Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-02-18

had managed to Keep a lootlhg uu
ring the relentless prescription OF the
Regulators, now bega N to look up
and limited that they had known c
Jacks return from the time of Sto
her's murder, and had aided nd abet-
ted his imposes in ev cry way IN then
power; furnishing him with fresh
horses when the noble animal he rode
back from, the States beea me IA
tigled; assisting his flights and CON
ceaIm ents, and furnishing him with
information, as well as spreading the
exaggerated stories ab out him. One
bluff old fellow remark rked:
t you are fools who talk about
Jacks being crazy! Hes as calm
a I'D cold as a frosty morning up IN
old Kentucl1; and lis heads as clear
as bell. He's just got his Indian
fghtin' and Tory hatih blood walked
up in him by them stripes That
a blood you know that's danSersom-
Ell than a catamouht when it once
gets riz.'
Jack was now frequently seen, but
it was known that his work was only
half done, and that he meant to fin
ISL it, and be vas regar. r.led with great
cd urio55ity and awe. The e fiyewr etched
m enwere entirely unstrrngand panic
stricken. They made no attempt at
retaliation, but all their hopes seemed
to lie in the effort to get out Of bis
reach. That long, heavy rifle haunted
them day and' night. They Saw its
dark muzzle bearing on them from
every bush, and through the chinks
of their own cabins.
One Of them, named White who
was an inveterate topper, with all hiss
terror could not resist his inclination
for liquor, and after a confinement in
his house Of nearly three weeks, de-
termined to risk all and go to the
store and buy him a barrel He went
in covered wagon, driv Fn by ne
gro, while lie lay stretched on the
bottom in the straw. I'll He barrel Of
liquor was obtained-hedot into the
wagon-lay down beside it, and
started fer home. All the way he
never raised his head IN I'll, near the
mouth of his lane a lo9 had been
placed on the side of the road which
tilted up the wagon in ia dssing over
it, SO as to roll the barrel on linn
He forgot his caution, and sprang up
with his head out of t be cover to
curse the boy for his carele essncss, and
that moment d rifle was discharged.
He fell back dead-shot Mroa9h the |
eye! The boy said his NJ daster sud
denly cut short his oath +, and ex-
claimed, There he is. "A 1t the mo-
mant the gun fired. lie saw tail
man with beard hanging down on
his breast and dressed in s llins, walk
ing off through the brush with his
rifle on his shoulder
The next man, nameq Garnet,
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 he got them flirly open, there
stood the gaIlnt ayengdf beside al
tree in the yafH-the fat4l rifle lev
elIed, and waiting till his victim
should see him DISTINCTLY lie did
See him-but it was vitA his last
look The bul llet went crashing
through bis bn ain too Long is
said to have told one of bis frehds
that he never in a single instah hce
shot one of these men till he YTas
certain the man saw and recognized
him fully.
Ali were eohe now but Hinch and
Ithe two Youngest men Of the party,
Williams and Davis. .Thd two latter
werd permitted to escape Whether
it was fromrele ntingonth thePart Of the
dread avenger, or that |he had ob-
serve I'D some tri1ing thihg in their
demeanor on the OCCASION Of the
outrage he was thuspuniH which
reco mmended them to mIercy, now
that this resentment lad 50 deeply
drank ofthe bitter delight Of atone
moht,-or that in his anxiety to Sc
cure Hinch, he confined his efforts
and watchfulness to him alone--l DO
not know. They made b forced and
secret sale Of their PROPERTY, and
cleared out during the night But
lit was for Hinch be had with passion