Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 September 1898 — And the Verdict Was [ARTICLE]

And the Verdict Was

He failed for sixty thousand, took a last look at the wreck, and when next they found him he, was hanging by the neck. His creditors said he drank; his wife said lie was robbed, while his moneyed country pardner, just sat around and sobbed. But the wily coroner (his brain was extra sized) said the man was plainly crazy, for he never advertised.