The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-05-27
Mississippi
Aews


People become very much excited when
a carnival comes to town and announces
that it has "Wild Man from Borneo'
as one of the features of entertainment,
but how much more exciting does it be-
come when the Sheriff goes out and
brings in man and announces that
wild man has been placed in jail? This
is Just what took place i'll Prentlss when
Sheriff John Laird brought in man
that might readily be called wild
man" His name is Marvin Whitehead,
son of j. NJ. Whitehead, a farmer, who
lives in the Santee neighborhood, where
the man was captured. For five or six
years this man has lived in the woods
most of. the time, only going to his
fathers house occasionally at night lie
has not put on any new clothes in sew
eral years, and when the Sheriff caught
him he had on few rags of clothing
which he had probably worn for several
years. These clothes were almost torn
off of him. lie says he is 81 years old,
or rather stated he did not know how
old he was, but he was born i'll 1878.
"Mr. Sheriff, | want every man who
enters this courtroom during the trial
of this case searched, to see if he is
armed with any deadly weapon" said
Judge Mitchell during court at Stark
Vile, and when the Sheriff, in loud
voice, said that he would enforce this or
der there were many anxious faces
among the spectators who had gathered
to hear the testimony in the Dyke Ed
wards murder trial. Judge Mitchell ex-
planned that while he felt no uneasiness,
there were other officers and interested
parties who did, and as a caution he is
sued the order. So when court recon-
vened after dinner bailiffs were stationed
at every entrance, and as each man came
in his person was carefully searched.
OF course, no guns were found. The
Judges notice had served its purpose,
and all shooting irons were left at home
Col Henry Watterson, editor of the
Louisville Courier-Journal, will preside
at the dedication of the monument to
the memory of Gen. Stephen ID. Lee,
Vicksburg National Park, on June IL.
Gen. Fred Grant will accept the Lee
statue for the United States govern
ment. Gen Clement A. Evans will pre-
sent the monument, and Col. Peck, of
Chicago, will be the orator of the day.
Pike County Camp, Woodmen of the
World, received 65 new members Satur'
day night, making something over 400
members. This camp was already the
banner camp of the State and this puts
it farther ahead than ever.
A huge boulder, to be placed by the
Daughters of the American Revolution
upon the old Natchez trace, the road
leading from Natchez to Nashville, has
been received at Natchez. The stone
bears an inscription that the same was
placed to mark this historic old high
way, which is known to have been used
for traffic between Natchez and Nash
vile as far back as 1896, and further
known to have been an Indian trail for
many years previous to that date.
Officers captured G. t. Bishop at Rue
vile, and he confessed to the crime OF
murder committed at Moorhead, saying
that he went there for the purpose of
killing the whole Joe Hutchinson lay
out, and gave as his reasons that they
had treated him badly. Bishop was di-
vorced from his wife by the Chancery
Court last week, on the grounds of mis-
conduct on her part; and his wife was
living with Hutchinson.
Judge Denton will hold special term
of Chancery Court at Indianola, begin
ming on the first Monday in July.
At union meeting held by the ne.
groes of the several religious denomina-
tions at Newton, the following resolu-
tions were adopted relative to Bishop
Chas. B. Galloway:
1--WE, the colored citizens of Newton,
Miss, desire to say that in the passing
of Bishop Charles b. Galloway, while
our common county mourns the loss of a
great leader, our loss was all that and
more. In our particular environments,
in our temperance, educational and moral
struggles, we were ever sure to find a
friend in Bishop Galloway, and we shall
ever be proud to point our children to
the gallant public record he has made in
our behalf. And now that the weary
wheels of life stand still in death, we
are sure he still lives and shall live in
our memory"
At regular meeting of the Retail
Merchants Association of Water Valley
a resolution was adopted as follows: