Litchfield enquirer., 1856-02-28
s;us U ma Word.

\ 1lkss ' men lar snpefior i0 all that mskeo st1 tisled noklemap. nsv,g gated ihe Me si<seipps thiny y6ots sga. The following sneedsse Wsr ilisstss1e The keen seasc of honor sbas prevailed among shem:
 As se ll,lstrafioh q their ruae code q hon or, n sssremiscred shw story ei" Bsii McCsy.n He SIS . mstscs -pssss and had svs cesssslly Sispsted fos rhampsonship n al'nost every fanous sand has vsrsbt at tow sascr h tssssbge sosv wA.fe bfosAwas spilled aad dark esssre committed. BIi was stEvalved = MsmeasssiIs eE hs snard. he in o,hs eIatches of the law. The community was excised. . victim wss demanded to sppease she oft-iassIsed aajessy q lsst,ce. Bought 6Efare oas of she eouTia boid,ng s' Nsschsz then yass closing fs sesssos Cos the sam,n.r ss~xsssa he wss fslly comm,ued, and sothisg but she ps.cu,esneEi ef enormous bad would kesp hin fssm sweIef'rg through line loag nspsshs of summeF ip dafsnc- vsis. |, ~as acparensls aseless for him to expsci any me 10 go m bss bond; be appealed, however, io those presens, dweif upon ibe borrofs. 10 htm more especially of long imsnsonmen,, a|d solemniy sssevcssiea that he would present. himself at the lime appointed for if,al. Al the last susmen. Colonel W, a wea:iity, and on the whole ra:hef q cantipus eiiszeil i. csme .s fhe rescue and agreed in pay 'dn shnisands deIlass f Mccoy did pof preseai himseifsc stand his trial. IL was is van tlshi the caianei's ffiends fried to persuade hiFn . not s6 sske ihe responsibility even the courf's suggestion io let the matter alone wss un needed. Mccoy was releascd-shouiderin z his siHe and shreadind his wsy sbrn' the In ian p.sions, in due lime he reached no me tn Old KasufuckD D
 Moaths rolled on, and ibe lime of trial ap- preached. As matter of cvurs. The proba. biIitrs of MeCoy's return were doubted The psbiic had doub,s-ibe Colonel bad not heard from him since his departure. The morning oftLe appointed day arrived bnt the prisoner did mol present himself The ausnding crowd ond Ihe towa brcnmc exciiei-sil esc"ri the Colonel despaired--evening was moving on a- pace~-the court was spn tbe point of sd- jourpine when . distant huzza ~ ss h ard, the exciting cry was caught ID oy the hangs's en abons The court of justice. Another mo mens and McCoy-his beard long and matted, bis hands torn. his eyes haggAtd. and sua turnt to degree that was painful 10 bshdid -sushed into the court ro0ss, and from sheer exhaustion fell pos'rate upon the aoor.
 Oit Col. w. embraced him as he would have done to . -long-i6st brother, and eyes Bnused so tears filled to averh ,wing when McCsy related his simple taie.' Starting from Louisville ss "a hand on a boat" he fcand in few days that. owing 10 The low stage Of the water ia the r,ver, and other un expected delays, fl was impossible 10 react, Naiehtz at the appointed lin. by such mode ef cosseyance. No other ordinary convey snes prcsenied itself. Not 10 be ihw.ued. Dc absndossd "tbe Aa'," and wi.h his own hands shaped canoe out Of the trunk of a fallen tree. He rowed and padjle.. almost w,thout cessation, ihirteen hundred mites, r.d had shns redeemed his promise almost al 'he expen&e 6f his life. H,s trial in i,s progress bseans mere form his chivalr ,us e,iJuci and ths want rf any p0sitive tes,ia.pny. woa for him verdic. of not gully even bef"re i, wassnasuncod by tho jury or affirmed by the Judge.