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La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-06-02

Ell pFestamista 'tLagartunR' nR''-don Ru'
perto por NAL nombre-es I'M hombre Pc
quenO, rechOnchO y patizambo, y oHtsnta
en- 81 rostro cefudo unsB cejss espesas '
erizadas, que le dan ciertO aSpsCtO de jaba'
II feroz.
Cuando Jose llega azoFado y balbucisn'
to ''Lagartuna" se pasea pOr 81 madrigue'
"a grandes trancos meditando, sin duda,
alguna trampa para enVOlver sUs vic
timaa.
jose avanza haciR 81, al saludarle g.
CO al pTestRmista de sus maloH psnsa'
mientos. :
Ell gesto feroz de 'Lagartuna' tr6ecase
en- otro almibarsdo, y 81 hablar, pOne en-
su acentO todas las mieles de que diSpone
50 gaTgants.
"a eStancia desamparada ostenta en- laa
paFedes cuadros de santos y objetes piado'
sos; IN crUcifio de marfil, preciosa obra
de arte, procedente de I'm embargo; Ia me-
dida del pie de la Vfrgsn, plantilIas de
pajB riCRmente bordada y el rosario, que
gusFda en- sus cusntas las mugre de los
dedos del avaEO. En- un Tinc6n al pie de
una estrechs ventana con cortinaies de
telaTafas, una camilla vestida de aFaposas
faldas, soBtiene en- ell hule montones pavo'
rosos de papel de oicio: allf est6 81 coraz6n
de "Lsgartuna tiene coraz6n.
81 Tre8tamigta se deshacs en- cumpli'
misntoB-SY Ia mujer? " los ninoB5 LIE
habfan dicho que uno habfa tenido Ia es'
carlatina; pero "a est6 bien, verdad. Va
ya, Ways; icuanto Sc interesa 81 por aquella
querida familial
Jose confuse FeCsloso, se desembaraza
de estaB inpoFtunas efusiones y sacando
de Ia fsjs Ia bolsa de punto, empisza &
contar el dinero en- voz alta.
Tres mil realeB-dice-guardando Ia
bolBa vacfa:-J EstamoB en- pazP
"LBgaTtuna" ss rie bonachonamsnte y
no contests.
Luego, on nm tono de paternal ofciosi'
dad, SO informa establishments de los
asuntos del Labrador.
fConque pc murieron las mulasl-excla'
ma compasivamente-i Pobrs josef
-Bueus falta me hace comprar otra;
pero 10 primero es 10 primero, y 20 he
queridO psgsr ustsd antes de todo.
-GFacias, gTaciaA jose. Va gabes que
20 estoy para Bervirte en- 10 que quieras
81 neceaitag comprar an par de beatias,
20 no teDgo pFisa; puedes llevarte otra Vez
ese dinero.
Jose mira de aEriba & abajo & su inter-
loGutoF. Aquella amabilidad, aqueilas
defsrencias ineOmprensibles le tienen des'
Concertado.
- Mire ustsd, don Ruperto- contests
miranda 81 sueIo-si he de decir II veFdad
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-06-02

En- Ets impganta ss venda papal de pc
li6dica vieio { t20O IOs IS kilos (uu esin.
taLl
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-06-02
L1NBA FERsEA DEL oEsFE
UNiCOS AGENTES.
SAN JUAN, PIP

Observation-Disclosures - Bayam6n , ~
e atIa aGisauaan9RDts
D1as isbr.sbis- - n saane Q, 100, O.
) * - 20 TsTis l2.1E- I.45, SIS. s.RB, s
: $50.
0iEa fsativos.--Mannua 9, 7.O5, SEQ, o
11.00 TaEds Is.16, l.s0, 2.se, $50, :
s As y $40.
PiiIslsa baratos paEa dIas fSstivoS.
Cata1o Baynm6n, Ida y vu0lta ~ ala.
eo-26 - case D0-l6. De BaYaEadn CAeaNg
yVESzta ~ elnHs oO-16, 9 ola8o SOLO.
BiI1stS oEdinaEo d0 Capital Catafo q
elaas 8 osntaVoa.
Baya@oa, sds B1ptis4bEa as lsea. =
Ra@da ValdeA. Z.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-06-02
R | N A.

