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    18 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , SUNDAY , APRIL 27 , 1800-TWBNTY PAGES.
HOW BLACK BILL DIED.
Herald : Hill Ellis stopped
linlf wiiy to the barn and looked off
across Iho ( lold.s to a Hltlo cluster of men
In the edge of Iho woods near the rtrfU
road truck and wondered what hud oc
curred to call Kontuckifuif ) afield so
i.'urly In the ninrnliitf. AH ho watched
them a llttlo longer something BO ( in-
usual in the Hituation Impressed him
thai Kills let his leading go and walked
down to Iho road , whore ho could sec
clear to the railway.
"My God ! " Bald the farmer , "there
lias beoli a wreck. " Ho hurried along
down the highway , finding the evidences
of a catastrophe thicken as ho advanced ,
1111 the moans and cries of wounded men
and women reached his ears. From the
llr.it ho had feared with a shrinking
heart that It was not an accident , and
when ho reached the track and haw the
displaced rails of the switch , saw the
Hpikes which had held them in wrong
position , and the great timber which
had thrown the enpino on its wrong wide ,
Bill Kills ran over the list of his neigh
bors , and wondered on which ono sus
picion would fall. Ho lent a willing
hand in the work of relief , offering his
homo for a shelter to mieh as could bo
removed there and lending his great
strength to help carry the wounded
uway from the wreck.
No ono asked how It had happened.
Everybody know that. Everybody know
and , somehow , it scorned they know
It without being told that the express
i-iir had been robbed. Hill felt this as a
certainty a gbastlysickeningcortainty ,
cruel as fate , and as unavoidable even
before ho heart , ! the comments of the
people.
"Three men and two women killed , "
said a man coming up from the patch of
greensward where the thickest crowd
bad gathered.
Just as tile relief train from Bowling
Green came hurrying to the scene , with
physicians and citi/ens and the usual
rrowl of newspaper correspondents. Bill
King , commonly called "Black Bill , " to
distinguish hischristiannamo by which
all men were known from the fairer Bill
Ellis , appeared on the scene. Black Bill
was loud with inquiry and comment. Ho
inspected the wrecked engine and studied
the misplaced switch. Ho strode around
the couches Improvised from car cush
ions and talked constantly to whoever
would listen.
"Never hcorcd a sound , " ho said.
"Neves see a thing about it till this last
inglno come a whistlin' through the
timber. Then I said to Li/ , says I ,
'Soinpin wrong down to tbo railroad
track , ' pays I ; 'somopin wrong down
tliar'and I kim fast as my legs would
carry me. "
lie helped everywhere , working man
fully with Bill Ellis and his other neigh
bors till the last injured person was
placed on the relief train ; till the five ,
corpses wore decently composed and till
all moved oil' in the soft summer air , the
engine boll tolling and tbo reporters
hurrying among the passengers. Ho
helped to clear the track for regular
tralllc , and went homo a little after
noon for dinner , declaring bo was "pow
erful weak and hongry. "
The wreck and attendant express rob
bery furnished an unending subject of
talk in tbo neighborhood all the spring
and summer. The coroner's jury bad
sat upon the case with all duo formality ,
bad named the persons deceased , and
had recorded a finding that'those un
fortunate passengers had come to their
death from injuries caused by a railroad
wreck , and th it the wreck , while plainly
intentional , was the act of some person
or persons unknown.
"Wo couldn't git not n scrap of ovi-
dcncl ) , " said Black Bill , with an empha
sis on tbo final syllable of his last word.
"They didn't nobody seem to know noth
ing about it. "
But somebody was finding out about it
every day. Agents of the secret service
men who checked the reign of crime In
the border states after the war , wore
constantly Hitting in and out of Bowling
Croon , and every week or two some man
from Bill Ellis' neighborhood would bo
tackled in town and made to give up
some hint that pointed to local talent as
tbo authors of the crime.
"iMustabin that .lames and Younger
gang , " said Black Bill to Bill Ellis , as
the two sat on tbo line fence ono day in
.1 uly after the wheat had been cut and
shocked. '
"No .twan't James outfit "
, no , protest
ed Bill Ellis. "I'm fearn lightnin' will
hit a heap nearer homo when it does
come. " But neither went any furthov.
For himself Bill Ellis boliovcd that
Black Bill bad a hand in the affair , and
ho grewstrongor in the conviction every
lay. lie and bis brother Harvo were
blading cane ono day some weeks later ,
and tbo talk turned on the wreck and
express robbery of the preceding spring.
"Honest now , Uarvo , " said Bill ,
"wasn't you into that thing ? You
needn't bo afearn of your own brother. "
"I ain't fearn of you. Bill , " said
Harvo , "and if I was in it I would a told
you long ago. Got mighty littio use for
them that was killed , an' glad the express -
press company was robbed. I wisht I
had the money. But I didn't have no
hand in it , and I don't know no ono that
did. "
"You wasn't to homo that night ,
"
Harvo.
