The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, July 25, 1901, Image 6
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A HUNDRED YEARS ACO.
TThcrc arc r.Ii the birds thai sang
A hundred years ago?
The flowers ti: ; ail in beauty sprang
A hundred vears ago?
Tb.e lips that - tiled. t!ie eyes that wild
In Hashes shone -oft eyes upon.
Where, where. where are lips and eyes,
The maidens* -aides, the lovers' sighs.
That lived so long ago? _ _ -
Who people 1 ill the eitv streets
A hundred years ago?
Y\ ho filled the eimroh with faces meek
A hundred years ago?
hue sneering ta'e of fister frail.
The plot that worked a brother's hurt,
Where, where, oil, where are plots and
sneers.
The poor man's hopes, the rich man's
fears
That lived so long ago?
Where are the graves where dead men
slept
A hundred years ago?
'And who. when they were living, wept,
A hundred years ago?
Bv other men that know not them
Their lands are tilled, their graves are
filled.
Yet nature then was just as gay.
And bright the sun shone as to-day,
A hundred years ago.
pied For Another's Crime |
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J Tale of a Man Who ItUbelicvcs ^
^ Circumstantial Evidence. ^
tfr* ?????>9 $
^ i? HEY were talking in the hotel
; J office ami the conversation
,v I turned into a discussion of
the value of circumstantial
evidence. The sporting man couldn't
see how on the evidence given against
a dentist in a famous case then on
trial, any sane person could have voted
for his acquittal of the murder, and
said stroug things about what he
would have done to the jurymen who
differed with him had be been in the
jury room at the recent trial. Most
of the others were inclined to agree
with him*
"Gentlemen." said the drummer
from the S-'O.th. who had boeu shifting
uneasily i:t his chair during these
remarks without having had a chance
to break into the discussion. "1 should
rvew v/ncuus m- nus muc&ui ?uu
yellow fever and lay for weeks at the
poiut of death. At the hospital In
which he was confined was a certain
Dr. Sanderson. The doctor took a
fancy to young Hamilton and polled
him through the fever.
"Hamilton on his part seemed to
take an equal liking to Sanderson.
They were thrown much together aud
a warm friendship sprang up between
them. Saudersoa bad money
aud when the time came for Hamilton
to leave the hospital, the Kentucklau
invited his friend to return with him
and try a venture in the slave market
in Kentucky. Sanderson was only too
willing. He resigned his post In the
hospital and the two men started our.
together on horseback through the
then almost untraveled wilderness between
Louisiana and the Blue Grass
State.
jLiioy arriveu saieiy ai xue xiaiuuton
homestead and Sanderson was
hospitably entertained for two weeks.
He had brought with him $1(^000 for
investment in slave dealing, and he
was anxious to go on further to a
part of Kentucky where it could be
readily invested. The $10,000 was in
bonds of the Louisiana State Bank.
One summer morning the doctor took
his departure for the slave market at
Glasgow, and young Hamilton rode
with him for a mile or two to get him
en his way and wish him good luck.
"Hamilton returned in an hour or
two and went about his work. Several
days passed and nothing was
heard of the doctor. Then one morn
ing. the horse on which he had ridden
away from the Hamilton homestead
was found riderless in the road a few
miles outside of Glasgo^-. The saddle
was stained with blood. In the
grass by the roadsfde not far away
there was picked up a bra>3 barrelled
flint-lock-pistol. It was recognized as
belouging to Hamilton. The lock was
broken 'and a fragment of it was
missing.
"Further search revealed in a shallow
hole only about 300 f?et from
where the pistol.was found a decaying
body which was readily identified as
Dr. Sanderson's. The $10,000 worth
of bonds which he had carried away
Vhb liirn were missing.
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"Sow all this was discovered before
Hamilton was informed that hi* friend
was dead. As soon as the body was
found, lie was placed under arrest accused
of the murder. One of the tirst
things he did was to produce from
the lining of his hat the nhukio worth
of Louisiana State bonds which l>r.
Sanderson had brought to Kentucky,
lie did so. protesting that the doctor
had given them to him in exchange for
cash and that lie was innocent of the
murder, but nobody believed him.
"Then a pair of blood-stained overalls
that had been worn by Hamilton
were found in a corn crib and the evi
deuce seemed complete. The young
man was placed on trial at the next
term of court. Till then he had had
the best of reputation, and his friends
had been legion, lie hadn't many
friends left when lie went on trial.
One of the ablest lawyers of the Kentucky
bar of that day defended him,
but it was a hopeless case.
"Hamilton took the stand on his own
behalf and lie was an excellent witness.
according to the stories they've
handed down in Kentucky. He swore
that lie had accompanied Dr. Sanderson
a mile or two on his way, had
given him the pistol because the doctor
had none and also had persuaded
Sanderson to exchange his bonds for
United States currency because lie
thought the doctor might have difficulty
In cashing the bonds. He had bidden
Sanderson God-speed at last, he
said, ami had left him riding away
toward Glasgow.
