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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-05-17
-RSONAL AND GENERAL.

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4 Igs- man of 81. Jacobs, H.. mys
Eu,.v disappoarcd while n s.
4 on The 5th. and he Inns NOT beer
mce mis- relatives f,ay mat Il,
b. with fouI play
/ house Of representatives on
Eb. passed the omnibus state.
1 biI for fine admi.-ion of A,.f
New Mexico and Oklahoma
senate. am tbr OH conGrmed
Domination Of II. X. Evans TO he
d Statn ~-nl rarrrI IN T,5n.
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r'al.
lii. ..aoon sam Of tbo uoy.
Republic has rcsionad his ~.
The llaytian congress was
| to assemble. Nav F.. to elect CT
elected ,pril loo6 ,,',' ra, a 'o",, ta'.,,,
Fym years. -
+ Chicago Tboo,ooiooI son,;,,,,.,.
| thc first time in the history 81 +
Congregational chprcb "',oo'S ho5 , oon' "
b the degree Of bachelor Of ii.
on a woman Miss Tlnrorno a 4
|5au Of constantinonIe ~ T"rI,o,, r''rE ~
WAS taken 10 scrionsy n. o'.I',''i i or witG nfl,
I'oms Of apopIcxy, WON ON tbc 'Il' floor G,Cr
.e Y, house Of REPRESENTATIVES,. "gy, ON
'.h Just after making an earnest r, gi'
ment in behalf Of the ~ admission nj, ,,t' ,
/ territory as a State. '''''''9''''
Chime Of ten bells, to he known
Z Mckinley Memorial II chime bt ~'"%" 'ra
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-05-17

Chicago, May 13.-'The west side po-
lieemen, under instructions from
Mayor Harrison, raided saloons and
music halls which have violated the
midnight and music ordinances sun
day night and arrested more than
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-05-17
wnr, shorter IIours ana MVTV

St. Paul, Mimi, May IL o,.., ne e ond
0eniers. "i' brisAlaycrs, steom%atters % ono ,I'',
other mechanics affiliated WIN t.;i,s tns
building trades council are on ahor,s, S,rtS,
hours and increased pay
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-05-17

Chicago, May 11,.-NIrs' baroafa a
cNemmcr. 764 Belmont avenue u
widow, was shot twice and morians ,'i,i,,
yl yonnded, Friday night by IhlnP 9,,P
Stahl, sg who then shot himself ana o''o
Instantly.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-05-17
THE MARTINIQUE CATACLYSM.
FIRST Reports of the Total Destruction of the Civ Of St
Pierre Are Fully Borne Out
FULLY 10000 HUMAN BODIES LYING AMONG THE DEBRIS
~ pahs Event Described by witnesses View of the
Hulhs as Seen by the First to After the Fury of
the Destroying Element Had subsided

r,.,,
I.~1. - l'o',"''', "l the press
,m,na.5, 3'', ''''""'''E Iac'9.
- A. 10y '''''I, I,'ns ne lllhaoltahtS
,,I,,,'l' =, ny """Ne TO ma heaNy
o,,at,,. AZ An '3,i"S 5.. Y, ,i'e mont Lelee
t,,Ia a., ~ H"4 v 9eeilesIaA hoftla ae-
,aaro .,,' IN - H'u oeFh y, -, 4eora. lhese
nanh ~ .m. '|''' o. J. n"'I'"S on tiie
''' 'oi'''' o''''o's VI 'Hc SouilI' ! nc
,,ia,,., l''',',,'l''s 5 o''SFo on wednesday
l, = n, ,',,u ''''g y, "9'ieS zen i'Ae F"'i ON
ne Illhaoili'hlS were
''l"! "'''' 'ul "o'' Moullet' who had
e. ''''' AT d. IItrfe the evening be-
~ w "''' every 'HlIlS possible to allay
'''r ~, ''"'G,
"e hIlllSh steamer Roralma
e"'i''0 o. ilerfe on Thursday with
,['' P"S7e"gefS' among whom were
W. . stokes ana her three children
'ilu MrS' H. a. lnce. They were
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-05-17
no,irnt.n win AmerIcan Trip.

