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I.ernlilvfuer;h-fA VISIT TO HALLOCK.THE YOUNG MAN WOUNDED AT ELK' lt;HORN GROVE, JULY 14.XnipvovlnQ Jfast, and Will Live to bo a Useful Citizen,111*aidvasiterto-fortelFrom the Harlan Republican, August 2.)We visited young Hallock Tuesday about noon and found him comfortable and cheerful. He is still lying at Chris Johnson’s just east of the grove in which he was so cruelly shot down by the murderous hand of the assassin. His father and mother are constantly by his bed* side and kind hands are ever ready to minister to his wants. A stream of callers is continually coming and going but he does not Beem to tire of seeing so many strangers. As soon ns wo entered the room be smiled and extended his hankl in a very friendly manner and askqd us to be seated. In reply to our question as to how he was feeling heWEsaid? “O, I’m feeling first rate now.” He is looking quite ■ pale and BomewbatthethynoIck-emaciated from Buffering and the loss of blood, but his appetite is good and. hiB ’digestion excellent, and the doctors have ordered that he may have what he likes to oat.Hallock is slender, with a frank, open countenance, dark eyeB and hair and a yfery pleasant expression when conversing. ! He resembles his mother, who is a quiet, dignified lady about forty. ShetheandHIT) in ItfandeeryiltffullyUT.: herIt*ewiBster-3seems to bo almost oyerjoyed atthe pros*n byHall,. andDUtb,Waite ofa, try you B you d4tggage and o allra at.pect .of the rapid recovery of Willis and watches his eyery movement with an intense anxiety that can be known only to a raotner. She appears to be possessed of a fine physical constitution which is alBo apparent in Willis, and which has 1 // undoubtedly been one of the greatest aids io his recovery.. Hifi father is apparently about forty-flye, ’(quite erect, strong and vigorous, although his hair and beard are beginning to show the gray quite plainly. He has the appearance of an actlye business I Go man, is very gentlemanly m manner and indicates great tenderness when speaking of or caring for his son. Ho was quite communicative and expressed 1 q . much gratitude for the many kindnesses ^ shown his Bon by the people of Iowa. XlO‘ Ho had just received a letter from Des Moines containing sympathetic and «•_ friendly words, and accompanied by a more tangible mark of the esteem of the | A. 1 people for his brave boy, consisting of $160 in money and a gold medal about L the size of a five dollar gold piece, on | which is inscribed: “The People ofIowa to Willis Hallock.” We noticed that $20.75 of the money was credited to the people of Harlan._ In conversation with young Hallock about the murdererB and how he came to be shot, he stated that he, with several others, was following tho ruffians into the grbve, and after passing through some dense undergrowth he chanced to look back and to one side and saw the fugitives lying in the bushes; raising his right band in which he held bis' revolver, he pointed toward them with it and
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Atlantic Daily Telegraph
Atlantic, Iowa, US
Mon, Aug 06, 1883
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