The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-08-12
OF
MISSISSIPPPS FIRST
BLIND TIGER


ington-that of killing the attorney.
Mr.. Roy, being particular friend
of Mrs. DIR. Lawrence, who was
resident of Yazoo City, and knowing
her to be a sister of the wife of the
attorney wrote letter to the attor-
ney, giving the purport of his visit,
and warming him to be on his guard.
The attorneys wife was a noble
christian woman, as was also Mrs.
Lawrence. She welded an Influence
over her husband very few ladies
have, and for her sake concluded to
make the home a prison until the
doctor left
In day or two the doctor ar
rived, alighting ON the south side of
the, public square. He had I'M his belt,
Irnconcealed, four large repeaters,
two ON each side of the waiStband
butt on-the caps shining. as brightly
as the day they were manufactured.
Goliath never appeared before the
Philistines with any more pomp and
splendor, and never appeared half SO
dangerous looking The citizens, not
knowing his intent and purpose, and
knowing that he always went armed,
and his weapons exposed, paid very
/ little attention to 1T; besides, they
/ Il; T,<
with any one.
Shortly afterwards, he began a
promenade around the square, talk
ing i'm the whole route. Goliath like,
he repeated it every day. 1t began
to arouse the suspicion of some OF
the citizenry, and they decided to
watch him. The last round he made,
being the fourth or fifth round, he
was seem to stop at the attorneys
office. fumbled with the door knob
only to find that it was locked; he
stepped to the window, raised. it
pushed aside the curtains and peep
ed i'm. only to find no ONE in. He then
went over ON theopposite side of the
square, into the back room of Mr..
Sam Hoskins' drug store, where he
was wont mostly to while his leisure
hours awya.
Of course the attorney was kept
appr;sed of all the doctors maneuv-
ers. and this last act raised his ire
to a. frenzied ptcih, his prison life
becoming humilaitnig, and not want
ing to be branded as a coward, stole
away from his affectoniate wife while
she was i'm the rear of the premises
attending the domestic duties OF her
household, and went up ON the square
which was only short distance, car
rying with him his little pepper
box pistol, not more than Z or 8
inches long, handle and adj. He new
er went, David like, ''in the name OF
the Lord of Hosts" but he went OF
his own accord in the nameof right,
homer and justice to defend himself
from his would be adversary. On
reaching tne square he learned that
the doctor was ON the west and OPP
posite side of thesquare i'm the drug
store. He went over there, inquired
of the druggist if the doctor was in
On ben:g informed he was i'm the
back room, he opneed the door and
- foI1 frh
.Hoskins, fondling little child OF
Mr.. Hoskins im his lap. His back
was to- the attorney who with his
little pistol, emptied its contents i'm
to the head and back OF the doctor,
/ he and his irons falling with heavy
thud upon the floor-tne little child
miraculously escaping.
The attorney surrendered himself
at once, demanding AM early prelim-
inary hearing, employing Hon. Walk
er Brooke to attend to- the case.
At the inquest on the body of the
doctor. there was found a rifle-bar
rel pistol about is inches long with
a bore that would chamber nearly an
ounce ball.
The people not knowing anything
of the letter or threats the doctor
had made against the attorney, and
knowing the manner i'm which the
/ doctor was shot, caused great feel
ing OF Indignation much so, that
Mr.. Brooke demanded a change OF
venue after a preliminary hearing
in Lexington. At the preliminary
trial the letter being misplaced, still
added more bitter feeling, although
the contents of the letter was sworn
to by the attorney and his. wife
Fumbling with the office door knob,
raising the window, etc., was in ey-
deince, and by hard pull Mr..
Brooke got bail for tine attorney. but
a. very heavy one. No ONE i'm Holmes