Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1845-1854, 1849-03-21

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Egerated stories about him. One bluff old
fellow remarked: ;5,s5 x.
You are foolsao talk about Jacks being
crnzy!. He's as calm andas cold as a frosty
morning up ia old Kentuck; and his heads
as clear as bell! Hes just got his Indian
fightin' and tory hatin' blood walked up in
him by them stripes. That's a blood you
knovthat's dangersomer than catamount
when it once gets rip
Jack was now frequently seen, but it was
known that his work was but half done, and
he meant to finish it, and he was regarded
.withssgreat curiosity and awe. The five
WEetched men were entirely unstrung. and
1 sHanie, stricken Ihey made. NO attempt
at aTation, but AT their hopes seenaedao
lie in the effort to get out of his reach
That long, heavy, rifle haunted them day
and night. They saw its dark muzzIe
bearing on them from every bush, and
through the chinks Of their own cabins!
One of them, named White, who was On
inveterate topper, with all his terror could
not resist his inclination for liquor, and af-
ter confinement in his house of nearly
three weeks, determined to risk all and go
to the store and buy him barrel. He went
in covered wagon, driven by q negro,
while he lay stretched On the bottom in the
straw. The barrel of liquor was obtained
he got into the wagon-lay down beside
it, and started for home. All the wav he
never raised his head until, near the mouth
of his lane, q log had been placed on the
road which tilted up the wagon in passing
over it, so IS 10 roll the barrel on him. He
forgot his caution, and sprung up with his
head out Of the cover to curse the boy for
his carelesness, and at that moment rifle
was discharged. He fell back dead-shot
through tie eye! The boy said that his
master suddenly cut short his oaths, and ex-
claimed, There he s!'-at that moment
the gun fired. He saw tall man with a
beard hanging down on his breast, dressed
in skins, walking off through the bush with
his rifle on his shoulder.
Tho next man, named Garret, about two
weeks after this, got up one morning about
sunrise, and in. his shirt sleeves stepped to
his door and threw it open to breathe the
fresh air. He was rubbing his eyes, being
about half asleep; and when ho got them
fairly open, there stood the gaunt avenger
beside q tree in the yard-the rifle levelled,
and waiting till his victim should see him
distinctly. lie did see hi.n-but 1t was his
last look! The bullet went dashing through
his brain too! Long is said to have told
one OF his friends that he never in single
instance shot one of these men till he was
certain the man saw and recognized him
fully.
All were now gone but Hinch and the
two youngest men Of the party, Williams
and Davis The two latter were permitted
to escape. Whether it was from relenting
on the part Of the dread avenger, OF that
he had observed some triGing thing in their
demeanor on the occasion Of the outrage
he was thus furnishing, which recommend
ed them to mercy, now that his resentment
had SO deeply drank of the bitter delight of
atonement-or that in his anxiety to Sc
cure Hinch, he confined his efforts and
watchfelness to him alone-I do no know.
They made forced and secret sale of
their property. and cleared out during the
night. But it was for Hinch he had with
passionless calculation reserved the most
inconceivable torture He had passed him
by all this time, while one after the other
he struck down the tools and companions
Of his crimes. He doomed him to see them
fall around him with the certain knowl-
edge that the avenging hate which slew
them burned with q ten fold intensity for
his life-thot it must and would have It'll
But when would the claim be made? Should
he be be the next one? No! The next one?
No! But then each succeeding death, SO
sure to take one Of their number, drove a.
way the sophistry of hope, and realized to
him in bare and sterner horror that his own
fate was fixed as theirs,-as each one fell
away, the circle of doom narrowed-slow-
ly, steadily closing in about him. Soon
there would be no one but him! How could
he call an hour his own! When could he
feel safe? That relentless subtety had baf-
fled them all! One, two, three, four, five,
six, seven, strong men had all gone down
before that fearful rifle-ereTy one of them
shot through the eye! God of Heaven!-
and the sharp agony would spangle keen
points of burning light through the brain, as
if the ball were bursting through the socket!
s'l too must be shot through the eye!'' It
was worse than ten thousand deaths, and
he died them in lingering torture told day
by day.
From the time Of Ree's death he looked
q achanged & stricken man. In few weeks
he had lost great deal Of flesh and be-
come piteously haggard--his eyes and voice
and gait was all humble. His turbulent &
fierce aDinality faded before the narrowing
suspense Of this fear. The bully and mnr-
derous ruffian trembled at the rustlng of a
leaf. His own Imagination became his hell
and hungry remorse grew stronger and
stronger with feasting at his heart He
mover left his house for weeks, until the es-
cape of Williams and Davis inspired him
with some ope. He eprocured fine horse,
and set off one dark night for Red rivera
Everybody regretted his escapo-for men
had looked in quiet expectation upon the
progress that wild border justice would be
gratilied in seeing this stern, righteous and
Unparalleled vengeance consumated by the
fall of Hinch-the monster instigator and
chief actor in all tho grievous outrages
which had reused the supplemented Long
into demon executioner Of doom
Uinch reached the banks of the Red river
-sprang from his foaming and exhausted
horse after looking cautiously around