The Russellville Democrat., 1892-07-21
KILLED BY TURKEY BUzzARDs.
The Awful Knd of Man Who Had Pre-
 pared this Fate for Another.

pared this Fate for Another.
 About three weeks ago party of gentleman from Tennessee went over into Mississippi county, Arkansas, on a hunting expedition, says the St. Louis Republic. The country around there is the widest kind, and there were no lodging to ba had. so the party set up camp. They would browse around together and alone at all hours of the day and night.
 One night the leader of the party, named Watson, started out alone with his gun to ses shot at some deer. It was moonlight and terribly warm. Before leaving camp his com panions suggested that he had bet ter get back early as storm was coming sure, but Watson said he didn't mind and went on. His goal vas little stream about three miles away, where deer came nightly to drink.
 On arriving there he hid himself in clump of bushes and waited pa tiently for shot. But no deer ap- peared. He waited and waited, and finally fell asleep. It must have been something over an hour when he was aroused by a terrible burst of thunder and the glaring of zigzag flashes of lightning. But for the electric display the darkness was Egyptian. He could not see his hand before his face. Stunned by the outbursts of thunder and blinded by the lightning, he stag gered to his feet and groped his way toward what he thought was the di- rection of the camp. To make mat ters worse the wind rose and began swaying the trees backward and forward like reeds. Then the rain began to fall in perfect torrents. Watson stumbled on with his hands before him, hearing the frightened rush occasionally of some brute, scared by the warning of the elements. After some miles of hope less wandering the lost man saw in the distance the glimmering Of a light. He knew 1t was not the camp, for no light could live there such night, but he steered toward 1t. When he came up to 1t he found little low log cabin, with no win dows and single door. Behind 1t stretched for thirty feet what seemed to be low brush pile.
 It was not an inviting place, but Watson feared nothing, and boldly pounded on the door. The rays of light that gleaned through the chink in the cabin began to move and shuffiing of feet could be heard. Then the door opened on crack and the villairous face of an oldish man appeared.
 What do you wantf' he de- manded grufly.
 'sCan you keep me for the nighti" Watson asked. "I've lost my way"
 "Well, want money. Have you got iti"
 e'Yes, sir" said Watson, "lots of 1t, and, pulling bis wallet out, he handed the man $5.
 As the fellow saw the big roll a dangerous look came into his eyes, but without saying anything he took Watson to his room--a small one leading off from the main room.
 There were no windows in it and no floor, but 1t was better than be- ing out in the rain, so Watson de- cided to make the best of it. As he stood gazing thoughtfully at his candle and wringing out his coat, he thought he heard some one fumbling at the door of his room. He called out but there was no an swer. Blowing out the candle, he threw himself on the improvised bed and tried to sleep, but he could not. There seemed to be a diagreeable odor in the room He tried to think what it was, and it finally came te him. It was buzzards, the dirtiest of all birds.
 That's funny, thought Watson. Where can there be any buzzards | around herei He got off his couch | and looked about the room. A faint beam of light was coming | from under the center of the back | wall of the room. Watson thought l a moment, and then, dropping on his knee, peeped under. He could see a large inclosure thirty feet long and dozen wide, sided up and roofed over only with brush. Forty or fifty buzzards were hopping around and fighting viciously over a few particles of raw meat which the owner of the house was tossing to them.
 Watson could see that they were well nigh starved The old man, as he dealt out bits of meat, smiled, l showing his yellow teeth, and nut tering gleefully to himself.
 As Watson knelt there on the floor in his room he wondered why any man could have such pets. The spectacle soon began to tire on him and he carelessly began noticing the crack through which he was peer ing
 "My God l' he exclaimed, tits 1 a paLel" " and the whole diabolical scheme flashed through his mind. The old man was going to infuriate ". h,rle rrsAh n Et4lo .,,nnt 4hor lot 1