The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1855-07-07

cunnlng-the staunch, murderoua hate.
and the unnatural appearance, which h
D created such sensation.
{ They could not understand how a being
: simple hearted and sluggish as he was repv
ted to have been, could have been reused {
stung to such deeds by the mere depth an
power Of his natural passions. But monC
: maniac or not, such vengeance, and tn
daring. conduct of the whole affair, were We
ry imposing to their associations and prepo.
sessions, and they sympathized heartily wit
him. 1t was only while the general uncer
tainty left every man in doubt whether hi
own person might not be next the object q
this murderous aim, that the public were dis
posed to back the Regulators in whateye
violent measures they might choose to re
sort to, to drag the secret to light, and tn
actor to punishment; but now that it wa
apparent that his whole hate was leveled a
gainst the Regulators, and all that ubcer
tainty was confined to them, be he devil
ghost, madman, or Jack Long, the publ,
had no intention of interfering again. L
was personal issue between him and them
they might settle it between themselves
Indeed, men felt in their lnmost hearts that
every man of the ten engaged in the lynch.
ing of Jack Long deserved dozen times
over to be shot, and now they looked on
cody, rather enjoying the thing, and earn
estly hoping that Jack might have the best
of it.
And OF this there seemed to be strong
probability; for the Regulators made only
one more attempt to get together; but anoth-
er OF their number being killed on his way
to the rendezvous, his body bearing that we'll
known and fearful signature of skill; the
remaining five, perfectly unnerved and over.
whelmed with terror retreated to their hous.
es, and scarcely dared for several weeks to
pat their heads outside their own doors.
The class to which Jack belonged, at
least those of them who had managed to
keep footing during the relentless proscrip-
ton OF the Regulators, now began to look
up, and hinted that they had known of Jacks
return from the time of Stoner's murder
and abetted his purposes in every way in
their power; furnishing him with fresh hors-
es when the noble animal he rode back from
the States became fatigued; assisting his
flights and conceaiments, and furnishing
him with information as we'll as spreading
the exaggerated stories about him. One
bluff old fellow remarked:
"You are fools who talk about Jacks be-
ing crafty! He's as calm and cold as fros-
ty morning in old Kentuck; and his heads
as clear as bell! He's just got his Indian
fghtin' and Tory hatin' blood walked I'D in
him by them stripes! That's blood you
know that's dangersomer than q catamount
when it once get rizl"
Jack was now frequently seen, but it was
known that this work was only half done,
and that he meant to finish it, and he was re-
garded with great curiosity and awe. The
five wretched men were entirely unstrung
and panic stricken. They made no attempt
at retaliation, but all those hopes seemed to
lie in the effort to get out ofhis reach. Th at
long heavy rife haunted them by 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 its terror could
not resist his inclination forliquor, and after
confinement in his house for nearly three
weeks, determined to risk all and 90 to the
store and buy himself barrel. He went in
a covered wagon, driven by a negro, while
he lay stretched on the bottom in the straw,
The barrel ofliquor was obtained-he got
into the wagon-lay down beside it, and
started for home. All the way he never
raised his head until near the mouth of his
lane, log had been placed on the side of
the road which tilted up the wagon in pass
ing over it, SO as to roll the barrel on him.
He forgot his caution, and sprang up with
his head out of the cover to curse the bow
for his carelessness, and at that moment a
rife was discharged. He fell dead--shot
through the eye! The boy said that his master
suddenly cut short his oaths, and exclaimed,
-"1here he is!"-at the moment the gun
fred. He saw tall man with a beard
hanging down on his breast and dressed in
skins, walking through the brush with his ri.
lie on his shoulder.
The next man, named Garnet, about two
weeks after this, got up one morning about
sunrise, and in his shirt sleeves stepped to
MS door and threw it open to breathe fresh
air. He was rubbing his eyes, being about
half asleep, and when he got them fairly
open, there stood the gaunt avenger beside
! tree in the yard-the fatal rife leyeled
and waiting till his victim should see him
He did see him-but it was his
last look! The bullet went crashing through
mis- brain too! Long is said to have told
ane of his friends that be never in single
Instance shot one of these men till he was
certain the man saw and recognized him
fully.
All were gone now but Hinch and the
TWO youngest men of the party Williams
aud Davis, The two latter were permitted