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nhi le I was there n. the )~nn~tng of three Ynicane tot the murder of an aide. in Z~epternber n left Arowns‘vtlle arid came t*ck to ~1timore. Before

c~e left I ~vae sent up the Rio Or&nde to Ringo £Mrn*. ae boa, cook. ni then returned to Haripton ana lived se an O7eterrsn and fisherman for over forty yesre.

n :t ~ nver been vsund~!, My cloUtes have been out off me by

bullets but the Lord kept the;~. nfl t~y back, T i‘~ue,e.

“1 teIl you ~7F*t ! did ÖflCA. !ty couetrt and I went down t~o the shore

.	once. 1~!:e river ehon, you knot, up whore I ne born. mils ye tiere walking

~klong O*t&tir\~ tMpotee, rzimoa, and anythIng we could catch, t tnppened to ø~~e a b~g .r~oconIn erake h~niflnr~ in a eu~ttø bush 3uet s ewin~thr, hie head back ~nd forth. I s~unjr~ at ‘im with a atick and he nailed his head alt up big and ri~red back, Then I hit ‘In and knocked him on the ~ound fiat. nie belly wee vny big so sie kept hittin‘ ‘im art it until )‘~e opemed his niouth and a øata flsh a. lonp) ‚s tity an‘ (forean), j~ped out jest a tloppth~. ~eIl the Cats floh hnd ~ bIg belly t$ so we ttat ‘en on hie belly until ha o~mne4 his

: nouth and out came one of these ~iot‘~en‘s snapper pocketbooks. Tau know the

~ind that closes by a stay, at the top. seil the pocket book was swelling all

: out, so us opened it, and ~tmso what n. in it? two b~g corper pennies, ~

~ave t,~ cousin one and I took or~. r~ow yeti r*yn‘t believe Vat, but it‘s trta. I be~m trytn~‘~ to make people believe t?at for near fUïy years. Tau osa put it In the book or not, jest te you please, but it‘s true. ~at fish etnilowed

Bone vionan‘s pocketbook arid that rake just awaliowod him. I bave told ~.n that for years and they wouldn‘t balten trie.

	‘~Thi1e I uts aasy ~y i‘ather died in flaiwton. He waited on aÇ Gffioer. ~Yy mother lind in ~t*Pt0n and aw ~ married in fl4, i ~u~ht a lot on Union attest for a hundred dol lare cash. t • reared a nephew, j~~tve his the lot and Un house I built on it ‚ an he threw it any. ~~Sn t acted around here, I paId