The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-07-06
HANGING ELDER BROWN.
The Miners We're Aocommoda ting
But They Disliked to Hurry.

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But They Disliked to Hurry.
From the NeS York sun
We simply had to hang him or 60 back
on law and custom and lose all our dignity
as a mining camp. The elder wasn't a bad
man by any means. He'd been a real
church elder in Indiana, and he'd have
probably been there yet If the preacher
hadn't eloped with Mrs. Brown and sort o.
broke him up. He used to pretend he didn't
care 3 cents about it, but we knew be did
Fact is, no mans wife can slide out and
leave the supper dishes unwashed and the
children crying to be spanked and put TO
bed without being missed. The elder didn't
90 aok on religion on account Of the mis-
hap, but he was down on preachers like a
ton of brick. II he could have been turned
loose with 100 of them he'd have considered
1t q failure IL one got away alive.
He'd been with us at Strawberry Hill
over six months when he did the Killing.
One day he heard that preacher was down
at Tomahawk Point, and he went down to
be the death of him. The preacher had
gone the day before, and the elder came
back ell broke up and out of sorts. A miner
named Dan Peppers flung out something
mean and the elder lost control Of himself
and hit him with pickax handle and killed
him on the spot. There wasn't any need of
a pFId1 IA uOLou luou bdW bu0 hliAIDk, duu
the elder himself explained
"pm guilty, of course, and thar's no need
of your wast1n' time in foolin' around.
know the law, and expect you'll enforce it,
eyes, we've got to hang you, Of course"
said Judge Bebee, who was tho boss of our
digging in the matter of law and order,
''but thars no great rush about it. Let's
see. To-day is Tuesday How would you
like to be hanged along about Friday or
Saturday, Gelder9 Fridays the regular
hanging day, but we kin just as well wait
till Saturday afternoon. l never did be-
lieve in rushin' such things"
81 don't see no object in waiting re-
piled the elder, as be put his cotfeepot on
the fire in front Of his shanty, . d AS long as
I've got to hang might as well go ter-mor-
row don't live to hsv- things on my mind
to worry over" ts-a'laf -e is-
81 know, elder-I know Just how you
feel, i" continued the judge, and yit we ain {
rushed. We don't want. TO string you up
like one would drive nlhog outer the garden
II you kin gle ready bysssturday thatll do
for us" ." ' saI5N-
The elder growled about the delay, but
finally agreed upon the day, but two men
were detailed TO guard him In his shanty.
He kept his patience fairly well until Thurs
day morning, whom he sent for the judge
@LooE here, judge, il don't want to be
Iow-lived, but / amt sGoin' TO stand this
any longer. Iwant to be banged this after
noon"
"Why, bless you, we agreed on Satur-
dayl"
II know 1t, but 1 amt takin' a bit OF
comfort over this. Bein' as I'm the one to
be hanged 1 think orter hev my say about
it."
"Yes, 1t does appear kinder that way.
I'll blow the horn and get the boys up and
see what they say"
We were all called in and the case stated
and a vote was taken as TO whether we
should knock of work to obugs the elder.
The motion was carried by nine majority +,
and the Judge returned TO the shanty to say:
Glider. it gives me unslloYed pleasure to