The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1868-10-21
Econ tho Evansville '(ohio) Courier.
A Pirate on tho Ohio.

The arrest Of rather peculiar party
81 outlaws was effected near Brandcn.
burg, KY, on Sunday last. For somc
lays past, It seems, Il large, guanL.look
'ng llalboat has been making its way
down the OHIO, stopping at the various
landings. The crew consisted of two
men and three women. Ono of them
claimed to be a great Indian doctor,
with wonderful medicine which cured
all the ills that Ilnsh is heir to IN the
shortest possible space Of time. Tie
was arrayed in all the fancy bcdiacnry
ol The dusky warrior. Ribbons were
Enthusiastically arranged around his per-
son, and moccasIn-like shoes covered
his icct, when not entirely bare, accord.
ing to the traditional usage Of the red
skins. On Thursday night week The
boat was lying 4. Tobacco Landing, Il
point about live miles above Brand, n.
burg, Ky. During the day the men
had made forays among the ncghbor.
ing farmers. Offering their medical SER
vices, and pretending to be on the look
out Tor catablcs.
On Friday morning Jacob l.. K.intcr,
who lives a few miles above, disuovercd
that about thirty or forty bushels Of
wheat, i'll sacks and ready for Shipment
TO Lee & lloylc, Of Now Albany, had
been carried of in his skin. No traces
Of the robbers were left. A messenger
was dispatched below on The (irsL boat,
but no discoveries were made. On
Saturday couple ofmcn brought three
bags Of wheat to be swappsd for -four
at the mill Of Mr. Gilmore, lust above
Brandcnburg on this side Of tho river.
The miller at once suspected .hat he
had got on the track of the robbers, and
he accordingly told them that he could
grind The wheat for them in few days,
but he had no Hour to exchange for it,.
Upon turning one of the sacks he dis
covered that it was marked with the
namo Of a well.known farmer on the
Indiana side Of the river. Word was
immediately sent to Mr.. Kintcr. and on
Sunday u warrant was issued ut AIaucll.
port for the purpose OF searching The
boat, &c, and if sufficient evidence was
found, Of awcsting the thieves. The
boat in the meantime had dropped
nearly opposite to Brandcnhurg. The
constable and his posse duly made thci,
appearance at the boat but were met
with drawn rcvulvcrs, and were march.
cd through the boat on the double
quick.
They were exceedingly glad that
they escaped without an uncomfortable
number of bullet holes. As soon as The
failure TO take lho scoun0rels was re-.
ported at }randcnbnrg II party was
Immediately formed, warrant issued
and, headed by Mr.. Sebastian, auo,hcr
attempt was made to arrest them. This
time it was successful. The Red Ro-
YER, coming up at the time, was en-
ployed to tow the boat, with the Indian
doctor and his women, TO Brandenburg.
Tho men were iodgcti III iai. The
boat was admirably arranged for the
commission Of deeds Of darkness and
crime 1t was about eighty feet long,
and separated by partitions, tire pas.
sage way in each partition being on the
opposite sido Of the boat, so thai the
victim could not sec beyond the room IL
which he was placed Here, according
to tho statements Of the women, men
had been dccoycd, chloroform admins.
tered, and their persons robbed At
lhppley, OHIO, they stated, two men
had been killed, and their bodies thrown
into lie river After the deed had
boon committed, three other women
who were with them had left them.
In ono Of the compartments OF tho boat
was iolmd tho balance of the wheat
stolen from Mr.. Kntcr, and few bush
els stolen from A. Crosicr and John
Zimmerman. A sheep had also been
taken from Mr.. Crosicr.
a FEARFUI. SToRy OF CRIME AND
DErnAv1TY, = George I'nslcy alias
Wash. Stewart, Of Walker County,
Texas, has confessed that ho murdered
on the night Of the 18th ultimo, at Cal,
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