The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1890-08-01

loved Stale and her welfare.
The bird had flown.
The much abused moiher-in-law
had performed her duty we'll and
while she occupied. The bed the
husband of her daughter had put
on her gown and sun bonnet and
taken he empty cup in his hand,
had passed the guards and mount
ing horse hitched behind the gar
den, and forever bidding adieu to
bis guards, investigating commit
tee, and the governor and hied
himself away a. fast as the nimble
steed he rode could carry him.
THE ESCAPE.
What The thoughts of Graves
were that beautiful morning as his
steed bore him away from his
home, his friends and his devoted
wife can only he conjectured. 1t
may have been as his horse breath
ed hard from rapid flight and the
familiar scenes one by one passed
from his sight forever that the in
junction, unheeded,- ,-"The way of
the lransgressor Is hard"-contin-
ually fitted across his mind and
filled il with gloomy forebodings
as to his future. There were no
railroad or telegraph wires bearing
swift messages across the country
in those days, and Graves made his
way out Of The State and went to
Canada.
A LONGING FOR HOME.
In 1852 Governor Henry S. Foote
received letter from Graves stat
ing that it permitted TO return he
would refund TO the State the
amount of his defalcatIon. Now
grown old, and with increased bur-
then of years resting on his shoul-
ders, his mind and his heart turned
to he land Of his nativity, and a
longing desire to be- once more
with his friends and abide among
the familiar scenes OF his child
hood so took possession of his very
nature that he earnestly plead to
be permitted once more to return
and spend the evening oi life at
his old home. He was al that time
at Toronto, Canada. Gov. Foote
sent man by the name of Hugh
L. French 10 Canada and had him
arrested. Having no extraditlon
treaty bearing on the subject at
the time with the English govern
ment, the authorities released hlm
and Mr.. Graves returned home.
MANIA FOR SPECULATION.
Mr.. Graves was not regarded
bad man, but he fell into the trap
that has caused the downfall Of SO
many seemingly good men-a ma
MIA for speculation and a desire TO
grow rich. 1t was said that the
friends OF the treasurer, when 1t
was first whispered that his ac-
counts were moi correct, made an
effort TO replace the funds in the
treasury before the committee was
appointed to make the investiga-
| ton.
THE SHELTON TRAGEDY.
Mr. Shelton, who had been pres
ident of that famous bank at The
county seal of Rankin, known as
"Brandon Bank" il was said had
an appointment with the friends OF
Graves to meet them at the Far
ish BRIDGE" on the pike leading
from Brandon, and receive the
money 10 cover the defalactiOn.
II was presumed that the friends
becoming frightened failed to meet
the appointment and Mr.. Shelton.
in his despair, rode up the river
about a half mile, and hitching his
horse and pulling off his hat and
coat, forever buried his cares and
sorrows in the swiftly flowing wa
ters of The beautiful Pearl.
UNCLAIMED.
at is said that there is in the
vaults Of the treasury at Washing
ton brown wooden box, eighteen
inches long, foot wide, and eight
inches deep, which contains paper
to the nominal value of several
hundred thousand dollars. Every
bit of il came from the dead letter
office of the posloffice department.
The oldest notes are dated back as
far as 1912. One package con-
taimed $4,000, and another $1,000.
The nine.ihousand dollar was sent
from Brandon TO jackson in 1910
and the letter accompany 1t shows
that it was sent in consequence OF
repeated demands. Neither the
men who sent il nor The ones 10
whom it was sent could be found.
These extracts are from a Wash
ington letter to the Bottom Herald.
II may have been that this sum was
a part Of the funds for the relief
of Treasurer Graves but it came
too late and those sending 1t fear
ing an exposure determined to lose
it rather than run any risk in the
matter.
A colored editor in Georgia has
been appointed to position in the
Land Office at Washington. DE
has charge of The waste paper
basket and sweeps the back stairs.
Who SAYS no c0lored citizen can
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