"No , I wasn't to homo. I was up to
Black Uill's , and wo was drinkinfc and
pluyin' all night. Hlaok Bill's sister
and mo played agin him and Honh Court
ney-and wo beat 'em. "
"Runnln1 with that gang will git you
into trouble yet , llarve. They git you
drunk and nil that , an' taln't 'doin' you
no good. And that sister of Black Bill's ;
Mho's bad , llarve awful bad. "
"O , sho's all right , " protested' Harvo.
"None of them over got mo Into trouble
yet. "
So they finished blading the cane , and
Bill boltoved bis brother. Ho was very
Hiiro Hurvu would have told him had ho
known anything about the wrecking.
Next day was Sunday and Harvo put
on a clean suit of clothes and went down
to Hindi Bill's. That worthy was not at
„ homo at the time , but the young man
found bolter ontertainmunt from Li/ .
They drew a largo black jug from a cool
corner of the collar and resolved to pass
Iho hours agreeably till Black
Bill should return But that worthy was
in IK ) hurry. He had taken u Hsh polo
and gene over to the beaver dam. Luck
was with him and before tbo heat of the
day had eomo the fisherman had quite u
load of good perch and black bass ,
"I don't need 'uin to homo , " ho said ;
' I'll just take 'urn by and leave "em with
Hill Kills and his folks. Maybe I will
HOD Julu while I am there. "
Ho ho walked across the fields , won
dering how Ellis managed to keep his
place in mich good order , till ho struck
the orchard and found Julo roaming
about in the shade and evidently ready
to welcome company. She was bolter
dro * ed than most women and Black Hill
was fond of her , filio did not mix with
thn ntIT of the neighborhood an Li/ did ,
mid ho wlHhod nls rather convivial aUtor
would profit by the example.
"W t some fish , Jnlu'i" asked Black
Bill , coming Biiddonly upon her ; then ho
la'ln'd Immoduratofy at her start and
iiiTfi't'-d llttlo scream. Ho knew ho had
not filghU'nodlicr , but it pleased him to
humor the docoptlon.
"Liz don t Illco to dean 'urn , " he Huld ,
"and I thought It was a pltyXo throw
them away. "
. "I'll clean'em.said the girl. "You
can stay for dinner and help oat 'em ,
too. "
"Aw , ain't hardly got lime , " protested
the fisherman.
"Ain't got time a Sunday ? " and Julo
laughed at bar visitor's unskillful ox-
cusi' . So Black Bill stayed at the Ellis
phi CM all day , eating dinner with a rel
ish which told of a poorer feeding at
homo , and leaving at last late in the
afternoon.
Out by tbo barn ho.mot llarve coming
'back from his day's carouse with Lin.
Harvo was much the worse for the fre
quent visits to the cool jug in the collar ,
and managed to tread a path as devious
JH that of tbo rail fence which supported
him now and then when ho slopped to
rest.
rest.Bill Kills saw his brother talking to
the departing guest , and fancied there
was some heat in the conversation more
spirit , certainly , than was needed in a
cumin ! Sunday evening meeting. But
after Black Bill passed on down the lane
Ilnrvo came to the house and found his
brother.
"Bill , " ho said , "I want you to Keep
this money for mo. I'm goltr to Bowl-
In' Green , an' I don't Want to carry it , "
and ho tendered a roll of greenbacks.
There was $7 < i in three bills. Where
had he gotten it ?
"I don't want It , llarve ? " said Bill a
litllo harshly , for all the fear and horror
of the wreck came back to him. " 1
don't think you came by it honestly , and
I won't have notbin' to do with It. "
llarve was easily angered , and spoke
sharply to his brother. Ho wanted to
light , and declared bo would either leave
the money with Bill or lick him bo
didn't care which. Mrs. Ellis settled the
dillicully.
"I'll keep your money , Ilnrvo , " she
said , "and I know you got it honestly ,
too. Lot mo have it. "
So she took the bills and pacified her
brother-in-law. Harvo staggered out in
the orchard and lay down an the grass.
Bill went to him and began a conversa
tion. .
"Harvo , how much did you get out of
the wreck and express car ? " ho asked.
"Didn't get notliin' , " said Harvo ,
without rising from the sod.
"Black Bill says ho give you five hun
dred dollars. Ho said you plilled the
spikes. "
"Black Bill's a liar. Ho pulled the
spikes hisself. "
"Whad Black Bill drive them spikes
with , Harvo ? Ho ain't got no sledge. "
"Ho drove 'em with your ax , and it's
got the dents of spike-heads on the polo
right now. " Harvo was not maudlin.
His legs were drunk- , but his tongue was
sober. Bill remembered the ax was unaccountably - -
accountably battered.
"How did you smash the safe ? "
"Didn't. It wasn't locked. "
"Whad you git out of it , Harvo ? "
" . Black Bill
"I got only seventy-five.
didn't treat mo right. Ho got moro'n
a thousand. Every fellow got more'n I
did , but Black Bill had it all and counted
it , and wo never got no show. "
Ellis waited a long time. The prob
lem was a heavy ono. Deep disgrace ,
dishonor , oven death , seemed haunting
the orchard like ghosts of that Juno
crime.
"llarve , " ho said , "do you know what
I'm tollhr you ? "
"What you tellin' mo ? "
"Tbo gov'ment agents down to Bow-
lin' Green are after you. You better go
awav tonight. Bolter go out west or up
north faomuwhbre. They'll got you sure
if you stay bore. " Ilnrvo was fright
ened , was half-sobered by tbo words.
