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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
GROTON.
Aaron Frost Observed His S2nd
Birthday RecentIy-Locase.

birthday Kecently-Locasa.
Aaron Frost celebrated his SIND
birthday Monday. He received a
shower of over 100 post cards. Mr.
Frost has been in poor health for
some time but was able to thorough
ly enjoy his birthday.
The body of Isaac Wilson of Cor
NTH, former resident of this town,
was brought here for burial Tues
day. Mr.. Wilson was born and lived
in this town until middle life when
he moved to Corinth. He is remem-
bered by many friends in this place.
Mrs. B. M. Kicker and daughter,
Mrs. j.. T. Darling visited her sister,
Mrs. Mayne Ingram, at Barre last
week.
Charles Frost of Lancaster, N. H,
and Mrs. Fred Downs of Manchester,
N. H., spent Christmas with their
father, Aaron Frost.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Crown,
who died at Peacham, Monday night
was held at the Baptist church in
this place Wednesday afternoon and
burial was in the family lot of the
village cemetery.
Earl Carpenter spent Christmas at
home returning to his work at Man
chester, N. H., Monday evening.
Edward Purcell is spending a
few days with relatives at Tinwick,
P. @.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Markham
spent Sunday with his parents at
Wells River.
Mrs. Isabelle Mills, who has been
with her daughter, Mrs. H. N
WEIGH, for the past few weeks, has
returned to her home at Ryegate.
duY prBodoT IA
w. M. WEIGH of Corinth was a
visitor in town last week.
Mrs. w. G. WEIGH is in very poor
health.
Mrs. Rosa O'Neal of Tilton, N. H,
is visiting friends in town.
Mrs. Aaron Page, who has been
very i'll for the past week is report
ed better.
Word was received here last
week of the death Of Charles Annis
at his home in Arizona. Mr.. An
mis- formerly lived in this place
where he has many relatives. The
body will be brought here for burial.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Maxfield of
Connecticut are visiting her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Page.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
EAST BARNET.

Mrs. Oscar Frazer and daughter,
Mabel, from Monroe, were visitors
at C. Dickinson last week.
Several of the Odd Fellows from
here went to WOodsviIIe last Thurs
day evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Niblock are visiting
friends in Canada.
Miss Marjorie Nelson goes next
week to Oberlin, Ohio. where she
will take a course in music.
Miles Nelson came home from
Burlington Thursday to spend his
vacation.
A good crowd attended the
Christmas exercises at the chapel
Monday evening. The chapel was
trimmed up beautifully and the two
Christmas trees were well loaded
with presents, which made it look
fine. The singing by the young peo-
pie and the exercises by the child
rem was very much enjoyed by all.
Those who ate Christmas dinner
out of the place were George Nell
sons family at Fred Miles at Pas
sumpsic; William McGill's family at
Frank McGilPs at Passumpsic; Their
on Robie and family at Hanover with
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Peck and Mr..
and Mrs. Elmer Roy and Dorothy
with friends at St. Johnsbury.
Mrs. Ada Brown and Mr.. and Mrs.
Harry Emery and children spent
Christmas with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Newell and George Richardson's
family ate Christmas dinner
at Charles Bailey's.
Mrs. F. c.. Shonyo and son, How
ard, from Lyndonvil1e spent Tuesday
at her home here.
Laura Nelson, who teaches school
at Windsor came home Monday to
spend her vacation with her broth
ers, George and Wilbur Nelson.
The w. G. T. U. will meet Thurs
day afternoon at Mrs. Mary McGilIs.
Rev w. G. Clark will hold SER
vices in the chapel Sunday evening
commencing at 730.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
WEST WATERFORD.
Large Family Gathering at Home of
w. A. Lyster Christmas Day.

Large Family Gathering at Home of
w. A. Lyster Christmas Day.
One of the largest family gather
ings in town Christmas day was at
the home of w. A. Lyster. There
were 80 of his relatives present.
After partaking of bountiful din
ner the guests gathered in the parlor
where a well loaded Christmas tree
stood. Santa Claus soon made his
appearance and distributed his gifts
freely. Eight brothers and sisters
sat at one table who had not all
been together before for II years.
Among the guests from out of town
were Mrs. NJ A. Elliott and son
John from South Dakota, Mrs. V. H.
Lafond and little daughter of Gore,
Quebec; Mr. and Mrs. j. R. Lyster
and two children, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Bowman of Litt1eton, N. H; Mrs. H.
L. Lyster and son Leland of Wells
River; Carl Lyster of Keene, N. H.;
Mrs. E. M. Silsby of Claremont, N.
H.; Mr.. and Mrs Ashley Bean and
two children, Mr.. and Mrs. H. L.
Bennett and Mrs. S. e. Colby of st.
Johnsbury.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
SOUTH RYEGATE.

