The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-08-03
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Inittee Law
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y ssh John Arbuckle, while
n 1|eeping In his home, sur
his famfly-a wife and sew
II<lI6 <tf1dren-was awakened by
I'd x1< 81 his door. Going down
q q med the door and by the
q /cIl moon saw o dozen men.
U <overing him with a re
7h1fx come Of your clerk. Tom
IL - led the spokesman.
don't know. He left me without a
Id = q where he was going or
,hn< 11o1I won't go down with us.
w6i0 h&ord the day before he dis
cared TO accuse him of robbing
did not accuse him Of any such
q. He wAs my bookkeeper, sales
ana general utility man. He had
much e 40 that he got the books
q mu1dl& | was vexed and told
that he might as well have robbed
- ! said the two last words Cy
kin came into the store and heard
= and saw me looking angrily at
d. AfferWard l apologized to Tom.
ha seemed perfectly satisfied. The
7 do lie disappeared"
TeEg plausible." replied the spokes-
- 1w DO you account for. blood
towel sound in Bowles' roomY
eHn nothing in that. Bowles
cutting nDme meat for customer
tbs knife struck his finger. He
it e bis Eeom to stanch the blood"
John Arbnckle, your explanations
miahty min. You were heard ac-
Ine Tofn Bowles of having robbed
The next day he disappeared
bout ! word Of information as to
ere IL was going. II you was in
eastern country where such cases
gouru drag along for months. you'd
bablg get a lawyer who would
Ne TINT you never saw Bowles. In
country we take things as they
thcre ain't no lawyers to throw
% our eyes. Come along"
y this time Mrs. Arbuckle and the
ldreu lad come downstairs and
pite their clinging to the husband
father Ne was hurried away.
IN make you men pay for this" he
1 EVERY one Of you"
YUusII I'VE to come back. from
gdom coxne to do it." was the cold
hey took their prisoner to a tree
| were about to hang him when a
n rods by and asked what was the
'IrRe n&ninst him. When told he
that about the time indicated he
| met Bowles early one morning
king 81 road leading southwark.
D informent couldn't remember the
e. but be judged 1t was about a
nth before.
he committee had started in to
lg murderer and did not relish be-
turned from their purpose, but
eraI Of their members insisted on an
FesfzeAfion Of Bowles having been
d going southward and after a long
pute IL vas determined to put him
5a1 fz1I this could be done. He was
refers lodged in cell and the COM
tee went home to bed.
me Wouid naturally suppose that
&c nen Who considered that justice
ted On heir shoulders would have
zen tie pains to send out in the di-
ton Howles had been seen going to
Ike Inauiries for Inn. But while
y made Il their business to dispense
tice ana gloried that there were nc
vyers ID The territory to delay them
doing 20. no one Of them seemed to
lsi7ef Il his business to hunt up
missing man. A week after they
re bent on hanging Arbuckle they
"a xax cooled as to take very little
crest "a his case.
However. Mrs. Arbuckle placed mel
IId1en ID the care Of friend and
thonk announcing her intention
Er1a2 ont to hunt for the MISSING
tim. Bne spent a good deal Of tdm'
Der quest without immediate re
| Il 4ktoK being away from her littl'
e - Iong as she felt it practicable
leave hem. she returned, bitterly
sanEs6Infed.
rinaz rassed. There was no trace o.
ywla bit the thoughts Of the vigi
&c e6srnittee had been turned int
her eHennels and no movement wa
ads s. excute Arbuckle. Six months
renamed In jail and would proba
b have remained till the crack o
o.. not a court been organized
s zhe dispensation of justice gu
tzzz nends of a self constituted com
lite hen this occurred the prison
= E was looked into, and sine,
ere #hs not sufficient evidenc
ali I'm to warrant his trial b
&c eharged.
zz# days later Bowles, accom-
ME 81 a wife. turned up, happy Il
inz bridegroom. He had beel
rn8z 4ewn by the bride, but she ha'
IeHze|z md given him hope. He ha'
ne her, but being a modest mai
= ing further disappointment
q kz the reason for his going t
IL ay after Bowles' return Al
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