s..~. Ode @. BEcKER.)
Cuando miro el azul horizonte
perderBe 4 10 lejos,
al trav6s de una CASA de polvo.
dorado 6 inquieto;
me paTece possible arrancarme
del mfsero Buelo
y hotaE con la niebla dorado
an 6tomoB levea
cual ella deshacho
CuandO miro de noche On 81 fondo
osCuro del Cielo
Las eAtrel1as temblsr, como ardientes
pupilas de fuegO,
me pareCe possible & do brillan
Bubir On nm vueIo;
J anegaTms en- su luz y con elias
en- lumbre encendido
fundiFme On un beso.
En- el mar de Ia duda en- que bogo
nj atn He 10 que creo;
sin embargo estas ansias me dicen
one 20 llevo algo
divine aquf dentToI
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-06-02

81 intereB que ustad me cobra me paEecs
caro-; 20 me ire aErsglando POGO & POGO.
Pero "Lagartuna", con 80 riGa franCa y
bOnaChona. neva lR tranquilidad 81 Amino
del buen jose
-JTe parecs caro- el interest Vaya,
vays; henos de arreglarlo gusto de to-
dos. Anda; H6vate ese dinero.
Adm 30 Tesiste el Labrador. con embara'
zadaS razOnes; pero 'LagaTtuna", entire
Tisas carihOsas y palmadaa en- 81 hombEo,
le obligs coger el dinero.
Al despedirSe, jose vuelve Bobre sus
pasos, y le dice veTgonzosamente:
-Diga, don RupertO: " 81 rscibo2.
"Lagartuna" 90 da dos golpes en- ID
frente con La palma de la mano;
Soy distraidfsimo-cOntesta candoro'
amente,-SQu6 dia teEmina el plaEO de tn
deuda?
Ell viernes.
-PueS ven ese mismo dia por aquf
ESQ del anochecer, y ts cambiaT6 el Tecibo
......... Vaya, Jose; adiOs.
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Ell viernes, al anocheCer. Jose 90
pEeSenta en- casa de "Lsgartuna;" va &
renovar el recibo.
Da IN eslabOnazO, dos, tres, diez..".
Nsdie contesta.
su COEaz6n tems una desgracia y late
rudamente, martilIsndo con furia Ia
GAIA del pscho, estrecha para su emo
ci6n
El labrador cogs Ia aldaba nervioBa'
mente, y deBcarga todas sus fuerzas
en- 81 portion vetustO, albOrotandO al
bsrrio.
AL fin asoma por una ventana el anna
de llaves de don Ruperto; una vieJa
obesa y Tepulsiva.
-5Qui6u es2-grita Ia vieis de NAL
talante.
die tn senior que soy 20. Jose, que
vengo al asunto que 81 sabs......
Mi sefior no estS ....Ha sRlido de
viaie. Pero me ha encaTgado. decirIe
usted que va Ie avisarS cusndo vuflvs,
para arreglar ESQ que tienen ustedes entire
manoB
jose lorna gombrfo & 81 casa. Ssnta-
do junto al fuego, distrae 50 amargura
miranda La danzR de las llamas y NADIA
Cuenta ga muier.
Baja dar pienso los ganados, , al
miTarlos se entsrnece casi nora.
ALI est6n sus mules nuevaE, comTradsB
hacs dos dias en- Ia fsria con los tres mil
TealeB de don RupertO Los Rnimales ca
becean al lado del pecebrs miran al Rmo
manaamente.
Jose abandona Ia cuadra desesperRdo,
por primeFa vez comprende que eHtS
merced de don Ruperto. Todos suB bienes
pueden pasar las gsrras del uaurero en-
cuanto este inteTvenga iudicislmente,
En- Ia cana ds vueltag mas vueltaE,
sin poder nj querer dormir; respira anAio'
sRmente como, una res medic degollada;
muerde las mantas, desgaTTSudolas con los
dientes; y moia La almohada con Eug calci'
nadas l&grimag.
La mujer, que ronca fsliz incOncients
en- ell mismo lecho, dsspisTta, al fin, & las
bruscas Hacudidas de 50 hombTe,
5Que to pasa2-le pTeguata, boste'
zando.
Y 81 pobre jose, dando rienda Buelta
al llanto que le shogaba, grita con VOC
ronca y Idgubre:
-Eatamog en- manos de s.LagaFtuna" :.
iManana no podremOs dar pan s nuestros
ALBERTO MARIN.
En i ekroal munidpal 9 speusntEaa
ea.a.--q - 40 ,.,a@-ms-~n
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-06-02
NaranjitO, Mayo 27, 1907.

