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Show Tl.e I"" I-. t f a f - . t X '..-!.". t l.;j t l f '.: r c l a Cf" t ewcrn to ty the f n, c' -r-- 1"T J !3 rrert with tin, : . -. i, t;;I l' - S' r.tenrlrj of the fither to a J ill t-rm cn the fs'UsUao.iy of the son. Tva s witnessed in the Follce court this i rr.'-;. The actcrg In the little life trarejy vere Thomas Taylor. Jr.. who had caus 1 the arrest of tla father on a cl arrs of drunken ne-i. The son sat on t e bench reserved f r witnesses, while ' ' '.f fy 1 i ! i -. ! ' j 8 - i 1 i i 1 . : 1 : i c-ara, e.u.r j 1 i ; . f: V I ".ch. . hn the cp - ; v - ( I, t"e fit.'-.er r lea : 1 r ;..t f..'. v. it f-on took the stand and te;t...cl fallow fal-low : "lly father was drunk, Guite C 'c. ITe came to the house last r: ht enl tried to make trouble.' He f retvned to kill rne. Herald: 'This ii a l etter of blood. You will cither kid rne, or I will km you the next time that I e?e you.' "I do not know just how old my father ( Is, but I believe that he la past sixty years. He had been a drinking man for a long: time, but then he quit, and has recently started agraln." The father was anked If he desired to question the boy. .With his voice quivering quiv-ering with emotion, the old man said that he had nothing to say. He would make, no statement. ' "The sentence of this court Is.", said Judge Whlttaker, "that you be confined con-fined In the city Jail for a period of ten days, or pay a fine of tlO." Thomas, the father, was Jed to the Jail, while Thomas, the eon, went down stairs, never looking back to see the end of the little tragedy. .' |