Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1893-08-17
THs LUSCIOUS seLos.
Mas Lcys fer It IS tbs lse-sct
ca7ss Of 4 Killing in Pamela
CGErss LAST Sunday.

The Wallace neigh borho9d, in
the eastern part of Pamela eo1n
Is, WIS the seeEe Of a killing
last Saaday- Contrary to the
usual custom. there was no
woman IA the case The blame
falls on the striped sides aud
red neat 81 tue luscious water
melon. and lave Phelps ~aS the
victim whose cuyidny led him
20 destruction. Zoe Ales Is the
man whO slew him
Alss owns n watermelon patch
and since it began 70 Yield ripe
melons. it has Cften been sur
TeptiticHsly visited by s0me OF
bis neighbcrs They not oaly
helped themselves 10 the ehaie
eat ores on the vines, bHs de-
s;rayed mary Of them by tramp
ing over the patch AIes was.
annoyed tie determined To.
find. Il possible. THE Earauders
whG maize such frequent visits
Among the tracks plainly viSi
BILE In his patch vas very large
footprint which he elairGs Tn
have tracked directly To Dave.
Phelps house As Phelps had
a large foot and the tracks cor
respond il size with his shoe,
there could no iopger BE q
dCuOs that be was the guilty
parlJiBer of the melons Alss
stated publicly that be lad no
doubt Phelps was the guilty
man, and this led TO a difficulty
last Friday between Deck AIss
and VIII Phelps, \ brother OF
Dave. As Ales ) . large man
Of powerful proportions, he ca
silly came CT victor IL the con
test.
The hard feeling on the part
Of the Phelps family was further
Increased by this row, aad
though Ales had made public
bis desire TO let the matter drop.
Dave Phelps was determined
not to be satisfied until he had
been revenget for the thrasbIng
administered his brother viii
Last Sunday morning Dave
started toward Ales' house ae
cOmpansed by a brother. whom
We woald suppose. from the ae
counts We have heard to be a
boy ten or twelve years old.
Before reaching the house the
road they were travelling inter
sects another, aud On this road
they discovered Doc Ales trav
cling IL the direction OF the
neighbcrbOcd church. Phelps
called him, and leaving his little
brother in the road just where
he discovered the man for whom
he Was searching. he made a
short cut through the woods tq
where the man who killed him
= few Minutes afterwards was
then assItIng him No one but
the actors IN tbs homiefdicaI
tragedy vas near enough so hear
the xorts with which Phelps In
tFcdaeed the sui jeet. but soon
the little boy heard the sound
Of p~reEaue language, and before
he realized the import Of the
EcrGs, there was a fash, the re-
port of n pistol. and Phelps
dropped dead From the posi-
ton Of the bGdy and other etr
eamstanees 1t Is theagtt Ales
must have put 10 to he victims
head before be pulled the trig
ger The little brother of the
dead man ran back to the house
and told af Dawes unfortunate
tate lie and his sister were
the first ones TO reach the dead
body afser AEeS left IT,
Aies is said 20 be q quiet iaof
fC2ssve nal- He Is CT large ) zs
and Of great physical strength.
Had he not been constantly an
noyeG, it Is hardly probable that
Sundays killing would have
been eArcEielsd. He has NOT
jet been arrested. but his
friends szy be viii make no eff
fort to avoid the law.
Since the above was written.
aud as If To verify the conf
denee of his friends. AIes has
surrendered to the sheriff aud
% ncS in Jail He sent fer Mt.
Miller, and VIXEN that officer
went cut yesterday lie brought
Ales back 70 town. The sum
m0UIng of witnesses was taen
commenced, aud the prelImIna
~ TRIAL WIS c0nueIeed to-day.
II viii be e0GtIaued until al The
evidence cbtaiHable is heard
aud v5li M doRbs result IN Ales
being bound over to the Circuit
L Ncnw~ p H.