The Pickens sentinel-journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1903-1906, 1905-08-09

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matter Sic said she'd beard I'll killed
a man. 1t set me back 81 that didn't
Gctutn 'Cr. an she loo!:rd scared ever
time | PASSED whur she was at. Huh!
Talk about trouble. George. yore'n
huin't q circumstance! luid Jest got
married., an everything; lIo!icl bright.
1T WAS at an election. The feller
was Il friend o mine. but Il few years
Younger We was Oh opposite sides
an had sharp words. The lie was
pisHptl, AZ then Nr cciac together.
Some O the crowd pnrt1h us. but .L-was.
Il rapin. demon. | was drlnkin' man
thcn-that is. l took Il dram occasion
ally--an' got full an went home fer
Il revolver. Then l set out to find i'm.
1t was about 10 O'clock ut night when
l run acrost i'm at Il livery stable. Il
old shack at tothcr end O. the town.
He was IN the bnck end with Hank
Williams, the man that run 1T, an |
heard i'm tcllin' Hank good night an
seed i'm n-comin'. / didn't know what
was u-doin'--as God is my judge,
didn't. l hated I'm with the hate Of
hell, an l wnntcd--I wanted i'm out
Of the way. I drnwed as he come
nigh, an l think l cusSed i'm. re-
member he was n-g0zin' right at me
scarcd-scared mighty nigh out O. his
senses. lie raised his hans sortcr.
like body will to ward OF anything,
but the revolver WAS aimed right, an
cooked an easy OH trigger, an IL went
Off"
lrillycr paused. His hands were .old-
cd one In the other, and beth were
uulvcrinY George Buckley was star
Ing ut him with bewildcrcd tixlty, his
long, slender hand stayed in his heavy
hair.
I'm sortcr scared at tho sound O my
own voice." said IIillycr. ITS like
somebody else was n-tellin' about 1t.
I hain't even whispered it TO myso'f.
AM In al my prayers In resRsa tssda
never have spoke his name ur the name
o the crime. always said, You know
what l mean, Lord. Show me h>w to
unload III! Well"~-Ilillyer Swallowed
''he fell dead In his tracks. | wns
sober in a second. I heard Williams
n-comin', nm when he seed mo an the
smollin' pistol an my decd he give Il
little cry an started to break an run.
but I th'owcd the revolver down an
called to i'm an begged i'm not To
leave. Then I stood In n hOSs stall
while he went an cXamincd-the body.
| couldn't te:ch it. Then he come back
to me an told me Lynn IIambright
wnS II corpse Thar was Il pile o dirty
hny In the stall, an remember l jest
fell Oh it, face downward, an begun to
cry an beg the Lord to save me.
"Nilliams had II heart like child's
He stood thar an watched an listened
to my rnvlns OF fear an regret till all
ut once he begun tryin' TO pacIfy me-
lie told me l'd come clear; that il was
in self defense; that he had seed it all
an would go on the stand an testify |
in my behalf know now-ln fact, | |
knoWrd when heard him Oh the stand |
that he Was lynn 10 save my neck, |
but | wanted to escape the penalty an |
couldn't IA stopped i'm. The fear O.
mcctin' my God was awful. wasn't |
even iailc,l. 1t w;S in unsettled times
Jest nftc! the war. My folk, was prom
lnent, am public sympathy fer me.
young as | WAS. was high. The hard
est thing Of I'LL to bear was the grief Of
llamhri%htS mother. 1t looked like 1t
ud mighty nigh Kill 'er. He was her
youngest an pct. Her other boys new
rr amounted to anything an had gone
west an left 'cr. Finally come clear
In the eyes O the world, but, ns God
knows. not In my own. That crime Is
before me. Nakin' or slccpin'. l often
dream that / never done it, nm day
light gives that the lie. Seemed like
l went into turned out mon
ny, an / prospcrcu, though / did all !
could to alleviate suffering an help
the different churches. Mrs Ham
bright jest Ind II little farm over In the
that turned ont bare llv
IN, an l sent Il friend to or to offer
her help, but she Indignantly refused
1t. She'd come In town once In awhile.
but she'd nCvor come nigh whnr WAS
at. Then / heard she was tryin' to g!t
Il pension through congress. Her hus.
band had claimed to be n Union man.
an that he was forced into the Con
fcdcrnte ranks, whar he fit an wa:
killed, an somebody told or she WAS
clllitlcN 10 pension. va j faDur TUCK
up the claim an writ on about Il 10
Washington, an one day he happcnc'i
to tell me that he had had ii;lnl ,lr,
ciSiOn nD' that she couldn't git It an
that he hated to have to tell or the
outcome. Then | got him to pretend
to her that tho pension was allowed.
an paid tho SO Il month. I've been
dom It for twenty year now, an II
hns kept 'er from suflprin', but I'm in
mortal dread O. her nndtn' out whar
the money comes from an scllin' Fer
place to repay 1t. She's still In good
health Ovcr thar in the mountains.
AA'orFs osses a year. generosity h} Go
fan. shc comes I'm town. blit SAe ahffas
mcctin' me. Somehow | always breathe
frcer whom she's gono out q town.
The sight Of or fetchcs 1t al back
wuss than anything else. I've tried to
find out what she thinks about it now,
but She never mentions the subject to
soul. Pve suffered the tormcnts Of
the damned. | made public confcs-.
SION In mcciin'. as we'll Gs l could, to
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