The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1917-08-24


who were many; and l, his confidential
clerk, solus-and very proud l am to
hold that position. / believe as a
matter of fact that his enemies-and!
their name is legion-call him Patrick
Mulligan; but to us all who know him
as he is, "Skin O. My Tooth, " he always
was, from the day that he got verdict
of "Not guilty" out of jury who
murderer" Tovey hadn't many teeth,
but it was by the skin of those few
molars of his that he escaped the
gallows; no thanks to the pleading OF
his counsel, but all thanks to the
evidence collected by Patrick Mulligan,
his lawyer.
OF course, Skin O. My Tooth is totally
unacquainted with the use of kid
gloves. He works the best for his
client; let the other side look to them
selves, | say.
Funny-looking man, too, old Skin
O My Tooth-fat, and rosy and com
Portable as an Irish pig, with a face as
stodgy as a boiled currant dumping:
His hair, believe, would be red If
he gave it a chance at all, but he wears
it cropped SO close to his bulky head
Then, we all know that gentle smile
of his, and that trick of casting down
his eyes which gives him a look that
is best described by the word "coy;"
that trick is always danger-slgnal
to the other side.
Now. in the case of Edward Kelly,
everyone will admit that that young
man came nearer being hanged for
hoV nj II
for
But this is how it all happened.
On Tuesday, September Sd, Mary
Mills and John Craddock, who were
walking through the Saltashe Woods
came across the body of man lying
near the pond, in pool of blood
Mary. of course, screamed, and would
have fled but John, manfuly con
uuering the feeling of sickness which
threatened to overcome him. too, went
up to the body to get closer view o.
the face. To his horror he recognized
Mr.. Jeremiah Whadcoat, well-knowr
respectable, resident of Pashet. TIT
unfortunate man seemed to JohI
Craddock to be quite dead; still h'
thought it best to dispatch Mary a
once for Doctor Howden, and also t.
the police-station, while he, with reail,
commendable courage, elected to re
main beside the body alone.
1t appears that about half an hou
after Mary had left him, John though
he detected slight movement 9
the rigid body, which he had proppee
up against his knee, and that tn
wounded man uttered a scarcely audibl
sigh and then murmured few words
The young man bent forward eagerly
striving with all his might to cate
what these words might be. Accorc
ing to his subsequent evidence befor
the coroner's jury, Mr.. Whadcoa
then opened his eyes, and murmure
"The letter Kelly Edwar
the other" After that all seemc,
over, for the face became more rigl
and more ashen in color than beforr
1t was past six o'clock before tt
doctor and the inspector, with tW
constables and stretcher from Pash'
police station, appeared upon ii
scene and relieved John Craddock
his lonely watch. Mr.. Whadcoat ha
not spoken again, and the doet'
pronounced life to be extinct. II
body was quietly removed to M
Whadcoats house in Pashet. MAJ
Mills having already volunteered #
the painful task of breaking the new
to Miss Amelia, Mr. Whadcoat's siste
who lived with him. :,
The unfortunate man was cashl
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