New York, May 11,-SantoS Dulnoh'
hos arrived here, says u Heral" ''3'
match from Paris A crowd of tTeneD
journalists awaited him at ha'fe'
Where he expressed himself as de-
Nghtcd with his American trip
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-05-17
American Companies Lost LittI.

New York May inquiry
among local fire insurance agents in.
dicates that American companies sus
tanned no losses worth mentioning in
the destruction Of St. Pierre.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-05-17
fully justified emergency measures.

I ne 0FlgIIE OF 1lR ITTHnnRmRnfg
The treasury departrnept was in
structcd to cooperate. and If is sum-
posed that this will mean the en-.
ployment of the revenue cutters and
/ the medical officers of the marine
hospital service.
The war department, with its we'll
organized supply departments. was
regarded as in better position than
any other institution to take charge
Of the relief measures, except that it
had no means Of transportation, the
Sedgwick, which is ont Of condition.
being the only army transport on the
Atlantic coast Fortunately, the navy
had handy ship in the Dixie, which
arrived at New York recently from
a training cruise. She was purchased
Just PRIOR to the Spanish war and,
having been a merchant freighter, is
admirably adapted to the service re-
CURED Of her now.
graphed to Capt. Berry her com
him and to sail at the earliest posgi-
Die moment for Martinique. He was
t45 l. stt
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

umn after that hour. Mission.
airy societies meet Thursdays
and Fridays that gives from
three to five days time. and the
pastors have more than two
days time to decide on their an.
nouncements. EACH week we
have to leave from Que half to
four columns of fresh news on
the copy hook and frequently
from one half to two galleys of
type upon the rack. Above all
please do not request us to
handle matter ten days old. for
if it was not important for you
to attend to it is not important
enough for the DEMOCRAT to
handl, for it has become stale
matter. The devils cry" for
copy" is never heard in this
office.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27
Who'll Pay For It?

The convivial portion of
masc1!ine Paris no longer
throws dice to see who pays
for "the round" The dice cup
has been supplanted in popular
favor by a continuance of four
cards, to be drawn in lot, The
cards are inscribed respective
ly as follows:
Let's take drink.
Certainly!!!
Who'll pay for it????
| wilt.
The man who draws the last
card is supp osed to fulfill its
promise. and ht generally does.
-Mercury,-As Paris is one OF
the temperance towns where
bar rooms do not exist, we can.
not account for the Habove Sun
day School story.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27
We BeT of You.

The Church News Column in
this paper closes promptly at
900 A. M, each Wednesday
While wanting all of the church
news enough to go out and
hustle for it, we beg of you
not to ask us open the col
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27
WHY SHOULD YOU?

Why should you bring your sale bills,
horse and jack bills 10 the Democrat office
10 be gotten out? Because the work vii
be done quickly, neatly, artistically aud at
fair prices.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

A $4,000 stock of General
Merchandise in 4 good Iowa
town to trade for a farm near
Monroe City. Il. j. WHITE.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

~ have used Chamberlains Cough Remedy
for a number of years and have no hesitancy
in saying that it ~ the best remedy for cough 8,
my confidence in this Remedy.-Mrs. J. A.
Moore North Star. Mich. For sale by Wood d
Umstattd,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27
THE BOASTS OF PARIS
Are Like A Spoiled Child of Rich
Papa, Amusing.

