The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-03
War sho n drinkin' oman

the bo hed days o. my life"
War thar " still nigh tharf'
"Go on an, toll the truth, the whole truth an
bSin't no out rcY ine truth af1cs So h SsIs y Sps,s SSd' an mar pa.
s MdeSil o sR1i n ere amt rGr-. ~ !Federl Court an you
swell, then, Their war. Hits the same still,
You ricollectA"
,, No. Pro ! don't riSolIGSt nSathin', Who runs
wy Jee!ns %Jetiries, an he hired this ere
"Never min bout the niger. we hain't come
time the gun nredi'
II gdlinpsed a man as no run thoo tho
War that the mani pointing TO the oulprlt,
whose eyes were bullying out with terror as the
'0%%ST,s1iff fpS cS YER turned upon him ,r, , ,,.n
blieye to my .dyin' day that hit war him."
What, makes you b'lovo hit war this 'ero
~ "SM%ii, ssmolt sumO'n like a Niger mon hat
that ,H 10 go up ln thai Don't TN nE 4Gt s s69I tns i..I ! Kin NV ,lHw
ter Clerk; Mister Balllfr, cl'ar the room TO
Si%rN at :,d MisteF Solicitor you an th9
IGo WITNESSES. Now" he continued, turning 70
he e halhi,t ' bout u the same &c Il IN t tSs eyes yssH . the
lay; What do you think. Mister SOLICITOR"
Ike this, n mere court of inguiry---'
III have you to remember that this 'ero
bul NV lNt1 u micro uDylnlnw, BIT. Hit y
one 9 the highest try.bunals in the state. l
haint never bon reversed by tho S'preme
Court yit, an, I'm too old in the. business to
sheriGF'
The Sheriff was in favor of admitting tho ties.
tlmony, because the people of that section had
powerful keen noses, an not bein' usen ter
niSsers, they could tell ono q long ways off
The tris c, CLERK, who was in 3 hurry to bring tho
with the Sheriff, and the crowd was called
bacx and tho evidence of the witness ad-
After the woman had concluded her state.
ment the prisoner was allowed to tell his story.
To the surprise OF all present. he fell upon his
Knees ana In broken sentences told the whole
story. He said that the man Jeffries wanted
10 put his wife out of tho way, and had offered
him mn 700 and a hve-gallon key of whiskey to do
See what I toll your remarked the Sheriff,
turning to the crowd. 81 knowed thar war
sump'n behind all this"
There To, was !, 4 sudden rush for the prisoner
SIm I yei Us Or Or I Hans himi Burn him! String
,hA a s stalwa Art, mountaineeT grabbed the end Of
negroes neck, and a dozen others laid hold of il.
"Drap itl' Sheriff McGinnIs had placed him
SER IN the doSrway between the prisoner and
his coat he had drawn that long revolver.
ih in Tep t II, | say or Ill dr"p the last one o We
mopntaineers and the crowd fell back.
rh Now 9Ny. fell 5elle1 GiteI1cns YOU all know me.
y s'N' 40 AiulA, WI nv y utltT
inc PERFECTION o the law. Hes my pris 'ncr an
I'm 'sponsiblc fur his safe keep'n'. The fus,
man that tetches lin will git n bullet thoo his
Williams" said he, turning to the cross.
eyed constable, keep a. eye on that ere oman.
piller, an, ten to one she can't be foun' when
she's wanted by, the Gran lury. Now, Squire,
ere niger ont'n tho mount ms as quick as pos.
s:Gie. Tho larm,s spread, an, by night every
mere, an well have trDuhla Ghp' Won, hitch
up "a. buggy an we'll drive 'hoo the country
u b'lic,e you're right" said the Justice, hav.
Ing parted with a good deal Of his judicial
dignity since the outbreak. but the COM
cent o, costs less,n l have the papers drawed up
This gcnt'l write out the commitment while
you're a%.gittin, ready. Here's the form in the
PACK o, the codsa; Hurry up, now. fur we hain't
One mint. Williams, hitch up tho mare
while l speak to this gent III privit," replied
,hhe SQUIRE taking the writer TO one side near
fishing IS ns" out a .n Sa nIfIslaios' jug sf fso mere sns sala he he;
floor. have sumpn. Don't drink You
needn't be askeered' o this stuff, FUR bit never
What wanted to say to 80 wus, that I'm one
o tne best known %Jesttccs in moth G"orgy, an
an fairness!' an s ali that spin 'Shar o Soa @y t, o's Wr;ts
~ up, NTH not do you no ham anil tickle my
frish $ All over tho county
ouild,rg, where the Sheriff was waiting.
Squire" said he. Il want to see this ere
Jungle with, i'm a bit, +" and taking the news.
papsr man by, the arm he led him out into the
bushes, and, drawing q loug quart bottle from
nlS MP pocket. drew the cOrncob stopper and
held it out toward the whilom clerk Don't
DRINK LIN s'priscd. Thought al, you fellers
say TO yc is this. I'm one o! tho oldest and best
known Sheritfs in upper Georgy, an any little
,hiisE 'e aa"f bus Us n mesf an PVT in DO ~h hill i E9,Ge w rndG'
You see hit wus me that peryented the lynchin'
an, ally brought out the confession f'om that
As tho reporter hurried away TO The little
station to catch a freight train. he found stand.
ing near the sh9nty the solicitor;Gcncral
q little good .whiskey for a case OF emergency.
GM 'imf. ,3 you o ION me IN a pipi No. we'll IN
of criminal law as displayed in the manage
n'ent OF this case viii please my constituents.
know"
About that time the freight train rolled in.
I1wh to the station, but was too late to put in
his plea.
been tried twice in the suIperio c Court :. and is n now
time, Jetfriss skipped out and took with him
chief witness, and 1t Is supposed that they are
living somewhere up in rho copper mine re-
The IL, rder occurred just three years ago.
The old Justice was defeated in the last cloc-
ton BY a Popu!ist candidate, and has gone to
sg is%if'' MSqGinnis t %as Killed GiI h By an e.ca naltn;
prisoner. The Solicitor. General Is a member
OF the legislature, and the cross-eyed bailiff is
running a nloonshine still up among tho Una.
kas, and there is a joke current to the effect
that his cross eyes enable him to keep one eye
so Tint he manages TO clude tbs revenue officers
on every OCCASION.