The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-12
Finds Mother Weeping.

~ NNVNOl "SSPAnS'
Accolulns 70 me ponce an aged wom-
~ ~ ac~Soi'pahleu ny several Others,
anu'su"! evening, Slowly MADE her
go ~ S.1" u lne pouy' anu ~
nd va niin1L',t,o tnere Was ,WeepIns
~ S"n'ms W tne effect Ihdt the corpse
"19 nel son. ~
ne ompanlon joined her IN weep
ms anu stL"nseIs anu a'IaCheS OF the
uiu.Lt"hlIe paIIorS turned thelr heauS
sornins et;ei "m" u,hsI eyes "ers Wue.
,Soont.hhns otH'nIeu ueslues nose OF ,ho
h9g.mtr anu rehtlVeS OF me sam youth,
LuSt men a youth walked IN TO see
excI. imsS "VShy WIN ontbor uip,ts eu o ."vhh'
eAclatIneU why moIher' "hat on earth
~ u wv uolns mere,
= "SS ne Wy WIN WdN s~unnoseu 70
~ ueau ueIuIe nus weeping mo'heE anu
~ u'hel ~LIuuLntiH'
Sr 7" =, pSG ~" 'ITnt'ltu sveh Wy
paieies .aei4SGIets ma QUESTION van
20 ansWeIeu ootn Ill 'he affirmative
anr N lne negative.
Nv Sases ol mls'aken luehtlty OIL
uooies Oh SLa''l youths, one ny q molhHr;
ne tntr oE a iathet ma are parallel
Eases 70 me luehtllylhB OF me hu-
purn-halteu Soutn now mystuylng me
Mempnls ponce ana 1etectlVe depart
ment' are gl'en rom ilEst hand khoWl-
eose arc AS lollo"s'
Tho Mothar M;stakar
NS
Tho body Of n ~red-haired, freckle-
faced youth, who had been slain by a
Suburbs Hse Of a a'c city y"f in Wss epnn Ten mt sRy
On a sunday morning IN April a Few
years ago, Nlter oelnk loehtllleu as
VARIOUS Eoulhs. suCh neIhs tne case VI
ine i9Eai inySteIy-a mar
ioenll!lou me hody as that OIL Il mem
Il DeT Oh HIS crew, hpu lOIlDSOl, VI
an Aiaoana loWh, lar up tne lenhes-
see river from inc city "here the oooy
was lounu, J..
inc nolner OF thompson went Nv
the kentutky clty, on Vlewlhg tne
corpse IN me h0rgue' she 'hte" mel
arms around me BODY. Kissed inc iore-
heau ana Wept LOT her ueaa son.
The boys face and features were un,
Dlemlsned and the corpse was as II
tne youth had laiien asleep CltlLent
OF me Kontucky CITY maae ner q purs'
Q enapie her 70 take the DOG PACK u
the AiaDana town LOT ppEial. .,
During me progroSA Of inc tunerai
npnisIihenl ushea. MoS. WIZ . ~.
ms ABOUT me pe.ns deaa ~ WIZ
"Red Thomnson' VINO nad heeh work
ing on q 6tealnooat plylLls INC cuin-
Deriahd river ana VINO hao laueu u
write nome n.,.n t., Alabama Dad
Altnoush pulleu III Aiapaula, neu
Thompson Is a mate on a owoo" TO 70,
a sailhg from narh"r. LIS
buried ooy mas never peeh iue"'ii'eu'
A Tathnr'c Mistake
"a "'NA D
The body Of a well-dressed youth,
found In an alley IN Kansas city, Mo,
Of eat The oi head pui had 'r been '" shorn of Of every very
marx mat would oentlly IL. IN pre-
lo1nu tne MARI Vi Il clo'ills iFnt l"
a hentuGky CITY; 49,. a.,
Throush the description sem 70 .ne
DOLCE, an oiu PLANTER u Mu,
Crscheh county, hentuCky' WHOSE sou
q gone 70 North Dakota Prospecting
ana hau psen tsruy III W!ltInk, M
sure inc murdered BOY IN Kansas CitS
was ms son. ne hurrlea mere, luenti'
red the corpse having II paced ~
a cosby casKet, carried PACK TO tne
Ga kentncky hoTe lcr nuIlul, Wnel
It arrlNed,s n poy s sisters tolu III,
rather the corpse was not large ehouSI
for their brother NeVertheiess, ONE
relatives ana ~nelghbors slaed WIN w
father' ana inc luheral Went on, Wh'l'
the services were peihg held' Il lelesran
from the son came from North DaKot'
to the erect that ne was SAFE.
Even then the tather refused TO nay
the ppe II IN" JOY
was buried under a canopy OF flowers
Fortunately. the chief or police OF I'M
KENTUCKY cty. retained inc clothlhl
worn by me boy when ms poay ma,