The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-06-13
A POINT OF HONOR.
THE PASSING OF A CHEATING TEN
DERFOOT OUT VEST.
A Eyer-ready Revolver at Han"-ho" '0
Prisoner Took Advantage Oh mo
Courts Mistake for ''The Twins.

1,bore was q commotion in Scratch Gravel,
wvo ~ ON fine morning of June D. 1870.
I,,l. Ionosworty. a local celebrity. haa
I;la1 9 ..tonaorfoot" from Pennsylvania
and there was naturally some CURIOSITY
- 80 a. s,v excitement, over the altar.
The circumstances of the case were ''pou'
III fills lack and the PennSylvaillon
,varo having a little game at cards, "hch
,bo former noticed slight deception Oh
III. mart of his adversary in the way VI
.1ool;ng himself from one to TOUR caruS
foo many and concealng them III MS co"I-
sleeve. ..,- for,;op n
..S;ch proceedings are entirely tor@gh 10
| 49,, ,,,stans Of this yer camp, hnally re-
marked Langworthy. and at the same ''ih (.
| conf a.. pistol shot into the lehuelioo'
Le,d The ball passed diagonally through
tho head from the base OF the lclt ear anu
ranging downward, made hnal entrance ~ -
thn side of a whisky barrel when S'oou
in one corner of the room
..you'u lose some of your whisky II you
don't regulate the hole I've JiSl maze IL
that ere barrel quietly remarked jack u
| th, nronrietor of the place, adding parch
| tboticnjIy. "and it's good iqour, too
| =, rnr the "tenderfoot''- he was dead
IN, ude law of Scratch Gravel toof
corpizance of this fact and also OF the man
ner of his death and Jack was arrested
A fnw weeks later he was arruSleu lo'
thc murder and pleaded guilty. / he JUG
sentenced him to be hanged. linen 'acI
mode = speech. Among other things h'
/ said:
Il killed the man, l know, and perhaps
it's fair enough that | should DE roo
leastwisc, | don't set up my Judgment asii
thar of the court The laws of Scratcl
| Gravel should be enforced, but just nov
I'm sort o sorry the enforcement IS heeeS
sary. The deal is hard one, and the Wors
If it all is that the roughness Is not aSii
| me alone: oh. no, not agIn me, put Foslii
and the twins. | don't care lor mSStt!
| inst AS soon 90 as nOt-but when / thlhl
Of the twins ! Think think, by mighty
I'll have to tell you | can t stand 1t. Ao'
! sec the twins are boyS-both boys, ah
they are a rattlin' pair an no mistake
alters reckoned on the twins mounting /
something in the world, but II ther 1alhG
is to be hanged-that settles It. " NAT Woul
The twins ever amount to then? Now If
could 90 some other way II Woudn 100
so bad-thc twins might pull tnrOu&h-pu
to be strung up like a common thlci IL W"ui
be a weight on them ere twins mat u
keep EN- down forever. 80 YOU see II 'li
for myself that | care. not fer me. ana nc
fer Sally so much cither-althou%h / q
/ Kind 'ay like the old gal-but the twins.
well. il breaks me all up to think of leavin
EN-, it does for certain fact. Jedge, VINE
viii the performance take place.
Ready for Death.
-, c4 -, voc. informed thq
Inc ulil ofIona'e man =" - f,aa fn,. h
The IOtA OF Ju!$ Wa ny i,. nrnnoi.
execution anu .iial HG ',nnnnall
TONS to De on nallu ~ ti''L aiI5;,
SO as not to delay the pTotGeuIn W., fo,,;
You see JACK, S;'iu I NE 5""SP on r,'iIi,
larry, we am soil ~ ne ,'-','l,I,'t /
TO lock you up, mo- H "u man Ike voI
TlShl-hoI VII an iiIii,' co. Won, ~, I'm
1T am Ter any dlS i ~, 3C" ro, Jor
teehn%' lnR1 we're soins :" I!''' ~ lave
but it's the law. you Know 'nT INV. :
YOU make 1t Il point OF hollot; '''N' ~
on hand When the tltie comes .7 aha,
For me heAt zen 1r: 'I'5l 81 The iatfl
would set his tongue in motion. and som,
how he seemed O think there were no 9th,
children in the world worth talking about
They'll pull way ahead Of their old do
in a few years" he had often said "NIa[,h
one of EN- ill be an auc1ioDeer on. n hin
president. an the other a steamboat en-
tain-who knows? Them bows Are smart
1t was the month of limo ,VoudnI.Il,Ii
bright the sun Shone. Wonderfully sweet m
blrdS sung, wonderfully gray ana bare am
coI4 were the distant mountains. II Scomr
!? JACK that al creation was smiling Owe
ms misfortune ana knocking him for COW
/ ard VINO was AFRAID die.