The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 2, 1885, Page 2

SAML LEVY & CO, : “ :RE LIFE OF A DESPERADO. —_—— + Death of the Servivor of the Noted as Ocean, Wyoming Co., rae 13.—The recent death of Ed an old time resident Nov. ward Hart rook, of this county, causes the resurrection eccen- Harbrook V2, years s of Ins torgotten ot long- tricities and wild follies. or Lewisburg, eighty-three was born in December 10, ago. His parents belonged to one ot the oldest families m the state and the wealth- j were numbered among country - died vest residents of this tertre His tather and only brother from a contagious was 12 years old, nod he hid placed upon who knew iim state that tand friend, but possessed o ungovernable temper, fairly aroused spared neither aor foe. At the age ot 26 he fell desperate- | Edith Vernon, the Highbo Sb neighbor. © disease when he ad trom that pe- aint absolutely no restr his actions. ose a he f an and) when trend | ty in love with daughter of a near refused him because of Elwood Warner, wealthy planter trom below bis temper. | the son Vicks surg, was also suitor for the lady’s favors, and by his handsome figure and polished manners succeeded in gaining her love. On the engagement Harbrook gave way hearing of I to Insane of rag le, paroxytins yowed that the Mississippitn should aever live to enjoy bis triumphs The remark was repeated and reach The blood of the southerner boiled at the | ed Warner's ears. hot creole | threat, and, despure the persuasions he ined to of friends, deter I T! acquently at the fight. | } sub- brook eat his words or re tWo men mcta teow days house of a friend. Saichaiieaae Warner during the evening demand- ed an explanation of the Virgiman, who, boiling oy promptly knocked him down. Both | were by-| men drew pistols, which using by tney prevented from the t Warner irantic by the brutal response to his haughty challenge,and swore a deep nders. was) rendered we oath that the insult should be washed s | out in blood, | | The matter was the naads of frends, settle the affair at once, was then within a short half hour ntidnight. duelists should be blindfolded and placed in who decided to} although at} of i It was agreed that the sed into a darkened room, and that euch be armed with bowie knife. or the encounter. ct a pistol and | Both seemed anxious A upper | amber was chosen and stripped ot } urniture and hangings. The tows and doors were then muffled, ad everything put m readiness for | novel duel. Each man wa caretullv blindtoléed and led to a; ot the room and scvided with weapons by his sec- large win- 1e separate corner ac, who notselessly withdrew to the rext chamber, they with the where waited | bated breath tor of | The minutes issue i the strugg seconds grew} stewly into which seemed , all! ke hours to the anxious friends, aearly a cf an hour had; ot quarter passed by, when the loud report Duel in a Dark Room. } tion ol as w book was ir among bi after his deat | Itis alleged that he amassed vy wealth in netarious traffic, as after an absence of eighteen years he returned to bis home, accompe nied by a dark eyed bruneite. whos jewels and dresses were at once th Fenvy and admiration of the wealthy Tide Water Virginians. Owing to his long absence his past career had [Pose Boe Iby time so that r With jealous rage, | | Sam Levy & Go. 36-tf { pas was res e doctors succeeded 1m restoring but it was 0 confineme mali - Hurorook lid n covered front the ter nis savage t never recoyered Ne M. L. WOLFE, Bridge Commissioner & S VX CAN BE CURZD WITHOY ——DEALE Celebrated of her I and was owe ‘ rapid techir eck y bis gir if nonths Tat ic pOk was v £ deat of Miss Ver > ve 5 Phe 2 i w c « ! ? ¥ dissipated than ever,collecting tj temp ws he ci him the worst men of at sectio Pp Wile, to His gaming and wild orgies caused | €1ec! A > F his society to be shunned by all the a ~ ‘ s : respectable members of the com 1, as from the ai aS mu ity. His career was brought to deat! as g Ul an end st county by a tat f forts > ' with a c on over a + dead, compelling t te cards, II k p g r ¢ deep into the he of his ar « ies : His victi he siept vi old, and! © gua é Har e a fami v5 vostr s. He dived Mhits Slaves the country . Herbrook’s career tor many years : i is somewhat veiled in mystery. It : ‘ : is said that he siusde his way to New US'S meng : - wit von hin ar reputation is a noted is though have entered the trade off the Guinea coast, a necks the oth he and his beautiful wite were