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The Weekly Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 2

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THE WEEKLY LEADER CHARLES EDGE VETERANS A FAMOUS CASE Abraham Lincoln's Defense 01 Duff Armstrong Acquittal Hefort County Jutlff Uullwk This Morning Call Upon Comrade McKinley at His Home' 1 id well find In restoring prosperity and better tinted lo our goodly lierllsgn Tho future la the ucred trust of us dtmih well ae North llonesly like patriotism ran neither bo boundrd by Stalo nor sectional line Financial JLhoner I the threatened danger now and good mrn will obliterate old lints of party In a united effort to uphold American honor This you have always done and yen must'sIFlve lo keep lliu Union wormy nf tho bravo men who urrlflced and died for It I will be glad my comrades to mert you all personally (Loud cheers and applause) SON ED MOTER'S JOY LINCOLNS FEE There WAs No Politics in The Occasion ircstinj li rtIRROI i mpilati JRREN HAPPY SPEECH 44IO i 1 I Thi North and South borough' ly United i 1 'I 1 Career of the Son of Gotham's Rich Woman To Protect the Nation's Honor And Credit VYANT TO GOVERN TEXAS Mi evil (Ml PATRIOTS ARE NEEDED NOW clerks Ifi lha stars lo bear nik language Ona day sInhiI two weeks ago ko waa op stairs and cut his hand on i broken glass Aa ha raraa down alalra with th blood a reaming from It I forgot our llfforenrra find fished him to let (Is up fof him answered by abusing and swearing that hfi would kill I "A day or so Inter Mr Oliver Jst-kaon a traveling an came tfi ma and fold me that Henry i had old him that I wu a coward that bs bad rrpraledly tried to get ma to fight him ao that ho could kill mo and I would nirt and that ha wu going to keep on until I did resent hla Inaulta ind then kill lie aald ho Intended to break up the partnership if ba had to kill me find ruin hla father I believed that my life really wu lu danger an armed myself and hava line carried a pistol Ilia fitniao during tha Inucrenlng days hu Met day become more vlnlenL When I returned from dinner today I uw him In tba roar nf the store 1 wu surprised for I hrard with lunch ullsfarllon that ho wu gulng to Ismlavllle this afternoon 1 abuwvd some goods to lady customer and after she went out 1 called Mrs Ub'kfta and Mr Bradford and wo were looking at some cloth It wu while lutrut on Ibla that Henry ram np and alrnek me before I resllied that he wu near I dtew my pistol told him to leave the building and then when he rushed on me shot him twice 1 did It In eelf-dofeua I thought the lime had rcnie when he wu gidng to put hie nald threats Into eiccntlon and that It wu either shout or die "I bad only a abort while ago told Mr Appleton hla fnllier that he would either bar to keep Henry away from Ihe atom or I would hava to lihdrsw from the firm" Mr Oliver Jsrkoon a traveling nls-man ftil muklng hla home hero next trallfied In haring heard Mr Applelnn thri-sien Mr Edge In tbe mfinner given in Mr Edge's trattmony THE VERDtCT The Coroner's Jury then tendered fi verdict nf which tha following le an extract: "We Ike Jury find the body before na (n be that of Henry Apple-ton and that he ram to hla death from a pistol abut wound Inflicted by pistol In the hands of Charfaa II Edge on Uw afternoon of July 11 UxC" Th verdict wu signed by CJMyera James II March A Lyon James McAllister tl Wood and Oarar II Ambrose done lie 11 up aad weal through Ike million struck an everhsad hie Just he declared he saw me do by the Hahl of the foil mace Tocle A had him to do It over again After AUeo testimony everyhodv thought would he convicted After Taeb had slkrd to th Jury a llttfa while miI Now will show yon that into mas At-irn's (Mllmany a pack of lira that he sever saw Armstrong Metsker with a a'ungshot that he did not this fight by the I'ght of th foil moon for the moon was not In the hrav ma Hut Bight' Aad Shew Tsoto Abe lulled out the almanac and showed tbe iury tho iruih ohtwt tbe moon I do not eiuvmber Mostly what It whether he moon had sot risen or whether It ud set bnt whatever It waa tt upeot (lien's story Completely )lo passed the almanac to the Juroiw aad they Insprol-d It Then 'Uncle Ah' talked shoot ih fight and shewed that 1 had acted a aelf-defroae and had used wrap-tn of any kind Hitt tt eeemM to me UndeAbe'dld hla best talking when hi