siempre un prOblems. .cuya inc6gnita
eat6 en- el misteFio.
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-06-02
II.

". Ell dia en- que muera
la metaffsica, aquel en- que
Ell "RpriOri" sea considerable
dnicamente como un ensayO,
una tentativa, un sOndeO,
-aquel sera verdaderamente
para la humanidad ell dia de
su redenci0n. Entonces Sc We
ra ell hOmbre tai cual es, en-
lugar del ser abstracto Y de
pura convention que la Orgu-
uOsa metaffsica ha colocado
en- su lugar.
(Ch. LetOurneau. "Id. id.
id NN
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-06-02
NUESTRA EPOCA Y
sus ideaIes,

". .Pero ell hombre no Sc
encuentra desde la alborada
de su vida prOvisto de sus
necesidades, sino que desde
su nacimiento q su edad adul-
ia pueden notarse en- elias una
serie r erfectamente gradual.
Ell hombre, primero ser pura-
mente Yegetativo, recorre SUI
cesivamente las fases nutri.
tiva y sensitiva, para terminar
pOr fin, en- la moral 9 inte-
lectual. ~
Estas etepas comunes d
todos los hOmbres, ell g6nero
humane, ell grupo social, pa
rece tambien recOrrerlas.
En- las primeras edades de
una raza, y probablemente de
la humanidad, ell holnbre,
estaciOnado largo tempo en-
la faz nutritiva, asciende POGO
a POGO & la sensitiva, para
llegar, pOr dltimO, segun de-
jamos dicho, a las gloriosas
fases moral 6 Intellectual.
Ell australiano y Newton:
he aqUi los dos extremes entire
los cuales la turba humanR Sc
escalOna individual y social
mente.
(Ch. Letourneau.-"Physio-
logic des passlOns."O
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-06-02

En i eEEoal munidpal g speusatEap
saiaea 80 psgnag
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-06-02

que se aTastra en- Ian carrsteTas aIzBndo
Las manos ca demanda de una limosna
miserable que proutituye y degenera al que
la recibe, la masa que SO pudre en- los pre-
Eidios 8 ansaDgrienta Los patfbuIos. recla-
man an POGO de amor. an POGO del Carino
que Be- tFibutR 8 los sigtemas, que rinde
los fdoIos. ,...,......,..
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1907-06-02

AeGsaeea MWaos.
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1907-03-01
Fra 1slandi.
I'm Aramotin.
(Eftir .,L0grettu".)

Einhvern allra merkasta vidburoinn / s0gu
%landsins, ario 1906, munu mem telja ritsimasam-
bandio vio umheiminn og UNI allmikinn hluta
landsins.
Annar pyoingarmesti vioburour arsins er
pingmannaf0rin til Danmerkur. Bestu horfur MI
q Pv1, 40 nyr grundv0llur veroi MI lagour fyrir
sambandi hinnar lslenzku og d0nsku pjooar, sem
ba6ar luta hinum sama konungi.
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1907-03-01