But bo was plainly iii no condition to go
away now. Bettor wait till tomorrow
night. Then bo would take bis $75 and
and try and hide himself in the brighter
light of strange places.
As Ellis rose from the ground , leaving
his brother to sleep oil his deep potu-
tions , ho saw a shock of black hair drop
below the laurel Iwdgu , and know by the
movement of weeds that a man had been
listening and was now making bis way
to the road. But ho was not frightened.
In the instant's glimpse ho rec
ognized Black Bill , and for tbo first time
was glad to see him. Had it boon a
stranger Hill Ellis would bavo taken
down bis revolver and pursued him to
the death. This secret must bo kept.
Next day llarve went over to Truo's
Mill to b\iy a now pair of shoes. Bill
Ellis was making sorghum. The old
blind mare was treading around the
rude wooden crusher which Julo was
feeding with the long , smooth stalks of
cane , and Bill's wife was busy at tbo
house. Just about noon Black Bill came
over and sat on the chopping block near
Iho furnace , talking first to Ellis and
then to Jule. Ho took tbo pitchfork and
went over to carry the crushed stalks
away from the mill , ehiifling tbo girl in
the rough fashion of tbo section.
"That mill's a great band at squeox-
in' , " ho said , gayly. "Ain't no girl in
this region can bold a candle to it. "
"Ain t no girl in this region got notb
in' so sweet to squeeze , " retorted Julo ,
and Black Bill laughed uproariously.
"Bill , " ho said , coming back to the
furnace , where the farmer was intently
watching the boiling juice and skimming
hero and there as the steam woidd rise
and show him floating patches of base
green foam. "Bill , I wisli you'd lend mo
your revolver. I want to go to Bowlin'
Green tonight , and mine won't work ,
faomohow. "
"Goin1 to town pretty late in the day ,
ain't you ? " said Ellis , peering through
tbo clouds and reaching about with tbo
skimmer. Ho did not wish to anger this
man ; yet ho had littio doubt some pre
cious scheme of villainy was afoot.
"Yes , summit ; but I'll bo back by
dark or a littio after , " and ho waited for
either consent or refusal.
"Well , I ain't a-u-in' the pistol , " said
Ellis. "You can go in and git it. It's
bangin' in mv belt on a nail behind the
door. " Black Bill sauntered to the
bouse and came out in a moment , buck
ling tbo thing about his waist , but con
cealing the bolster and revolver under
his butternut coat.
"All blx loads in it , I see , " ho re
marked , as ho passed the furnace. "I
don't know as I need It , but thu's a dog
down by tbo ford that toilers me about n
hundred yards ivory time I puss ; I
swore I'd kill him la-jt time , but my gun
wouldn't work. "
Ho wont dowa the dry clay road , strid
ing rapidly as though suddenly hurried.
Ellis saw his sister was following the
slouohy form with her eyes and neglect
ing the crusher.
"Julo , " said ho , "you'll have to quit
sbinln1 up to him. That Black Bill is a
bad egg. I won't have him around hero
no more. He's gottln' us In trouble ,
git up thoiv , BUr/.e. " This last to the
blind mare who had stopped , for Julo ,
suddenly recalled from her dreaming ,
had choked the crusher with a profusion
of cane stalks
The work at tbo sorghum mill lasted
till past sundown , and then Julo wont to
do "tho chores , " whllo Ellis continued
boiling. Ho must finish this batch to
night. Ho lighted n plno knot and sot
it up for jUorch.watehlng and skimming
and mending tbo llro till the stars came
out. Just as ho wus stirring oft ho saw
Hlaok Bill come through the gate.
"Got back about the time 1 said , " re
marked the latter. "Much obliged for
your guy , Hill. I only used just ono load.
That dog came out and I cut loose tit
him , but my aim was bad and I missed
him. "
"All right , " said Kills. "Hang It up
again. Won't stay for supper ? "
"No , Liz will bo cxpoetin' 1110 , Need
rain awful , don't wo ? " Ho wont back
across the fields to his home , and Ellis
wondered how ho could find Bomo way to
separate that fiend and his sister Jule.
The girl seemed Inclined to favor the
shiftless fcllowji suit , and IF there was
nothing more against.him than his gen
erally worthless name Ell Is was opposed
to him ; but when added to that was the
consciousness Unit Black Bill had
capped a long llfo of evil' doing ,
an unbroken course of varied vil
lainies with that monstrous train
wrecking , even thiscoar.io and hardened
dweller In the boarder shuddered at Iho
thought of marriage.
Harvo did not come homo that night.
This was not unusual ; and the women
wore not surprised , but Ellis nat up till
past midnight , hoping his brother might
come. Harvo must bo gotten out of the
country. Surely tbo blow would fall
sometime. Tbo detectives never for a
moment ceased their efforts to find the
men who robbed that express train. And
when the end came Ellis know that
Black Bill would not bo so willing to
take all tbo blame as ho was to take all
the money.