aald the Jury what true friends my fath ar and mother had been lo him la the wrly days when he wae a poor young nan at New Salem II told how he lard to go out to Jack Armstrong's and nay for days how kind mothsr was to aim and how many a Ume ho had rocked me to sleep In tha old rrodle its aild he was ant there pleading for mo because he waa paid for It hut he oat there to help a good woman who 'tad helped when he needed help lawyer Walker made a gaod speech loo out 'Uncle Abe's' boil anything 1 ever isard "A Tncfa Abe finished hla speech he said: 'a hop this man will be Vee man before snmtown' The Jury retired and nearly every body wenl to supper They left mo there with tho iherlff my brother Jim and a parrel of hoy The Jury wa Is room nrar by tad It wt not over five mlnutoa after they went out whes I board them talking and laughing and my hoart beat a little faster As soon as the Judge tnd tha lawyers got back from supper Aa Jury waa brought li They had to pass me and I eyed them closely for him hopeful sign Ono of them looke tt me and winked Then I knew waa Hi right ami when the foreman kandsd ip tha verdict of 'not guilty I wa the sappiest man la the world 1 reckon my mother wao not In tho court room when th Jury cam Is and It lo all miff about her fainting and falling Into my arm 8ha waa away somewhere I don't know Just whore That tight sh went homo with Jim Dick tho sheriff I went home with Dick Over-ton tnd aa wo went down th court bouse otepo he slipped a $5 bill Into my band Abe' would not charge my mother a cent ho aald her happiness aver my freedom wu bio sufficient reward" i This morning at Id o'clock Chariot II KJjw was arraigned before tSuinty Judge Bullock charged with the murder vt Henry Appleton The bearing consumed about two hoars aad at the conclusion Judge BulUx-k discharged the defendant Ono of Ik strongest case of eelf-d tense possible waa proved the Commonwealth's mliurooea substantially sustaining Mr Rdgfa claim Mr Edge was overwhelmed with con-gratuUthin at th cad of tha trlaL The trial was held In th Common liras Court room Mr Edge wa represented by Attorneys Breckinridge A Shelby and Georg Shanklln while Mr Walter 8 Bronston appeared for the Commonwealth la the beenec of County Attorney John IL Allen The room wa rrowded with people many of laxlngtona moat prominent eitlaen being present After tha witnesses wre railed and aworn by Deputy Sheriff Roasell lh trial proceeded Mr Edge occupied a seat la the tear of hlo attorneys i in CLEAR CASK OF SELF-llEFENnE Tho tcallinony of all tho wliarasra wu every word In favor tb defendant and proved that he had tried by every way pomdlile lo avoid a difficulty with Mr Appleton lh wltnessra that lb Commonwealth railed testified as strongly for th defendant a hla own witnesses body knew that fi clrsr case of self-defense had been proved and the Com nion wealth did not even make an oh Jerllon to Col Breckinridge's motion that Mr Edgo bo discharged Tbrra wm only one side tfi It and Judge Bullork quietly said "tho prlsotwr Is discharged" and then entered the derision on his docket book FuMIc opinion hu been fill filung that Mr Edge nrfod Ifi self-defense and Ihe derision of tbe Judge meets with public approval fnnlcm 0 July Five hundred veteran comrade called on MJ lie Klnry yoalrrdny afternoon They rami' front Clerelnnd on a special train ami they railed to congratulate him "naihradra" and not aa Republican or Democrat aa their apokeaman aald The bronze budged vet ei ana lined up handsomely and marched to the music of a milltary bond which they brought with them The company represented th fteMforfi-niyl Italian Unfair of Cuy ahoga county Two 0 A boat of CanUra and tha Canton Troop of bora men escorted them to McKinley's home where thousand of eltlxena were gathered Addresses were made by Commander Hugh Burnley Senator Clark Rev George JWffer Patterson Dewaloe Capt Rohm and MnJ Oteaaon to whlrh MaJ Mo-Klnley responded M'KINLET'S 8PEECH urlw )) fa: Ira dining hnixira killing' Injnrri iwriifi U-nrpii In 4t varc woma the poMth qut Th llopV uiiu in i ou II til elf 3 COM Hi: end the $20 if to wo of II to III I tl 0 THE INQUEST Mr Edge (llvea a Detailed State ment of the Trouble With Appleton THU COURIER-JOURNAL IDEA COME ON BOVS a A Good Georgia Democrat Can't Follow Young Mr Bryan Asked If he would support lb artlea of ih Deiaerrstlr