The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1894-02-07
GOLD MAN" MITCHELL.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF THE GOVERN
OR OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA.
A Typical Cracker is He, And He Likes
Game of Poker as Well as ANY
body.

AT THIS Jitle WU6u CuC NtAAohO
of Governor Mitchell to stop the olg
f vht have brought him to the front, 1t
may DE interesting to know something
of the manner of the man. UP TO the
time of this episode, nothing was known
of the governor outside of the state,
tbough Ino man is better known by the
people within it's borders. Mitchell is an
Albanian by birth, and is in his Sixty
third year Persons who do not like
him say he is the uglest looking man on
earth, but they do him ansinjustice' lie
is far from being prize beauty, ouC
there is so much character shown in his
face that you forget the uneVenness OF
the lines and the saffron complexion ana
she thousand and one wrinkles when
Won take good look at him. A man OF
great frame, with long, thin legs that
llly match the big body, short neck, an
Immense head, iron gray hair, rather
stoop shouldered, he lumbers along like
a man who is distrustful of his locomo-
tive machinery. Once seen, he will
never be forgotten. IT he was ever
shaver, no one knows it. There is lit
tie fuzz about one side of his chin, but
no other hair grows on his face. His
eyes are deep set, and buried behind
heavy wrinkled lids.
I'm his language, as in his appearance,
he is picturesque and peculiar. Some
times he talks like Cracker" and at
other times his judicial training shows
in his somewhat prosy, elaborate ana
dicta6orial utterances. His voice is
little on the piccolo order. Stores
about him are told from Key West to
Pens acola. Like all strong men, he has
many enemies. Some of these say he
pSs the nomination for governor through
crooked work in the Jacksonville prl-
qnaries. and J. E. T. Bowden, the saHoe
IMAM who antagonized him in this con-
eest. is credited with being the engineer
sot fine scheme. "Old Man" Mitchell, as
he is famlliarly called, likes nothing bet
ger than card playing. If any one can
put up SITTER game OF whist, or DUN
his way through better on Dootall
flush. Floridians do not know 1t. ears
sqo. when cold Man. Mitchell was
country lawyer in the Tampa part OF the
state, he was recognized as having gooo
natural ability. He became solicitor OF
the county, later circuit Judge, ana a
little more than year ago was elected
governor. Blunt, without much soc'al
polish, determined (pig headed, MS en-
qemies call it1, somewhat careless IN the
matter Of dress, but very good sort of
= fellow all the time, he has stuck to his
friends and consistently fought his en-
cvies. He has a temper, and uses early
Ens2ish when he wants to emphasize
Doiat A man named Sam Lord is SAID
To have tried to kill him when he was,
as q circuit Judge, sitting in HlllSooro
county. Sheriff Driggers paced the
prise 2er in charge of Deputy Drew
Green, but through the aid OF some OF
the wild boys of the neighborhood'
lord escaped. Green was arranged be-
fore Judge Mitchell, and Sheriff Orig
gers. anxious to clear himself OF any
blame. began to question the deputy.
Driegers had been listening to lawyers
81 LONG. he thought he could conduct an
examination as we'll as anybody.
"Are you or are you not Drew Green?
Driggers began.
81 are" the trembling Green rep led.
D5ggers winked at hejudge and con
Ginued:
care you or are You not my dep'ty?'
al are" Green replied with whim-
per.
Another wink,
'sDid I or did not turn over to your
care a man, dastardly man, who made
an attempt, most disgraceful attempt,
ON the life of this jedge, this most wor-
shipful jedge, who is sitting here on this
bench before you? Answer me on your
oath. man"
,eWiIl [ or will not, broke in Judge
Mitchell, mimicking Driggers, cline
each of you fools $50 Or SEND you both
20 jail?''
There is another story that young
fellow from Tampa, where the governor
lives, met him in Tallahassee, and after
shaking the governors hand and seeing
that the old man did not recognize him,
said: eYou seem to have forgotten me,
governor"