Year: 1868

seem to do him any good. He saie
he hadn't felt we'll all the afternoon.
He was dizzy now, and almost blind
and had severe pains all up and dowr
his back. He said he never could ge
home alone, and he wanted somebody tt
help him. One of the company, who
had horse in the shed, offered to helE
him. and SUIT got up to 60 out with him
but be staggered and trembled so that he
had to help him out, and lift him onto
the horse.


"This SUIT Mangle had lived in. thai
section going on four years. but folks
didn't know much about him. He had
a wife, but no children, and earned his
living by hunting. He seemed to be a
quiet sort of chap, but as he didn't
seek anybody's company, Of course there
didn't anybody seek his.


about nine o'clock Smith and went
home and went to bed, and just as we
were going to work the next morning we
saw the German pedlar posting off down
the main road to the river. We went to
the shop. and along towards the middle
of the forenoon we saw a crowd gather
ing in front of the tavern. I ran over,
and learned that the pedlar had been
murdered and robbed We found the
coroner, and off we went down the road,
for about mtle, where we found the
murdered man. His head was smashed
to pumicc, and his clothes all covered
with blood and not far off was found the
club with which it had been done. 1t
was piece of locust, and was daubed all
over the heaviest end with blood and tan
gled hair. The two trunke wers found
in the woods. entirely empty, everything
they had contained having been carried
off. .-


''It didn't take long to find verdict
in that case; and when they had decided
that the pedlar had been brutally mur-
dered BY some unknown person, the body
was carried back to the tavern, and then
the people turned ont Ia hunt up the
murderer. They hunted all that day,
securing the highways, and the by-ways,
and the woods in every direction but
the object of their search was not to be
found. One of the first places visited
was SUIT Mangle's. They found him
sick abed, and his wife said she was
afraid he had small pox. She had seen
nothing. and heard nothing, of any
stragglers about the premises, and as the
settlers were anxious to get out of the
way of a man who had that fatal disease,
they left as quickly as possible.


''It was on the third day after the
murder that all hopes Of finding the vii
liam we're given up. As many as twen-
ty different individuals had been appre-
hended and examined, but not proof
enough could be found to detain them
People wondered how it could have been
done-and well they might-for the
murder could not have been done an hour
before it was discovered, and in less than
another hour half the inhabitants Of the
town were on the search. Inquiries had
been made upon every way by which a
william could have escaped, but no clue
could be thus gained, I had made up my
mind that the murderer had not left the
town at all. I believed that it must have
been done by some one who bad lived in
that section had no idea where sus-
picion could rest.


"The third day after the murder was
Sunday. and in the forenoon Smith and
I went to take walk. We stopped at
the tavern, where I learned that SUIT
Mangle had the small pox of the worst
kind, and that nobody dared to 60 near
the house. I asked if he had doctor.
''No, said the landlord ''his wife says
she can fix him up, as she has been in a
hospital at New Orleans. So the doctor
thinks there is no need of his venturing
there"


.'Of course I knew that I could't
take the small pox again, SO I made up
my mind that I'd 60 down and see the
poor fellow, and find out if he wanted
any help. Smith said he would 60 part Of
the way with me, but he wouldn't venture
into the cot. We set out, and when we
got to within half dozen rods of the
house. my companion said he guessed
he'd stop. and let me 60 ahead. The
dwelling was only log-cabin. and when
1 reached the door, Mrs. Mangle came
out. She was a hard looking woman
though not so homely as I bad seen


Don't come no nigher," she cried,
when she saw me. Suits got the small
pox awful"