The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-29
THE REAL POTTER. OF TEXAS.
CONGRESSMAN WHO RECA1IE ..AY
OUTLAW AND M0DER tFOR CHlEF.
Fled From North Carolina After
furnishing the Man Who Broke Ip
His HOmc-FOueht in the Texas
War for Independcnce-I&iIIe by
hand of Regulators.

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From the New York sun
In all the literature OF the border of the
Great yVaet. ard s,,,t,,,..... - - 4...t.s, -.
ann. .,,.,. -
''i VII" really eNist'n anu WIS
factor W me early history OF the nations
wonderful Western empire, has been so
entirely misrenrosa,,+oI has .,N1r p,,t..
of ,ro,,-,, ,rt
WI O''si ia '''' s''s''
"l HclIoh ana OF popular conception, is
about as unlike the real Robert Potter. the
member of roperes. tho ,,tlau, ...,,,,
,,,oaoro 20 49,. 1890 -,
'"O navy u ''e i'P"OHH OF
texas ana the moderator chief a9 Il is
possible for one man TO be unlike an
Other
Inc te"' MI foler was porn IN North
carolina some time very near the beciu-
ming of the century He can,e Of GOOD ali,
Sou,b C,ro1ir, .,,,.1 49,, .-,.- - -.
,,o,4 -. -,
W." "' lt"d'l thlliu anu an aoNch-
turous disposition, both of which helped
him to a seat in the national Congress-
before he was 40 wears of 400 ,rt,ro he
.,,,.,,7 +,,..,
w" wv 'o'''S anu was q Sauoloa'e lor
reelection when a series of events hap
pened that CHANGED him frop, ono of ,t,
political lesdors of hi ,,.,, ,..
ontIau in ~, III. - r. ~, ~ ."
ters urore v,o,1tI,,.. -. f a.. -, W
were NOT partI ~, NY,
tbrongb ,,b,,1i1a1 - POI 'lN
ono Of HE ,,,,ri-la 'l.. "''0n "a9
Potter seemed tbo l,sr,l ~ - 80,
tiful GIRL in i,i- 1i-t,io. i.
e,inni5e of III ro1itil.l 80 "' Wy
standing Tho fodt 49, IL, nv " ,"-
trotbal Of aro,bar -. .'t,,4 "a9 .'ie ~
forwards heca,,e = STet{,,.1's' "io a.
Potter was ofte,, au,.,, 80, i.t
months a. - ,fr,a afto, Ne 10,
washington az tbo ronraso,,ti,;,i -
district ana be+u,ae, 80. ~ '.'a
among his widely scattorod OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The former lover ana ,,,t,,isto, cf ~ ~
mel was often a ey,,ost a. tl,, pot.s -
tation home ~ No. a. - P.o'-
slow 10 heqin and e1ou,ev 70 $500 80
II was NOT npti1 Pot,or NO, - - -
a candidate far C,o,eress ttat ~, -.
Of his ,,,ife,s raIa+iot,e, III - 49,
lover reached III ears IT, l.,., - -,
told as to What bsnnonad +Io, 60,
that Potter went etraight 70 H. ,,,i,,i-4'.
without anv effort OF ,7ar:f,i,ol a., .
that had come 10 him. 49,. ott,9, r., ~ y
went FIRST n ,is x,ife IA nm, -
sion from her one tbing is nertsi,, N.
found tbe man and talIite7 ~ I.n, H., ~
own hands n,,,7i.ba.1 i'i1t' ga ''''o MS
Ead INC affair. ree,,ltad j., .t. 5.-,-
The nreaaber Potte,, y,,ot,15 -. vi
served al Ieaet anot,a, ta,,, ~ f,, 10 =
living and d,,.,o a t,,,ri,, H7,,I : -
olina roIiticia, ~ 800, ~ Iol "a "a a.
sentiment Of The N-o.tb ,Tro1i,,,, ~,
de,, WHOM II NO., n l,,lt ~ e 10 ti nc,
befweer man ana n,a,, n,a. 10 o'Ili ~
,assinr on ac+ Of ne or,,ai3, 1e 80 o. ~
-
Men tl7e f,t,o,ita how ae ~ o'',,e
two can+inor+s fmoi..I.o - 49, %
IL ,or,,,d ,,ttl, - 7itt oitt
dnze7 -. 90 snail a0ac,oat -. ~ "a
49,, NO.. % idor[9r,71,,,1, ~ '1s e'l0
49, - 49,; - - 49, 1ltU o'i
49, saboo,,o. I!iatora ~.
tacbroan+ ~ grevos ra,,a1r,, tl,a+ sy.,r, ~,
horses ont 70 The veseeI 1,biob v-as
inesI, 49,, -, go vi vi
.r upo'I siiqa' uige' .iie III VI an
,idoI ~ 80 a. o1,,,,',
49, =, ~ -. 81 ~ I3o,,1Ii 80 Inn
w, III 're Ia u 80 " CNs,7
o1oiI - e'ie ~ wy I'll
9atii-,,S ,,ir,soIf -, tbl ,7.tt, - f
Caddo lake near a noint which sim hears
Sauuo IN =; - 9'',i
ne ~ " - ~
thorifv was totally disorganized and
iil1,, 80. ra,,i51l,. tolay,i,, 80,
ms -, -. 20 tiIa Foroas ~
CT. - ~, ,,,Sr,9o. -, 49,, Iaree
o 1t..., ~, - ,I,oro1 III r,,oi,
p,aIil' ~, 80 "a strear Of I9ost To-
aIOlis NJ e,,,,lIi. ,,as es1ablishad
a., a. az 49,, iie, ri,,er, Of ard solj
80. - ,,,.T,,iza1 tben1soI,-as INTO a
me pia 1 s.1oo,,Ia+a,e ;, ,btoh
paiiu hiIo -..'i7 ~ ,ae,r u, ;a,.as A.
speoullS Sup ll'aSo7oS 9tbo,. Localities
ueiIeiy no - o,jia5 10 botto. claee
tne tlecessty o'i9t i,s ~ ne
ol cl1iIeils ~ l 80, tba-o left The
lS'o's naNIns 49, [,,iaii,, Saoonorato1
orsanlZ 1 ,ohs, w. roardos as had as hose
INTO pdnu "a .a.+t,,aiI,, i1tordod 70 s,In-
Whoil was ~ e 5o1,a the set-
press liIs ooaiza+a, which was
tlers mo :, having far
known ds .Iie - ,,1a s,,,,ylreesjon Of
the reason % w ~ ti,oa a. he an
the hes ~ 1to oorrts and their oficers
49, setter established. the best class
=. =. e,ai,o,s aroe to RELY on them for pro-
81 ,,1ore and more and the organiza-
.eclloil 80 t,otb "ReouIators" and "Moder-
uo,Is ., 81 10 r,aint9ined solely as instru-
alol9 " fond between their respective
i ,.ti VI Ct
ie $,tt .,, = natural leader Of men. and
foIlei " a. -, "a -, tI,,t ragard together