St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1896-09-26

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The following lstt& 10 verbatan
from . lsttsT recently received 4
tAis d0cs. Il parports 70 be q
confession Of Dr.. ]. b. Grady. nov
confined in Ne. psnitentiary Il
Oakiy. Niss. and = printed viii
ont tho alserat1pn Of . word. .He
sreaks twice Of . mysisrions third
party. but docs not give his.nams
wteis hel
oskly. Mics. Sept. 7th. 1896
H.lt Frauklinton News
Dear Sir
Will yea please publish this. i's
me and you will ob;ige me very
much aud may save some other in
noosnt man suffering for >tns crime
Of some one else. B=sidus I think
The people Of your community will
be glad 70 know by whom and no =
and for what purpose the franklin.
ION Court House robbery was CON.
mitted.
Your Most Truelv and ob'igs,
- Dr.. ]. B. Grady.
P.S. Pies, " send me . copy Of
your paper eoetainisg the pub.
Oakly Miss. Sept. 5th 1896.
To the citisens cf Eranklinion
aad COMMUNICABLE order 10 PEE
vent Barney lewis from causing
ssms other Innocent man. l,-rsaftAs
10 suffer punishmens for oriss that
As Barney himse'f should sxpiats
for / shall shed thu trus light up
IN the Fran Hinton Court House
In Jan. 1896. 70 every
body may 80 and know by whom,
aud how and for what purpose il
was eosamittsd, Barney and my
self and . party living near The
fork OF the Pearl and Begue c3itto
Rivers. met together one rainy
night Jan. 1896 and did She WORK
Of robbery.
The third party and I stooj d
The corners Of the Ccurt House IL
watch shils Barney prissd open
the window and / think he cut one
side Of the blind Of the window
As hs went IL the ~indov I wen,
Gear ana heard him drop some nil
YER money. He struck three q
four matek % being all be had. b
look for the money. % having no
more matches, he Was oompallec to
rsnov ~ The papers outside where
they could 10 sxaniEed 90 % r.
fad q csrtsin warrant W we're
hired 20 60 there for. and for no
other purpose. Tho third lAEty
took IN oat sack from under his
eddie and he and Barney sacked
The papers and No all went down
The River Road by varn.dore's.
md come distance from there We
found . trss burning which gave
light 10 examine The ~.
pers, and found Burkhsltsr's land
.i>sda I remarked that these
Ilesds should be placed whe 70 they
Gould be found. Bar:ay said he
would put them in the y indow ~
he went back through town. h1t I
haze found out since that 10 did
not and still has them yet ier sone
purpose which he told to otksl
fellow Prisoners here, which may
bring an Innocent man iMto trouble
ia order 70 make people think in
behalf and sympathise with him u
much ~ possible.
lie thinks BY doing this kind Of
low down intamy that il will light
IN his case Of robbery that hs com.
mi.tsd on Lsnard 1'aylor's son
rear John Dillon's in the same
Barney asserts here opealy and
boldly that he would swsar any
|hiog 10 gain lsAincy or secure his
liberty even il his oath snould
b1eak an inuocent mans neck. ]
Am putting up my time like . man
Tor the crime I am convicted pi,
md not trying 10 p.ck il 81 On
ZONE innocent nan. 1fAuy further
Information 10 was ted. I an ct The
Public service with chesriulnsss
Hope This will suffice to be saaie-
factory 10 oil.
I remain. Reap.
DR.. :. r. Gradv.