v0r6u land slit lengi svo karlmannlega, al
Spanverj jar URDU a0 hr0kkva fyrir, Panga0 til
romm for a0 aytjast til Seminole, pa f6ru peir
allir / mundane. og l6tu land slit vi0 lftinn
orostir. Fyrir rdmum mannsaldri sloan voru
Peir aestir dau0ir, en- pa sem eftir lif0u let
Bandarikjastjorn aytja norovestur / Indian
Territory, og gaf Peim par loud til abd0ar,
og svo er sagt, ao Peir Priist betur sloan Peir
komu Pangao. En- faeinir URDU eftir / Flor
ida; Peir h6ldu pa til a eyium t forard6unum
og hafa bdio par sloan. Allir cru Peir Mtg
.drkynjaoir og or0nir mestu reaar: Peir lifa
par eing0ngu a vei0um, og talio er az ekki
mum par vera feiri en- 400 MAINS MI a lif.
I foum Pessum dir og grdir af alls konar
v%atnadyrum, og Peir cru paradis kr6k6dil-
anna.
Jar0vegurinn er afarfrj6r. Form i TO-
inn Pessum er rotnar jurtaleyfar blanda6ar
kalksandi, og svo er frj6magn hennar miki0,
ao hun er oft tekin og h0f0 til abur0ar iner
liggj andi h6ru0um. pa0 or Pvi au0sett az
f6unum msetti breyta / frj6tt og fagurt land,
eff Peir v@ru Purkaoir og vatni veitt at peim
til %sjavar. En- Pess er it'll P0rf ao svo st0ddu,
at pvi ao / Florida er enn miklu meira af
g6ou Purru landi, en- menn geta notao. pess
vegna hefir til skams TINA engin alvarleg TIL
raun veri0 ger0 til a0 Purka fen Petta, me0
Pvi lfka a6 PAD er ekkert ~ahlaupaverk az
rista fran svo vi0attu mikla og 6grei0fera
A6a. AUX Pess cru likur til az mikill hluti
par, Sc fyrir ni0an sjavarmal, og pa
yroi om0gulegt a0 veita %vatninu burtu. Sj6r
fell pa par inn / sta0inn. En- MI vildi svo
til fyrir tveim arum sloan, az ma6ur sd, er
s6tti par um rikisstj6ra embatti, hugoist
mundi avinna ser hylli ]yosins, eff hann hGti
Pvi, a6 auka riki slit az miklu landi og fri6u,
me0 Pvf al Purka ALA A6ana, eff ham yroi
kosinn til rikisstj6ra. DAD hreif. Ham f6kk
embattio, o. hefr sloan verio az kaka vio, az
lata rista franz fenio. og eytt til Pess 6grynni
af rikisfG. Eru Aestir menn par / landi MI
6anHgoir or0nir me0 a6geroir hans, og segja
a0 Pvf fe, sem par er eytt til arangurslausra
jaroab0ta, hefoi betur veri0 vari0 til albvou-
eoa vegager0ar, sem hvorutveggju
er mj0y abotavant Florida.
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1907-03-01