Na-Uonat Convea-tlitn If It should fall to put frro fillvsr Ifi tb platfoam William Bryan answered: "SO HHM ME GOIX 1 Wild DIB IV MY TRACKS BEFORE I WILL Htl'-FORTIT" Til la waa In fi speech at Jock- na Mias Juno II IM and wu la reply to a direct question by Judge Urame Mr Ilryan made a similar declaration at eibar pta-e As his friends aiy they will make a rrosa kls campaign dfi-Vlee The Con- rlcr -Journal offers form this up The moat sensational criminal cate In which Abraham Lincoln waa aver engaged waa that in which he defended Duff Armstrong the son of friends of his early yean In Illinois against the charge of murder For yean this raao has figured with more or lesa detail In all biographies of Lincoln and It has been made a conspicuous episode In at least one novot of Woetcrn life Edward Eggleston's "Tho Graysons" Although tha hero of the cate Duff Armstrong Is atll) living ho ona hns over been able until now to got a state-mcntfrora him for publication Me-Can Davis of Springfield III hns persuaded Armstrong to foil what ha remembers of tho liroll In which he was supposed to have murdered a companion and alto of the trial In whlrh Lincoln secured bis release Armstrong I now In hla 63d 'year and haa long been a reupnrtod clllxen of the little village of Ashland In which he peases most of hi tlmo Ha has been for sever I yean a member of tho Christian Church Ilia trial for tha murder ol Metaker la a subject ha aeldom talks about ho would fain forget It and those about him hare not often been Inquisitive The accounts hitherto printed ha pronounces glaringly Inaccurate This la hla own story of tha alleged mnrder and oT lha trial: "It waa on a Saturday night and camp meeting waa over for the day In the edge of tho grove wen three bars In which liquor were sold Hero gathered all tho men and boya who went to camp meeting to drink whlaky and have a good and a groat many went for no other purpose I had been at tha meeting two or throe days and had been drinking much but I waa then becoming sober 1 It waa probably 10 o'clock when I found a big goods bos not far from tho ban and I stretched myself ont for a nlght'a Bleep Up to Uila time Metaker and 1 had been good friends hut had been drinking and waa In an ugly mood Ho rams along making a groat deal of noise and eald to me: you gel up' In a few minutes ho Jerked me down again I aald mo tlona Pres I am sleepy' Ha want away but non cams back and pulled ma off a thirl Ume and look my hat throw It upon tha ground and stamped on IL II aald I had no business then that I ought to bo at homo up ebtpa for my ma' I told him that waa none of hla business and then Iwalked over to ono of tba long counters and called for a drink of whlaky I la followed me and Just aa I lifted tha glass to my lipa he caught me by tha throat pilling lha whlaky' I ant down my glass and turned around and aald to him: If you do that again I will knock you down If yon an bigger than I am mi have rnn this thing far He had a loaded whip In hla hind and wua determined to have a fight with me I hit him a terrible blow I nocking tho akin from ona of iff knuckles clinched and rather gut the beat of IL I waa strong for one of my alas and waa able to catch him and throw him bark ovor me Ha got np Aral and cams back at ma again Then wa fought like tigers At last he got mo under him Mnre than 100 people stood by watching the light and when tba boya saw was getting tha best of ma they pulled him off Wa walked np to tha Imrjtnd each taking a drink of whisky wa bnmped glasses and wera frlenda again BnL-'Prea'had not got through with me Ao wo stood there without any warning ho struck me a blow on the upper lip Ho waa going to Jilt me again with a gloat when apother man aald: that down If yon strike him with that gtaaa I will kill you' Then we parted Metaker otolo a quilt from a buggy near by and wrapping It around him walked off to bed I taw nothing more of him until tho next morning when he walked to tha bar with tae stolen' quilt around him Hla right ey waa swollen shut Ho bathed It with a glass of whisky drank another glass and then mounted bio horse and rode away Several days after that ho died Then tha officers cams and arrested me and put ma In JalL I had a preliminary trial at Havana and wi held without ball All th bad nrk in the warlj aecmvd la coma to me ojw Oa this very day my father Ja-k