The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-09
ECHOES oFE DAwsON-McDoW
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cant Dawso3esI Standardization
ing LIS to McDow.
r,ou, Nel1 York sun.

ran. Dawso2eaI Name-Thresten-
ing LIS to McDow.
Front Net1 York sun.
,rbA Sun vesty referred to statement
usds by one was in position to know
eat the real n, of Capt. Dawson, who
COS shot in Chiffon by Dr.. Mellow, was
Psaks and thapt. Dawson was in fact,
own brothefhe Rev. Father Reeks,
o. o. is a nriest St. Georges cathedral.
Tnr5on snd " as been recently spoken
- a relatiyeDr. Cronin. A gentle
1sn in this citho wOs a very warm per-
.n.'sI friend oflt. Dawson, and who for
= long time nlained intimate business
oio+ions with, made this statement to
a Sltn reporter erdsy,
at is true tEapt. Dawson's real name
-,.os Reeks. full name was Francis
Warrington Ks, and he went by the
,,ne Of Fra, Warrington Dawson.
This change otme was not due to any
o:rcnmstances sreditable to Capt. Daw-
Son Atthe oreak of the war here Capt.
dawson was az in England. His sym
nstbies becamcongly enlisted with the
rronfederates, che ran away from home,
hiding as a stcway on ship, to join the
confederate ar
"Realizing & his life would be one of
adventure. arnot wishing to have any
rTmnus over iolation of the neutrality
laws by an Eishman, he assumed his
mothers maidname of Dawson. Under
fins name he we'd throughout the war,
and was gazet AID promoted. At the
close of the W; he was very proud of his
record. and Wild to retain the name asso-
ciated with title consulted several emf
nent lawyers. no told him that as he had
no blood relatiS in this country there was
no reason whye should not continue to be
known by theme he had assumed. He
resolved, ther5re, to keep the name OF
Dawson. Car Dawson never made any
secret of the It that Reeks was his right
name. His other, the Rev. Father
Reeks. visitedim in Charleston, and Capt.
Dawson intruced the priest every
where under name of Reeks as his
brother.
"Ihe storJthat DR.. Cronin was a
brother of tpt. Dawson and Father
Reeks is a wildarn. Dawson never knew
ANYTHING abouCronin. He was a warm
sympathizer, tough, with the cause of the
Irish Nationalist
THREE EEING DIR. M'DoW.
FrOnlle Nelo YORK World.
CHARLEsTo, S. c., July CDR. T. B.
Mellow, who as recently acquitted of the
murder Of Cat. F. w. Dawson, has lately
been annoyed " anonymous letters. He
received two rom New York yesterday,
one addressed "Dr. T. B. Mellow, the
murderer of Cot. Dawson, Charleston, S.
c." and the ther addressed to "Dr
Mellow, the mrderer, Charleston, S. c. :"
Dr. Mellow to-dy gave the letters to the
World repreSenttive. He said he had no
objection to thei publication. The first is
as follows:
NEW YORK, July 8. 1899.
DR.. McDo,c:
SIR-Will set netime for your death. but re-
member thatyou vi die from poison when you
least expect it. lid not know Dawson, but
you and are quitewel acquainted. Gam dis
guising my handTiting) Don't allow this
little note TO worryou any, and don't suspect
every person you how. You will be poisoned
as sure as your nme is Mellow, because you
have got to eat. Am stopping in New York
over the 4th. Shuld you change your resi-
dence it would mae no difference.
This was writtn in an uneven, cramped
and evidently diguiSed hand Here is the
second, which WIS in a clear, bold, business
hand, capltali2edand punctuated carefully:
NV YORK CITY, July /, 1889.
l blush for the neord South Carolina has
made IN your trial You know you are a per-
lurer. You knowand feel you are a murderer
guilty without me plea of justification. You
anow your sole OBJECT was to crafty your base
passions with tn woman, caring not whom you
would ruin. Yol know you are no gentleman,
lot entitled to b recognized as such and you
Should be abhored, Stunned by all men. Your
name should niver be mentioned by decent
men except to Condemn, and never allowed to
)aSs the lips of virtuous woman. Even your
'wn wife and offspring should spurn and curse
'ou, What woBe degradation could you bring
lpon them? gour heart should be filed
WITH remorse md self-condemnation, for you
now you had 10 just reason for murder
fou dare MT appeal to your own
eart's Judgment. May all the curses
I Lie be on you May your agonies drive you
ORTIZ over the w,rld. May the swords of fiery
herublm pursueyou by day and night; snakes
prlng up in yo1r path; earth's fruits turn to
shes IN your moth; your bed be strewn with
cofplons; your dreams he of your victim;
our waking cortinual dread of death; may
'atefs turn to bbod as you polute them with
our raging lips; nav you live in the pangS
men Others die with; may death wax some
lng worse than death; may all abhor thee,
lougn thou vert heir sire; may earth deny
lee nome, the Dust grave, the sur its light
hd heaven her Col You not only wished to
eStroy virtue, but by innuendo to wreck an
lnocent family, sniTch an honorable, honored
anne TO shield your own beastly hellish nature.
our hell will surely burn within your own
le bosom. Remember what writel
A SOUTHERN NJ. D.