MILL eyjanna cru fest grunn, og par er botn-
inn h1einsaour me0 botnsk0fuskipum, og pvi
nnst cru st6rir steinar steyptir dr sementi og
muldu grj6ti, % Peim svo hleypt ni0ur / sj6-
inn, OF dr Peim hlaainn pykkur garour og
'ramggj0r, undir brautina: en- par sem djupir
,alar cru / sundum pessum, cru stilbryr lago-
ar yfr. Alt er Pa0 hid mesta st6rvirki az
%leggggja braut Pessa yfir sj6inn, en- par sem hun
liggur UNI yjarnar heir e'@ki purft miklu til
lad .kosta, Pvj ao P~r eru ALTAR lagar mj0g og
%sl6ttar, svo al hverYi parf par ao grafa gong
fyrir brautina ne hlaoa undir hama. Braut
Pessi verour 1865 mi|ur a lengd, Pegar hun
.er fullYer, og kostnaoar meira nun veroa az
leggja hama en- nokkr* AGRA jarnbraut i heimi
jafnlanga. EFF ekki cru taldar Per, er lag0ar
cru um long jarogUng gegnum foil.
brgar braut Pessi er kominn til Key
West, mum mikil breytinga ver0a par borg
inni. Hin ver0ur pa sem hafnarbar a meg
in]andinu, og vex pa ao ]ikindum akadega.
,St6rar gufuferjn r veroa par latnar TAXA mott
11utningsv0gnum af jarnbrautum, og dytja pa
Pa0an meo 0llum farmi yfir til Cuba: via PAD
munu vaxa undur fj6tt vi0skifti MILL Cuba
og Bandarfki ia: og Key West ver0ur a0 lik-
indum a0alst0ovar allra Autninga fra Banda
rikjum til Panama og gegn UNI skuroinn par.
A framanver0um Floridaskaga er land
mj0g ]agt og sl6tt. Oar hafa k6ral- riff mynd-
a0 landi0, ems og a0ur var sagt, en- mill
PETRA hefir sj6r fylt upp me0 sandi og svo
hafa jurtaleifar bazt VIC si0ar. Umhverfis
liggja lagar sandheoir fran me0 sj6num, og
]andi0 er dalftio legra fyrir imam Per, svo
az vain getur ekki runnio Pa0an til sjavar.
AT Pvi er landio par alt eitt fen og foraoi.
Forarfl6ar Pessir nefnast ,,Everglades", og
eiga hvergi annarssta0ar sina lika. DER cru
meira Ell hundra0 milur a lengd fra norori til
su6urs og um sextiu milur a breidd, par sem
Peir cru brei0astir. J~ar0vegurinn er par for
arleoja, fra emu feti til thu feta dup, og par
4 ofan liggur vain. alt ario UNI kring, misjafn-
lega djdpt, eftir arstfoum, Pvf ao UNI regn-
timann vex Pao mj0g, en- l@kkar til muna Pess
a MILL; vanalega er vatnio ems til sex feta
her og hvar. AlIir cru Aoar Pessir vaxnir
storgerou stargresi, sem Parlendir menn nefna
,,sawgrass'' af Pvi az randir bahama cru
haroar % hvassar, og sara h0rund mamma ems
og sagartennur, eff vi0 Peim er snert. Bl0oin
standa petit, 6 til 10 fet upp dr v%atninu, og
vaxa / st6rum hvirfngum. or ]fta ut ems og
sma eyjar, en- au0ir alar cru q MILL, er mem
geta fari6 UNI a smAbatum 1 ALTAR Attir, en-
hvergi ser ma0ur neitt fra ser fyrir hinu st6r-
vaxna stargresi, er hvarvstna tekur manni yf-
If h0fu0, og enginn ratar Pvi um H6a Pessa
nema Indfanar Peir. er par bha.
Degar hvitir MEM fundu Florida, bio
par Indiana Pj60Aokkur, or Seminolar nefn-
ViÌnland. [volume] (Minneota, Minn.) 1902-1908, 1907-03-01
Ario hctir a6 ymsu leyti veri6 fremur 6r6u,

