The Washington herald., 1910-04-03

Three Of Our Most Respected
Citizens of This VIsinIty
FIeaGed by aSIiCkSWIndIeT
BOCuz They Wanted TO
Git Rich too Quick

As we go to press there is three of
our most respected citizens which we
have in our midst sadder and wiser
men-there is three respected inhabi-
tants of Bingyille and visinity who
won't never forget the experience they
went through on last Wednesday. nor
the price which each of EN- paid for
said experience.
On Wednesday forenoon a slick
looking individual drove into town and
asked TO be direckted to the residence
of Cyrus Hoskins. Cy's house was
pointed out TO him and the stranger
called on Cy and remained with him
nearly hour on some mysterious bust
ness, after which he departed. Natur-
ally the neighbors was very curious 10
know what the strangers business was
with Cy, so after he had went they
dropped around to Cys to find out
what had took place behind closed
doors, as you might say, whereupon Cy,
who was very much pleased, related the
facts TO them as follows:
Cy said the stranger give his name
as Mr. Sharp, a loryeT from the city.
He told Cy that about two weeks ago
a tramp called at his law office and had
the loryer make will for him in which
he left all his wealth, consisting of
about $4,000, to Cyrus Hoskins of
Bingville, who. the tramp said, had on
a cold and dreary night, several years
ago, permitted him 20 sleep in his barn
when he didn't have nowheres else to
lay his head. Nacherly Cy, who hates
a tramp worse than he does = snake,
and chases one often his premises
every chanel he gets, could not recol-
lect the circumstance, but the loryer
said that's what the tramp told him,
and he showed Cy the will in black and
white, which the tramp left, to prove
it The loryer explained that the tramp,
although a man of wealth, was very
exsentrick person and preferred to
wander about the country on foot and
endure hardships rather than to spend
his money travelling on railroad trains.
After the loryer had made this will
for the tramp and the tramp had signed
it, he (the tramp was tux sick, being
as he had been in i'll health for some
time, and was sent to the hospital.
where he died after lingering two
days. Mr.. Sharp told Cy he was pres
ent when the end come and that the
last words of the tramp was these,
"Be sure to give Cy Hoskins of Bing-
vile all my money becuz he is honor
able, kind-hearted man, and let me
sleep in his barn"
Cy he thort the matter over and
finally he said he recollected giving that
tramp permission to sleep in his barn
jest as clear as if it had been only yes
terday. Then he asked the loryer when
he would get the $4,000 Mr.. Sharp
stated that it would be necessary to do
some legal work first before he could
hand the $4,000 over to Cy, and that
this would require week or 10 DAYS.
He then told Cy that in a case like
this, it was customary for the loryer
to receive pay for his legal work IN
advance, which amount for an estate
of this size was usually $1,000, but be-
ing as it was Cy, he would do it for
$500 Cy said he thort that was power
full cheap, considering how much he
was getting back for $500, so he went
right upstairs and got $500 which he
give to the loryer, but Cy wouldn't
hand over the $500 until Mr.. Sharp
give him receipt for il, which goes to