Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1859-03-26
The Mob Excitement in Hawesville, KY.

Lowe lost his iifeat the hands of a mob,
has been ppblished;f The Louisville Coy
rier publishes a History of tho affair, which.
is osItottiblems any in the bloody record of
Kcntucky.' Cicero Maxwell, the prosecu-
ting attorney, Had refused a challenge from
Lowe, and had also refused to name the
arms and place for street fight. The Cou-
rier says:
In short time, Lowe, with three pistols
in his left arm aud one in his right hand,
approached tho crowd, which was near the
court house, and in a loud voice said "lf
Cicero Maxwell is in the crowd, or in the
sound of my voice, let him come forth
lie has stated that am Il political juggear.
In return, / pronounce him liar, culum-
niator, coward, and a sun of a w" This
he repeated several times. The denunoia
tion was conveyed to Maxwell, or heard
by him, and in few minutes he made his
appcarance.in in the street with a doublc.b bar
rel shot gun, and accompanied 10y a Mr..
Harris and Morton, of Hartford, Judge
Mayhall aud Thos. Withrow, OF lIawcs-
vile, and others. When within about
fifty yards of lowe, who faced his foe,
Maxwell discharged one barrel of his gun,
which was loaded with buck shot, the con
tents striking the left breast of Lowe, who
staggered, but instantly recovered his po-
sition, Ga coat OF mail saving him, as al
legcd.) lie returned the fire, but missed,
and seeing the mob present arms, took re-
tugc in the crowd, cluding pursuit for the
time, got into the house of widow lady.
Maxwell and his friends, discovering
where he was, surrounded the house and
threatened to tcarit down if lowe was not gi-
vcnup. The ladyimplorcd them to dcSist.
and said it was true Lowe was there, but
she had no power to bring him out. \
parley took place, and three friends of Max
we'll entered the building. Lowe asked
that his life might be spared They as
slrcd him he should'no he moleStcd pro-
vidcd he would disarm himself, and accom-
panied by them he re.appcarod on tho
street. I'he sight of him only added fuel
to the flame, and he was again fired upon.
MIR. Harris, one of the gentlemen who gave
assurance of protection, said, " Mr.. Lowe,
cannot risk my life longer to save you,"
and MIR. Lowe broke and ran, followed by
the mob. Mr. Aldridge, the only friend
Lowe seems to have had, fred at the mob,
and as he turned to fly was killed by a ball
from rifle. \ great number of shots
were fred at Lowe in his flight He WAS
wounded in several places, and his clothes
riddlcd with balls He ran as far as the
bank OF the river, his foes still firing ut him
in his flight, and there fell apparently OK
haustcd. One Thos Mithrow also cut at
him with his bowie kuite while he was run.
ming, but the coat of mail which it is said
he wore preventing his heing hurt.
AIR. Harris went to him where he lay,
and one of the mob run up aud sworc he
would kill him anyhow, and put a pistol to
loves head. Harris knocked the weapon
up, and 1T was discharged without imjuring
any one! The crowd then gathered around
Lowe, and Maxwell asked him if he would
make retractiou. lowe replied that he
rctracted everything he had said, that he
was coward, and had dsgraced himself
Maxwell, it is said, begged his friends not
to hurt his fallen foe, as he had done all he
required. Lowe was then taken back to
the court house and delivered to Judge
Stuart. Some of the mob manifcstmy a
wish to lynch Lowe, Judge Stuart rose and
said he WAS in the hands of the law. which
should be honorcd, and that Lowe should
not be injured until the mob passed over
his dead body, His speech prolonged
Lowe 'S term of life for at least few hours
and after hiS.WQunds were dressed in the
court, house, accompanying by Judge Stuart
he was taken tojail. The Judge rcmsined
with him until late hour in the night,
when it was thought the excitement was at
an end, and the prisoner safe from the fury
Of those who had sought his life
On Wednesday morning, Lowe sent for
Harris, and thanked him for saving his life
ON the previous day, but expressed fears
the mob would hang him, and solicited his
visitor to intcrcede for his life in behalf of
his wife and children. Harris left, and
about that time a report was started that
Lowe told Harris that he only asked pro-
lection then for revenge that would follow,
and when hcwas released from jail he would
kill the last one of them. This again a.
reused his vindicative enemies, but no vio-
lence was done openly. In a very short
time, however, two men, DIR. Davidson and
John Withrow, went to Oldham, the iail-
eri and demanded the keys of the prison.
Ihe presentation of pistols at the head of
the officer was potent, and the two men
thus reached the room where the unfortu-
nate Lowe was confined. He was lying on
a bed, "rostrate from his wounds, and ex-
citeme I and suspense. As soon as lie saw
them, diyining their purpose, he asked
them to spare his life, but the cruel and re.
lentlcss men were there to slay,. and not to
spare