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ar-wasillyEDO-daytedNativesday:ks-to)me»lat-ndslaysh-hislaybe,ralthein-at-nt,ah-rn-ia,3D*lay :nr- | :ryred | to |* I■at |layterithtiem)reier-r-'er,iheit-Ir.FREE MAN ONCE MORE.♦ .Columbus Lee, of West Rockingham, EigDischarged from Countv Jail.f IThe term of two county . prioners, Oolumbus -Lee and a young ruan SpiJ named Pefctus, expired Sunday and wol they were released from the casfccdv wes of the jailer during the forenoon. Col- tere umbus Lee, or the “Brook’s Gap a pt Millionaire55—so dubbed by the small A boys about town—entered the jail as in vforlorn a specimen of humanity ns coldever oroseed its threshold, but by her *reason of the oleaning up which he win was given and a due allowance of is tl rations regularly administered, he left tern;its walls Lunday fat and sleek. He duri served a 90 day term for stealing ther chickens. pen* Up to the time of his im- 1899 prisonment Oolumbus had been for belo several years . a regular visitor |o ter Harrisonburg, coming in every few in B days to sell pine kindling, and inoi- [age dentally to gather up along the road Jam such chickens as ohanoed to come was within reach of his dextrous fingers, note With bent figure, shriveled face, and on t damp, tangled hair and a death-like pallor, he presented ever? appeaiance thro of abject poverty and helpless inno- grea cence. The house wives, however, verai living along the Rawley pike, which an e; he was accustomed to travel, believed reasc thr; there was not a more accom- drou pfished ohieken thief in the entire extejcountry, and they kept close watch on the thfcir fowls wheatver his wither* d The, face appeared in sight. temjHe stole chickens on liis way in to belo town in order to supply the money se»*c neofssary to bay morphine, that drug abap to which he is hopelessly addicted of tl being the object of his frequent near journey, to the county scat. He belo' stole by daylight or robbed obioken ever; roosts hy night with equal dexterity raini on the return jonrney, in order that incai he might flt;=ast and refresh himself boo* when he reaohed hie mountain abode, tbe 1 When first looked up Oolumbus and was an object of much dread to the in fa the other prisoners, who became half pact4sickened by his filthy appearance. He was soon forced to submit to such is re scrubbing as he never dreamed he thatcou'd survive. Soaps, disinfectants, andand hot water were applied until his with■skin was clean. He caught cold as a a ba matter of course, but survived to wear fresh clothing supplied by the authorities. After that he took on new life and began to grow -fat He left town Sunday for his home many pounds heavier than he was ever known before, and there are those Oi who predicted that in Jbis new guise he would catch more thad one old Dom meeker unawares before he reached his destinationmrsW. 1 dent life
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Harrisonburg Rockingham Register
Harrisonburg, Virginia, US
Fri, Mar 04, 1904
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