Whitcher, Angus Smith, Miss Rosa
Anderson, Miss Marie Darling and
Dewey Darling and Samuel P. Mills.
J. M. Perham of St. Johnsbury
spent Sunday with his sister, Mrs.
S. Mills.
John Arthur has gone to Everett,
Mass, to spend the winter with his
daughter, Mrs. H. Weber
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilman Blake of
Woodsville, N. H., spent Christmas
with Mr.. and Mrs. William Terry.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alex Stephens of
Quincy, Mass, spent Sunday at
William Stephens.
The Ryegate Giants played game
of basket ball with team from God
dard Tuesday evening
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
WEST BURKE.

The Christmas sermon by the Rev.
Warren Fairbanks was listened tic
with rapt attention by large con-
gregation of Sunday morning.
Next Sunday the pastor will de-
liver an object lesson sermon to the
young people.
Miss Jessie Stevenson of East ST.
Johnsbury visited at the parsonage
last week.
Mrs. Fred Williams has gone to
her home to be away over the New
Year.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
MINISTER IS INSANE.
Rev. A. A. Mason of Passumpsic
Taken to Asylum for Treatment.

Taken to Asylum for Treatment.
A very sad case is that of Rev.
Archibald A. Mason, pastor of the
Baptist church at Fassumpsic, who
has recently been declared insane
and who was taken last Friday morn
ing to the State Hospital for Insane
at Waterbury for care and treat
ment. Mr.. Mason seems to be very
much concerned about the case of
Rev. Clarence V. T. Richeson, who
is charged with the murder of Avis
Linnell in Cambridge, Mass.
Mr.. Mason is about As years old
and has a wife and two children
living at Passumpsic. They will re-
main at Passumpsic for the present
as the church will wait three months
in the hope that Mr.. Mason will re-
cover and be able to resume his
charge at that place.
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St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
school at Woodbury. on Monday.

G. J. Nolan came home from the
southern part of the state early in
the week to spend the holiday sea-
son with his parents.
Clarence Adams, senior at the U.
V. M, is at home with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Adams, for his
Christmas vacation
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
School Notes.

The public schools will open
Tuesday, January 2.
The following additional pupils
were perfect in attendance for the
fall term:
Paddock Village. Dorothy Poole,
Roy Poole, Carl Spencer, Linwood
Thomas, Donald Cassidy.
st. Johnsbury Center. Mildred
Berry, Mary Brooks, Florence Goss,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
Powerful Antiseptic

properties in Hills S, R. & S. Oint-
ment that cleans and heals all sores
and eruptions. Is cents at c. c.
Bingham's and Frank Landry's.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
Live Stock.

Shall load stock the following days
only: Dec. rs, 26. Jan. 8. 9, %. %.
w. A. KICKER.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27
Spend Your Winter i'm
the South
If you want to escape the rigors of the
northern winter come to the
SOUTHERN HOTEL

at Morganton, North Carolina. For
terms and information address
]. Arthur Wainwright, Morganton, N. c.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27

Clara Hallett, Charlotte McLaugh-
lin, Gertrude Mclaughlin, Ruby
Brooks, Elsie Hallett, Grace Phelps.
Clay Hill. Guy White, John
Parker.
Four Corners. Margaret Nc
Quaig, Susan McQuaig, Donald Nc
Quaig.
Cole Corner. Wendell Williams.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-27

Mention The CaIedonian Ads when
you patrOniZe an advertiser. He will
use you the better for it.
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
DEMAND PAY FOR DEAD sQUAW.
Husband Slew Her and was Acquitted
But Tribe Turns Up.

Lake View, Ore, Dec. 21.-Bige
Archie, who was accused of killing
his squaw at Plush, on the klamath
Indian Reservation, few months
ago, and who was found not guilty
by a jury in the circuit court, will
yet have to pay penalty for the
deed, according to rumors from War
ner Valley. Bige is Piute Indian,
and his squaw was of the Pit River
tribe. The latter tribe is not salts
fed with the result of the circuit
court trial.
The Pit River Indians are now de-
manding that Bige and his friends
pay over a suitable amount in pay
ment for the wife, and in case they
refuse to do so it is said that it will
be a case of life for life and war,
with Bige in the leading role.
It is understood that Bige and
his tribesmen are endeavoring to
raise the money and valuables to
quiet the wrath of the Pit Rivers and
hope for an early settlement. Ten
ponies will settle the bill in full pay
ment for the squaw.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Won't Receive Mail.

