Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-04-24

their nelghborhood, and thar the man from
Crockett started the next morning before day
with the negro-whose boy he was Short did not
tell me. Thomas Irwin went to A. Grigg, near
Jacksonville, with VIM Short, and in justice to
Mr.. Irwin, will here state, he hat claims against
one of the Messrs. Jackson, thai served to keep
down suspicion Short informed me that Irwin
and himself had made fine saddle, and that
Irwin had agreed to harbor and secrete any ne
groes that Short would send HIM until the time
arrived to run them off. James Mclaughlin
was the father of all and every KIDD OF stealing,
passing counterfeit coin, and uPrdering. He
says he commenced early in ifesand run many
risks for life. Mel informe2ts- party that
whenever they went into gensyaf negro c'steci~
ing, they would be detected His prediction
has proved true. Justice las overtaken them,
and McLaughin's race has been run. learn
he was anxious some honest men should raise
his children.
Enos Cooper hired and paid to Wilson Small
$100 horse to kill Mr.. EIkins, who married
sister of Beverly Pool, formerly Mrs. Hawk
Cooper sold some of Parson Shocks land certif-
icates, and was informed, assisted in starting
Mr.. Hills negro also in stealing Robert Moore's
mare for the negro to ride. | am sure he is one
of the clan.
Mr. Grigg gave me the name of Carmean as
being one of the party, but do not believe it.
Moses Boren aided and gave comfort and
lodging to the party, and would do anything
James Cox asked him to do. Boren occasional
ly exchanged for stolen horses. 4
Louis Boren and Orlando Sap passed counter
felt money and stole horses they are the men
that received Mercer HllPs negroes from A. j.
Grigg, William Short and Enos Cooper, and
brought said negro boy Joe to me at the Star
Hotel at Galveston where I was in company
with Agery, our general agent for Texas. Agery
and John Ford came to VIM. Shorts at La
Grange, and proposed general association, by
connecting certain points, and carrying on a
general negro and horse stealing and counterfeit
money passing arrangement Brother VIM Short
informed them that Col Taylor, being near the
Round Top House, would start shortly to Ala
bama, and that he would take about seven thou
sand dollars with him to buy negroes, and that
Bostick, himself, and one or two other gentlemen,
would have him killed for the cash, which would
enable the company to organize and 60 into
active operations but in case Taylor did not
start in short time, the company would steal,
run, and sell few negroes, in order to have funds
to start on,
My brother William was to koeY the Star Ho-
tel. Mr. Agery was to run a schooner on the
IGulf, between Galveston and NgE (JrIeans, and
a Mr. Jones was to be genera! agent at New
Orleans was to keep boarding house and run
a boat on the Mississippi river. Mclaughlin,
Wm. Short, A. J. Grigg, Greer and Cox, were
to arrange the plans, and decoy the negroes
Boren, Sap, Whitley, O'Bar, Crownoves and
several others, were to iun negroes from the in
terror 10 Galveston, and at proper time, Mr..
Agery, with hs schooner, would convey them to
New Orleans, and deliver them to Mr.. Jones,
who, when convenient would send them up the
Mississippi river and have them sold; all Of this
was 10 be done through their owa line, in order
to evade detection. Alfred O'Bar was consd-
cred poor hand to sell negroes as he had run
the boy Sam, belonging to German gentleman,
near the Colorado river, by land to Red river,
thence he took water and went up to the mouth
of the Ohio river; the boat had freight to dis
charge on the Ohio side, and while discharging
freight Sam stepped off the boat, learning his
foot was on free soil. =
Some time this last season, Mr., Darlington,
overseer for Mr.. Hill, carried off a woman slave
and two children to Mexico he said the children
were his own. About the first of May, Caring
ton was in the Colorado Bottoms and it was be-
lieved he was after more negroes Brother Will
liam informed me that James and Samuel Miller
passed counterfeit money, traded stolen horses,
and occasionally stole few cattle They live
on the road leading from Bastrop TO Caldwell
Burleston county. Judge Jelsaw lives
on or near the Guadalupe, and stands fair in
the community, He had the promise of wagon
master and pay-master in Gen. Worth's division
to Ell Passo del Norte our company were to
furnish him with counterfeit gold to pay off the
teamsters, and he was to divide the profits with
our agents. The Judge is quite conversant with
all the plans of the company, and assists in car
rying out our measures.
Joe Darlington follows garabSng. picks up a
horse occasionally, passes counterfeit gold with
considerable dexterity, sells Shocks land certif-
Gates and is in possession of all the plans of our
party Bird Smith is constant associate with
Arlington, and engages in the same acts that
Arlington does.
William Short, my poor unfortunate brother,
has engaged in every species of crime, led mis-
erable life, died disgracefu death, and thus far
| learn his body has been exposed prey to wild
and after had commenced, could not withdraw
for fear of my own life, as death was the penalty
for disclosure. Mr.. Smith on the Guadalupe is
an associate with McPeters, and engages in
every species Of crime common to the party
Haley lives on the Beedi, neal the Trinity river,
and engages in every species Of crime to which
human beings are accessible. Haley is counted
smart--too smart to be caught. Mclaughlin
said Beverly Pool would do to depend on, wa S
acquainted with all the ropes, but was too lazy
to engage in active operations.
For reasons to myself known, | retain the
names of men--men with respectable families
+ men with daughters grown; men who ought to
shun the party as they would shun the cholera,
plague or pestilence.
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