The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-05-26

said, JaKs,are you going away already =
ana 1 said yes, pretty soon; be asked me
to take out one horse--he took one and
took the other; We took them out to
water; we tasn vent to the house. l
salo "an'eu %. take the afternoon train,
'na' ! wan,eo ~ 60 70 ballsville. We
went ih.o tne nouse | Get down by the
nee ana MOTIFS vent into the other room !;
BAKER was wiring at the table.
Norris came 10 and went into another
room and shut the door witness points
out room on plat He staid in there
ABOUT or ~ minutes. | thought he
went In there ior the money for me.-
w nen ne came ont ne came up to the
bre and turned around toward me with
OCT saying awning He then went out,
leaving z eoe qosr gpsns and SLOWED be
"an'ed ne 70 comesoot. I iohowed nim
ous' anu asken n'm, can you 40 anything
lor me ne saio yes, and opened his
pocae.oooA anu gave me 8oO l aaid
rs ,uae lne pest yoa can cor and ne
sa'u. yes. ! sa'o' .snats az rignt, 1t
makes no uinefence !! mats ah.% ask
eu n,n' can you oling out my horses
no" ne salo' 'oe harness mas got
.aus'eu up, anu wanteo me 70 60 with
nin anu seemed anxious lot me 10 60
ana went. he opened the stable door
ana put the door away back go 1t would
not smut. one set OF harness was lying
oown IN iit,ie door; ne picked the nar-
ness up anu l came 70 MIN; tne harness
were just turned over; ne nanded me
tue harness; the morse was IN the last
staii. was on the LETT hand side and
iaio the harness on the horee, and be
went back and allowed that be was 60.
ing to put the harness on the other
horse, but he came back and handed me
the collar. ! asked him, ARE you going
to help me to hitch upf be said, yes, il
you want me-. l asked him to put the
crupper on; ne said, she might kick
him, and | told him there was no dan.
ger. l was bending down to buckle the
name string; my mare jumped up and
raised up and felt the revolver strike my
bat and ! felt the revolver against my
neck; be shot me. / turned round and
grabbed his hands; be was getting black
and queer, caught the revolver and
pushed him back; he was trying to pull
out his hand l would not let the revol.
yer 60, out nnaily ne let 60 OF it and
tnre" II down and ran; tue door was
shut. | followed before got out oil
the stable; asked him II he was going to
XIII me and begged him to not shoot me
again; when pushed the door came
open; l looked back and saw him pick.
Ing up tue revoiVer' as 1 ran looked
oack 70 see II ne was coming. l ran
crooked so tnat ne would miss me II he
snot again, l ran on past the house;
aad iorgo'ten soat baKer was IN the
mousse tnougnt ne woala XIII me ana
was gong TO run to MT. Cieggs ran
10 tne lane and Climbed the tence; be
lore got % tne renee nad swallowed
SO maon o'ooo l was nearly deso was
very urei anu weak ous ran on iur'
'aer; htIle ooy caiied, 'Sake. JAKE,
VIVA. 'ue ua''er ! loen 'u.nea .ouno
auu %" Dase' suu "rs No'''s anu 'o'o
,nem 90. suo.. MOTIFS ran up 70 me
! uau Passe. 'ne o,u s'soies anu went ut
~ 'ue neiu ~ Tue dliecV'ou Vi tue cueese
mouse no. iar rom tne iane ana stopped
'nefe. "nen motifs came up 70 me %
caogn. me nv 'ne PocSes aad pu' n's
nanu 70 y. ue asked me, 'wnat IS tne
,na'.er ne pui'eu "e 'nso tue mouse
! saio 40 moi want 70 60 70 your mouse
ou. ne pol'eu me IN "nen We went In
20 Tue mouse MT, Daker was just reao'
70 go away toio n,m, Don't yot
.ease me nere oy myself. wsn'en nim
70 'ase a'e 70 sue mex. HOUSE, MOTT
sskeo MS w''e 'or Tue Keys 10 lock 'n'
ooors' nsker saio tome VIVA. are 10,
a'raia Oh 1 sara, tnis man MOTIFS
.rieu 20 XIII me Ia inc stable. N"rri'
locked .oe aoors, peegeu nsker 'e
stay sno lney nnaiiy asked nim 20 stav
iaey went aIer Tue DOCTOR taxing pa
Rers morse. oeggeo ior come wate'
and MOTIFS orougnt some ana tney pour
ed It on my head; also gave me q ra!
which l held on roy head Baker apt
norris tnen went ous ana locked 10.
doors after them wnen 'ney came 10
asked ior some wafer 70 drink; Norri
said be would go at'er some ana wnel
he brought II, tnougnt " was poisoned
and poured It in the IRE. Alter awhll
Norris called Baker out to get glass o
cider. When they went out was afrait
and followed them; they told me not 4
go away until the Doctor came. Bake
said, don't be afraid, ! will stay until b
comes Norris told Baker to come on
again; they went out, but DO not re
member how long they stafd-a fe'
minutes. When they came back wa
sitting by the hre; Baker SAT oy tue SID
OF me; Norris was penind me. BAKE
said. Jake, you think you are snot' q
your ! said, yes and ne asked m
whether l did not shoot myself. d
then told me to look in uy pocket, di'
so and found revolver, l said, III !
not mine.' Baker took the revolver.
forgot to say before that l told Bake
that had some little money about me
Norris said, feel in your pockets an,
see II you have it yet Did not sho,
him the money. In a few minutes an
other man came in--Mr. Elrod be di'
not speak to me, suppose the rest o
them must have told him what was go