Paris, Tenn, Dec. 21.-Because,
when one, negro letter carrier had
resigned as one days work showed
that few persons in Paris would ac-
cept United States mail from his
hands, it became known here yester-
day that he would be succeeded by
another negro-the next available on
the eligible list for the place-hun-
dreds of letters were received to-day
by Postmaster Dickerson, protesting
against mails being delivered by a
negro carrier. William Franklin, a
negro, was made carrier and began
work yesterday, but returning to the
postofice with but few pieces of his
pack of mail having been delivered,
he resigned. George Bivens, ne
gro school teacher, was appointed
and accepted. He announced to-day
that he had resigned as pedagogue
and would begin carrying mail to-
morrow. No violence is expected.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
CHARGED WITH LADS DEATH.
Two Arrests Sequel to Bennettsville
Mystery of Thanksgiving, 1910.

Bennettsville, Dec. 21.-The ar
rest here to-day of Joe Malloy
and Charlotte Easterling, charged
with the murder of two white boys,
Guy Rogers and Prentiss Moore, on
November "a, 1910, came as a sur
prise and sensation to many. 1t is
understood that negro detectives
have been working on the case for
several months, and that they have
secured strong testimony, and those
who know the work of the detectives
in this case say that there is little
room to question the guilt of Joe
Malloy, as principal, and Charlotte
Easterling, as accessory.
Bodies Found in Ditch
1t will be recalled that these two
little boys left their homes in Ben
nettsville on a hunting trip Thanks
giving Day, November "a, 1910;
that they failed to return to their
homes that evening, and that search
ing parties were organized, and for
two or three days the river swamp
was searched; that finally the bodies
of the two boys were found in a
ditch, in an open field, very near
Charlotte Easterling's house.
The coroner's jury deliberated sew
eral days and finally returned ver-
dict that the boys came to their death
from gunshot wounds inflicted in a
manner unknown to the jury. There
were many who suspected Joe Nal
10y at that time.
Mystery Explained.
There were three theories ad-
vanced at the time to explain the
mystery, one being murder, one acci-
dental shooting of Prentiss Moore
by Guy Rogers and then suicide on
the part of Guy Rogers, the other
an accident as to both. Joe Malloy,
who has been arrested, is negro
man who had at that time wife
and several children. His wife died
a few weeks after the verdict of the
coroner's jury under somewhat sus-
picious circumstances.
1t is probable that Joe Malloy and
Charlotte Easterling will be given a
preliminary hearing before Magis-
trate S. J. McInnis tomorrow or
the next day.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Mrs. Jackson for Pensions.

Charlotte, N. c., Dec. 21.-Mrs.
Stonewall Jackson, widow of the fa-
nous Confederate chieftain, to-day
affixed her signature to a petition
asking that an amendment be adopt
ed to the Sherwood dollar a day"
pension bill providing for pensions
for Confederate veterans. The pc
tition was drawn by members of
Mecklenburg Camp of Veterans and
the Daughters of the Confederacy,
and is being signed by scores of
prominent citizens.
The petition recites that that Con-
federates fought for principal
which they believed to be right, and
since the war have patiently and
cheerfully contributed to pension the
Federal soldiers, and they respect
fully submit that, as they help to
pay, the general pension, they should
participate in its benefits
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Alleged Tigers Arrested.

Walterboro, Dec. 2O.-Walterboro
has been much excited since Monday
over the arrest of number of alleged
blind tigers, and the subsequent pro-
ceedings.
The town council engaged detec-
tives and Monday morning" seven sus-
poets were arrested. Those arrested
were Mrs. G. J. Byrne and w. G..
Byrne, white; Lawrence Handy,
Chris Edwards, ]. H. Holmes, Will
Singleton and Shaffer Singleton,
negroes.
The accused, who were jailed, gave
bond by night.
Tuesday morning, upon the call of
the cases, it was decided to take up
that against Mrs. c. ]. Byrne first.
After some legal manoeuvring the
case was continued until January 8.
/ The two detectives claim to have
purchased liquor from all the accus-
ed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Prisoner Hears Good News.

