The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-10-22

about The hour OF ten. The scene oil on of
tir most deadly conflicts and bloody TRACE.
dies IN the annals Of a law abiding, civilized
community. II appears that The ncighbor.
hood bad TOR some years been ANNOYED Dy
band Of llie,s, whose practice i; was TO
live upon he farms and stock II the honest
oiizans Of the vicinity The. thieves had
suc,g1,zlullY cludcti the ,gilannr Of the suf
icrers, and cscap! the punishment pre-
fcriLcl by iiir statute unIii at last, their
conduct becoming iutpcfablr. and their dc
pr.tiai,ons nlafnluc w. he community. II
wa. determined. on b. PAT oi tho good
citiztns around Hone, GaI. +, rfar,tc p.stn
a, all haznfd.. and without Dec sd IL lag
IN pursuance Of this det'iminRli"o "a bard
~ Rruiiufs "a term wen uuit Trtuud IN Flo
rida, fallrnlH ard some of tht Nesicfn
Stat.r.l was organized 4omc dags a1o. and
on Friday iai Proceeded to notify certain
parties that their presence 10 the cpunty
could no longer be tolerated and thai they
must take Themselves away by Tuesday,
tlnst Tncsdny) or submit 10 the law Of
force that on That day they must lrnyc the
county, either pcac.ahly or oihcrwisc and
that for their crepe, stock Sc, they sioGId
receive AN .qaIya'ni ard nlso have
their passage pad Oh the steamer, 10 any
point tn wbicl, they might deair. Ia enlgrnlr
Among the parties ihua notified there was
n man named Moaes lioinsby, and his family
vile, one grown sen. " Il. ard thr..e sul-..t
children. Mps'E thought Of "" matter aud
concluded no, 10 go bat sin led The re-
euiars to b.! lew That hn would go willingly.
iic played the cd soldier "n thr,u, however
as he nluc viii show.
~ tho hour Of ten, IN Tuesday morning
fourteen Of the Regular appeared before
iimnshy'n door twelve Of them with guns,
and two unarucd. One OF tlr two who
was unarmcd ii DIR. Foreman WA mn,i
tho si'ok' rinan. 10 do the parIoyIng with the
HON hys. Tie advanced Ia within few
l' oi the door and askrd u icighboring
woman (i'y the name OF llol and. who hap
lsnch 10 bc there, or was So 10y design. and
who had Also been notified 10 leave IT Mr.
liormby was AT home. she rrplp.d. Ycs
llc ID sutncn bare about
a, this instant shot was fired from the
house through u sort Of rude aud innrtis,ic
port hole a. Foreman. missng hrs k,sc bu,
u lew lncios and killing his horse hcncn,h
him another Shot ~ quick succession dis
charged full load Of buck shot Ia the lett
hfeas, oi Mr. ,jnmcs Rumpi one If the
Rcpulntots Mr. Rn,np,, ON being sho,
wl,cltd and CRYING out for hts comr,,.c e.. to
scatter. ealoped oii shor, distance and
f.ll dead. The firing continued RAPIDLY and
with terrible fatality from the hous,' for some
secoud.-prllap, minutes. The psr, Is
scattered as quick as poss,Ll, bat lch four
NOR, 81 their number upon the field two
by the name OF RadcliN-. AN old gentleman
and his son. the son mor,aly. and IN. old
gentleman dangerously, II not MORTAL,
wouo,l,,i-u Sir. MAY, son. IN law to Rnj
elf dangerously wounded and Mr.. Fore
man with hin mike fractured by falling or
hi. horse Three horses were also .bot
down and killed. This was the effect of
not exceeding nine shots from the house.
In the m,Et Of this firing. youpv Rad
clin "A brave md determined spirit. fell
Satisfied That his wound was fatal, he deter.
mi.rI ,u have some li,tIercycnpr, and crawl
ing To stump rested his gun upon It and
tired through the port hole, cmp,y,ny the
con,,us oi one barrel into the hcv aud
breast OF old llornsby, giving kim his
uue,us Casting an eye 10 another part OF
the fortress he perceived human figure. a,
which he let slip the contents of another
barrel This shot, II scms, took cll;ct in
the leil side Of llornsby's wife, and the legs
and hips Of her infant which she held in her
arms She was killed instantly the child
may possibly recover.
About the time these two shots wcr,
fl MI. ~. 4 "a, H., 49,.
and fired one barrel. aud drew up to dis
charge q second, when Regulator 10y the
name 81 Morgan. and who Ut this moment
-,ooJ alone upon the field, defending the
wounded. SER, Il the gun Of fallen comrale,
and cautioned Mike II he fired The second
barrel, hs Morgan would certainly return
the tire. Mike needed not the warning bu,
fired and turned 10 run, probably when
M1gan. true TO his word, hland away, AMI
,lrnpped Mike with a mortal wound Thus