The Forrest City times., 1892-08-12
HE NOW WEARS STRIPES.
King is safely Landed In the state Pcni
 tentiary.

| HE 1UfDnltItidts
 | After his long ride of fourteen hours. ! Col. II Clay King, fin charge of Sheriff | McLendon. arrived in Nashville at 7:l0 o'clock. IIoughton K,ng came with | them. Ten minutes before Mrs. King | and her daughter had stepped from | the regular Memphis train and were | awaiting them. As King stepped from the train, with a broad black slouch hat on and dressed in black suit, Mrs. l King rushed to him and for several l minutes they embraced. King kissed her with all the ieryur of boy, and a | brightness flushed his cheek King | then emhracei his daughter. He
 walked with his head set straight be- fore him. His eyes showed the effec's s of lo3g aight ride without sleep, but | otherwise he seemed undaunted. After leaving the depot Mrs. King and
 her son joined Col. King.
 At saloon on Church street the
 party stopped and King drank glass | ful of whiskey. Warden Blpyins was sitting in front of the penitentiary when King arrived. Hs at once re. ceiyed the party in the office and issued receipt to Sheriff McLendon. Then Mir. King asked to be left alone with her husband and her request was granted.
 "I will not give you any trouble while am here: Col. King said as he walked away. Col and Mrs. King
 were together for some time. When King again came into the office he asked the warden for drink of whiskey.
 "The transcript is now in my hands" !" Warden Blevins said, and you are a state prisoner. can't give you any
 whIskey, but will send for the doctor if you want to sec him."
 The question: of whether the prisoner
 should wear stripes was brought up by
 Mrs. King. She pleaded earnestly,
 citing the high position of the family,
 the number Of prominent citizens who
 have asked for her husbands pardon,
 the letter from Grover Cleveland and
 and the age of the prisoner.
 Madam" the warden replied, after
 she had spoken some minutes. If Gro
 yer Cleveland should tome with you in
 person. or if any other man should come, 1 should still put the stripes
 upon Col. King as upon any other pris-
 oner."
 If Gov. Buchanan says you may
 cave them off, will youY"
 
 of the Tennessee peniteutiary to treat him as other prisoners"
 Then will his head and face have to
 be shaved?'
 No, madam; Tennessee prisoners
 are not shaved or clipped. He can
 wear his hair as he pleases.n
 Warden Blevins told Mrs. King that
 she might call on her husband under
 the rules of the prison, and that she
 might send whatever extra comforts
 she pleased. He also assured her that as good q meal could be had inside the prison walls as anywhere in town. Mrs. King then went away so as not to see her husband in stripes. After the wife's departure, Col. King was led in- to the clothing room. his measure | taken, his description set down. and he was fitted in d brand-new shit of | stripes, in the exact manner with which other prisoners, black and l white, are treated.
 It was 10 o'clock when the huge iron | gate at the inner entrance swung back 1 for him, and q moment later 1t had
 closed upon his freedom. He was led | along the solemn corridors to wing 8, | where he will hereafter dwell. War | den Blevins s8id: II shall treat Col. | King exactly as l treat every other
 state prisoner. He is old and has been | accustomed. to brain work all his life. | don't think he can stand any manual
 labor, and in that regard 1 shall treat l him just as 1 do others who cannot
 work. In regard to whiskey, that is a | matter for the doctor. He will taper | him down with a drink or two day l for few days, until his system can do
 without it, and then leave off. That | is the regular course"
 Sheriff McLendon returned to Mem phis tonight. Il want to say first"
 he said, "that feel a great deal easier and am glad to get him here alive, 1 can tell yotc You see it was this way: l heard yesterday from number of our best citizens that the jail would probably be attacked last night and King mobbed. There was great deal of excitement, and in view of that fact l concluded to bring him 10 Nashville
 to the penitentiary at once.
 "There WAS only one early train. the Chesapeake S Ohio, which left Mem phis at D. m.. so made up my mind
 to come on that train. Accordingly, l | had it to stop in the rear of the jail,
 where slipped King on it. had
 warning that might be intercepted I by mob at Mckenzie, so l only bought our tickets to Paducah Junction. 1 | learned a long time ago from old Gen. | Wheeler that flank movement was l often the safest, so 1 protited by the ! knowledge now. From paducah bought our tickets over the Cincinnati road to Nortonville, li0 miles above there. There l connected with the | Evansville train and came on to Nash ! vile, arriving here at 7:l0 this morn ! ing. We had no trouble, and if there
 were any mobs on the road we gave
 them the dodge.
 His conversation was calm enough, | but there was an undertone of defiance 1 ill all he said. He reviewed the whole 1 line of incidents connected with his 1 case, and argued that d conspiracy had | been formulated against him years l ago, and that all that had happened since was in direct keeping with the
 designs of the conspiracy, He Is, and always was game, and would fight the 1 devil himself. And last night, when
 lie talked about facing any mob that l might come, he was desperate. He
 was not melancholy, and he said noth- | ing about desiring mercy"
 King has given orders that no re- porters shall see him. He will be | treated in the hospital for several days, | when he will be put to work as bill
 clerk in the saddlery department. He
 was little sullen this afternoon and | looked like man entirely prostrated.
 It is understood that Mrs. King will