Tuesday Hill Ellis cut the rest of the
sugar cane and hauled it In , and Wed
nesday ho took a grist of corn over tote
to True's mill. While there ho Inquired
and found that Harvo had visited tbo
store Monday , along about noon , and
bad bought a pair of cowhide shoes.
"Did ho pay for them ? " asked Bill ,
hesitating as though offering to seltlo
his brother's debt , if there was one. Ho
trembled as ho asked the question and
did not dare look up.
"Yes , ho paid for them , " said the
merchant , sauntering closer to his cus
tomer. Ellis know the man's eyes wore
upon him. "Ho offered mo a $50 bill ,
and I couldn't change it. Then bo offered -
fored mo a twenty , and I couldn't change
that , and then ho gave mo a , live. "
The storekeeper's volco was low and
mysterious. Every man was a deteclivo
those days , and Bill Ellis looked up to
read "detection , conviction , execution"
in Iho merchant's gaze. A fifty , a
twenty and a live. That was just what
Harvo had Sunday. It was just tbo
amount ho said ho had received from
Black Bill. Ho said nothing , for lie
know ho could not command his tongue
to speak naturally. His whole throat
felt clamped and dry and painful , as
though the rope which ho was sure had
been already twisted for bis brother ,
wore pressing his own jugular.
Next day ho wont back to the sorghum
making , and Julo fed the crusher , sing
ing bits of tbo camp meeting songs that
formed most of the music of the section. .
Bill was very busy and very much
troubled about llarve. Ho hoped tbo
both had made good bis escape before
the blow toll. For full it must , and that
quickly. Ellis felt a constant premoni
tion that tbo mystery of that Juno horror
ror would not remain a mystery much
longer.
"What the buzzards flyin' around
down there in tbo pasture , Bill ? " asked
bis wife sis she emptied tbo dishwater
after clearing up the dinner table.
"You come and tend these molasses , "
said Ellis. "I'll go and sec about it.
Must be some of the calves. I didn't
could thorn since Sunday. "
Tile woman took bis place at the fur
nace , and Bill Ellis hurried across the
fled. He must get back as soon as pos
sible , for that batch would bo ready to
stir off pretty soon. Tbo ground along
the creek was still moist and covered
with deep grass , but over tbo clay-
topped bill it was parched and dry ,
breaking into clods and cracking hero
and there from the long hot seaspn.
The corn was not doing so well , 'but to
bacco had gollen a famous growth. The
dry weather had not affected the pastur
age ; ho noticed that. Whatever could
tbo buzzards bo fiying around down
there ? Yonder were the calves , clear
across the field ; lie counted thorn as ho
walked along. They were all there.
Then bis eyes relurned to the near cor-
near of tbo field and searched the grass
for some object which could attract the
birds
There , close by tbo path which led to
Hunter's creek , was some dark object ;
too long for a calf anyway ; certainly not
a dog or anything like that ; and not a
colt _ or a cow either. A buzzard rose
with a heavy stroke of wing and a re
pulsive turning of that naked head and
neck.
"Why , its a man my GodI its Har
vey ! " For the first time in years ho
pronounced his brother's full name.
Lying there full length in the path ,
each hand grasping a tuft of the soft
grass , his face black and mutilated by
tbo beaks of carrion birds , lay tbo re :
mains of Harvey Ellis past all fear of
arrest , beyond tbo roach of any man's
pursuit. Bill Ellis knelt , at the poor
boy's side , turned him over on his back
and hid bis eyes to shut out that awful
sight. Then ho looked again. The
clothing was stiff with clotted blood.
There in the back was a great hole ,
blackened now an empty well from
which the Hfo blood bad poured for a
day and night , until the warm heart was
cold and still forever.
Who killed Harvo Ellis ?
That was what the wliolo neighbor
hood was saying. That was what Black
Bill was constantly asking in every
crowd of men. That was what the de
tectives were trying to find out , till ono
day Iho sheriff arrested the dead man's
brother and locked him up at Bowling
Groen. The inquest revealed that Uarvo
and Bill bad quarreled Sunday night ;
Julo testified to this , so did Mrs. Ellis ,
and Bill admitted it. It was proven
that the bull which ended tbo young
man's life came from the brother s re
volver ; ho was shot on the brother's
farm and bad lain there in a
pasture , by a path , where it
seemed ho should have been sooner
discovered. Evidence piled up against
him as tbo days wont by , and there was
not ono thing besides bis denial , which
tighlencd tbo load upon him. Bill Ellis
laid in jail till term time , then stood his
trial , tolling his story as well as ho
could ; then sat there under the oil lamps
ono October midnight and watched , with
haggard face , twelve men file Inlo the
court-room.
"Wo , the jury , find the defendant
guilty of murder in the first degree , "
read the clerk.
"Is this your verdict , gentlemen ? "
"Itis.1-
Tbo lawyer polled the jury.
"You have heard the verdict read by
the clerk , Mr. Suitors ; was that and is
it still your verdict ? " and so on down
the line ; so on down past Zed Carmen ,
and Tom Baldwin , ano Itufus Lite , and
Bill King bettor known In the country
as "Black Bill" ami so on to the end.
And they all assented solemnly.
