, 1865-11-28
THE CAREER OF An OUTLAW.
Fob Black Lynehed at Idaho-lai~
Gucrilla Operations In Resf Tennc.-

Fob Black Lynehed at Edaho-lais
sec.
From the Memphis Appeal, :4.a.l
OF the many strange circumstances born ot
and nurtured by the past war, parallel to
the catalogue Of crime herein given, Is rarely
u ever met with.
In this Vicinity, near three years ago. the
uamc OF Bob Black has On more than one
occasion struck terror to the hearts Vt d
largc number OF couutFJmeu, cotton buyers
70 enter or make their exit from the city By
the way Of The fernando or Horn Lake roads.
Eoh Black" came to this city about siI
years ago, bringing. vi him = good chaeac-
ter for honesty and industry. and continued
70 work steadily here until the outbreak Of
INC xar; At that lime he desired to enter the
gnntoat service. aud for that purpose left the
city for New Orleans, and after remaining
there some time, be joined tic crew or Con-
lcderate ram, the name Of which has since
slipped our memory. While On bis way up
rem New Orleans, he became enra..ed at some
wrong, real OF fancied, at the hands Of ths
captain OF the nm, and being Of a very i'm
Puisise uature, seized mari1ns spike, and with
= blow ielled the Captain to the deck He
vas Immediately placed In irons, and upon the
af1lyat OF tic guneoat at Fort Pillow waa
banded oser to Gen. vil3ipigue FOR saic
Eecping: A court martial YVES order
60, acd while IN progress the eyacua-
t1on Of Fort Pillow beca1ne necessary and tbe
prisoner was transferred 10 Grenada, Miss. In
the confusion Of everylhing abont Grenada at
that time, be maraged to etfert his escape.
and passing safely through the Confcdaratn
lines, reached Memphis few days after its
occupation by the Federal authoslties- With.
cns any means to provide for himself !ood or
clothins-"ith Q mind borne down with
trouble and suffering, and berett Of every
hope from which tho slightest consolation
might &c derived, the once honest nun was
driven to q career Of desperation and crime.
which. II given In Its details, would cause the
pale for their peurility and tameness.
In this condition OF mind md body, he re-.
mafred IN the city for soma timc, wandering
about hero aud there, until, onn day, while
standing at the Wo1sham House corner, be
became involved in a quarrel With QUO James
Dolan, member Of the Eighth Missouri reg
iment, large md powerful man, while Black
was man Of medium height and stature
words between the parties waged furious, and
tlnally Dolan struck Black with cane which
be hnd With him, but, quickly wazdinr o.ithe
blow, Black wrcnched the caue from bis ad-
yerzary and dealt him blow, which 50 fac
tuFsd the ekull Of rolnn as 10 causa death
within abort time thereafter. Black elected
his escape from The city, and With couple OF
aeconpilees began a system, OF wholesale
murder and ruhberJ on the Helnando road.
The atrocity and boldness Of these acts
created tic greatest excitement in Memphis.
Several parties were robbed Of su1ns, vary
ng Rom cne to as high Is ten thousand dol
lars and tn one instance, Il Spectator was
compelled 70 diegorge to the amount ot I've
thousand dollars ia gold: OF course. these
rusca1s, Of which !" Black" was the leader.
often met with men who would chow resist
anee rather than give up their money; and
In this way no less than thTee or tour fell VIC
Inns to many Outrage. Of the aendlsll spirit
exhibited by tttsc scoundsels- It was finally
gleed upon by the military commanders Of
the district On both eides, that meaus should
be taken which would insure their calture.
Accordingly . squad Of Blyths's battalion,
Of the Confederate States army, were
sent In pursuf! aud succeeded in cup
turIpg, nbout ten miles from the city,
Black aud his companion, follow young
N yenrs, named WhelaB. They were
placed in the guard house, io Hernaudo, VIC
ed the guard, and, mounting some horses be-
.orging to the soldiers, made of at rapid
rate. The guards immediately started ia pus-
suit, and, In coming close up on Whelab, who
vas some distance behind B1ack, shot and
Killed him. Black agah escaped and applied
himself with more rieor than ever before to
stealing and roheing everybody
Ha would frequently ride into this city at
night, passing through the lines ut Will; aud,
rs an Instance OF his audacisy. On ono occasion
ode down Adams street nnd fired several ahots
nto the station house. It was reported that
lc had accumulated large su1us Of money;
md the report proved correct as his htist-
less became either too tlresome or danger
'us he came to the city disguised, and took
,asssge on boat for the North Since that
fme, and until recently, nothing bad been
.eard tom linn. It seems, after leaving Men,
,his, he went to St. Paul, Minn., and embarked
n tho staging and saloon business, under hls
proper name, John Keau. Ills restless spirit
:ould not stand the monotony Of such dull
business ito him}, aud organixms band OF
ome twenty men, started for the territories.
*here their depredatlons aud, murders b.-
:asuc quickly known, and soon coached
.hc- ears Of the yi:itance committee at
Idaho City. Black entered that place. by
himself, and being unknown In person, i'm
.gtnca himself perfectly safe. lIero
neasn his qrnrrelsonc spirit exhibited itself,
for scarcely had he been there twenty-lour
hours before he vas involved in Quarrel with
a miucr, whom he deliberately shot and
killed. His character being immediately in
quited Into, BY the Vigilance Committee,
mtdiately become known, md in few min
utes atler, the soul Of John keau, alias 8. Bob
Black" durkened with deeds OF multiplied
crime, md With but as little waznin. IA he
was VI ont to grant his own victims, was Usher ID
into that dreadful eternity, where the "wick-
ed cease from troubling and the weary ase at
rest" there to render an account OF Ills terri
biz career of btnndShed anr} rnhherv "