City last week resulted in a set
of resolutions asking the city
council to employ an expert to
look into the matter and see if
the city's bond limit would per.
nit of the construction of an
electric light ard water plant.
Monroe has more population by
400 than Paris, but the assess
ed valuation of the town is not
so large by 100000. Having
no stream near they will have
to bore and this alone will
necessitate a greater outlay
than was made in Paris. New
ertheless, it is worth while. 1t
should be and doubtless will be
pushed. Monroe never lags be.
hind the procession. Paris
Mercury. The boasts of Paris
like those of a petted CHI Id of
a rich papa, are amusing. For
more than forty years Paris
has had the suse of the wealth
of the county indirectly an di.
rectly. Most of her improve.
ments and valuations have
come by and through the pub
lie crib and teat. Salaries have
gone to keep up the town and
make improvements. county
monies have ben used there
freely to bolster up the village
blythe dry river that has to be
replenished from the Father of
Waters. The county funds
have been used very freely in
that township and bridges ga
lore built in the interest of the
place, out of public monies. In
other words, for many years
the county has been used
by Paris as if it belonged to it
and the most of the county
officers Immediately after an
election have acted upon the
theory that it did.
Monroe City has never boast
ed of being aristocratic because
it is Democratic. 1t has never
been rocked in the cradle of
the Court House nor fed on the
bottle connected with the pub
lie funds. 1t was a wee infant
struggling or existence when
Paris was great stripping of
a youth, one that has not grown
in statue, but in redundancy
caused by the we'll filled public
> teat.
For years Monroe City the
Queen of the Prairies, the Me
tropolis-with white populd
tion-was quietly ignored OF
looked down upon except when
votes were wanted to fill ffices
s to give Paris more money and
larger valuation. This city is
a live wide-a awake self relient
hustling. bustling little city
one too busy to emulate the tn b
5 like Paris and sit on is
{ own bottom or any ones. No
S we are not Situated on a river
! navigable for Doors, one that
has to have water hauled to it.
one that is used by stock for al
kinds Of purposes. one that con
1 tains for three months in the
4 year hot yellow repugnant
= water, that would be nauseate
4 ing to the under side of the belt
\ of one of the bellies Of the vii
5 lage.
h Monroe City has and has had
Z for years more crystal pure
y water than Paris has Yet dream
!, ed of. We have no ill will fol
4 Paris but when it carries its
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27
A Thought for a Day.

Let thy heart ne without
worls, rather than thy words
without heart. Bunyan.
You want money. we want
butter and eggs and pay the
highest price for them.
SHARP & DONLEY.
DIR, w. Ii, H, Crow. county
collector was in the city Fri,
y looking after his fences.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

Amt takin' no stock in the snow; but,
somehow or other, it seems
With it's lonesome-like whiteness, to
take me fur back to the valley o.
dreams;
An I'm thinkin' o friel DIS that have
left me-the friends that loved
long age,
Some of'em fur an divided, an some
lynn under the snow.
I'm thinkin' OF how, by the fireplace,
the good wife was settin' that day
When the snowflakos was fallin' an
rosy the children come in from
their play;
When I had not thought that I'd
ever be settin' as lonesome as this,
Fur off from the love O. the children
come in from the snow for kiss !!
V.
But mother an children-where are
they?
The mother went home long ago
To the place where thelight is eternal
ly bright, an there's never no
winter an snow.
An the children-they' fur fro IN the
home place, an mostly fergittin
to write,
An that's why I'm feelin' SO lone
some IN the snow that is falliu to-
night!
V.
But it IS Life, an amt accomplishing
fer the Lord sent me skies that
was fair,
An I'm thankful to nightfer this fires
bright light an the rest o. thi:
rickety chair:
But l still fall to thinkin an
sighin. an reckon twill al
! ways be so,
Till Lies fire is a handful Of ashes
an l pass DER the hills of the
snow.
Atlanta Constitution.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27