Bill Ellis gave up nil bopos. Crlmo
was too common , hangings wore too fre
quent to hope for any change in the sen
tence. Ho made a will and loft all his
property to his wife , with a reasonable
provision for Julo , his sister. Then ho
bought a lead pencil and a blank book ,
and in the weary weeks that followed
his conviction the man wrote "A Con
fession. " The book is before mo as I
write these lines. I have read It
carefully ; have seemed to sit in his
gloomy cell with him and watch him
spell these words with Infinite labor. It
would make altogether about two col
umns in the Herald ; yet the man was
six wcoks writing It. And why ho called
It n confession no reader will over know.
There is not otnj act from opening to end
of which ho need be ashamed. Ho tolls
of his boyhood , his array life , his later
work , his conviction , and ono grows to
honor the direct , simple honesty of the
man ; grows to llvo the scenes over with
him , and to feel as ho did how hard was
the fate which crushed htm. And In It
all there is , along each line , above each
misspelled word , running through the
crude senlcnces and crowning Iho con
fession of Bill Ellis , the everlasting
stamp of God's truth. You could not
read It and doubt it.
Just a month before the day appointed
tor his death Bill Ellis was visited by
Iho sheriff.
"Black Bill is under arrest , " said he.
"What tor ? " asked Ellis.
"Wrecking and robbing that train last
Juno ; tor the unurdor of five men and
women. " 1 ,
Ellis made no sign.
"What do you know about It ? "
"You . "
havoilho right man.
"How long have you known this ? "
"Kvcr since the Sunday when mo and
Ilarvo ouarrcled. "
"Why didn't you toll of it ? ' '
But there was no answer lo this. Why
should bo tell ? Wore tboy not neigh
bors ? Wore 'not tbo officers kept and
paid to ferret out thcso crimes ? Was
not the whole bonier swarming with
them ? Was not the last man of thorn
again the people , and had not the people
ple long ago learned to stand against
them ? Bill Ellis always kept his coun
sel.
"Do you know who killed Ilarvo ? "
asked the sheriff.
"I'd toll If I did that's ono thing I'd
toll. "
Black Bill was locked up safe enough ,
and ono by ono the officers and detec
tives picked up all tbo others until they
found who would talk the weak link in
.tho chain , and by him tbo defense was
broken. Every stop of tbo crime , from
its planning by Black Bill to the night
when a confederate telegraphed Tom
Baldwin at Bowling Green , "Coming to
night" tbo signal which marked n
heavy cash shipment by express ; to the
gathering In Bill Ellis' barn and tbo
taking of Bill Ellis'ax ; to the silent
groping through the wwods to tbo rail
road , and to the shriek and shock ; the
devastation and death of that early
morning wreck. Then tbo infamy of the
hitter revels , when time and again the
six who united in tbo crime mot at
Black Bill King's to drink and gamble
and spend the night in such wild orgies
as should have shamed tbo face of
brotherhood.
Liz was brought in , too. She know
everything , and brazenly , boastingly
told of every stop. She said she know
who killed Ilarvo Ellis , but she wouldn't
loll.
loll."Ho
"Ho was my friend , " she said , touched
to weeping when she spoke of him tbo
only glimpse of tenderness , womanliness ,
she revealed. "Ho was my friend. Ho
treated mo right. Ho was n gentleman.
All the rest of them were brutes. And
then ho was shot and murdered. " But
she would not give a hint of what she
know. They had convicted tbo wrong
man ; she warned them of that. They
would commit murder when tboy hanged
Bill Ellis ; she warned them of that.
But "they banged him. He marched
lo the scaffold as steadily ns ho over bad
walked afield lo tbo sweet duties of life ;
he fixed tbenooso with his own hands ;
and had them bind against his body , be
neath his arms , a copy of his book. "I
want it to speak for mo when I am
silent , " ho said , and then , from beneath
tho-cap which shrouded up his bead , bespoke
spoke the signal which cut short his life.
Black Bill and his gang were not tried
till January. It was a famous ovent.
Great lawyers were pitted against each
other. Generous funds were raised tor
both prosecution and defense. Three
counties came together and fought tor
admission to the littio court room where
tboy were tried. Tbo railroad company ,
the express company , the relatives of
the deceased all were represented , and
all watched tbe _ run to cover on the firsi
day of the trial. Black Bill , who bad
hold them all up with tbo vow to light it
out ; Black Bill , who swore bo was not
guilty and would never be convicted ;
Black Bill , who1 hushed the babbling
lips of Liz luid every other traitor
Black Bill confessed.
Ho sent for tbo sheriff and the state's
attorney as soon as the jury was iinpau-
paneled and laid tbo whole story before
them , asking only that his treason might
bo counted to 'him for honesty. They
gave him no promises , but they read his
statement to the court , and saw two con
demned defendants leap upon the
demon and beat him senseless before
they could bo restrained. No plea of
guilty availed them. They were con
demned to death , and filled the jail with
such a sweeping draught of criminals as
never since has cursed the border.
And Black Bill wrote a confession ,
too. I have read it. I bavo stopped
at places to study if tbo man were mad.
I bavo wondered that a heart so base
could beat , could send its strength along
the nerves and guide the pen which told
of such a life. Told , did I say ? Nay ,
boasted bragged of it revgled in it.
