Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-04-24

| NLs& 4NfL+- L'tlli 4--f t-t-fA f-At- ''H the top of "Crvc-lcat oA Evidences"
 Why lCt if l.. ,.n..l,>.: I-u'5j,!onr business and I.<ue h Ie.--~.'., .'r s...H vety bad man or twcivr s.>-. .Hi :-.- that Jnc right k aiy-, WI
 'Ccrtainly. but in t..
 have to Po-euade them ,.s-.
 and fact in order to do what I believe to be right. ." Mr UIlIErsA aail. making himself horizntal ly putting his heels upon bis dc.'l and tipping lis chair aS fur hac,l q, i>r>,;'lc. Again Najor Vance spo,;c thruuch his l,un veil
 Toll ,.r alI ;;' ut f. Ho.r client looked 2F though h. came oC. ce the ark. Has he g,y cla;ll iyr d@.G. -EF against Noah ,t aL: Crisit g l~@tr,r If line fcuce,:'
 .Ncitncr. Yoa ,4uat have hsard all about ii. It's onr of our celebrated eases ,, the Ov,ryon claim.
 What. k that the man who h. been a legal ral1 lIi8o these last 70 yc:.rE::'' The v>tv ~a,lc-Fr.lncia OvCr5ou. ES,l. No Je'gt,r rlood in the state. "
 Tell II, about tho claim. Of course I've heard oz II Eyhulu@~iy. I'd like tn know the Sgo:v of ii with circurstantial cxactny@s.
 Its d !itiful o"r, and rly father al- wavS insisted bs-rlu iu ;j Trlu2"Cc .,'E in Carolina. He Er:-v 10th the Ov.r- tonS ciid Fauurly-ays t.rre. The L4..~ If each fo,Is' # s-si,'-, te.i ln love win the Sarl, yaunE wo3aI--'l i,i-e..S and great h,,l.-Who rr>.rl;cl youn5 Over ton. IL t'.., ,''.tr lr..,lI sl,yI' vCuEC@uc> against Li> s..s. ..-~. sl riv,.}, raHody vvcr heard "f it, but ,Nvcv.aGy hncvT that tlr w.-il ,31ship uure gN.~tins: be- ty,,>.u Fl two t..r:.t'i,- w, utterly G.:.1 In fist. t v.;, i,lt jA r, d .-'oI thing when. f..w y,.;rS 1.t " h;5 v.ca@H.t, vouu- Ov,ttou iaar,.l N,itl il lis }'e- loll-.il.-S tn l,.i.s,..o .I.ls. s-,N v.
 ''II-ry F, gcs a,:yJ @-uu.jo.,iv. Com ing iu N....1 IT. ..vN.>'l Fl the s-,.;" Ky virgin h, l..,. II l.a,i " c.,.s.'.- ui t.H r,y...<, lanI q a Tr.vo I1"t M; H, Nt n uusl!icr E,~i3s~ h. Get l.... siHsl If tAe ,, -. a~,, hanks ia tsa ~.atH, and ;s seu as k. had r a far sia-i llanta- tiou ulN.u. ~>t a@aut NuiiuiuE tcr.,..ccs uud making irun H. NyaS c-syrt'"ily q m.n ,t big enterprises, u:.e vino Gid uot'l-,-. ol a :-,:s!l sc:.lr. Into t'is licE y,..,ur., Lc T..t a Co.l ol moll>y-ci1e :5 .-1 of f. ;.ul.ckily for him, iiot his ,vu Tn.rv 1r,~y half q dozen Ill.,, fur u:..-,.-. a t,r.e'. 8 rolling mill heaven knows what besides, hut ii tho rto1->y ,,.-., uar i'll a stream 1t looked ;o rc l.,r.iu t,l.. ic vg..,,ld come iu iu a food Ini.,I nly ta'N," ,'s.,Es lu;in,@lurd t'.t. .Ir Or. r;.a went ,.. l-.l-t so, GOO il G.br simply ta D%lien LosIers who forced their cs-a u.Nu him. For three wears rv,ryr' -,.; >.,rt we'll No m@n Stu.l >o h;-', v,..s ,,i; .l ~o hanpy. IhHu came 2, $ a uE .:-...A.vs. Ills Wi.r Gictl- his ,'silJ~v.i. ,.ll ....y one tA, y,J,-y boy my client ,f jallv. E-tsrr people were done talking over their lUHyrIls there waS q bigger sensation. HITtOn Fauutl,3uy' 'S ;tt ,rnyy had como out from North Carolina and laid claim to all the iron l.;I ia IIr. Ovcr.ou's possession. Thou ,l h. l-u-,led the claim to scorn it made a :-.r.' Gow-G' 'yc-du @lnvu2c part n.rS anl y",1itor,. They ClA2n. rcd for uu ,XpIunu-i,u. T.. answered Y iuyinC cy;t or l's.yin.; each n.c in full, though to d. il s;rir.Nl him Of everything but th,. l,.