Savannah, Ca, Dec. 21.-J. c..
Hunter, under sentence to be hang
ed tomorrow, but whose sentence
was commuted to life imprisonment,
was baptized in the jail to-day by the
Rev. John S. Wilder, his spiritual
adviser. 1t was not until after this
service had been performed that he
was told of his good luck at the
hands of the governor. The man
went into the improvised baptismal
pool at the Jail, thinking that he was
literally standing upon the brink of
the grave He did not falter at any
time in his assertions of his inno-
cence, and after the ceremony was
over and he was told that he was
not to be hanged, he seemed much
relieved but is still of the opinion
that he is entitled to full pardon.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Called to Door and Shot.

Marion, Dec. BIB. T. Ammons,
who for a long time carried the mail
from Marion to Britton's Neck, was
called out on his piazza in the lower
part of the county about 10 o'clock
last night and shot to death. The one
who did the shooting has not yet
been apprehended, consequently no
arrests have followed.
The sheriff and coroner left this
morning for Mr.. Ammons's home,
but they have not yet returned.
1t is reported that Mr.. Ammons
has been having trouble for some
time with a family of negroes who
live near him and it is thought that
the shooting might be the culmina-
ton of this trouble.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Major Wasn't Game.

Spartanburg, Dec. 19.-Greenbury
Franklin and Miss Laura James,
both of Beaumont, repaired to the
Office of Magistrate A. H. Kirby Sat-
urday afternoon and requested him
to speak the words that would tie
the knot of their connubial bliss.
The Major complied in due process
of law and with ceremony and dig
nifty. At the conclusion of the cere-
mony he commanded Franklin to
salute his young bride; but Franklin
declined. Major Kirby thereupon
said: eff you don't salute her, l
will
The groom told the major to pro-
ceed, and the major called the bride
forth. She responded to his call,
but the witnesses in the court room
tell that the major wasn't game
to carry out his threat to the groom.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
World Record for Crossing Ocean.

Boston, Dec. 20.-At 72 years OF
age Thomas Martin, a manufacturer
of Winchester, holds the worlds rec
ord for transatlantic travel as a pas
senger. He has taken so many trips
to Great Britain that he ceased years
ago to keep track of the number.
Beginning in 1870 he has crossed the
ocean not less than twice year and
in some years he has made as many
as five trips to Europe.
In hundred-odd trips he has
crossed the Atlantic more than 200
times, travelling more than 100000
miles in the ocean liners.
Mr.. Martin always travels first
class and the approximate sum OF
money that he has paid to the steam
ship companies is not less than $780,
600 for himself and Mrs. Martin.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Does Legal Hanging Void Policy?

Washington, Dec. 20.-The su-
preme court of the United States will
tomorrow hear arguments to deter
mine whether a life insurance policy
becomes null and void because the
holder has been executed.
In February, 1905, James S. Nc
Cue, mayor of Charlottesville, Va,
was hanged for the murder of his
wife some months previous. He held
a policy of $4,000 in life insur-
ance company, and upon his death
and nonpayment of the claim suit in
behalf of his several young children
was begun by next of friend.
While the outward contention of
the company is not that the payment
is resisted because McCue was exc
cuted and thereby brought about his
own death, at least in part, having
been found guilty by a jury of the
murder of his wife, the punishment
for which in this case was death on
the gallows, the claim is made that
inasmuch as no beneficiary was nam
ed in the policy during the life time
of the insured, therefore no benef-
ciary sustained injury. Stripped of
technicalities, however, the company
resists the payment on the ground
that McCue was hanged and the
question has been put squarely up
to the court to determine, whether
in such case, the policy became in
consequence of such act null and
void or whether it shall be paid.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
PRICE OF THE PEDDLER'S ACRE.
A Fifteenth Century Legacy InvOlv.
ing $4O5,O 900 in British Courts.

