The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1900-12-01
The Red Tattco.
Death Of senator Davis Recalls a
Tragedy Of Tairty.two Years Ago

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Il may have been only coincidence in
tyel yday life hut the stlangencss Of
the Incidents certainly iDexp.icabie to
the scribe, in the career Of tw, men,
One q man n ,te,l only f.r his mis-, leeds,
the other asman Of great pnbiic charac-
t.r and of VII ,m thi, natl III III rlrn'a,a u
Las just n wv. llm,st iryepara5.a. :
All this is brought to mini by ana with
I etleath It these men and nf the incl
dents whic.i each p.ayel his part in IN. .A,f
the tragic drama, in ra;:! life, w:ticll now
and again tllrtisti its gury head befare
the footliglts AM iuaae Inap..e sll.;!'er
and wonder. II ,sss 3 !, 55. N
s One Of these principals the obscure
one died a few years ago at Dead
Mans Cou!ee, Painted Wmls. and fever
a man dis.i linllunurel if MT unsnng
surely it was that man. Left t. die
almost unattended at the hoase Of Il
neighbor who had but little sympathy
and less Of respect FOR him his own
house the scene of gaiety and reyelry at
the hour yea the very minute his pre-
tnrbed spirit took Its fight to tae realm
Of the unknown. His corpse, stiffaned
and rigid byexposure, was dumped into a
wagon box Uttered by refllse hay the
clothes he had lived and died ili, the
corpse and its closest intimate and con,
paninn took their their last jaunt I'll Bis
marck together. The silent trip gave IL ,
worry to the driver, as he bumped and
ratified his silent companion along the
rock lined highway. The dead man was
received and buried by the G. A. Post.
His wife, that was, refused to appear at
the funeral, and on the ppstof1icers tele-
graphing his well-t,-do-sisters IN Min
nesota, what disposition to make Of the
body, received the laconic reply '.bury
it, ID = 3.
Yet this forsaken dead man he'd start
ed out III life full Of promise well edu-
.cataa, AMI once a reputable physician
in good standing, we are told. Certain
in 1896. as an, Y. s. ex-hospital stewert
lie gave a.. full promise Of success in
life as an exist lieut. ,nnnt who ha,l left
the army from broken health, and then
a struggling attaTney in st. Paul. Minn.
with a reputation ito come. Yet ii,
his death last week That struggling at
t,rney Of 1856, died surrounded and a :
sisted by The best natiical practionerslin in
the land. With ali tia comfort d loving
family AMI friend e nllt give or money
conld buy. Assenatar of t'ln first rank
ani the great Repnb les ablest deplomat-
Yet the doctor iabays mentioned had Civ
m this senat1r an deplomat Ills first
score in hislTace for q successfnl public
career. Adflr,l lin which an Tie
srircnnlstance es9 ~ waTA al aglinst the prisoner
set the psiso onars att Davis han He'd
the ease a, XXI lifnll t',at tie verdict was
acqnitta il, bilt II is safe to3 3say that, u "a
81 apntsi,is3of tlis Jury Hl had followed
Slss eyid clnd Ing the prisoners
own mather believed that Dr,, al snle1
nlardereds snr lagr.c caart III Gold blno,l.
ad e,nue ring inciient yts,t TIL
mark have 3 llla II forgt T. en tla1
Tie death hof Senator sl,aYis iii ssphys sici'
a9ans tel ia wa, traca 1. II marx
one ofa ahis it'll tpess nm ming nwarlaDd5
upward turning tp tblsoa ,i sIall
sblote on the end ~ kis llns nseI rssn.
lnw an:l ! aos senR u ii ~ 1. tarniils n t