Armstrong died- On bis deathbed he told te my mother: Haanah sell every thing te clear Duff Throe were almost hi last words I waa a kind of favor-It with my ma and pa bo i always sayed at ham with thorn "Afr- ms cbsng of Venn to Inriln laid my mother be would i -tend At th trial I ha ahont live Tiie -rinrt wtnej agaias: me was Charles A ilea was acA tbs: sworaabcu: tits imva lie it ora It wis a fall mn act overhead Teel Ah1 ak-J him ever aad aver abaot is is ha it Then he aild he saw me CrJte Metxktr with a flung-ihot 'It Everybody haa heard of th rich and miserly Woman Hetty Green of New York Not many have hoard of her son Edward II Green of Texas Edward turn an kmbltion to bo Governor of the Lena Star State apd this ambition ha brought out the yonngman' carter HI mother gave him hli drat job and It paid him but $5 a month Now ha la a railroad president When "Ned" Green graduated from he Jesuit' College at Furdham he re-nrned to hla mother and was asked what ho would Ilko to do "Well mother" aald Ned 71 think would like flrst of all to take a action for three months" At the end of hla throe months he would be willing to accept whatever tnggiutlona hla mother had to maka How much money did he think ho would need far hla expense while rrat-ingf Ha thought that about 1 1000 a week would anil him Mr Oroon turned to' her eecretary and told him to place $12000 to Mr Orcon's credit and Ned started out to enjoy his vsnstioa For twelve weeks Mrs Green saw nor heard nothing of her boy OH the last Jay of the month young Green returned to hla mother and reported himself ready for work On this ooraaloa Mrs Orocn did not consult her son's wishes as to just what sort of employment would suit him want" she ai(d turning to her tflerk1 "those papers about the Connecticut road" Tha dark handed her a bundle of documents flho averted ona and gava It to her son It woo an appointment making II Green th foreman of 0 railroad section gang In Vermont at $45 a month 111a Mellon was on of tho rbughcot on tho road Tho drop from $4000 to $45 a month wage waa a difficult mailer and tho Brat and ho waa In debL Ha wrote for a remittance "Not a tingle was the reply Then ho cut hla expense tnd la tire months hla dobt waa paid Ona day Mrs Green rolled along In her private car and stopped for a chat on tho roadalda with Ned That night he mada him superintendent' of the division at a salary bf $100 a month In tbit' capacity bo labored hard for a year Mrs Green aa good Judge of men of sloes and bonds saw that her sjb had tha proper stuff and took him la her caafldenro Hla surrounding! changed as by magic and now Instead of bossing rude laborers about and soiling hla at-tlro with mbd and clndor dust ho found himself dally In conciliation with bank directors aad raid mad presidents' He waa presently made a director of tho Baltimore ft Ohio railroad and became lh personal friend of money kings and railroad magnates Mrs Green bought the Texas Midland railroad and aent her son to Texas to It president and general manager: Young Green la a bustler and bcelilcs looking after tbs Texas Midland he hsadlra all hla mother's properties S'nst of tho Hudson This means muctu- Of this property about $000-(MO or $10000000 la located In California $9000000 la Texas $2000000 In PL Lou la and $lj000000 or $20000000 In Chicago Physically young Green le a giant Ho la atUaf two Inches more than ala feet In heigut and weighs la the neighborhood of 230 pounds CHILDREN FOR M'KINLEY A pretty delegation and one which was Unannounced called on Governor McKinley at his homo In Canton Saturday erenlng Just before he went to dinner An Immense hay wagon load of children going out for a hay rids draye up' to the front gala and called for the Governor Tho latter stepped1 to tb front porch and aa ha appeared the cnlre party stood up in the wagon bd and shouted lu unison: "Governor Mi Kiutry he's tha msa If can't vnto for him our papucan" The (JovriO'T sailed pleasantly at tha childish ge-Gng and wared his hand at eh'rh he was cheered heartily 1 ly Tie toiri- wlshed them a merry fid's aa they drove Associated Pros to Tb Leader Aalants Oa July Judge James IL Brown brother of tho Into Senator Joseph Brown a life long Democrat and ana of th party recognised leaders la Georgia announces that he can-nut aubai'rlba to the Chicago platform and If ha votes at all ha will