The Ozona Stockman (Ozona, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 9, 1928 Page: 6 of 8
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THE OZONA STOCKMAN
THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1928.
The Tiger Trail
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shoulders from the ground. The
four of us carried him into the
house, not an easy load at all. Vil-
as Hayward met us at the door.
The effect on the younger Hay-
ward was hardly what I had expect
ed It was true that I didn't look
for prostration He was the kind
Of man that grows away from his
parents in late boyhood.
“My father?” he shrieked. The
sound went high and wild in the
atorm. “Don't dare to tell me he’s
dead.”
“We don't dare to tell you any-
thing else, becaus# he is,” Ernest
answerd
Vilas leaped toward Southley
and for an instant I thought he
would attack him. His face was
drawn hideously in the half-light.
He had evidently left his bed only
when the levee gave way; he was
only partly dressed.
“Then you're the devil that kill-
ed him! You. I say. Southley!
You killed him to get rid of him,
and you'll he trying to kill me
next!”
"Don’t be silly," I cautioned
swiftly 'I w.ts with Mr Southley
up to the moment that w»- found
him "
'Then it w.is you. I.ong, in South
ley’s pay 1 won't believe any-
thing else ’
Ernest tried to quiet him. and
after he got him away, 1 took the
covering from the dead man's face
1 made a close examination of the
body My aged host knelt t>*-sid*
me Nothing but a super human
blow could have so broken the neck
It could not have been from a fall;
because only a severe fall could
have done it. and out on the isth-
mus where we had found the corp-
se there were no heights to tall
from. Besides, there was plenty
of other evidence that some «*>rt of
derer can't get away. Unless hr
got out before the levee broke, he's
Ion the island with us,”
And it doesn’t seem likely that
he could get out without super-
human strength and agility. Of
course it might have been possible
tot a speedy runner to reach the
highlands across the valley before
the tlood waters swept over the
isthmus, but its certain he couldn’t
get back to civilization. The first
thing to do is to post guards to
watch over the lowlands, and see
that fie doesn't get out.”
Southley’s eyes met mine. I had
never seen bettei self-control.
“The first thing to do is to quiet
the negroes," I told him "They art*
terrorized. The next is to send for
aid.”
The old man turned quickly.
“Do you mean the coroner?"
“Yes The State will send de-
tectives I will be glad. It is
certain that one of us three will
have to face a murder charge, and
the sooner it is cleared up the bet-
ter.”
! provise a raft, and send a man out We'll have to have a bigger one to
tomorrow to bring trie coroner.” bring supplies; but it will carry a
"W. can do tatter than that message to the mainland.”
“But we three were together-
"That won’t matter. They will!
say we hired one of the negroes to *‘ve* got a little smak boat just There was little else to do in th„
commit the crime. We can im- like a cunoi that I um for ducks. (Continued on page 7)
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Monday
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n blow had killed him The worst
of them all were two. deep parallel
grooves on his face, from which
the flesh had been simply rakevi
The flesh was discolored, ton
"It's plain as the nose on your
face that the man was murdered.”
Southley said "Any coroner-
jury in Florida would say *o. And
the sooner w»- get word into town
the better ”
"At least.” I answered, "the m .r-
Tuesday
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