re- is : reguiariiy. a growing tenden- cetyed with courtesy by the triends | cy to rheumatisn the blood, of his youth. Hewent well. tor 74) 200 osrcastae kidneys : : and it is the be iy in ice tor short wh when a rumor was Cil-| chills and fever aud billious remittent ' : } Fo sale - ggists dealers. « culated—by whomwas not detinitely Fer sale by druggist and lers, to : ‘ | whom apply tor Hostetter’s almanac for known--that the woman was not! rssé. Spanish, as he had claumed, but an £ To int uce them BIG OFFER fe chi’ane away loo) self-operating Washing “Machines uu Wont one send us yourname, P.O. octoroon,purchased in New Orleans. A former tnend went to Harbrook with the tale and asked for aa ex-| snae ee at lonee planation. He was shown papers | : ee ae ee ee that proved conclusively that the fie eet SA ed Ge woman was Harbrook’s legal wite, | EAFNESS 1: CAUSE and cURE ry twenty-eight years. Treated by most of the noted specialists of the day’ with no beneft. Cured himself in three months, and since then hundreds of others by same process. A plain, simple and successful home treatment. Ac ss T.S. PAGE, I2s East 26th St., New York City he marnage taving been performed by a Sp Short! latio woman belonging to Harbrook, who had at one time been tress, discovered among her master’s papers a bill of sale ot his lovely | wife. These she secured, and, filled with jealous rage, deter- nish priest in New Orleans. | y after this episode a mu-| his mis- Newspaper _( dvertising. Dauchy & Co., Park Place and 2426 Murray creole ae mined to secure her rival’s downfall | i 3 i Street, New York. and tuin. Living in an old home-! : | Make lowest rates on all newspapers in the ead a tew miles away was the! U.S. and Canada. Established Isé7 a z ; ae | | To those whose purpose may be accomplished cuppled brother of Hasbrook’s last | by a short advertisement, or by a transient ad- tint 1 j vertisement, and to whom prompt insertion is Victim at the card table, previous to | important, we recommend our os we eee a ation - 83 = bi di ——— This relative | Popular- :-Local-:-Lists id dearly re he dere. 2 i had dearly loved the murdered man, 113 Dail aad Weakly Newapaperss di: and, despite the lapse « ears ad} vided into sections. All_bome-print igichl sey ipse of years, had | (oo cocsseratives inclined Puene noi forgotten bloody deed nor} P8pers have a MonTuLy circulation of over At e time the the slayer. Eleven Million Copies? murder } Was committed he burned with the} Send for new Catalogue just out. Parties ‘ "€ | contemplating a line of advertising. large oT dese to avenge the crime, and in| small. are requested to send for estimate of i ms | cost. Please name this paper. | the vears that followed pined for an} } two shots blended together rang out, | oppertumty of killing Haubrook. | toNowed by the sounds of u furious | Phe wily mulatto knew this, and ‘A Gl FT Se ill saan ponies ' scuffle. This soon ended and all to her master’s enemy, placed | Sreosaaeias Tae ee Secame quiet, with the ception ot | roef of Harbrook’s marnage 1 money at once, inact ee A j alow moan, now and then, of a a slave in his possession. ees = shreetne Soeur ane ee person evidently suffering intense The news was instantiy spreaa tar! ger a. agony. A ight being procured, the | and wide among the residents. who | asiye i} wiends entered the room and were) one ana all condemred in denunci- | { greeted by a scene never to be for- | atory terms the wretch who dared to | gotten. The body sippian lay stretched upor the Missis- | the floor, blood pouring in streams from te wounds in his throat, bosom abdomen. Lying across the sus mgbt hand still clasping the lay the almost msensibdle body e Virgini His right arm had broken at the wrist by a > While : ot “Weapon which had done pistol the blood streamed oo" gashes in his neck and shou The room e struggle, the everywhere Vsichilis Were at ance i ‘Wes quite dead a attend the men. ee ef of the death by torture ot the wretch was made to resuscitate the Mis- ed slave. Every devilish ingenuity “ssippian, but without avail, as be; which Spanish education and, H Aiden Hoerbrook { buccancer trade had costed him to; Under intermare | flaunt his crime in their taces. he laws of Virginia the au with a negress | and punish riage ot a white was and ts now ilega!, able with a heavy fine onment. and impris— The storm raging about Harbrook was intense, and culmi- 5 nated in his arrest. 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