vote tor McKinley WORTH DICKERSON DOLTS Special Dlspatrh lo Th 1 -coder Williamsburg Ky July Ea-Congressman Worth Dickerson of this place Carlisle's Immediate sweet-r In Clngreas haa openly darlarod that In rase the sound muney Democrats fall to nominate a ticket that ho will -support McKinley He says the platform promulgated hy the Fopullata Socialists and Anarchists at Chicago la lb flrorst on record The Coroner'a Inqnrat wu completed late yesterday afternoon Tho Leader contained a report of tha testimony before ihe Jury up to tbe receu taken lo allow Mr Edge to make hla atate-mcnL MRS RICKETS' STORY It waa 4 n'cUrk when the Jury reconvened and continued Ih Inquest Mrs Rickets an amplnya of Appleton ft Edge and an eyewitness to lha killing wu tk Drat witness after the recess Sh uld: i 1 wu present had area Mr Apple-ton coma In ehnrtly before It wu about 1:45 o'clork Yea I uw Mr Appleton Just before ho struck Mr Bdgs 'll bod the moot terrible eg-praulon on his for I ever uw and inch oo I hope I may never ne again I wu standing with Mr Kdga examining sums sample Mr Appleton never spoke a word either before or after striking Mr Edge Junt that terrible look When he struck Mr Edgo asked him not to nlrlko him again Mr Edgo told him to 'go out of hero' beard no shots I wu su intent on getting between them on account nf a dream I had tho night before that I could hrar nothing" MR EDGE'S STATEMENT After Mrs Rickets yr Edgo utl-fled as to the killing and caueea whlrh led to IL II uld: Tho origin of tho affair dates bark almost fonr years I will give a brier anrounl of tba trouble from ita birth 1 wu In bnslnusa with lleary and William fonr years ago Henry araased to taka a great dlallke to me for mum reason and mada ao nnpleaunt for ma that I finally sold my la'areest lo them I wu out of tho business about three yrara In the meantime Mr Applctoa Sr had bought out tho two boya About April 1 cam to mo uying that Henry waa bow ont of th business and established In New York and mada a proposition to again enter the business I told him I would provided Henry Wu not opposed to It and would not Interfere la tha bualsMo Baforo th deal wu rffrelod however lleary rotnroed to Lexlngtoa lo live At tbs request of hla father and hlmseir I railed to aea him II asked if I would rgjln gt in foulness with him I answered that I would have to ronalder lha mailer 1 later uw hla father how-ever aaJ effected aa individual partnership Site that tima lleary has msds It most unpleasant for ms pro-sumsUly benust ha was aei aa activs msmhrr of tha firm The aalmority he NO Na SAYS WHITNEY New York July 17-Mr Whit ney haa sent tha following dlspatrh lo the Associated Press: "Will you bo kind enough to correct th elatement that 1 desire the Indorsement of th Chicago ticket by the Stale organisation? Thera ar no poaalbla conditions clronmataarea that would Induct me to vote for It or aaslat lu My Comradea and Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to meet at my home my comrade la the Civil War Tha tic of fraternity and friendship grow stronger and dearer aa (ho years recede and tba old guard ona by ona la called hums Your presence revives many patriotic memories: It recall many stirring and glorious errata How vlrldly they rise before ne and what an Inspiration for the right they alwaye are I To have been a faithful soldier of the t'nlon la no teas a aourca of Joy In your advancing yean and Infirmities than a proclou legacy for family and friends It blcieca ha who glvaa and enriches ha who receives It la a record of patriotism and Service In the severest trials of odi History (Applause) HEROES OF PEACH AND WAR We all know something of what that war meant and what It coat: what aae-rlllre elected and for what a holy cause the larrlflce was freely given Treasure Illimitable anlferlng Indescribable and death beyond previous record or comparlaun By far the larger number of our old comrade of the Grand Army are sleeping In "their silent tents" beyond the river but though death has decimated our ranks It la a conaollng reflection that more than a million of our comrades mill survive It Is a gratifying thought that those who served their country brat In wnr hnve always -been among our bent and truest cllliena In peace It la In tba living present however and It duties and reponlblltlea that every old soldiers are nnwatwayadeeply