fran eftir, einkum 4 Mor0ur- og Austurlandi, OF
olli pad miklu eignatj0ni VIDA, pott eigi v@ri UNI
fell a0 rRoa, og ma PAD pakka vaxandi mannrenu
og ri einkanlega samg0ngub6tum sloariara. Hey
atli mum yfirleitt hafa tRplega mao me5allagi ae
v0xtum og nytingu. F0lksskorturinn til sveita fer
st0ougt vaxandi, en- telja ma aftur i pvi sambandi
eitt einkunnarmerk arsins til b6ta, og pa6 er, adj
sumar sem leio hefir fyrst veri0 bori6 vi0 til muna
a0 nota slattuvGlar.
Svipao er ao segja af sjavar1tveginum. pi!-
skipa-adi vio Faxah0a nun mimi en- undanfari0a
sumarvert10inni Vaxandi umleitun err ao koma
upp innlendri botnv0rpuveioi med gufuskipum.
Motorbatum hefr fj0lga0 storkostlega / kringum
alt land.
Slysfarir hafa verio akatlega miklar, um
hundra6 MAINS %drukna0, hestir 4 rilskipum, for
ut pau 6, at ceim 4 vio Faxaf6a. bar misti land
i'd marga vaska drengi. I'm undanfarin 25 ar a6-
ur telst svo til, as Elm 4 pilskip half farist af Faxa-
tloa-tiotanum. Mjog svo drengilega var DRUGGIST
undir samskot til eftirlifandi bagstaddra wanda
mama, bnoi her heima og eigi s16nr hja l0udum
vorum vestan hats. pl ma eigi heldur gleyma
brunaslysunum, sem langstorkostlegust urou a
Akureyri.
Samdarminning Pessa nyliona airs verour him
0t1ngi'felagsskapur, sem reistur er til ao koma upp
heilsub6tarh@ii fyrir berklaveika.
Verzlunin hefr yfrleitt verio mj0g hagstaa.
lnnlend vara l hau veroi, svo sem ull og tiskur.
Smj0rsalan gengio vel, Ell smj6ri0 ttfutta eha,,st
minna en- undanfari0, vegna groourleysis fyrri.
hluta sumars. Saltkj0t naoi hau veroi erlendis BAD
sem spurst hefr.
og ver0a engar merkar og nyjar tramkvamdir q
pv1 sv@oi kendar vio arid.
CISCO er og fyrir UNI pao, hve:jar framfarir
kunna 40 rsa upp af Observation-Disclosures
her austan falls.
Ny stofnun arsins er efnarannsoknarstofan,
sem reynast nun st0rgagnleg regar lprist az nota
hama.
AT b6kmentum vorum ario 1906 er s0gurit
ions sagnfra6ings Jonssonar, ,Gullold fslend-
inga", 6efa0 hi0 karkomnasta allri alpJo u mama.
Lj0oab0k Einars Benediktssonar hin nyja, ,,Haf-
blik", err og eigi s1our fengur bokmentum vorum.
Nystarlegt er heimspekisrit Agdsts Bjarnasonar,
,,N1tjdnda 0ldin". Skaldsagan ,Halla' Der volt UNI
COCA hatileika hja hinum onafngreinda h0fundi.
Lltio hetr verio rntt og rita6 I'm alty6ument-
unina. Alt of fair lagt til ress pyoingarmikla
mails.
Og enn meiri r0gn heir verio I'M kirkjumdl-
in. Baoi pau NAL eiga po as vera / fremstu roo
pingmala 1907. Vaxandi og vaknandi rjooernis-
stendur aftur 1 sambandi vi6 nyjar
vonir um fyllri viourkenning sjalfstaois vors, og
vonum yer, ao silk andleg vakning komi fran &
sem festum svaoum.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-07-26

burden OF the testimony that would
have been offered by the absent wit,
nesses. about ten In number, many Of
whom are out OF the state. lie as.
serted that their testimony would
doye-tail the confession OF John smItl
and Asbury spleer and form an un.
breakable chain Of evidence against
the defendant.
Judge Moody stated he had inior.
nation that the most OF these Wit,
hesses could be secured. and he said
further that no assurance could b,
given him that the witnesses who
were sick Bruce Little. OF Tennessee
Pierce Little, OF Jackson, and pr
Baker. OF Wisconsin would ever b,
ain to attend the trial Mr Byrd
declaNd he was acting upon the pre-.
sumption that the witnesses would
only be too glad to attend when able
He said Dr. Baker was a kinsman Of
Cox. and had written 10 him that
be would attend the trial at any time
Following this appeal. he produced al
affidavit from Robert Green, OF Haze
affidavit from Robert Cecil. Of Haze
Green. Ky. 10 the effect that two
days before the case was transferred
10 Elliott from Breathitt b. Caruei
he heard Young say to fellow pas
Aengcr on a train that the care woult
70 TO Elliott
WILLING TO HEAR THEM.
Judge Moody then gave his reasonl
Why a trial should be entered into
he offered TO hear the testimony o
the witnesses here. aud ALLOW them t.
return to their homes as fast as thel
testified aud then continue the cas-,
from day TO day until the absent
Witnesses In the State could b
brought into Court he declared h,
w1uid bring the entire state machin
cry 10 bring them here or TO driy'
them from the state
lie spoke % the hardships impose,
upon the witnesses and declared tina
lnasmuoh as ~ out Of 20 witnesses
were here he eould order the iria
10 proceed The last hope o, th,
states lawyers Lad vanished 30
Byrd. judge Cmdnell. the father o
lpr cox. and NJ waush then retire'
and held short consultation Whei
an bat Card~cil returned it was ap
parent that something was In the ain
| Nf Byrd was pale and bis lips vcr
drawn Into a tight tHc when he al
dressed Judge Moody and then wheel
"a to face judge Hargis. whose men
adue gaze never wandered from
| Rys1s Square jaw
IN brief Sir a,rj announced tina
ihc man Who employed him had dis
cha ged him from further conduct 9
the prosecution Byrd made a mos
eloquent address that even aWok
so'e senfe Of rcpcc, 81 the hearts o
those whom he las opposed He 70
viewed his efforts to convict Hargi
aud his alleged henehmcn both Whe
and after he uas Commonwealth
| Attorney aud then outlined again III
testimony 81 missing witnesses, Ans
lWlfa Mr. curt smith Pierce Littl'
lewis Evans Rob Dea,on and Dl
Baker vithou, which. be said. con
l,ialon vas impossible he thanke
the judge for his ruling witch in tn
Iaiters opinion he thought vas cor
tcct and declared thar he By with
idsswiug did NOT want 10 create tn
llmprcsslon Of diseourtesy to the eour
Byrd made this address after tle juF
had been sworn
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4 HAPPY SEQUEL

