Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1910-07-14
JIMMY K. JOHN
WEARS A LONG-NECK.
ED SWEAT TER.

Written Especially for the News by Jimmy
X. John.
Well, here comes Jimmy K. John
with his long necked sweater and for
which he received many injuries. In
the summer of 1909 / worked on the
farm for very fine man, but on get
ting done laying by, l thought l would
go to the lock and dam. l got job
all right and went to work and it was
mt long till got promoted to a better
job as jack leg foreman, and every
thing was lovely till the weather got
cold and i got me long-necked sweat
er. The very next day the superin-
tendent told me to take my men and
go and clean out the cement house, for
he was going to get in some new CO.
ment and wanted the house cleaned
out, so l went and cleaned it out.
But me being green and very lazy, |
took broom and swept up very
large pile of the cement SO it would be
good place to lie down. 80 1 laid
down on the cement and got that
sweater full of the stuff and when /
got ready to 60 home it was raining,
and golly how wet got, but the next
day was Sunday and 1 wanted to go to
see Sal-that is my girls name, you
know.
Well, went to pull off that sweater
and the cement was set up in it and 1
couldn't get the old thing off at all.
Finally, got the thing turned right
bottom upwards over my head, and it
had me completely blindfolded. Then
in came about eight or ten men, among
them the one who had my job before
me. and he said. Now is the time.
Kill him. He can't see you to tell
who you are. Then they grabbed me
and said, "You are our man, and
you ought to have heard me beg them
to turn me loose and help me get the
sweater off, but they would not agree
with me altogether, but at last they
told me if would run one hundred
and fifty yards in the direction they
started me in they would let me go.
But knew they had it in for me and
would not run until one of them
placed revolver against my head and
said, 1--WE had just as soon you were
dead as alive when we get you there,
SO make up your mind awful quick or
/ will shoot you" So said, well,
I will run. They took me out and
started me off. l could tell ] was
going toward the river, but / was
afraid not to run. hadn't got more
than thirty yards when stumped my
toe and came down with crash.
Then didn't want to take the time to
get up SO went on my hands and
knees for don't know how far. Then
just as I was going to give big jump
] went headlong into lumber stack
which gave me considerable set back.
/ gained my feet and started off in an
awful hurry and a friend hollered,
''Wait "a minute, Jimmy" / said,
''Wait broke the bridge down, and if
] wait it might break me down. SO l
will go on" and I did, but went to
my sorrow, for about that time hung
my foot under rope they had prepar
ed for me, and up in the air went
and turned around as fast as a wind
mill in a storm, and don't know how
far went, but struck big fat fell
low right in the stomach, and then
heard something go chug in the water,
and an awful groan. So knew that
was as far as I could go in that direc-
tion, and SO turned to the left and
hadn't got very far that way till ran
over scantling and here went down
again, but one of my friends caught
me and got the thing off of me, but
was already nearly killed. and when
came to myself l found out it was
some of my best friends trying to have
some fun with me-
Well, will quit for this time and
maybe will come again next week.
Yours truly,
y