The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-20

his'n that dropped in 70 comfort him DO ycp
Eens Jest then ! But this comfertin' noighber
straight as It could be showed that Avery had
shot q John Have. but the jury seemed to argue
that Hays was an old man, any way, an, wouldn't
n lived long, an, that the prisoner was hardly on
the threshold o life, yit, an had red checks. 80
an'they acquitted him o. tho murder. But they
socked II to him for that awful crime o steaun
the thSn so gim AZ, he 20. min mine t ysGNrisi l fSF n 1.5'fSS nTni more %e
II had kind O. slated myself to run for Jus.
ticc o. tho Peace at the next town meetin when
OIL man Hayes, but the way the thing come out1
any future in store for me- whom wunst moro
hope riz up like a. R%littorin' star, when Amy
S al To- plec sss iGS lived ds q @ii Ss from R9s T tSS sSoS;a SGoe
mind you, the Shoholyl He vas New York
man who had bought a little farm in there. an
his wife, not likin' to live In that out;of.the:wey
ieavin' him all alone. His ncighbors, was tho
with him, .S as tRcy was sin IN the 9" habit J" dom with
most ev'ry ono that had the Impotence TO settle
S Saiete sm, man am" YOU Wh eSST s %s' am me the e1 GTeenin's
was-well, they never would n ben killed for
lambs: ,Cheever was warned moron wunst that
he had better move away, but ne said he had
come there to say, an he intended to stay. An
he did stay, an and one day. tho news got out
pile, an when the Coroner went there he found
that Cheeyor had been layin' there about a
couple o days, although. InCT0 was bTeCnlh .
iihyin' not much r'fo mors,n u ogg snshG6 from fSa
ne %st'i how over soos 4 few 70 as{ e. s sSIssns soul !fals
aGreenin' O. some sort arrested for the murdero O.
to pin Sht to'ras JOHN tn they s' took K Siaai in and siN trIed
him. l couldn't see what could stand INC 1 IN Inc
feiier citizen in my township, for IL ever the
chances was good fer my fathers prophecy to
%im sorry / says, fer the, Greenin' cs.
cutch'n, fer there's Roin, to DO q blot on It when
the jury comes in, but, / says, the escutch'no'
turned aehi to Il tho sa sun! Nothin' less than County
Commissioner comes out @ this fer moi, says.
a good many hours, nm then came in an said
there wasn't no doubt that Cheevcr, was muir.
d der h.s an, ,b that toS s9Ssm sS dr m msr Wss to f hnd tSs
prisoner guilty o murder in the second degree:
an he got twelve years! went homo with my
heart way down In my boots.
"'If ever a prophet was without honor in his
own country, l says. here's q case OF II! SAYS.
that hope springs eternal In tho human breast,
an, tell you it's got to 4 its waitin' on juries
George Schmidtlcin was put in jail Charged
wi' lh mu ,TdS II "a q Young %onsb ena lhd he s MSs jHal9SSs of
a %SH,n Even en- when 81 schm!dti IIID"V wa. put
fslIsr, an, as n!sh as ! could, set
nj II. the ROin 4 on o MS young wire Win inc
They showed plain enough on the trial that he
deliberately shot the young chap: al! right; nut
an so hope laid low. I was on the pint O. goin'
home without waitin, for the Jury to come In.
S snt t tnSy ZANE fSe II II Dhiis ! Wa' pa shink u m asoS. II Il
well says, the mem'rE O. my Of father
son OF a prophet after all, | says. 'Jestice has
got along, this way at last, but she's ben comm
as 81" f s town 9 mee afinFs sonl q S"l bo an h ehni riah. then.
there wouldn't a ben anything in tho Eift o my
Teller citizens too good for me. but there was
just fore SChmidtlcin was to be hung. the Sheriff
went in his cell. an what he found there knocked
d %y 4?pf Hs at ha N s sho Ssif h rs II; WITH ash@ his toWel T''
year to sec somebody hung in Pike county. an
o hay. My gray hairs was bound to go down in
sorrow 10 the grave. after all. =! made up my
rue. when h along !: comes y t ihfisse man schultz from
New York. goes up to the Shoholy-there. mind
you, the .shoholy og'in! Goes up 70 the Shoholy
he's in jail for KILN her. As nigh as l could
study out the p'tic'lars. here was g pretty good
MS fer as l can see now. stand a chance o bein'
the son of q prophet this time, bein's as the
rreo. But then there's the Pike county percee-
dents an %shoholy Somehow or other Shoholy
an mebbe shoholy's my hoodoo! It seems
was drawn nigh when i wont be ais:
bet on it.. I've ben waitini' hfty year Tor it. an
inspector Of election. an all iii sit out OF It'll
be that I'm the son OF a prophet; Yes; 1t looks
b9s I S woh # ne b tim on T it's s SHiqs!lI ke acag snmp piish3ii
head aein. It'll be list my consumed iuck!'