"A negro was ready to testify that
he had stained the overalls with blood
himself, having stolen them from his
master, to wear to a party. Hut liewas
a slave and his testimony was
inadmissible. Few of those who heard
it regarded Hamilton's story as any
thine hut a clovcrlv concocted tale to
account for circumstances so clearly
against him. The jury certainly did
not believe it. and as I thought before
hearing of the outcome I would have
done as those jurymen did.
"In spite of the many efforts to save
him Hamilton was adjudged guilty,
lie was condemned to death and executed.
protesting his innocence even
011 the scaffold. Only one person believed
in the probability of the man's
story being true, lie was the Judge.
" 'I believe John Hamilton was innocent
of the murder of Dr. Sanderson.'
they say lie told Hamilton's
friends, after the execution. 'Put the
very winds of heaven blew against me
in that trial.'
"And now conies the most astonishing
part of the story. Many years after
Hamilton's execution, there died
in Western Kentucky an old halfwitted
man named King. On his
deathbed liis mind seemed to grow
clear and bo sent for witnesses and
told tbem what bo said was tbo true
story of tbe murder of Dr. Sanderson.
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"One day while wandering 03 a lad
in tbe woods near tbe road to Glasgow.
he saw a stranger riding past
alone. A minute later the Sheriff of
Barren County, the man who afterward
found Hamilton's broken pistol
on the road, who was instrumental in
finding Sanderson's body and who was
Hamilton's bitterest prosecutor in the
proceedings that followed, appeared
from the opposite direction. The
Sheriff rode past tbe stranger, turned
and rode up to him. wrenched the
pistol from his saddle and dealt him a
blow that knocked him from bis
horse.
"me ciying man who told this swore
that the Sheriff lcuelt beside the body
nn,l searched it. Then, seeing the lad
watching him from a little distance,
he called him and made him help carry
the body to the sand hole where it
was afterward found. They covered
it with leaves and then the Sheriff,
after threatening the lad with instant
death, should he ever tell what he had
seen, remounted and rode away. Such
was his fear of the murderer, the old
mail said, that he had kept the secret,
though keeping it had driven him
half crazy.
"One Caspar I). Craddock had been
Sheriff of Barren County when the
crime was committed, lie ^ived lor
years afterward in a distant part of
the State, but a short time before the
old man's tale was told he had disappeared.
Investigation showed that
not long after Hamilton's execution,
Craddock had deposited nearly $10,000
In United States currency in a bank
in that part of Kentucky to which lie
moved, and from his subsequent life
no one who knew him doubted for a
moment that he was really the murderer
of Dr. Sauderson.
"Iu his new home the ex-Sheriff
gave iiimseir up to a life of crime and
violence. The citizens who had lived
near him linally warned him to leave
the community if he valued his life,
and a few days later he disappeared.
He was recognized long afterward In
Cuba, and the desperate ruse by which
he got away from Kentucky was then
revealed. They say It was characteristic
of the man.
"One night soon after ho had been
warned to leave Kentucky, Craddock
was called front his home by a stranger.
The next day. In a hog pen a few
yards from the house, was found a
body clad in the remains of Cwiddoek's
clothes, but so gnawed and mutilated
by the hogs that it was unrecognizable.
Every mark by which
Craddock might have been recognized
was obliterated. but from llio clotbos
the body was supposed undoubtedly to
be Cnuidoek's, though I believe his
neighbors wondered how he could
have fallen Into the hog pen.
"It was realized when news came
that Craddock was alive in Cuba that lie
had cither murdered his caller and
after exchanging clothes had thrown
his body info the pen, knowing what
the result would lie, or that he had
disinterred and thrown into the pen
some newly buried body for the purpose
of concealing his llight.
"There, gentlemen," concluded the
drummer from the South. "This is in
fairy tale. It is well known in Western
Kentucky and when I heard it
from the lips of men whose fathers
well knew Hamilton and the circumstances
attending his trial, 1 resolved
never again to believe uncorroborated
circumstantial evidence."?New York
Sun.
ENCOURAGING AMBIDEXTERITY.
,
The Objections to the Practice Illicit a
Keply.
The Tribune recently referred to a
discussion by the Journal of Insanity,
of the question whether or not children
should be encouraged to use both
hands with equal skill. The attitude
adopted by that periodical was hostile
to the practice. But its objections have
not been permitted to go without a
protest. "American Medicine" says:
"Opposition to ambidexterity is based
on the theory that, while coarse movements
may be performed nearly as
well by one-half of the body as by
the other, accurate and expert movements
require a higher organization of
one-half of the brain than the other.
