The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1866-03-23
Volume l2-Number 45

Rangers and all that uncertainty was
was confined TO them be he ghos.,
devil madman, or Jack Long, the
public had no intention of interfering
again. 1t was personal issue be.
tween him and them--they might set
tie 1t between themselves Indeed
men felt in their inmost hearts that
every man of the ten engaged in the
lynching OF Jack Long deserved
dozen times over TO be shot, and now
they looked on coolly, rather enjoying
the thing, and hoping that Jack
would have the best of it.
And of this there seemed to be n
strong probability; tor the Regulators
made only one more attempt to get
together; but another of their number
being killed on his way TO the rem
dczvous, his body bearing that well.
known and fearful signature of skill
the remaining five perfectly unnerv-
cd and overwhelmed with terror, re-
treated To their houses, and scarcely
dared for several weeks to put their
heads outside their own doors.
The class to which Jack had be
longed, ut least those OF them who
had managed to keep u footing du-
ring the relentless prescription OF the
Regulators, now began to look up
and limited that they had known of
Jacks return from the time of Sto-
ncr's murder, and had aided aud abet-
ted his purposes in every way in
their power; furnishing him with fresh
horses when the noble animal he rode
back from the states became fatigued;
assisting him in his flights and con.
cealments, and furnishing him with
information, as well as spreading the
exaggerated stories about him. One
bluff old fellow remarked: @
"1ou are all fools who talk about
Jacks being crazy! He's as calm
and cold rs frosty morning up in
old KentuclS; and his heads as clear
as bell He's just got his Indian
lightin and Tory hatin blood walked
up in him by them stripes; that's
blood you know that's dangerous
than n catamount when it once gets
rizenm
Jack was now frequently seen, but
it was known that his work was only
half done, and that he meant to fin
ish it, and he was regarded with great
and awe. The five wretch
ei men were entirely unstrung and
panic stricken. They made no at.
tempt at retaliation, but all their
hopes seemed to lc in the effort to
get out of his reach.
That long heavy ride haunted them
day and night. They saw its dark
bearing on them from every
bush, and through the chinks of their
own cabins. ... s l..r..
One OF them, named White, who
was an invcterate topper, with all his
terror could not resist his inclination
for liquor, and after confinement in
his house of nearly three weeks, de-
termined TO risk all and go to the
store and buy him a barrel. He went
IN covered wagon, driven by me-
gro, while he lay on the bottom in
obtoined---ho hoJ oot into tI,a 49, "~
lay down beside it, and started
,is bn,d mill 80 ,,,o ,,an.i, 80 IL ~
.nno n log h,d hoon nlaoad on th" M
road which tilted the wagon in pass
ing over 1t, so as TO roll the barrel
md sn,,ong mn Win e. hnoa @ an, nr.',r
the cdyer to onrsa tha ho', ,on onv ,j ~
onI ., fin, a
ino woa JiscborroJ ill., caIi Laaf
load "sboIILronaI ,Lc e,,ai nj I'o"
,aiJ that bja wostor Srddo,5,, D3 '',.,
short hiz onths ami ox,.Io;nod.
..Tbnre he il ~ nt ,hot mnmnrt tho
.,nn G,aJ It, ,,',, Ill ''''' ~'e
IcorJ Lanoirg lawn nm liz h,aast
md drcssrI In skins waiking 81
.hrouoh tbo brusl with his o,,n on
,is shoulder.
The next man nomod corrot |
,bout two weeks after this. oot M,
mo morning ohout SIM risc and in
,is shirt sleeves stcn,e,, IN lilo door
and threw il omen TO breath fresh air |
fIc was rul,bing hia ,rna about hall !
,slocu. and wben Inc Sot thcm fairly !
,ncn there stood tle gaunt ovononr
reside a tree in thn vorJ--th. r,toI
.ia. ley.led and waiting ill his vic |
Jim should sec MIN distinctly He
lid see bim-but il was Ma last lookl |
Tbc hullrt went crosning throuyh Lis
1rnjn too, Lono is soii ~ have toll
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