shot was
fired. Then the door was flung open
and rs | looked around l saw the BLACK
face Of the darkey Williams
OF his future movements, whether he
would 20 to Harris burg and attempt tc
take his seat, whether he would attempt
to continue his practice at the Bar. o.
quietly drop out of the neighborhooC
and seek obscurity in some place where
his face is unknown, Dukes would no
speak other than to say he would res
at his mothers house for a few days.
INTERVIEW WITH MISS MUTT
Miss Lizzie Mutt, the betrothed o
Dukes, was also visited to-day. She is
quite pretty. Her hair is light brown
with just a suspicion of redness about
it her eyes are large, hazel and liquid
her mouth is small and delicately
shaped, and her figure is slender an(
graceful. The expression of her face
shows that she has suffered a great deal
in fact, she looks and acts as though
she were completely broken down. men.
tally and physically. She expressed
willingness to do all she could To refute
the allegations made against her by
Dukes, and tried hard to be calm an(
collected during the interview, but tears
welled to her eyes frequently, and once
she burst out crying. She sat near &
centre-table while speaking, and toyec
with a pretty picture of an oriOle which
was perched on an easel.
There's not a word of TRUTH sale
Miss Mutt, in Mr.. Dukes letters
What induced him to write them | can.
not imagine, unless, indeed, his object
was to manufacture an excuse for break.
ing cur engagement. He thought,
suppose, father would say nothing
about the letters. When father showed
them to me l was almost stunned.
told him they were untrue and asked
him to request Mr.. Dukes to call at the
house and confront me with his state
ments. Mr.. Dukes pretended that his
personal safety would not warrant hin
in coming, but in reality he knew hi
had told falsehoods about me and was
ashamed to look me in the face. Oh
that | should ever have loved such {
man-but he is not a man. | can't un'
derstand now how he won my affections
Everybody has been deceived by him
and | most of all. We had been en-.
gagged several months. He was a con
slant visitor here, and was cordially re
ceived by the whole family. / did mo-
suspect that he wanted the engagement
broken. Why didn't he tell me? Sucf
a course would have been manly, anC
would have commanded my respect
Instead of doing this, however, he tool
my ring. for the purpose, he said, o
getting another that would better please
him but his intention was to get the
ring out of my hands. Was that thu
act of a gentleman? Then he wrote
those vile letters to father. All thu
world knows the rest. i would rathel
have died than that this misery and dis
grace should have fallen on my mother
and her family but, indeed, sir. l an
innocent of each and every charg,
brought against me. o, that God would
only let me die, for l shall never hav,
any peace this side of the grave
Mrs. Mutt sat in the room during
most of the interview. She is a delicete
sweet-faced old lady. She c~orruborated
her daughters statement so far as hel
knowledge went, and then added that
to say the least, the verdict surprised
her.
PTrTsBURG, March l6:-A dispatch