And , inoro'H the shame , the * stamp of
truth is on this book , loo. Theman had
slandered manhood from his birth. Ho
lolls of crimes committed when a boy
that older years might tremble at ; ho
tolls of outrages in tbo years when all
the land was shaken with confusion ;
poisonings , deceptions , ambuscades ,
cruellies , and all tbo nameless acts of
.diabolism that spring from souls lost at
inception.
And ho wont to the gallows pnyiy. Ho
made a long speech , mouthing some
moral words and plainly proud that all
men talked of him , Even his crowning
villainy his silence when Bill Ellis died
did not trouble him , and ho died with
out ono real regret.
Jamaica Is in the field already with
her invitations for the International Col
umbian exhibition , to open January 1 ,
181)1. ) The display of Columbian relics
of importance will probably bo very
groat.
Heauly How Acquired.
i.iIS.r , ? lT0.lil'niltllllt ' niltls were atl ruction
1 Ul ° I'liiniin ' fiioo tliiin u nloti 00111-
J ho l"stl01 ; ! ls "fU'it linked , How It
rL ' " ll ' " ' " 'iHfiil ' sMn ? This l <
' Wl'lOO
lluVl . B " ' 5V"1 M1,1111' ' ly IX'"l'U ' " - " ' SJI'I- | '
ir ii.Yllllllho'lJslllI)0 ) " 'I" ' " " ! * Uiilyhv n
'
Snl , irniV'oclrs ot 'owovliur tlio otitrroiitfolu
nlllK f" " " " Iwaciilli nil Impurities ,
n , , l o-Uon
n n.i . i umlipT .T'unntmoof ' t Most ; I ii Noiich
that
limned -
lau-ly mu llm
or outer liiyr , , thorn
s a HMO and lujantlfiil iimlprnklu lllui that of
V'/VV ' / ' " " ' 'lfttt- ' ' ' " 0 | < 1 " ' " b s IK-CM ro-
minca this iimlar Hklu tnhet Its nlnuo. f.s
; .0lr1"pd'Y ! ! | tl",1' ; w" ! ( l" this without lu-
tlint Is l the ' ! ' " " World { " ' ' , ? J lll > l ° ' ' " "lll > - d
Honowm-d Knee Hlpueli.
imniifiicliiiiMl My Mum. A. Iliiiiport. the lend-
lim complexion spcelnllst , of w Vork. This
' ! 1)Visllics ) ' pimples , lihiek-
. . . . .V-'HiovlnB -
iMi.M mol.ll:1frOL'l : < " ' ! " ) ' ' | " ) < . < f' > ll''ni"'Ss ' ,
i iiklpsof tluumtcrsk n. Ho. , brings linek a
mitm-nUjunHliy mid youthful color , mid Is u
ueuldfineni'llttonll complexions , us Itllrms
tlio Hkln , thus provoiitliic tun. clmflnc mid
wiluklu.s. Jline. Humiert 1ms Blven ovldont
nml uonylncliiK proofs of thu olllelenoy of Ktico
Illeaoh by oloarlijK nmHiulf of the faoosof
imtleiits and In vltliiKtlKMiiiblliMooall before ,
during mid lifter tieatment. and the most
dKoptlcnl eonld not but lemaik tlm wondotfiil
powers of her tonJo. Again him otfors to 01110
oriemovoby llionsnof l < 'aeo Illeacb nny east ;
of pimples , moth , freckles , eto. , f ion to any
one willing to have half their faces cleared at
a time ami allow the nubllu to call and see
' J'Oi'i ' ' , nt , lior olllon In Now Vork City. Kueo
Hlcach docs not Hliow on the faoe and Is en-
tlie.lv harmless to the most delicate complo.x-
oii. The nso of one botllo will show a decided
Imptovetiifmt. and u great many are well
enough pleased \flth ono bottle , but to thor
oughly clear the complexion It usually re-
ouiros throe. l'i Ice , $3 per bottle : three bet
tles , $ , , . hyory lady should not fall to send 4
cents for circular.
, , MADAM A. WJI'I'KHT ,
Complexion Specialist. : to Kast Fourteenth
street , Now York Ulty. N. Y.
East Chattanooga
Land Company.
CAPITAL $5,000000 ;
In BOOOO shares ; par value ,
$1OO per share.
K.T t ClinttnnooK.i adjoins Chattanooga , Tcnn. , tlio
moit prosperous city in tlio South today , and tlio
coiulnj ? commercial centre of that section. Tlio Hast
21iattiinooRa Land Co. on 113 2,000 acre ? of land here ,
ncludlng nil tno water front on tlio Tcnnciaeo
Hirer , and this land Is Indispensable to tlio growth
of Chattanooga. A large number of lot for reil-
Icnces , business and intnufiiclurlng purposes Imvo
already ilcen sold. Computing the total value of the
property on tlio basis of the prices nt which tlio
cheapest lots were Bold , wo Imvo the sum of
! 4lno,000 ! on tlio basis of tlio IlKiiroa brought by tlio
best lots , tlio total value amounts to $ I'J,10U,000. , Av
eraging the prices , nnd giving careful consideration
o the character of the illllerent lots and of the
wliolo property , tlio actual present value Is between
eight and nlno million dollurx , or moro than ( ICO per
sharoof capital Htock.