Hence the more expert hand should be
consciously still more and more specialized;
making the ordinarily quies-!
cent half of the brain assume control j
tends, it is said, to impairment of men- j
tal processes as well as inferiority of J
physiologic speed and dexterity.
"All of which we deny, both fact and '
theory being untrue. The writer, iu ;
the Journal of Insanity, has doubtless
been misled by observation of the !
function of speech, which is single j
and in execution requires the control
of a single centre. We have but one j
voice, but we have two hands which in
many cases at different instants may ,
Vie put iu action with the same (lex-1
terity. Many surgeons can operate
equally well with either hand; many j
artists paint with either hand, and we ;
have seen men who could write as well
with one hand as with the other. The i
critic of ambidexterity may reply that :
this is impossible with synchronous
movements, forgetting that in the mu- j
sician, and especially in the pianist,
and organist, there is the most mar- ,
vcllous expertness of both hands, exe-!
cuting most complicated aud entirely '
different functions and at the same in- j
stant. The arguments against ambi- j
dexterity appear not only inconclusive, '
but are squarely contradicted by facts.
Surely, also, they are against a desir
able freedom of the mind. Without .
the musician's ambidexterity life ;
would be deprived of much charm. We
should encourage "divided attention' j
and that large power of the mind over
the body shown in the synchronous
control of multiform activities." .
A Tramp's Smart Trick.
"I don't pretend to account for the
iniquities of this world, but t do know
that there are a great many shrewd
men who are poor," said a merchant ;
who was taking lunch with some acquaintances.
"Here's a little incident
that will give you some idea of what
I mean. I'm something of a crank in
the matter of shoes, and always have
frrn-.i eix- tr\ o ilr.Tott nnlro flint fit'A
partly well worn, but still available for j
service. One morning last week a no- j
bo called at the back door of ray ,
residence and succeeded in getting my j
wife there to bear bis story. Hut the i
fact that his feet were on the ground j
pleaded more eloquently than any ,
words of his. and my big collection cf
shoes was brought out for him to
choose from. He took a couple, returned
profuse thanks atd left.
' Toward evening my wife was cut
and I was at home. Along came a
hobo with liair through his hat and
feet through his shoes. lie humbly
asked me if I could help him in the '
matter of footwear, and I was in the
midst of a refusal when lie said my
wife had told bira in the morning {hat
I had a pair of shoes that were net
mates, and that I would probably be
willing that be should have them.
More with the idea of convincing the
fellow that he was lying than anything
else, I brought out the shoes.
Sure enough, there were two of them
fAt? thft Inf t f tt? IfVtAnt om?
spending shoe for the right foot. I
didn't sec how he could utilize then,
but he said they would serve his purpose,
and he departed with theuj,. My
wife met him half way along the block
and he quickened his pace.
"In the morning that fellow had
been quick enough to pick out the two
shoes for the right foot, and then waited
around till he could work lue for
the other two. I suppose one pair
went to some pal. There's not a man
in ten thousand would have thought
of turning the trick he did."?Washington
Star.
The death of an ostrich in the New
York Zoo of consumption dispssos of
the theory that an ostrich can consume
anything wiib safety.
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TRAINS GOING SOUTH.
No.35 No. 23 No.53 No.51
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AM r M AM
Lv. Florence 3 00 7 55 0 40
Lv. Kiugstree 8 54 10 50
Ar T.Aiirt4 ill all I'M li lfi
Lv. Lanes 4 11 911 713 11 16
Ar. Charleston 6 40 10 53 8 50 1 00
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No.76 No.32 No.52 No.50
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AM P M AM P M
Lv Charleston 6 45 4 45 7 00 4 15
Ar Lanes 8 17 6 10 8 35 6 00
Lv Laues 8 17 6 10 .... 6 00
" Kingstree 8 33 .
Ar Florence 9 30 7 20 .... 7 30 y
AM P M AM PM
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m.. arrhe Darlington 8 25 p. m., Bennettsville
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THE OUTLOOK, NEW YORK
I
have agreed with you about six
months ago. in fact, before my last
trip South; but now, should I over
have the power, never would I condemn
any human being to death on
circumstantial evidence alone."
There seemed to be a story coming
and the other men waited.
"On my last trip," said the drummer.
"I passed through the western
part of Kentucky and there I heard
this story, which forever has destroyed
my faith in uncorroborated circumstantial
evidence. It was down in
Barren County. I was struck by the
appearance of a fine old mansion.
They told me down there that it had
belonged to a wealthy and aristocratic
family named Hamilton, now extinct.
and then I heard of the crime
which for years put the Hamiltous
under a cloud of disgrace.
"Somewhere about 1S2J. when the
family held their heads as high as
any folk in Western Kentucky. John
Hamilton, the young head of the
house, took to Louisiana a drove of
mules for the Southern market. Iu