Honey, IL 5honey.
Vi'let soon be blue,
Bird is in de blossoms
Siugin' right at you!
Candor is rare in verse of the
obituary order. A Fannin coun.
ty poet writes of deceased
citizen:
He left at a quarter to seven
To walk the lonesome way,
We hope he is in heaven,
But we really cannot sayw
A south Florida editor writes:
Here, in the month Of Febru.
ary, the weather is so warm we
could cook eggs in the sun-if
we only had EN-"
A Georgia correspondent
sends us the following epita ph
on Il deceased real estate agent
Joshua Jones ;.
His sins forgiven, u
Left earth. and owns
A lot in heaven"
"E de Bible ha cat bi
wuz d rattle snake what Swal-
lowed Jonah. I'd believe hit" 8.
said the old colored deacon.
But thank de Lawd. dey wuz
no rattle snakes in dat day."
"How's the new town comm
on?'
"Fust,class. We've got the
chills, the measles, five doctors
an the brokebone fever. All we
need now is a railroad and in
corporation"
The western billiards. are
blowing settlers this way. We
trust that their pockets will
soon thaw ont
Brother Williams. now do
you stand in this cAmpaign-
wet. or dry?"
We'll. sub, at de present
speakin' l is ez DRY Ell / summer
widout rain! l. You got any
) dram bout you?'
Yes. sir" said the landlady.
these geniuSeS are sure queer
people. One OF 'em locked himT
self in his room, on .he fourth
floor, five days ago To write a
novel. and he hasn't been to the"
table since! The poor man has
been living on nothing but lob
STEERS, and canned oysters and
> canned beef. and brandy and
soda rackers!"
The following letter cLne to
a Bulvil!e citizen from far Mex
leo:
Dear Jim: | wish | Nuz in OF
Georgy. Last week Il earth
quake come along an swaljered
Betsey - my wife - an her
| MOTHER
The Georgia reply to the
above was brief and expressive:
Dear Bill: I'm Seliin' out all
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27
An Old Man Musing.

Amt takin' no stock in the snow-it
amt what love an admire;
I'm jest settin' here in a rickety chair
an smokin' my pipe by the fire
The trees air like skeletons white that
shake in the wind as it blows
An out in the black O. the night the
hills they look ghostly-Lord
knows!
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-02-27
SOME BRIGHT JEWELS
That Are Worth Reading Taken From the
Atlanta, Ga, Constitution.

Honey. lit honey,
Don't you set en- sigh,
Yander is a rainbow
Runnin' roun' de sky!
Honey, li'l' honey,
Rain is gwine by.
Yander come de sunshine
Lightiu' up de sky!
Honey, li'I'5honey.
Vi'let soon be blue,
Bird is in de blossoms
Siugin' right at you!
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-15

Sprung Surprise.
The defence was managed by Mr..
Howe. and, after he had opened the
case. he sprung one of the greatest
surprises OF his career. Quietly. and
as II 1t was just the thing that might
have been expected. the lawyer said {:
Edward Unger please take the
stand"
Instantly the eyes of every one in
the court room we're turned in the di.
rection of the accused man. He had
no great amount Of education. and the
expectation was that. no matter what
impression he might be able to create
before the jury on his direct examina.
ton. 1t would be shattered when the
District Attorney took him in hand for
the cross.examination.
After a few preliminary questions.
Mr.. Howe directed the defendant to
tell the story of what occurred in his
lodgings on the night of the murder.
Simply and directly Unger told his
story. In effect, II was that he and
Bohle had had some words. and that
Bohle. growing violent, had assaulted
Unger and. being the younger man.
was getting the better of the encount.
er. At that moment Unger happened
to see the handle of hammer protrud.
ing from under the bed. Selling IT,.
he dealt Bohle a blow, never intending
to kill him. but hoping to put himself
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-15