Intc-rated (Applause) Each new engagement of the war brought Its own new trials and perils to face and bravely overcome The devotion to discipline and duly which die-tlngnlahed them then ha kept the old soldier true and steady erer a lacs (Applause) PATRIOTS NEEDED NOW They have never faltered and will not falter now There ha been no tlmo loco they fold dbwn their ana whon wa had greater need for patriotic men than howand tha dmponao to tho crlale of the hour will come from all sections of our cpmmon country (Orest applause! have reached a point in our history when all men who lovo their country -must wrtto to defeat by their ballots the force whlrh now assault tha country' boner 1 he war haa been ended ove thirty-two years and aa a result we 1)01 a reunited reuntry a nnlna stronger and freer a elvlllaatloa higher anif nobler a freedom brighter and moi' enduring and a flag dearer and more wired than ever nd all of them safe from any enrmy heenuM lb nfch who a third of a rentury ago fought In deadly conflict nnlto In tholr masterful might to oppose any enemy aMall ettbrr freedom or unliih or (lag (Chrera) would JJLcfltr VPhir freedom or naloa or flu Cheer i) Tho strangle whlrh la upon na Involving National good faith and honor wilt cull: their united and rann it servin'! rhr-e who arc arrayed rgilni: th public faith Ihii be ranted and The bitterness of lh war K'lofw to the It tlnrlej era me rnn -f ut 'll What was wna isi -t conflict bcleaci ju: a tsrrsdiy to those who lost a to those who triumphed oi rnsniT me? scpd Ten meet today gat a hiIJlera tfi a cltlreqt lasereitfd sow lh mala tain-lag the nit of the you served MAYOR TODD ALL RIGHT THAT AWFUL WAVE Washington July Th Secrelary of fits' hu received a report fyom the I'nlteJ Stews Minister to Teklo In ro-gsrd to tho recent tidal wav In Japan "A horrible dlusUr hu befallen Japan" ha uya "causing Ihe death of 10006 of her people knd leaving Iwlco that number' homelras aad aiarrlng On lh evening of June IS Ih Northeiaiern IJttrral of the Island of Hondo (or a distance of nearly 2o0 mile was sup-merged hy ilJal wve eighty foot In bright which sweeping Irresistibly npsn tbe roast only spent energy after a rush of mllra into tho Interior aad retired leaving desolate wa: of uod tnd debria where had siooj to many home and thriving Tillages "Th flrs mejgr repartfi from th cene of lh catastrophe gava ILtlo Idea of Iw magnitude bnt earh su receding budget of news arriving from tho north hu added lo tho appalling character of the disaster at ih Urn of writing (July 251 Is estimated that tb mortalities will somber more than SO-000 "I am pleased lo aiy that for I can Irara no Americas hive suffered either Is persas or property Japan hu unghi ao foreign aid bnt 0ms able to provide for oil Ita "Tbe Imperial hu hsadad ih subscription Us: with 14000 yea aad donations from private sources are swelling lbs relief fund" (Louisville Post Tho Board of Safety haa been arraigned before tha Board of Aldermen so a' court of Impeachment charged with flagrant violation of tho charter Incompetence aad neglect of duty It pleases Mr to believe that a sufficient answer to those grave chargra la to abuse tha Mayor Mr Todd'a character la too well known for anything Mr O'Sullivan ran nay to hurt him la bqslneaa and la public ofllec Mr Todd haa won th esteem of his fetlow-clil-arai Mr O'Sullivan should change hla tactics and prepare for hla defense Stale of Ohio City of Toledo Loras County Frank Cheney make oath that ho lo tho senior partner of th firm of Cheney ft Co doing buslueu la the City of Toledo County and Slat afore- uld and (hat uld firm will pay the bnre me first made Itself very marked sum of ONE IIFKDKKD DOLLARS: about Iwa months sga whra llearv for each and every case of Catarrh I who was silesntan far ham Ibst nonet be cured by tbe uso of1 lull's Csurrb Cm i F1 "'1 iMWih from Tbe-c Is a sprlu on Mr film I told him to brng diwn hs aom-t J' envhbl FRANK CHUNKY Sworn to before me and subemledt In my preaegre this C'h day of rrrber A 1fi 1 il drat A LEA I so i Notary 1 Hell' Uelb I a away A Sih whl-k has Wgi and caa walk I iil as wiL bit's whai uy ray about wu recently exhbitcd ia Onuki Neb I was caught in Cut-Off Lake acd wu ms o( lh catfish 'ci Abe asked him a tell how wu A 1 --V i A'' V4" Ar 0 -J vv A.

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