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ii * iilea to; taienj arc only 'Aung* of hearty in ,tliy °c Igiycjutt] ArUonik I Gila t--- Lo* AindfetU of the Santa iui No. 3, )X of June•Ju*Uc in Death anti Life..ts pre*_ 1 inatnuJack (J. W.) Swilling recently died; come nountaias j in prison at Yutna. Anticipating death. (***£*; uiimmllulliorizeshe wrote a letter in which he claimed l5Ch,xw: that he w*h innocent of the crime bree^4‘ i cot in In- charged against him, and gave some of 0,1 B location j the bright and sad feature* of hi* life I Inally up-j We quote a few of ilia siiatcmcuu which :a lbee* certain are mostly if no* entirely true. and. ^ d ling titles hurnau wieck u he wua, there wa»j(-’°lum Uy retard 'much good m him when not maudcu- IUUi,t * ed by liquur. Hia letter mj»to irav— J MMI *b»»Vl .lDcap.iblej Jack Svrilliog, whose ditars have ai- alowvi*- | , o' * « ..tt«f in IK.. w*8 bceD °I,tu 10lbe P00*. with: 0« *ev*- . Ihuwe °f wealth and plenty, 11 who en nd to ea ----... «•***• mi.ay, lotk» forth -pcciitiy live to f.om the prison cell t«i the blue hear.or to ex- cn» wlieie reigns the Supreme Ikingind useful wbo vill jodgn of my innocence of the. diADa . I eriiue which has been brought against' ©erne ' me. • * , * I no re At t•u, I© u.tQ- uiorati of conscience fur anything I : . meu who have ever done while in my saue mind ,f In 1854 I was struck oq the head with a heavy revolver and oiy skull br.-kcn. lk»Qg and was also shot in tile left side, and lidcnc enhance! to the present time carry the hullet iu VOi:uc riy Tiie my body. No one know* wha*. I have , ijZ pro via *ufflft*d I’^m these wound* At timet u K... Ibvy reiiih r me aJiuost cra/y. Doctor*)u* the• exuung prescribed, yean 4^1*. m«»rpi»ioi;. which news, ictiug an-, aremed to give relief, but th« use of llje fur Un ex-1 which, together wi b strong drink. bus obstruct-,at I*111**—*- I have been tufnrracd by'*0™ 1 my noble wife and good tricml*—mud* 1 me in ad, and during these spells I have eve fe. . been cruel to her; at all other time* I 9 well re have txen a kind husband. During,3VC* thetnllbeaC penoda of debauch. cv.Kil t»v----the mixture uf morphine and liquor. I lhat pnwccu jbaTe ujy beHi friend [yU{ nev. ^ry for the J er when I w«* Jack Swiiliag, lrce from L.ow e* Au- Ihesc poismons influence* 1 have and free1!™*1 hHrd lo cure roy**lf °f the grow- IUrei iiig appetite for morphine, but die crav* ;fretgl i mineral jD«, j-or it greater than my will'cotnf the could reUt. I have gone to the rescue lt;jjjaera oi econoand |Q t«d.II °f my fellow men when they were sur-jvision fin rcMlndeii b' Indian*—I have given to lb those who needed—I hare furnished becav nou mio- shelter lo the sick. From the Govern- lallci or* down to the lowest Mexican in thetevexedk*d, or bel1lt;iaJ’ bAV« I extended my hoapitaliiy. ' 'ke iteirv aSd’ m- Ci,K,lt; bow am 1 Pald {or ill• all ? Throw n into prison accused of a IndiaATI OXr*. and to crime ihat I would sufler crucifixion to th rather than commit. Taken from my . n.i -wife and little children, who are left; * te Moun °?X iw fbi* co,d» cold wW• 'Oh, think of my pcn»r babie** I would!laugh nervation nnt leave them for oiilliona of money reire*hed by », ••Jack1' Swilling'a hospiiality was to relt;? reserve j fu||y to hb own reprchcntation steamliugtandjof p. it was cheerfully dispensed to* milesdounuin high and low, rich and poor, and when! Tin it was not crazed by liquor he wad a kind and cate u proper loving husband aud parent if the io-joun
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Tucson Arizona Citizen
Tucson, Arizona, US
Sat, Sep 28, 1878
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