The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1919-06-19

ter, and would never have re-
turned to America. When this
news came to me, at q time when
was fighting, l would have bow
ed my head in shame and never
come back to face this embarass-
ment.
From infancy my brothers pc
cularity has been noticeable. He
was never capable Of acquiring
an education. The older he grew
the more marked became his pc
culiarities, and until about four
years ago he became imbued with
the idea that from some source
unknown to him or to anybody
else, he was possessed with con-
sideration wealth and this wealth
was in the custody of my oldest
brother, who had it locked up in
the cash register of little groc-
cry store, which had about $3.50
worth of groceries in it. He made
demands upon my brother for
this money, and when my brother
tried to. explain to him that he
knew nothing about it, he armed
himself with a. shot gun and
would have killed his own
brother, but for the strenuous re-
sistance of customer who hap
pened to be present and over
powered and .disarmed him. At
that time myself and family
seriously considered having him
confined in some institution fog
mental treatment, but actuated
by brothers love, / hoped a.
gainst hope that time would re-
lieve him of his infirmity, and he
would, at least, prove himself to
be a safe member of society. The
seriousness of this situation
forces me to make the embassies
ing confession that my father
died a .raving maniac, and no
doubt it was from him that
George inherited these infirmi-
ties. It was the knowledge of
these facts that induced me to
come back to America and that
now induces me to put these
facts before the people of Miss
issippi in the hope that somehow
and somewhere, somebody will
do the necessary thing and pre-
vent the hanging of a man whom
honestly and sincerely believe to
be irresponsible for his act. l
want to ask that men who are
qualified to pass upon the mental
condition. of. my brother investi-
gate his past life, follow him
down to the time of this unfor-
tunate killing, go to the record
room of the. supreme Court of
Mississippi and read . the testi-
mony of this boy when he was on
the witness stand, and then do me
and my family theriAstice Of tell
ing us, of telling HE. American
| people, whether WI are to accept
fearge,,s act. as q, deliberate. one,
1or whether he knew in truth and
tinfact what he was doing at the
time he took the life of this
young girl.
| found upon my return many
tokens, letters and other indica-
lions showing that my brother
had been deeply in love with the
unfortunate young lady, and it is
my humble opinion that the mad
ness of his love, and because God
Almighty had not endowed him
with sufficient reasoning power,
ne slew her. If this act was one
OF elaboration, the little things
that | have done in this life,
which. my fellowmen have been
pleased to tell me were good and
noble and brave, are but naught,
and the medals Of honor that I
wear will forever cover a heart
that beats in sadness and humil-
iation and not with pride, as
every American heart should
beat. | came to Jackson aimlessly.
and even now l do not know Just
what to do I'M order to convince
the good people Of Rankin county
and Mississippi that my brother
is entitled to the consideration
due crazy man. But for the
!, advice Of my friends would have
gone to the mother and father Of
this young lady and told them
how, from the very bottom of my
heart, | regretted this unfortu-
nate affair. It is my purpose to
go to them and explain just ex-
actly how my family and myself
feel about the whole thing when
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