The Company lias set apart for n development
fund 20,000 shares of Its stock , placed In tbo hands of
trustees , the proceeds of which will bo used for the
development and Improvement of the Company's
property. Of this amount , 5,000 ulmrcs only nro
ottered at fW per share the directors reserving tbo
right In advance this prlco nt any tlino without no
tice. No bolter Investment was i > rer offered.
Jfnnufiicturora Ucslilng locations most liberally
dealt with.
BAST CHATTANOOGA LAND CO.
A. A. MOWER , President , Lynn , Mass.
J. SULLIVANf Vice-President , Manchester ,
N. H.
J.V. . ADAMS , Treasurer , Chattanooga ,
Tenn.
For full information and prospectus , ad
dress L. B. RUSSELL , Secretary , 08 Sum
mer St. , Boston.
\\\E \ \ \
* : -5 < xx -
x$800.00 WPEEK.
Agents Wanted !
PortraltsEnlargcd to any slzo.
WtlU fa Spttl.l T.rmi 1 C.l.loiu. .
Chlctgo Electric Licit Snhrgtac Co.
245toS53 E. Knndolph St.
111" .
ULAN LINEOCEAN STEAMS
Passage to and from Great Britain and an
parts of Europe. Montreal-Liverpool route , by the
waters ot St. Lawrence , shortest olall. OlasL-ow to
IloBton , to I'lilltidfIphln. Liverpool to anil from
llaltlmoro. Thirty Steamers , rlaeu oxeclalor.
Accommodation ! ! nnsurpaBsed. Weekly sailings.
A I.I. AN 4& . O.ien. West. AK'ts.
C.J. Sundell , aua , . 112La Kallo St. , Chicago , IIU
CHICHCSTER'S ENGLISH
PENNYROYAL PILLS.
RCD CROSS DIAMOND DRAND.
Rafe , IUP * an.t tlwari reliable T.uillCN , n k
Drufrifltt fur IMmnuptl Ilruni1 lii red metallic
IHJIPS , Mt4with \ blue ribbon , TuUo no other.
Hfnd U'.dtpi ) f > r particular * ai.d MKeller lur
] .aitIf tHOi Mttftliy rt'turnciult. A'arn/liitef
Chlche.tcr Chtia.Co. . llaUUbi ba-l'hlU-.V .
The Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute.
I'or the treatment of nil CIUIO.VIO AN'DSUItlltlUti DMKASIH llrnctx , Api.nnco | < for uWormlllcn nnd
Tm p < . West Kncllltlei , Anninitinnml ltorn < vlla < for j'.irciMifnl Trritltm'nt of vrorf form of cllno.nn rn
qulrltiKMcdlrnl or Htirilr ) < ifTruttim-nt. NINKI'V UOOMd Foil PATIJ.VTrt , llo.int nml Attunilmico. Ilatl
Accumiiioilntloin Weil. Wrltofiirolrciiliuituii loririnltla < : m.l . llriu-ix , Trifun * , ( 'luli tt'ut C'urvnturni of
Hplni' . l'll < - < , Tumors , Cnnror. Cnlnrrh , llriincI\UI \ . Inhulutlon. Ktoctrlrltr. I'lirnlynh , Kili-i | | | y , KUInoy. lll.nl-
ilvr. Hyp , r.nr. MKIn nml lllou.l. nml nil HurHlrnl OiHirntlnni. DIHIIASIIS OKVOMK.V n | n > oliiltf. llnokof
Dlsi-nim nfVoinen Free. Wo Imvo Inloljr mliUM n lrlnj-ln UBpurtincnt for WOHIIMI llnrlnit Conllnumont
tStrlctly I'rlTntn.l Onlr Ilollaliln Mcrtlont l.nlltllto . Mnklnirn Mpeclnlty of 1'UIVATi : IHHKASCS
All lllnoil DlHen'C * sncTO rullr trcntml HTplillltle iwl'iii runnifml troin tin ) sT'tuni wllliinit mcrciirr.
neir llo'lcirallvc tri'ntmpnt for 1/onof Vllnl I'utrer. I'nrlloi Unililo to vKIt lit may ho trc.iltM nt hoiuo \ > f
rorr < | ioiulciifo , Allri > miminlritUmir < m'Muntlnl. Moillclna or Initruini'iiH Rent ! > ) ' innll or oniinm < o-
rurcljr p'ickpil , no m.trln lo lnillr.it > ! contunti or ii'inlcr. Ono imrtonnl Intorvlnw profornnl. Cull nml IMIHUII
nsor vnillililoryof TiMirc-tto , nml we wlllveml In plain wmiip'roiir HOOK TO .MK.N null ! , upon 1'rlratJ
cpcclalor Norruus DhwiHo. , limiotuncr , .SrphllK ( lleot nnilViirloocolL' . nllh illo'Ucjil | Hit Ail.lroii
Omaha Medical and Surgical Institute ,
Corner 9th and Hnrney Sts. , Omalm , Nob.