London, Dec. ia case which
will decide the ALLEGATION of $4O5,-
900, now in chancery, will shortly
come on in the law courts. The
story of this money opens in the
fifteenth century, when a peddler be-
queathed to the old Lambeth Parish
an acre of riverside land on the con-
dition that his dog, which had accom-
panied him in his travels, might be
buried in the churchyard.
The peddler's legacy, known as
the Peddler's Acre, brought in only
some 70 cents year originally, but
at the time the London County Coun-
Gil acquired the estate the Lambeth
Council was receiving $4,000 a year
from it. The money was devoted to
the reduction of the local rates, be-
ing equivalent to a rate of one farth-
ing in the pound.
The London County Council
bought the estate to build it's new
county hall on it, the price being
$405,OOO. The money was paid into
chancery as the council did not wish
to participate in the dispute which
arose as to it's ALLEGATION.
In old days there had been many
fights over the property, and in 1924
an attempt was made to sell or mort
gage the acre in order to build
chapel in the district. The inhabi-
tants protested and secured an Act
of Parliament in the reign of George
w, vesting the property in the rec
tor and church wardens and ten 9TH
er rated inhabitants, the rents and
proceeds to be applied to parochial
purposes. The church wardens claim
ed a. share of the price paid by the
County Council, and the fight now
lies between them and the Lambeth
Borough Council.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
STRANGEST FRENCH WOMAN.
Lucie Delarue Madrus, Beautiful and
Wealthy, is Extraordinary.

Nine. Lucie Delarue Madrus, in
many respects the most remarkable
woman in France, has, says the Nash
vile American, just returned from
trip to Egypt, more convinced than
ever that she is the reincarnation OF
the woman of centuries ago who in
spired the sculptor of the Sphinx.
Seated in the desert in the shadow
of the giant figure, with it's weather.
worn features, Nine. Madura's s
striking resemblance to the craven
image was so startling that every
member of the party was struck by
it.
But this remarkable woman is
never so happy as when she is MAX
ing a sensation. Beautiful, wealthy
and keen in wit, she succeeds in
keeping herself before the public in
some striking pose all the time.
She is a writer of the most daring
and erotic literature, has written
plays and poems and novels, though
she is not yet 35.
She has an Unsuitable desire for
travel, an unsual thing in a French
person, and she has been in the
Himalayas, has explored remote re-
gions in Arabia, Persia and the Car
pathian Mountains. She made a tour
of Greece on foot, visited the harems
of Turkey, wandered all over the
West African desert, and now she
has been in Egypt the past winter.
She believes that when in Rome
one should do as the Romans do.
Wherever she goes she dresses in
the garb of the native women of the
place and enters as far as foreign
er can, into the life of the people.
She declares that she is getting ma
terial for more books and plays
storing up local color for the future.
She always is photographed in her
costumes and against picturesque
backgrounds, and sees that the illus
trated papers are well supplied with
poses of herself.
In her travels she has had many
adventures and hair-breadth escapes,
but as she always travels with a
large retinue of servants and has
several friends with her she is never
in any very great danger. She trav-
els like a princess, although she has
had to endure innumerable hardships
on some of her journeys.
Her next journey is to be to this
conutry next year. She is going to
visit the Rocky mountains, Mexico,
Arizona and Alaska. She wants to
climb Mount Mckinley, or at least to
attempt it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
Operation to Save RichesOn.

Boston, Dec. 20.-Rev. Clarence
v. T. Richeson, in jail awaiting trial
on the charge of numbering Miss
Avis Linnell, cut himself with piece
of tin early to-day. It is said that
the wound was inflicted in the groin
and that his condition is understood
not to be serious.
The act of the minister is not re-
garded by the jail officials as an at
tempt to commit suicide.
A disturbance was heard in Richie
sons cell early this morning. He had
gashed himself with a sharp piece of
tin. Richeson cried to the guards:
''I've cut myself-I'm bleeding to
DEATH"
The doctor found Richeson had cut
himself severely. Four surgeons re-
sorted to a drastic operation. Richie
son was put under an anaesthetic
and the operation was said to be a
successful one.
After Richeson was carried to the
jail hospital where an auxiliary oper-
alton was performed the surgeons
said they thought he would recover.
Counsel Morse, for Richeson, said
he had been visiting the former cler-
gyman daily until yesterday and that
on each visit Richeson had expressed
confidence in his acquittal. How
Richeson's act to-day would affect
future proceedings, Mr.. Morse was
unwilling to conjecture.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-28
HUNTER SAVED FROM GALLONS
Savannah Mans Sentence COMMITTED
on Eve of Execution.

Atlanta, Ca, Dec. 21.-The death
sentence imposed upon ]. c. Hunter,
of Savannah, for the murder of his
wife and two other women, was COM
muted to life Imprisonment to-day
by Gov. Slaton. The State, board Of
pardons had recommended such a
course.
Hunter was sentenced several
months ago but execution was post
poned pending investigation of a
story told by a Savannah negro, half
way duplicating himself. The ne
gro was tried and acquitted. Hunter
was to have died tomorrow.