out of harms way. He told of the re.
morse he felt after he had found out
what he had done. and then of his de-
sire to hide his crime that he might
save himself 10 take care Of his moth.
erless children. So he cut up the
body and shipped II away.
Changed the Verdict.
1t vas 4 simple. Straightforward
tale, simply and effectively told. II
was well received by the jury. and. do
the best he knew how. the District At.
torney could not shake the old man In
REORGANIZATION by so much as a
hairs breadth. or course. Mr.. Howe
helped his client along by such clos.
Ing address to the jury as only he
could make. After being out all night
the jury returned verdict OF man.
slaughter In the first degree, and the
man whom everybody supposed would
be hanged was sentenced to States
prison for twenty years. He was lib.
Grated a few years ago and is still
alive. It was very generally conceded
that had Unger not taken the stand he
would surely have gone to the gallows,
Tho Nelson Case.
Another case in point, more remark
able In some respects than even the
Unger case, was that of Ella Nelson
accused of the murder of her lover
I Samuel l.. NJ. Post, on the night OF
February Is, 1891, in the woman's fiat
at 100 West Twenty.eighth street
/ Post was a travelling salesman, with a
wife and one child, whom he abandon
( ed for the Nelson woman He was un
true to his mistress, In turn, and Just
before he was killed, Mrs. Nelson
found letter in Posts pocket from
another woman, showing that the two
had arranged to elope to the West.
On the night Post was killed, he and
friend named Nathan Michaels call
ed on Mrs. Nelson at her fiat. She &C
cused him Of being about to cast hei
aside, and when he was about to leave
the fiat, she urged him not to do so
When he insisted she said she would
go with him and stepped into bed
room OF the parlor to put on a street
dress. Post followed her into tn,
room and an alteration followed .Ther
a pistol was discharged. Post rar
from the bedroom to the parlor anC
fell dying almost at the feet of hi
friend Michaels.
In his ante'mortem statement Pos
practically accused the woman of kill
ing him, referring to her as she" in
stead of by name. At the trial Mich
aels swore that. after the shots wer
fired in the bedroom, the woman 70
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-15

flowed Post to the parlor and fired two
or three more shots into him. Other
witnesses were called to prove the
general immoral character of the de.
PENDANT. These witnesses testified
that the woman leased rooms to
women of immoral character and an.
other witness testified that. shortly be.
fore the trial began. Mrs. Nelson in
the Tombs had asked the witness to
get Michaels to leave town, since he
was the only person who could give
damaging evidence against her.
This was the case against the wom-
an when the prosecution, conducted
by Assistant District Attorney Francis
l.. Wellman, rested on the morning Of
Friday. June 10. 1891. Before the
trial william F. Howe, who defended
Mrs. Nelson, offered to Mr.. Wellman
a plea Of manslaughter in the first de-
gree. Mr.. Wellman declined the offer
saying that he was certain Of con.
viction of murder in the first degree.
Took the stand.
As soon as the prosecution rested,
Mrs. Nelson took the stand In her own
behalf. She admitted all Of her rela.
tons with Post and admitted that she
was jealous of anyone who she thought
might get him away from her. When
she got to the story OF the shooting.
however. she said that Post had drawn
the pistol on her and that, in trying to
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-15
BRIDAL sUPERsTirioNs.
London Globe. !

Many and curious are the customs
regarding brides. In Switzerland the
bride on her wedding day will permit
no one, not even her parents, to kiss
her upon the lips. In parts of rural
England the cook pours hot water over
the threshold after the bridal couple
have gone In order to keep 1t warm for
another bride. The pretty custom of
throwing the slipper originated in
France. An old woman, seeing the car
riage of her young King-Louis Kill
passing on the way from church where
he had just been married. took on her
shoe, and, Ringing IL at his coach, cried
out, "Tis all have, your Majesty. but
may the blessing OF God go with it,"
There is an old superstition In Ger
many against marriages in May. A
favorite wedding day In Scotland is
December 81, SO that the young couple
can leave their old life with the old
year and begin their married life with
the new one. The Italians permit no
wedding gifts that are sharp or pointed,
connected with which practice is our
superstition that the gift OF knife
sewers friendship. One beautiful mar
rlage custom is that of the bride. Inn
mediately after the ceremony, fiinging
her bouquet among her maiden friends.
She who catches II is destined to be the
next bride.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-15
~ FACTORS IN FAMOUS MOLINEUX CASE ~