RUBBER
Fish Brand
The ONLY Lawn or Garden Hose MADE which will stand
40O POUNDS PRESSURE.
Buy THE Best , rr WILL Last THE Longest
OMAHA RUBBER CO. ,
1OO8 Farnam Street , - - Omaha , Neb.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL.
Set of Teeth on Rubber
FOR FIVE DOLLARS.
Dr. R. W. Bailey , Dentist ,
Paxton Block , 16th and Farnam Streets.
A r/a T-TAt-p fr Qfn7Our offices have recently boon en-
-rxiu ncic LU
- and more fully equipped
with all the latest facilities for dental work. We make a full upper
or lower set of teeth on rubber for- five dollars , guaranteed to be as
well made as plates sent out oF any dental office in this country. Do
not be prejuclicod by what others may say against us , but come and
see vis and examine our work ; it will all bear inspection.
Teeth extracted without pain or danger , and without the use of
chloroform , gas , either or electricity. Gold and silver fillings at low
est rates , gold and porcelain-faced crown , teeth without plates , etc
All work warranted.
OR. BA-ILvHlY , Dentist , Paxton Block , IGth and Farnam.
Open ovenlngs until 8 o'olock , Tnko oluvuloron llitli shoot to tlilril Hour.
Mention this impcr.
GUI'hose is guaranteed
lor two seasons and
will stand
Any Pressure
The Uest is the Cheapest
Buy none but me Continental Lawn Mower , ( high wheel ) ; cuts grass
7 inches high. Over 400 in use in Omaha , and all giving perfect sat
isfaction.
isfaction.HIMEBAUGH & TAYLOR ,
1405 Douglas Street.
ORIQINAL
Stove Repairs and Water Attachments
For nil stoves and ranges of nny description. Cnsallno stoves nnd
gns burners cleaned nnd repaired , work guaranteed ,
iint riiiiK. i'rop. Dunlin Stnvo Kcnair Works 80S'&lon - " , > .
U. M. Kuton , Mlingr UIJIiUUl OIU > L 1UJHU1 II U1K5 , Tt'li'plumo ! > W.
: BE :
Ai c.t aoov. . Improved July 30 , 1089 WITH
' '
CENTS' WITH . \ SPIKAL
SPIHAl , Vv
No , 4 APMANBI
AmiAICI xSC'
BEtf. ATTACHED , ATTASHCD.
nr. OWEN'S r.icctro-
. . , ,
Ingdldonsoaandftllotli.
. . Vitas' PS P nco , J'jM '
kind.Sciatica , I'arnlysla KpUcpsy.SnlnallJUicasea.St. °
agga Pfi Aff
DeWI .
ty.
Nervous
Disease. J'lJca , Heart DUcaaos Lumbago , Genera ! and
Co > tlTcne > s , Kidney DIscases.Norvoiii.ncss.Treronllne , iiack vi w. WnMlnR of the
'
liody , and all diseases caused from Indiscretion In Youth or Married J.ifo , Norvom Prostration , 1'HrBonal
Weakness or Kzhaua. tlon , romalo Complaint * , in fact all nervous discuses pertaining to Mulu or * emu o.
\Voch5llcrigotiioWoria to produce n licit that will corapnro with it. The current is underthocontrol or ino
- to suit thla cannot ho with tMyotturlieH ,
wearcrnndcankcmudo tnlia . or Hti-onu nny complaint ! dnnq
/ JnrCCfIho disks are BO adjmtdl ttut lijr peana of our
Jlpdy. / ! . { la the I tcyt nn'il OrfatrjA .m.proveinent
Biok View.
Galvanic Cella , vntU 40t
10 Galvanlo ccJU with 100
defaces of strength , hash" ; The Elcrtrlo current can bo
'Xho Owen licit is day oriilght ciamlnlDKthU belt you will buy no mncr , as it is ngni " und easily worn anJ
After
s Electro.OilvinioBelt ami TppUanco. wo will cud our Full fowrr A'o. 4 llelt complete . lo
if. e nJ returnlt to . MjyMcUn , endorse the Owen Ilelt as tbo best. Bond tic.poBlago for
c you us.
' ' JllftaSo rft ivinif Instructions how to Iroatyoaraelf with electricity
ledcnvelonoKlvlnrlnstrucUon (
liageswTlite'nljr'ni ) bVileianbtover 40ye ra experience , whlcliwl ! " you lu a plaineo
' ,
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Io
. wbQii'ET8ctrio"ihWci7rrcoft.oo."wlirchwlUcureyouornom ! , Ulillblalna.Cratnpslnl'eotor I.eirs.orCoiaFcat
ieueoof mcdlclno ; SenJ forapalrof Ir. ( > , J' you . will
r.rTv'ate . SsMSwellMKente.aniJallwhocaUorwiitou. can rest anure.l thai they toceivo an honuut
" FormtormaUonbowtoobtalutrioll.oftbeaSH.pagollook
. raA"op2n& SSa
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The OWEH BLECTBIO BELT & APPLIANCE CO. , 806 Nortli Broadway , St. Loui * , Mo.
and 826 Broadway , Northeast Corner of 12th , New York City.