The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-05-07
A PICTURE ON A n
Explanation Of n Former Slave of the
Tragic Death Of Her Old Master.

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Trayic death ~ Her old Master.
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"AShis'iuS' way d. near one .erm'huso
ohe VI y. ""'"s'o" ivy v" 'no io"'
'o"n roo" u s"es'uu. a rec wiz,
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VI h"ny IVY "noh ne "aS q
,nhes lnoSe plu,"i. ohe e'on,nk Siase'' lei,
"" ON alte hs" "oiue "i'n lie WHY. anu
on ~ pach o' a'ery spii,'eu morse star'eu ioi
Ine village some Two miies Instant l. was IN
oepcenioer'a anu d hea'y rain nau orencheu .he
Iano' 'ne roau was nea'y WIN muu anu ING
ioIiase 'na' ir'neeo vi ei'"er siue maue IL
very u"rh.
"hen miohiRho hau come withou' oiageto :
return lie "iie' a'alh'eu d. nis aosence. hau
'"e carnage prous". u anu "i' . ha'a
ana uri'ei' pIoceeoeu aiohs 'he roao IN search
MN 40 .hey Ieacheu acorher Oh Tue wooa
a''he emu y .heir property so"e'hihe "h'ch
rendered 'ne norses very uneasy was oisco'.
cred through the darkness. lying at the foot OF
the chestnut oak. The object turned out to be
tne oouies Oh oiaget1 ana ms horse' tne heaus
OF each dashed TO pieces py the force OF a col
lS,pn WIN u .ne OAK 'fe'' WHO" was epa''efe'
W. s 80
The bark OF a chestnut oak is most peeu;
knota mailing no n wbola . mosaic ~ o,tr.or-
nU'' 90" 'o'e =" VI"
readily trace upon it's surface any outlines that
hest nlease the fancy The silbouette ~ the
bodies of the man and the horse with a full
view Of the injured foreheads OF each was dis
tinctly pointed out by neiGhbors and slaves
TO every stranger coming that way. The no.
toriety grew SO unpleasant that the family
"'s"eu u nave the 'ree reinoNeu' outi was
unfortunately for them. a boundary-line tree
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A few weeks after the death Of Claeett n
h,s ront = ha,ao,a n,u,ot.o I'll =,
II. who gossip said was the daughter Of the
dead man. disappeared. and though every
device known to law and personal interest was
resorted to. no trace of her was discovered.
The family said she had been spirited away.
while nelghbors declared she had been sold
into Georgia because CT her supposed relation
..r.s - ..I H. an ~ "a. -.
moved horeh. ana the chestnut OAK with us
after the close OF the war. and it has stood in
face OF storms and Changes ever " since.
ro Near ,et this old tree no and also near the suburban
in the railroad Enterprises has bought a fine
PLACE IsSI;,o one 3, ia day ]Tessntlg q b I told IA H. sx wife ths
kEf nsew a .aS ! do o ot IL h bevo MTIf hea IN ,he H yiisi Witss
Fbs so1SSt do Shaf fr6 5he tbs c Soxib, w mas bd they som had
where in that part Of MontTomsr r county. she
nndpF afn0hy and mariana might know anma-
thing Of the story Of the tree rec and its crIISsbed VIC
TINS. But when the cook, Rose. was asked. she
s ssme s mnSehrn knew even ro to hsy ., s heard an o sVHh'' a'a inw y
evenings later, however. Rose came to the H.
|REary door after ID dinner snd SAID Sfs would
She seemed embarrassed but thew Questioned
her kindly and she finally said:
it's more what you'd cali a statement When
You asked me last week II I Knew anything
tjjad hy rupn;pu against a nbostnut nat traa
Years and Years AGO ont here in Montaomerv;
ST9pn ni y.i ! t : tbs You tpnt no. IA IA never aver h ne n6oS Of T.
hut Tor The minnte I dreadad 10 act nowledgc
il and bring the matter fresh to my mind. after
[ y was tn'b BORN or1ae a Save j aoS as ) You must st know no "e sir. i
belonged to the man that was killed. / had
mistress was n GOOD Woman and Kind 10
eyery one / had but little cause for complaint,
bv nature When he was deep in his ems he
Would We Hi for OF the SLIGHTEST cause tie some on mnfo ne
y vard viii fhd a cord o. ttbatt al AT lines cut t II t q the
skin at the wrists and Keen them there for
thousbf az q Z t 1bmn h sn Tou ID a Iasse them mem som os
sashes with bis Viii thai cmt sharnlv AMI womiS
lay SSEen the sE an,s an El start III blood:
since noontime on the day he was Killed. ali
me me nppe an Ga Wi0 81 n and s sSs vs pet nhf,I edP tbrons IL
and through and Very sore and wretcbed'
Mistress went out at dark and released Aunt
anart wi.h hs wb e%n s hahn ana aHa h sn%a n sdo e fne
Intdnn ~ bo wm unur IL nddpn noma sly unu sords X
h or nnor hea WA N ;. stnr disc co., w al Mbat
his wife had done he vas fmrinus. and ruushinS
at her after abusing her in awful ianpuape'
Wwbicb WAS forever in bis hands Than hs tmree
ont Of the door and ordered his mettiesome
borse to he saGdIeh "a vino that "a he was NO
amor master in bis ~wn homs"e he wonId 90
To- The VILLAGE tavnrn He rode on and Ea
never ANU lin alive again ''o '"' """ W.
""khont six weats after he uas huriad n,v
mother wbn was also n ieIS hand. sent wonrSS
for me- 10 m.et her down NV The gate after sun ann
ner Nothnrs manner scsr eG me Sbe satd
sba had n secret 70 tsii mo I thnn0ht nerhana
we wers ali Going 70 he sold and asked her II
that was II Sbe said no hnt she cnuid Easn
tell u to me. -,
her poor sister had been mangled by masters
whip, heard him curse his vile and saw him