Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1889 — One of "Tom” Ochiltree’s Latest, [ARTICLE]

One of "Tom” Ochiltree’s Latest,

Ochiltree’s story (of a bunch at the Clover Club) was a brief one. A man in Texas was accused of stealing a horse. It is scarcely necessary to say that immediately there was a lynching bee. At the conclusion of the entertainment the participants found that they had hanged the wrong man, and the high minded citizens who had managed the affair were filled with remorse. They determined that the dead man’s memory was entitled to vindication, and therefore a committee was appointed to wait upon the widow. They found herjweeping. The chairman, withan awkward wave of his slouch hat, said, in a somewhat embarrassed tone: “Marm, we banged yonr husband; but he was the wrong man. Marm, the joke is on us.” ,