Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-08-10

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ment. in which he rcasscrts that he did
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81 Iarte Au.- Ia There was terrible
diser,r,stntn4nt m store for the chlorpformer
Brooks alias Maxwell. Yesterday morning,
uhea he arose from q sleep as sound aud
p.a,.!uI asa chids The news from the
Governor of TN. day before Indicated m al
,n,,sr assured nit. and The little English
man wac IN ,-n,i s,frits He wbisttad
,,i,, dir ,,- h.. dressed AMI after breakfast
gsily challenged The. deputy sheriff to a game
OF dprniuo,.> and they were deep in the game
when IN. bic aona, Of The outer gate gave q
double ,Iaus TIN. summon, seemed to come
louder and To b,- more Il, mrtnry than usual.
Instuctiy,ly The two men locked at each
other and their eyes roamei up the aorri-
1or
Meanwhile tin. gor, had been npenei AMI
Sheriff Harrington admitted He sq,d not "a
word {, thu. turnkey ar tn. other oifi.ial- IN
| the. Office nut rs h.. ,.,s-,l fh.n his manner
only 10, riaIaiy told them that he ua~a
| bearer If b1d t,.Iires moment later and
| h.. Wa, goplrout.u. Maxwell lie started 10
.pasp bur I'm, words died upou his tongue.
| ~Vbot is # %" ,ut,rr,,.-s,tai the condemned
man hr.athI,.,-Iy IN bat'- tn. news
| The rrspita is refused. the sheriff replied
| hnsliIy Then. and not tl,l then. dill The, lit
,l. ,l,laraforrurr rral.z. that all hope, were
gone and be stood literally il, the Jaws Of
death Hi, checks hlanchri. his heavy IN
drrlp Qu.vrred with horror ami three dom
| iuna~ fell from hi- neryaf.~, hand and ratified
ON the floor With the remark, Its all
over. then. art!rulalrd So hoar,ely that 1t
could hardly IL. understood. b. turned In hi
cell. staggered rather than walked through
the eate threw tim~-tf tu,,n the cot and,
turning his fac. to th. wall. so!,tad aloud a
though his heart ,youll break Tears. too.
Were, gtraarnin p dow, the cheeks OF the shrr.-
If ami at rhr usually ,t.,ny hearted rlIlaro
For half au unnr tn.. con .l.unal man VA,
l-fr alone in bis eri-f. and tn.,n I'M. sheriff
entered tn, coli thorough, searched hi-
rlathinc. and finding uothin, with which an
lntt.nurt M suT.l,i,, might ha n4ia conducted
ann To- another ..aH and cnanls.l the death
watch.
Meanwhile tn. condemned mans mother
and sister had he.p ,rpri~.al OF the rpsnl,
tlrnu,h ii dtsr.qt-I from Hon John Mar.
tin \ rarrta % bad ban iu waiting out-ii,
ct the residence aher" th had loeu stop
rlutr frnm IN carly hour. and they Wer,
quickly driven f., tho i4fI There the poor
t,.,n1,, uunni,, II, control ter emotion thray,
herself INTO hc. ,lau .ht.,i'. arus burst into
, t..,rs and manned piffuI.v Tn. ya1n, airl'
,purl.., my hnyss tl.y Will murder himi 1
t,aI balr, my papi. how" -nlIt.t the ninthr
in tn. AGONY nf her .rirf. Then sh. swoon..,
, away The last bII-ht.n.. Of her hopes wa,
as terrible As unaxperre8
! After Mrs Brooks recovered CONSCIOUSNESS,
, she and her daughter We're escorted to tn
cell where her condemned son was confined
Hare "A most affecting scene took place Tn
mother had not seen the son since he lief
England, nor bad the sister seen her brother
, Maxwell" -prang forward and threw hi
: arms prouuI his mother while his fran
shook with emotion, and Miss Brooks cidn
to her brothers shoulder, while they eac
uttered pltlHl CALCULATIONS of sorrow,
q I.ornr they conquered their agitation an
i expressed their Indignation in vigorous word
:, at the governor and what they look upon a
d the IN iustir. Of American laws Upon with
/ drawing they kissed the doomed man atfe,
tionatply and expressed the hope that tn
governor would respite him until his tathe
I. could come over To see HIM
II. After the iailes had withdrawn Maxwe
sat for some time with his face buried in hi
/ hands When he lifted it his face had a
simed n CHASTITY, hagsard appearances,
L.. e l.
already upon INN. But he soon recovere
his wonted equanImity, and i'll reply to
question rs Ia whether he had given up hoF
responded promptly In the negative, at III
same time handing ont Il dispatch from h
attorneys to the effect that the governor vi
Is considering the question Of granting a resp
y until his father could arrive. But hope d
"a ferrcd niaGeth the heart s'ck, he added,
- turning to the guards, Collins ana McCo
% mick, h" proposed game al ara" poke
They were nothing 9th 10 divert his atte
ton from the tate so near, ana soon all han
q" were deep III the game. IL continued UNI
'e dinner time, Maxwell downing his opponen
e. in every game
d When Maxwell had defeated his oppone
H. four straight games he complained OF hu
ID ger, and ate hearty meal Another str'
+, in the corridor, with the inevitable clgareti
and the condemned man asked Tor wrItli
" materials, which were promptly turnlshe
- He rejected, however, protfer OF pen M
o. ink, and sharpening half dozen pencl
- proceeded TO write at rapid rate.
- After being thus engaged for half an hon
;" he was interrupted by the arrival of l
- mother and sister, and almose at the sal
moment a dispatch was received from J'
ferson City announcing that the govern
had finally refused to grant the days resp