Mr. Waugh followed him 80 a sim
llar declaration. his contention being
hat a conviction vas impossible With
% the testimony o: the absent Wit
ne.scs NJ Young Tor the defense,
tl,n arose and. LAYING his hand az
f.saonately upon the head u Judge
Inrgis Who sluirmed uneasily de-
elarcd that the withdrawal OF the
prosecution was happy sequel 10
lhe years Of strife, and that he was
glad that the state had finally adj
mitied that IL was impossible 10 con-
vlct his bounded client Mr Waugh
reply WIS that u the witnesses were
AN here he could convict Hsrgis
Iudge MOODY expressed his regret
and instructed the jury 10 return a
verdict Of not guilty. which was done
There vas little demonstration. The
nirn OF Elliott county who hare been
working in his behalf crowded around
him and offered congratulations Judg,
llarris later authorized the folloWing
ststement
have been arrested and draSged
AN over the State and have never
nurmured. have ALWAYS been Law
abiding and ALWAYS expect 20 be
nave been taken from heuc over my
protest in all the ease aad iane4 io
h, tried BY men who did no, au
ne and the witnesses I have t,g9
freed b, the four iuries Of the four
counties and before special Judges ap'
pointed nv the commonwealth, and g
out Of the Is men who tried me found
not guilty Ny only regret nov Is
thar the state made practical mo-
ton 10 dismiss I would like TO have
had the proof taken aud lie, the world
know how I have been hlackmailed
and robbed
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saves you more than halt the price
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CASES LAID OVER

This afternoon the case OF John
ahuer. Ebert Hargis aud Bill Brit
ton were laid over until a special
term Of Court. which begins the
fourth Monday in August. as the
states lawyers evinCed disposition
% wash their hands OF the entire
affair
In defense Of his position Judge
Moody said tonight
when reached Sandy Hook on
ti tb instant / discovered that 1t
would be very difficult &c ST AL
Tie witnesses hsrt aud that 1t would
te real hardship for many of them
or them to have TO come here. For
tina, reason would not have con-
sidered the motion for change OF
venue yey seriously. but upon an
examination OF the records In the
case aeainst judge Hargis. the opin-
ion 81 the Court OF Appeals in the
ease against Judge Carnes. l found
il was ruled that the change Of Venue
was made to Elliott ON the motion
Of the commonwealth. aud that
could not order another change Of
venue. then made an order for
the attendance Of the witnesses who
lived out Of the state. as well as
such orders as the commonwealth
attorneys wanted for other absent
witnesses. and In order to make
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ArroRNEYs sTArEMENr

Later Air Byri aud Nj Waugh EaN
out the followinS Joint statement
I'VE have felt ever since the trans
~ Of this case from Rreathi,i county
TO Elliott that there could be no other
result than the one reached. We be-
i.eve that Il was a premedi'a'ea ar
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