Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1901-11-28

good a ueahcr a. anyone. Thez
! 90; iGtO bad company aud they
got ne 10 crIakiog
what vas tie 6rst thing that
started y0a or the 6oHnw4ri
tTaek. ,, keii the reporter.
well I believe u vas Side.
I got 10 Gaacir : aud thea to drink
Ing I'd going Win bad men and
uoweE aud became immoral. Then
I Est % EskIng xlisSy ana selling
u. have mss4e q Tot Of WHISKY
AID mere money selling IL. I ex-
peel. than any ran IN y ssSiSsipoI.
hEt cot one cent Of il stuck 10 ne.
I WaS alEayS poor, and sIIl not
leave a cent
NY vile Ess Mss Cords
ONen>. bern ard raised in this
county She = one Of tue best
women living. aad begged and
plealed SIth ne 20 stop my had
vayS- She said Sic WoEld 20 to
The fed AID EoTk znd let ne stay
II Lone Il wOR.d only let whisky
alone. IS9niG ROT 1T her work
IN the Geld. and i-t q. IeozId 10
save Ter from hazd work
Ny cid f-theE and mother plead
81 With re time and again TO give
~ ny evil vsys. ard - did otheT
Christian ye0p.-. but / got Inia
.zSses AID fights from drinking.
za1 Uhen the officers iaterfe-ed
world Ao.G a -TE1ge against them
| held gTG!gss sgssns. people aud
u seemed Ike u grew on Ee-
4 got to gambling. too / pay
Cd cards aud lest most [ made from
u.akIu. ~ti>ky-
i never made the counterfeit
money they accused ne Of %.
, tLe SAT- here IN trEa tor another
man 20 make It. aud got into
trntble WHEN t-ley tried 20 pass Il
y0Et tel waO Gi1 the making.
bCt * Ea>I.'t Re
We're You drinking the ereu-
M yOC did the kI.ling.-
i had been dFIaklng n good
Heal va pretty tall. bzt not %
fall that ! cilG't know NhRs I ga
DOING | lad gru3ee asaiass
uaga Montgomery fsF taxing NJ
plsto. assay trOa Eae ne p-s.ol
cost m s~snt he TOOK e. Tie
01-eTs said | ss1ai3a-t carry .
pastel and people had Threatened
Ely ..fe. z11 lad % Bat 1t ulS-s- I
ne that shell the Nonssemery>.
IL EaS the niger / waat yaa u
ask hin zad see. lie Eilltrlly oa
The reporter started 10 leave
the cell and Mates bsEged tnal
the Question b. PIT 10 the ae.rO.
Orlando Let ? TIE negro va
Standing al TIE door Of the iIaiE
in- cell. and =hea asked i ~ did
The shooting. SAID. u shot them.
hEE he tod ne to- The negro
stated tllt lie u.s. jus. - wears
81 Mathis said he vas - year.
old FRIDAY
N@tais rsqEested tie rep0rtes
to lei hlm what Lister had said.
-OKae! that BE did the shooting.
SAID tie reporter
That's 80 sad Mathis %
eaaFse could have prevented If
!. ! wanted 10. but | didn't do the
s-O0l.Eg. AMI didn't want you &c
iLsak - 1 keid the lamp and a
pistol
Mathis does not look ike a
typical te<9eraio- He has rsgnlal
features and l. better locking tina.
the SveTsee Haa- He seems is
July ree.Izr lis carer = rzn- 4at
there remains igr kiu 5Et an igao
a-Ea7sS Gesgh- lie Says he v0HId
g4s- tae World. Il LIZ Lad Il. - fee
- L GJi SIX ye4zs ego. vixen I,
Eas lsI-izg IN EpFIsh; Ilfe. Il
uss x1issy that did IL he wceiC
rrpszf- and It, skzt I SAY be :
~-raiHz IL every 5o.iy, never q
touch IT,
Mathis seems GeEOtetiv attached
TO his wife Il could have got-eE
aEsy easy ezSush.- ke said -bgi
ny wife nigh. lave suffered. and
. couldn't bear that Sizes a good
WOMAN, and What hate most Is
leaving her to so much MISERY
She did all she eOait TO get ne 10
d. right, bat il vas xklSky taas
kept me- IN the Wreagf
". ID. Moore. shO = eOafued n
jail and who mas once a news
paper correspondent. i writing
the life Of VIII Mathis a. Dictated
b. Mathis himself ThesSessh I'll
Dc published IN Pamphlet f1Em.
and The proceeds from the ss.Ie OF
sAe same 90 - Mathis wife 4zd