Salt Lake Herald | 1894-09-19 | Page 1 | The Women Did It

The Wonton Did I Chicago Sept 18 Colonel Bain An Verson of Kentucky who is i now in the ctv on his way to New York was askea last night what effecj Ue thought the defeat of Brecklnring 1l have I in his state The old gentleman pulled his beard and said I I am glad of i it will teach an important im-portant lesson that even in Kentucky i is dangerous to get caught Did you oppose the colonel Well I didnt until a few weeks ago Un to that time I was strongly in favor of him You see I am awidower without with-out children without moral responsibilities responsi-bilities of any sort and I did not see why Bill should not go to Congress as lontr as he wanted to but a woman that lives near Paris changed my mind For a long time I have been after her to marry me and she ha been putting me off But a few weeks ago I met her and she told me if I would work aeralnst the colonel she would marry me as soon as the election was over And then I took off my coat and hit Billy about as hard a ever a man was hitGad Gad sah it was the women of my state that killed the colonel