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He Was A Grand Man

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Day
15
Month
June
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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The Williams, Ariz., News of June 5 has a long account of the capture of Jim Parker, the slayer of Lee Norris, of Prescott, Ariz., an alumnus of the U. of M., mention of whose murder was uiade in this paper two weeks ago, the News' story being written by a former Detroit Newspaper man, Charles X. Stark. Outlaw Parker said he had nothing against Norris and was sorry he killed liirn. The News speaks very highly of Mr. Norris' life and closes thus : "The desperado's victim was one of the most popular young men of Prescott. Though but 28 years of age, lie was an attorney of acknowledged ability. A man of strong character, very pleasing personality, and, all in all, was abundantly equipped for au honorable and useful career. The hanging of a dozen Jim Parkers would never compénsate for the untimely ending of one like .Lee JNoms. He tame to Arizona when but 17 years old with his brother, ï. G. Norris, from his native town, Green Forest, in Carroll county, Arkansas. For several years lie bad been attending the university at Ann Arbor, Mich. He was in the literary department for some time, and then, in June last, graduated with honors frorn the law department. Soon after his arrival at Prescott he entered into a law partnership with District Attorney H. D. Ross. He was engaged to be inarried to a very charming young lady, who was also attending the Ann Arbor university, a Miss Burnice Smith, aud the fiuding of a partly written loveletter to his sweetheart in bis pocket after he was shot, together with bis directions to forward the letter as it was, so that she should know that his dyingthougbts had been of her, was the most touching event of his tragic ending." The larid desired by the Y. ir. C. A. on the ast tóete of tïie oouirt liouee square, 88 fe&t front by 120 feet deep, co-ts $6,600. A iriiandi of ibis particular locatïon beaíli a donatlon of $600 to piwcfliase Vhia jjroperty. Daröd Hejuuing giares $200, and Alian L. Xowlljn g-i vos $200 more, whíeb makes $1,000. Tlie assocclatioiu ieels; tttat Jt eau pay onJy $4,000 fop a süte, and tante leaves $1,600 yet to mise. Tl baiildiag up 01 t)his t)lock, Aibiiolx will be ass'uired tlie mdauto "Ölnis contract te eiigniad, is worth $5,000 to tihe pnoperty owtuers .on Hiunaa stret aad to tu .nortluthereoCi Soni'3 gooid man, imiberested in. pnotpeffity to te bejieïkted ougat o te abl to rafee, the amoum needed ta One day. ■ i Ou June 16, at -i o'clock . gn. on the Atlhletfc Field, wfll be heli ome of the most iiïtei-esting, dramatic, accurate, ealcclcally contested, abnormal yelluw k!d bmhik o.ï base ball the hmanaji eye has ever been penniltted tio La.za uppn. The miemfoera oí the Uüi'vei'sity iaou-Ksy will be arrayed upcm ons siiie and upon the ■votlie:' wlll be fü'iiad the members oí tlie HlgSi Schiool f&culty reiaforced by the niembers of tüe Ctty BoWd oL Education. They -ivill bo proiiïia ia "skyscuapers,1' "daisy eut.tcrs," and liot gnoTüoflelB. And if Èiome ol the players ars nob mis Laken tjuey "will ttooroiLglïly ciOT-er V,v& grourad1. 'There is a strife aï fco wiiii3 ■wlll iplay siiioirt stop. Thea-e eau be no better prooi oí ■the meed of a ï. f. C. A. buUdüng than tlie fact that tlie niinbers themselves oo-nxe to tbe front and, by great persomal saorifites, give far that object. Last Thursday; amoifchier club of Ube boys came farward and plaaked diotwn anotiher $100 for tlie building fund. He TChia bas hie dau'btsi ns tö tthie success of tüuis moble undrtaking is nat wise. It wül siurelj sucoeed, Jar suich. dievotiioia to any cause ■wül --iia in tlhie end'. The m,an tawoman ■w'hio gives tio th-is aow, wfïl sww see-d thiat -vvill bear fruit, for the boys af Anm Arbar in tlhO future. If you hiave any m,omey you can spare, vem if it takes a saorifioe to spare 16, g-iive it to thiase boys. It is a gnan! tihiBg tluey are trying to do, mot omly far thie boys tliemelves, but trat ïoir Anm Arbar. So we are to have au oM-tunws celebrit'tiö-n in Ann Arbor. W'hen was the F'Ourtir last celebrated' ia this ci'ty ? Wlhat oM-tdmer caa -11 ?- DiaBly Times. We met one oí the ■old'est pSoneers of the county the .otter day, whio says he remembers of hearing biis gneat grandMather t-ell abO'Uft. a 4th of July celebration here lm Ana Arbor taat was a stunner The story goes tliat . ome Capt. Sclioih, au enterpi'Sisinig German-Ameirleati of maliijtiary beariag, got, up the affair, araï thiat all the etty was ablaze with ent'hoisiJasm, patriotism and red paimt. In tibie evendngi red iïi"e illum-iinated tlhie stireets, and the Capt. with ome oí thei best men whio ever lived ia the city - peace to bis niemary- Zach.. Boath, fired off firewarks for Beveral liours, until beooming tiredl out set iire to the balance and fled. The people abcut t.he stand wbere the iire works wiere, fled also. But it was a day loinig to bO remembeired,.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier