The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1890-07-23
He Thought of Hammer and Kill
ed a R0bber.

escorted by tour men. He ha
bags ofgold coin with him,anl he
took up our nuggets and dust and
paid US in yellow boys. l suppose
he made pretty good thing out
OFT, but as it was a great accom-,
mediation to liz We had no com
plant to make, relates a writer 10
the New York Sun. Only two or
three days previously one of our
men known to US as Peaceful Sam
had made a find ofa humping big
nugget, and this. added to his
wash, gave him over $4,000 in
handsome coin. He was a man OF
45, humble and peace loving, and
he had a wife back in Illinois. He
had never said anything bout go
ing home, although he was waiting
like the rest OF us, for luck, but no
sooner was the coin passed over to
him than his bones ached to take
the road for home. He must 90 to
Johnson's camp, distance of six>
teen miles, alone, and from there
60 down the valley by a stage line.
The chances were that he would be
held up at the trail, and we argu-
ed and c0axed for him to stay.
Next morning, however, he was off,
having $500 in his pocket and the
rest of his money in his blanket
on his back. He never carried a
weapon of any sort, and he star
ted on this trip without one. We
never expected to see him again,
but he was back at night and had
a story to tell. He had got about
three miles from the camp when
stranger joined him, coming in
on the Deep River trail. Peaceful
Sam was no chicken, and he wasn't
long sizing the stranger up as bad.
Bound for Johnson's?' asked the
man as they walked along.
For JohnsOn>s and home
Made your pile and gone back
to theold woman, eh?'
Made $500 and have concluded
to light out while it lasts. Hammer
has been writing for me to come,
and i'll can ever lay 800 in her
lap it will be more'n she ever saw
before, Lands! but when | think
Of home and Hammer | cant walk
fast 'nuAY
The stranger didn't show his
hand until afternoon. Then,
when they reached particular
lonesome place, he suddenly halted,
pulled gun, and said:
Give me them $500 or I'll I'll
you with leadp
What! GNiue to rob mel re-
piled Peaceful, looking as innocent
as an old cat.
Come down.
But think o Hammer! She's
been waitin' and waitin, and now
ifyou take my money will never
see her
Hannah! Shell out or III
pop you!
'Hain>t you no soul?>
Nary soul
And I've got to shell out?'
You have
Peaceful passed him out the
$500 and then sat down on a stone
and pretended to cry. The stran-
ger counted the coins, dropped
them into his pocket and started
off saying:
You sot right there for an hour
and then take any road You want
to. If you follow me TIL pop
you
He was no sooner around the bend
than Peaceful began scrambling
up the mountain side. By max
ing a short cut he struck the trail
again, and was just in time to
beave a rock, which struck the
strangers head and killed him stone
dead on the trail, then Peaceful
descended, took $3.50 off the body,
and started back for our camp.
Next morning half a dozen of us
went to the spot with him, and
there lay the body, When we ask,
cd Peaceful why he had owned up
to having $500 with him, he re.
Piled;
Law, me! but if / hadn't he'd
have suspected | had heap more
and shot me without warming
That's what | calkerlated on wher
Iput that sum in my pocket
But what possessed you to follow
on and kill him? You never ever
struck a man in all your lite