The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-07-18

Thursday morning early wild eyed,
yellow haired, slaRting browed man, IN
clothes evidently made for some other
man, with shoes out NJ tho toes, aud
hat all down NJ tho rim ANA honey
oombed at tho top, appeared In this
office, and presented tho follow
log startling essay, with the re'
quest that IL be printed, lie said no
was Chance II, Locke, j E, the famous
poet tramp, aud that tho publication OF
this, his proclamation, would reyolu'
tIonize Pennsylvania The following
Ia tho dOeumentj
"auLTY or 100 MURDERS"
A rich man Of Pennsylvania, u poll
tloian OF money who knows tho inllu'
enGH his coin produced, 10 the murder
erl affalgn lin before tho gaze Of nay
countrymtn aud mankind ~ general,
/, tho 0utcaat, tramp and yagabond
that / am, lay ~ his door The following
murdcm, committed not by his own
hands, but by aaaaaina In hia pay' No,
lla at shermauEdalr, Cumberland county,
Ia. miles from Harrisburg, "a poor
man hung Ia u coal shed by hla in6trl,
menta. WHY because the murdered
one was Rlau Ia mistake for d, TEX,
tramp, myself, who incurred the iron
linrniiR l'rt" by my manly defense Of
the lll,fated RuuTchIRIa who were hung
in Chicago, Not that edpouse AnaI'
ehy, but 90 one who thought moneys
influence wrought an unjust verdict In
their case, No, p got his throat cut
similarly In an abandoned round house
nj Sunbury, Ia, No. 81 found poison
ed with the empty phial which was
forced through hla lips, NJ MAynayllle
Pa. No, 4, found aln0thefod apparent
ly on the lime kiln close 10y llummela'
town, but really oloroi0fmed aud 6lung
there. No, b thrown from u freight
train on tho middle division
of the =, Il, H., an occurrence
1 actually saw; for | escaped the llends,
who IN the darkness made the mistake
OF killing the wrong one, NJ Milllin, Ia,
No, q, thrown from the H. H. bridge
in sunbufy, No, Il slain near
Centrnia on tho T. n r. No, 3, hung
In u forest near JohnOtown, on the
Somerset rund, taken In the night In
mi6take for self. who also the same ey'
ening Ned from my tlgrlsh purSuCrs on
the same route, NpyN; Killed NJ Paxton,
"a subcrb OF Harrisburg, was Un old sol.
dier Of rhymlug talents, whom the IN
sane mufdereta prcsumCdto 20 emy un'
happy self no, 10; found mangled ut
Chiqde'a Rocks, near Columbia, slain
the same night I slipped across The TIy,
or 90 York, On ] could ially TIL
over 100 or more murders, perpelra,ed
la mistake for myself, These are
facts, aud can bo SubSNnliated by any
one, no the places mentioned. IhIB 10
no silly rum1r but Gods truth as plain
hs day, which dlOmsday VIII reveal be-
fore The startling eyes Of all creation,
"Ict as have ju8tICOthough The heavens
fan Pennsylvania, meath the thumb
UI this gutOcrat, his murder0us deodS
viii not be inquired INTO, Convenient
C0ioueTg, with baudy yerdicls, have al'
ways been hiB SHIELD, All these victims
were homeless wanderers or strangers
In tho localities where lheir blood WIS
shed, consequently no direct
Interest was iglt IN their behalf
by any Of the communicates
where The murders were perpetrated,
lfm investigation comes from this, /,
q living witness, backed by the te8ti-
mOuy OF over 1909 living pemOns, eau
prove the aforementioned crimes to
have been perpetrated NJ the sole insti'
CATION of this rich culprit, P0wdorly
himself Is CognI2lnt Of the attempts
made 10 hound me down, for his order
was by unjust methods not then fully
understood by It's chief, given help 10
chase me DER hills aud wales, IL II any
wonder then ORex frampo is on the
move when MI the powers Of bell seems
10 be moved against him, III face In
battle or on the dueling field any OF
these miscreants or their naughty en-
ployer, who thus have sought TO murder
me, Yous truly,
CHANCE r.. LOCKE,
j, e., 0'Rex Trampo, the Tramp Poet.