Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-01-08

teulpts at speecn, out his words are
nearly all unintelligihle, and there
Is a gurgllng, rafting sound that
comes from his mouth. He SEEM
ed rational enough when trying
to talk to the reporters, and one
sentence he SAID so as to be under
stood with much difficulty. Lean
ing forward he remarked, 81 want
her to get WE'LL" After several
other Intellectual attempts to ar
ticulate, he gave it up and wrote
down what he had to say. Paper
and pencil were handed him by
a newspaper man and he wrote in
rather a plain, good hand, and
without seemingly experiencing
any pain or difficulty, the follow
ing lines
Remember me when I am gone
and my dear wife which | have
murdered. My case is sickness,
failing in health. My wife said Tor
me to please not hurt her for the
ke of our children. She said she
had rather for me to die than go to
the Fulton asylum, and l started
out with my razor to kill myself,
out she would not let me without
killing her first, although she
said please don't kill US for the
sake of our children. She has been
a good wife to me all of our lives,
80 [ don put any blame on her.
So after we are dead and gone
think of us and our dear children.
Walker, our boy, is 7 years old
aud our little girl is 5 years old
next February. l am getting quite
weak and must close by bidding
you farewell, SO please remember
our dear children in your prayers.
Yours Truly,
F. T. BYRNs,
and LIMA T. BYRNs.
Farewell to all.
The spectacle of a man with his
throat cut from ear to ear almost,
and bleeding like stuck hog, with
pencil in hand, writing while nearer
dead than alive. is one certainly
not met with but onc8 in life
time. The most pitiable and
heartrending sight witnessed was
Byrns on his knees with his hands
uplltted to God in silent prayer.
His lips moved; no sound was
heard. The neighbors said he had
been praying nearly all morning.
At times Byrns was rational; at
other times the reporter thought he
was not. His circulation and gen.
eral condition was better than that
of his wife. There is a bare posi-.
bility that he may survive, but all
those who saw his condition
thought he could not. Fielden
Byrns is 81 years old and his wife
is 27. They were married about
nine years ago, Mrs. Byrns' maiden
name being Lima Oslin. She is q
daughter of the late Martin Oslin,
who was in life well known in this
county. Mrs. Oslin, Mrs. Byrns'
mother, who lives in Atchison
county, Is at the house on visit
Mrs. Oslin is a sister to Mrs. Jonr
II. Byrns. Thus it will be seen
that by the ties on consansuinity
Byrns and his wife are own cous
ms.
They have two children-a boy
and girl, aged and seven years
They are people in the ordinary
walks OF life and it is plain to be
seen that intelligence is not the
chief characteristic of the family
Fielden is under size, with pecu
liar shaped head, while his wife
ply sically is frail looking body
The razor that did the bloody
work had three large pieces broker
out of the blade. This IS probably
the reason a cleaner cut was no
made In Byrns' throat. Razor ane
case were found on the groune
where the throats were cut. Fol
sometime after the tragedy--foI
tragedy it will be-Byrns was 81
furiously wild that it took half 1
dozen strong men to hold him. Hi
hands, also, were cut by the razor
Alf. Canterbury, VIM. A. Hunter
Lum Day, Henry Cate, and one o
two others, were the first neigh
bors to arrive. They say Byrn
was raving maniac when they go
to the house. MIR. and Mrs. Sam
uel Brown, relatives, spent tn
day at Byrns' Monday and sal,
they thought Fielden was muci
worse then than they ever knew
him.
Several members of the famil,
stated that Byrns spoke frequentl,
of suicide, and for this reason, an,
to pacify him, Mrs. Byrns remain
ed with her husband nearly all th,
time. However, they did not TO
an instant suppose he would carr.
his threats into execution.
The two little children were play
ing about the yard. utterly uncon
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