The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1894-03-23

he wa. There TO Die. and No MADE No
Protest.

Ne was rherc TO Die, and No Made No
Protest.
Arrested, fined. convicted and sentenced
TO be hung for murSlcr--that r., tho law
called K murder. The prisonorhad thought
Il all over many TINES, and he couldn't sec
how Il was murder lie had taken up an
cslraS mule The owner came along and
refused 10 pay the trlHinR sum demanded
for EXPENSES, Thcrc had 10 be n light, OF
course, and when mountnineers iight they
mean to XIII each other. He killed the
owner of the mule. What was there wrong
about thnts Didn't he receive tlvo knife
wounds IN thcman's Efforts TO Kill himi
Wash 4 II XIII or he lJllleds
And why should they arrest him and
conilne him IN jaiie lilo had no idea of 80.
ing away. Why should he eoi And why
must he have d lawyer and jury and a
trial lastine fout days whom he could have
told thu judge all about itiu Ave ninutesG
lie summed up the whole case In HIS
quaint, ignorant way when he rose up In
reply to the formal query and said
why, jedge, l reckon they want TO
hang me, but doRgone my hide n kin
see what I've done to deserve it.n
He received the aentencc With apusylcd
look on bis face, Why put or Its eSeuu-
VIM WV il0ntHoI ~ rttiAittA lNblt>Al w
wait beyond day to bang man who
had been sentenced 20 die on the gailows.
He knew every man On tho jury, and ha
couldn't figure Il out why they wern all
down on him There were men there
who'd slept IN his cabin, eaten at his "a.
bio and hunted over the mountains with
him, and tho idea that they should bring
in a verdict Of guilty nstounded him, 1t
wasn't ncighborly II wasn't doing as
thoy would be done by. The jailer thought
60 console him. but was waved asidc with
the exclamation:
Don't, Genrgel My head is 80 full Of
this fisain aronud that I emit stand any
moro Of 81 Jcat think Of itl They called
Il murder and ar gwinc to- hang me fur
itlr
1'wenty-four hours later no was imper-
turhablc--- stoiral--ns cool aud calm as a
man sitting by his own fireside. It had
become olear tc him that be was To die.
IT wasn't that hrdesarvcd IL, and he could
scarcely recall IN Incident of the trial.
but he had 20 die, ana that ended the ma
ter with him
He differed from an Indian only In the
color Of his skin. Ono day his wife was
admitted 90 see linn. She had said to one
OF her neighbors.
so they ms ar gyine 10 hang my Tom
fur that kiliins3
eyes, reckon he'll Jest hang
"Shool Pears like right smart o.
fussin over nuthin. Tom had tor do g. 2
Reckon he did
Reckon | orter 30 down and scc he
nngn
Yes, reckon so had
''Then I viii.
And one day after walk Of i2 miles
over the mountain roads, she arrived at
the jail aud quietly remarked:
You una has got my Tom locked up
yerc
Yes z
And he un IS 70 be hung purity soonfp
''Ycsn
Shoot How iriiiini Reckon Id better
step in and sea he I'm fur n bit
They brought him out OF hts cell into
the corridor He advanced aud sat down
beside the woman as II at their own door.
step, and she glanced all around her boz
fore saying.
Heap better place than our ole cabin.
Tomtn
8. Yes, heaps better. and good eatin,
How's the crops git our
Mighty pore, Tora Reckon TINT coin
never VIII b': knee high aud them talers
: ~ - y. -,
~ ~ ui,lru Up " 'iS srvuhu'
, reckon YOU eit aions somehow arter
~,
l9ol'hu 20, rom : oouna %. Doal yo'i
un MVrfy pollV inu tali, hhae tney uns
gwlne 70 hhne ye' IN.
,s ~ ur .iias kiilln, ye know:
Snpot AZ had ter 40 y.
~, ~ COS
inht ysre sam AnareWH Yrs jest
@-sllcin Of 70, to da~gtneat
49, ~ 20 3. 1890,
Sut 70 mlghsy DAD afofe 70 did fur
nm,
~, ~ snoWeu en- me GUY,
iSlit ihey urs ~ gwine % haug 70 nm
lest lhe SAME ehf
est the same
.iiow tfiiilni Mapl, Tom, what 70 IN
RNlne 20 70 bont ~ ~
Jest hang, ! reckon,
nam . gwine Ter raise no fussR
How Kin
lhsy sat SIDE ny side steriugat the cell
door across the corridor, ior three on four
minutes withouthnothef word Then she
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