The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-25

ly came back to North Carolina, and
never returned to her husband, giving as
reason therefor that he had been cruel
to her and had made her life with him
intolerable. After a few years Jeter c..
Pritchard young attorney as he was
then, brought suit for Mrs. Ray and OBJ
tanned divorce for her, and in 1892 she
and Mr.. Pritchard were married. The
service of process on Ray was by publica-
ton.
For sixteen years Anderson has been
a fugitive from justice. His boy, baby
when Anderson fed the State. has grown
nearly to manhood, and has never seen
his father. The two girls are approach
ing swomanhood, and they scarcely re-
member the features of their father. The
mother has struggled and made living
for her children and herself, and for the
past three years she has been postmis-
tress at Bakersville.
ANDERSON IN HIS NEW LIFE.
Ray seems to have passed into obliv-
ion, and there is a rumor that he is
dead. With Anderson the case is differ
ent. His family and friends have known
where he has been, what he has been
doing, and by what name he has been
called ever since he fled from the State.
For a number of years he has been in
the Secret Service of the United States,
and on many occasions when Government
treasure was being transported Ander-
son was the captain Of the band that de-
livered this gold safe at it's destination.
During the Spanish-American war,
when the White House was more care
fully guarded than ever before or since,
the sandy-haired blue-eyed, fair-com-
plexioned man you saw passing in front
of the portico, standing little more
| than feet in his shoes and erect as an
Indian was Waightstill Avery Anderson.
| If you observed the man of the same de-
| scription in citizens clothes standing
| nearest President Mckinley when he was
| in Chicago laying the cornerstone OF the
new postoffice building, that was Ander-
| son. If you have observed one OF the
! outriders in citizens dress beside the
| carriage of President MsKinley as II
| sped up Pennsylvania Avenue, that was
| Anderson. Perhaps if you should hap
pen to pass the Presidents cottage at
| Canton and notice a similar man in citi-
| zen's dress sauntering along as though
| he had nothing to do, that might also
| be Anderson.
In one OF the Tar western oldleo, NO.
| far from the Rockies, this fugitive from
| justice, the victim of partisan rancor
and perhaps perjured testimony, has
] made such a good name for himself dur
| ing the past sixteen years that today
| he is the Republican nominee for sheriff
of his county, and will, in all probability
| be elected.
In. view of these facts, Judge A. G.
| Avery of the Superior Court who tried
| the case, has written a most urgent let
ter to Gov. Russell, asking Anderson
| pardon. Senator Pritchard, of course, is
intensely interested, and has also writ
ten to the Governor. Five of the jurors
who brought in the verdict of murder
have signed the petition.
There is still strong feeling against
| Anderson, and bitter protests are being
| filed against his pardon. The mother OF
| the dead man Horton, is implacable. She
says her boy was foully murdered and
| her life has been one of blackness and
| despair ever since. She has written to
| Gov. Russell a vehement letter protest
| ing against the pardon and has aroused
| her friends to activity in her behalf
Nevertheless there is reason to be-
| lieve that before long the pardon will
| be granted.