II he does not take the stand, how.
ever. 1t is held by many OF the greatest
criminal lawyers III tne country that
no matter now iorceiu'Iy tne court III
ercts the jury TO disregard the tact'
some OF the Twelve good men ana true
VIII. unconsciously' perhaps lay IL up
against the DEFENDANT. Ihen' 100 IL
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-15

get IL away from him. II had been dis.
charged. She swore that Post had
lied in his ante.mortem statement and
that Michaels. the only eyewitness to
the tragedy, had perjured himself on
the stand.
She was the only witness called by
the defence; indeed. she was the only
witness which the defence could call.
and the jury believed her against all
the witnesses who laid bare her char.
acter, against the testimony OF an eye.
witness. against even the words of the
dying man she was accused of murder.
ing, and set her free,
Other Noted Cases.
Then there were the cases of BILLY"
Porter, tried and acquitted of the muir.
der OF one Irving In "Shang" Diapers
saloon in Sixth avenue between TWEEN
ty-eighth and Twenty.ninth streets; of
BILLY" Tracy, who shot and killed
kid" Miller in Dick Darling's saloon
under Days theater: of Michael J.
Considine, who shot John J. Malone,
a promoter, in front of the old st.
James Hotel, at Twenty-sixth street
the bookmaker. who killed Goodwin,
all OF whom took the stand and were
acquitted or were convicted of some.
thing less than murder in the first de.
gree.
Former Fire Commissioner Scan,
nall oh nj In. L.,
Thomas Donohue, who had killed
Scannell's brother. Florency two or
three years previously. The accused
was tried twice. On the first trial he
did not take the stand and the jury
disagreed. On the second trial he did
take the stand and he was acquitted
He Saved Himself.
A much more recent case Is that of
the Harlem gambler Myles Melon
nell. 1t will be remembered that
while Mcdonnell and a number OF 9th
er gamblers were in the Onowa cafe
at l25th street and Park avenue, one
night In the spring Of 1901, fight was
precipitated and lot of shooting was
done. As a result, George Price died
and Mcdonnell was charged with his
murder. He was put on trial In the
Criminal Branch OF the Supreme Court
before Justice Fursman in the follow
ing July.
The testimony was fairly strong
against the accused, and his lawyer
Abraham Levy. did not want his ellen
to go on the stand. Mcdonnell insist
ed, however, and on the stand he went
, He told his lawyer that he knew NOR
about the tragedy than anybody h
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-11-15

which he and his son slept; that. after
the son departed in the morning, I'm.
ger cut up the body, threw the head
into the East River and shipped the
torso and limbs in trunk TO Balti
more, where the trunk was opened and
the murder discovered.
The identity of the murdered man
was established through the finding OF
a card bearing his name among his re.
mains. Thus his connection with I'm.
ger was traced by Inspector Byrnes,
then head OF the Detective Bureau,
and Unger was arrested. At police
headquarters Byrnes eXtorted one of
his famous confessions from the &C.
cased and the case went to the Grand
Jury. An indictment was promptly
found and the man was put on trial In
the old Court of Oyer and Terminer
before Justice Barrett, before whom
the District Attorney has elected to
try Molineux.
When the prosecution rested II
seemed as II a clearer case of deliber.
ate murder could not have been estab-
lished. There was all the ev,'ence Of
the crime and the motive Tor 1.-THE
obtaining by Unger OF the dead mans
bank book that he might 9 t the mon
ey for himself. Indeed. on the day
the trial began Inspector Byrnes was
quoted as saying that fingers grave
had been dug and his coffin was rea
dy. The only interest manifested
seemed to be in the testimony, II any
that could be introduced in the defend
ants behalf.