Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-07-29

up together, So saying he threw himself
with all the force he possessed against the
door, at the same time calling upon his com.
panions to assist him.. The door, however,
resisted their efforts.
do not attempt that again. said Gather.
inc, COR you are dead man., at the same
time presenting from the window a heavy
horseman's pistol, ready cooked.
At the sight of this formidable weapon
the companions Of Van Zant, who crossed
the street at this call, retreated.
What cried the leader, you coward
are you frightened at the threats of a girl ?
and again he Threw himself violently against
the door. The weapon was Immediately dis
charged, and Van Zant fell.
The report was heard at the church, and
males and females rushed QUIT ascertain the
cause. ~. ....
- On looking towards the residence of Judge
V--they perceived FIVE men running at
full speed, to whom the Judges negroes and
several Others gave chase and from an up
per window of his residence a handkerchief
was waving, as beckoning for aid. e
All rushed towards the place, and. upon
their arrival, Van Zaptwas in the agonies
of death. He still retained strength enough
to acknowledge that they had long contem-
plated robbing the house, and had frequen-
tly been concealed in the neighborhood for
that purpose, but no opportunity had offered
until that day, when lyiny concealed in the
woods they saw the Juge and his family 60
ing to church: ="
The body of the dead Tory was taken and
buried by the sexton of the church as he had
no relatives in the vicinity.
After an absence of two hours or therea.
bout, the negroes returned, having succeed
ded in capturing Finley, and one of the
strangers, who were that night confined, and
the next morning at the earnest solicitations
of Judge v, liberated on the promise Of
mending their lives.
It was in the month of October of the
same year that Catherine Yves sitting
by an uppear back window in her fathers
house knitting; though autumn, the weather
was mild, and the window was hoisted about
three inches. About sixty or seventy feet
from the rear Of the house was barn, huge
old fashioned edi6ce, with upper and low
er folding doors; and accidentally casting
her eye towards the barn, she saw a small
door (op the range with the front door and
window at which she was sitting) open, and
a number Of men enter. The occurrence in
summer immediately presented itself to her
mind, and the fact that her father and 9TH
males of the family we're at work in field
at some distance from the house, led her to
suspect that that opportunity had been i'm.
proved by some of Van Zaut's friends to
plunder and revenge his death. Concealing
herself behind the curtains, she narrowly
watched their movements. She saw a mans
head slowly rising above the door and ap-
pearently reconnoiteriug the premises it
was Finley's. :. 49,. "
The object was now evident. Going to
the armory, she selected well loaded mus
ket and resumed her place by the window.
Kneeling upon the floor she laid the muzzle
Of the weapon upon the window sill, between
the window curtains, and taking deliberate
aim she fired. What effects she had produced
she knew not, but saw several men hurrying
out of the barn by the same door they had
entered. The report brought her father and
his workmen to the house, and going to the
barn, the dead body Of Finley lay on the
floor.
Catharine " afterwards married
Captain of the Continental army, and she
lives, the honored mother of numerous and
respectable line of descendants The old
house is also 'sin the land of the living" and
has been the scene Of many pranks of the
writer Of this tale, in the hey.day of mischie-
vous boyhood.
:, ANNIE. LAURIE. - g.,