-,lr>.l.. i-l ,,. :.ute. That w&S for- tune if h. Eyid ii. -tt the trial people waited OH t.ueo2 far inc out< 1nr of it all He came iuro court mighty .or- rowful locking, nut no whit LoWucIst Ind2yl he IsI h.~llr thought it worth while to cmuloy . lawyer, but 2, my fa- thor had s<ttl-d h;s other &.l&irS fur him he said to him, 'GvO"Ec. please look after this littlc matter
 But l,iv fatl.,r woull I.svur take a fec for that days work: said he diln' { earn il. Fauutlvrov', nan got mp first and ..lid that EiS client claimed tln land under goy, ,rIrl.nr entry at Sl:ch a date, ! to bI cet..h.is'l-i lv patent ".sI I.y,ip5s for purr,...~,. l.o.Isv. Eir. Nv> rtou E"',l- ly wui..l t,.v his last N,rI lyfurr he strod IF, saying to thr ju..s2 "> though the whole thing luryl him, If y9vr honor will lo1k ar thu$2 paHyrE, N2a will find ll':,t my entry If the s.:l.'r l":'d was just two yv:us c.rlirc.
 'H-m," said the jud@r. 'EuU must mak4 voyr stu.,1,eas on oath. { While Mir Ovortuu WAS lr.i,G sworn his ] honor tG.i]lrd with tho p3prS, Int ! didn't lu'l at them. The other man ] passed u1 his documents. Nuu might havr heard yourself think while the 1 judge wus turning them over. The ! crowd could .,.' t2.J th,y looked official -ou -rv,rumr:'t forms. with hj- rri S,al~ When h, uldid thu Ov.IJu" packet, ,.ycrvh1dy gave :; E;lsn. IT WAS l uothin., hut blank pap.r. Mir. ovcri.n stood like a dead man for a minute, 1 then surlng fl.,iuy thc judge, and shout 1 cd out: The crcco-l>-Scarch the records. ! know my deeds are there!
 Most likely they were thcrC, but the book was mi<~iug-has been from that day to this. Of course. though, there was nothing for II but to give judgment for Fauutlcroy. But when court was over, as my father was helping MT. Overton from the room. the judgo came to them
 and said: I know it's your land. sir.
 Appeal, appeal. and by the Eternal will help yol to get justice.
 That broke Mir Ovorton all up II ! choIled and said gaspiEEly: The fight will go on. sir, so long as Oyorton blood runs in any creatures veins. 1have got | just one boy loft. Better, much better see him dead than to know he would let ! it be said his father had been proved d scouEdrclly land thief.
 They never. shall s9v i.. father
 young Frank cried out. Tho old man reached out q hand to him, staggered,
 fell. was dead before they could lay him
 straight on the grass in the courthouse
 yard. Knecling beside tho corpse, the lad
 he was just turned 11-swore tc
 avenge and vindicate tho dead man if il
 took all his life. Though of all his fa'
 thcr's fortune there was not enough Jeff
 to bury him, the son was not badly of.
 His mothers money was held in trust
 for him. and there was moro to como
 from rich bachelor greatuncle
 .sThe Overton claim has swallowed
 nearly all of it, for, you see, thes'
 things came to pass more than 90 year:
 ago, before you and 1 were born.
 rrsI...z...l, ,1l tbcro 1-oo-- tbn figbt ha,