Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-27


house. WIDEN Ls vas SHOT from ii HU ne.
groes bear I'd the gun, and seeing his horse
gaiioplng up 10 The house rIderlcss and
snortIng wildly they ran down, and found
him stretched IN the road dead H rdS
shot IN he eye, AID the ball passed out Of
the back Of his head.
When illnch heard this, he turned per.
iec,ly lived his kn Is smo,e together and
with a horrible oath, he exclaimed, cts
Jack Long, or his ghost by CT come
back for vrngeaneel" II was now per.
ceivcd, Tor The frsI time, that all the men
had been shot through the eye, instead Of
10 the back Of the head, where the ball had
only passed Oh, after entering al the soc ke,,
The other heads had been too uoplensanily
uutllaled for examination, and this fac,
had been before unobsetvcd or course,evo.
rybody was satisfied now that this terrible
being was in one way or nno,her identified
with Jack Long i0r the notoric,y Of has
iayoTIte mark aud As mIlcAlusS sN..l 10.
sJanuy occurred 10 all, us accounting fur
much that was unaccoun,nbe IN these oc
curenecs Tn. produced a great change
in public feeling. The better sort began 10
conceive that they understood the whole
matter The lynchng Jack bad received
was fresh 10 their memories, and they sup.
posed that US severity hal shaken his men
tai balance aud made hun d monomuniuc
! and thu, disease had endowed him with the
marvellous cunning--the staunch, murder.
our hate--and Tho unnatural nppea rnnce,
which had created such sensation. They
could no, understand how being so simple
hearted aud sluggish as he was repu,ed 20
have been, could have been reused OF sung
10 such deeds by the mere depth and pow
or Of his natural passions. But monoma
mac or not, such . vengeance, and the dar
ing conduc, Of the whole utf,ir, were very
imposing TO their association. and ptepos
sessions, aud they synpathized heatil,
with him. |, was only while the genera
uncertainty left every man in doubt whcth
er his own person might not be mex, III,
object Of his murderous aim, that the pub
lie were disposed 10 back the Rangers r
whatever violent measures thco nigh
choose 10 rcsor, to, TO drag the secret TO liz h
and the actor TO punishment, but now tina
il was opraren, his whole bate was level
led against the Rangers, and all tina, uncer
lainty was confined TO them, be he devil
ghost, madman, or Jack Long, the pub Ii,
had NJ attention Of interfering again.
was personal issue between him am
them---tney might settle II between them
selves7 ipJred men felt IN their inmo.
hearts that o,c-v MN Of the ten engage,
in the lynchIng % IIcl, Long deserved
dozen times over 10 /" shot; and now the
looked on cody, rather enjoying the thin.
!, and earnestly hoping hat Jack might hav
the best Of it,
And Of this there seemed TO be n s,ron
4 probability Tor the Regulators made onl
one more attempt TO get together bn, al
=, other of their number being killed on h
=, way 10 the rendezvous, his body bcarin
,, that well known and fearful signature {
? skill the remaining five perfectly unncr'
;, cd and overwhelmed with terror retreale
to their houses, and scarcely dared for SCI
, eral weeks TO put their heads outside the
= own doors.
b The class to whichJack belonged al lea
4 those OF them who had managed to Ike p
/ footing during the RELENTLESS, prescription
I the Regu lators, now began TO look up, III
. limited that they had known OF Jacks tetur
:, from the time of Stoner's murder, aud ha
.s aided and abelted his purposes in eve'
:, way IN their power; furnishing hm wi
- fresh horses when the noble autnil Il
- rode back from the States became iauguet
~ assisting bis flights and concea Iments, al
=. furnishing him with Information, as well
, spreading the exaggerated stories abo
!, him. One bluff old fellow remarked
:, You are fools who talk about Jack
# being crazy He's as calm and cold us
90 frosty III nothing IN old kcn,uck and
q heads as clear as u bell He's ~
:, got hi, Indian hghlln and Tory h
ID IN blood wakel up in him by III,
/. stripes That's u blood you know thu
dangensomer than cslamount when
6, once gcls riz :"
"a Jack was now frcqucntly seen, bu,
h was known that his work was only hi
done, aud that he meant 10 hnish Il, and
~ was regarded with groal curiosity aud a.
II The FIVE wretched men were entIIely u
A. strung and panic stricken. They made
h attempt al retaliation, tat all their mop
If seemed to lie IN the eilJu 10 get out oil II
+, reach That long heavy rlhe haunt
40 them day and night They saw MS ia
le muzzIe bearing on them from every bu'
en- aud through the chunks Of their own ca
d. ms.
c. One oflhcm, named White, who was
"a. inyueratc topper with all hrs Isuor COZ
~ not resist Ia, Incupaton 10 liquor, ond
III. ter confinement ia his house for near
ed thee weeks, determined 10 rlsk all nnd
b.. TO the store aud buy him a barrel
20 vent 1 acoscrod wagon, driven by a
he gro, lle he lay stretched on The botiC
,g IN IA straw The barrel Of llqlor "
Of obancd NO gN mo Iho wls0o-l
Pc. down besid ar! rarcd for home A