Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1868-08-25
DRUNKEN DEVILS.


, They are Pursed by Party OF Elk
: Rebels OrFuIasISI, but Escape In tia,
: SwaTnps.
The Pulaski Citizen, Of the Dist inst, con
tsins the following account Of the outrage
Gus and villainous conduct Of 3 party o.
drunken desperSdoes, who visited Pulaski
from the adjoining county Of Lincoln :
On Tuesday evening last, after the circus
performances had closed, party of intoxi-
Gated men, unknown to us, but said to be
from Lincoln county, when they had
reached a point Just beyond and at the foot
Of Pond Hill, about one and half miles
from town or the Fayetteville road, at
tackled and shot negro boy named Henry
Cosby, inhicting two severe wounds, one in
the fleshy part of the left arm, and the
other in the left side, the bali having
lodged somewhere in the region Of the ma
vel. Henry has been 10 the employ of the
senior editor Of this paper fer the past six
months, and has been remarkable for his
docility and general good department. On
the day mentioned, be bad done a good
| days work notwithstanding the cir
Gus was in town. and az he repre-
sents to US, was quietly walking towards
| town with the intention of visiting
the circus at night, when the party of men
J alluded TO mst and halted him, demanding
70 know if he had pistol. Not satisfied
with his negative answer, they dismounted
and searched him. Then, as if chargrined
because they did not find him armed, or
could not provoke him.to insolence, de-
llberaLely shot him as above stated.
The same party also attacked, beat and
cut q negro boy in the employ of Mr.. Dan
iel Alternately, about three miles from town,
even going into his own yard 10 make the
assault.
Other parties, white men ind negroes,
we're forced to leave the road, by threats
from the party.
Measures have beeu set on foot to bring
the offenders TO justice, and there is uni
versal determination in this community to
aid the civil authorities in executing the
law. Such high handed and unproVoked
outrages will not be suffered tc, 90 unpun-
ished in this community.
We learn from correspondent at Pu-
laski, and from Gen. A. r. *. Dawson of
this city, who has just returned from visit
TO Lincoln county, that the citizens of
Pulaski held meeting of indi gnation, and
that the following young gentlemen of Pu-
laski, members of the first families in the
place, and all of whom are gallant ex-
soldiers Of the Confederate army. John
Kennedy, Calvin Lambeth, ITaynie Rose.
Sterling Paine, Claude Woodring, and two
others whose names our informant did not |
remember, under the leadership of Major |
II. III Aymett, Constable of the city Of 1
Pulaski, volunteered TO pursue and if pos
sibla capture the high-handed scoundrels |
and bring them to punishment before the |
law. .....4 -.
They procured warrant To-, the arrest
OF the perpetrators. Armed TO the teeth, ]
and on ileet-footed horses, they set out in |
full gallOp toward Fayetteville. TIE
desperadOes after shooting the negro,
and committing other acts of law. |
less as above stated knowing that |
reports Of their conduct would reach |
the law-abiding inhabitants of the sur
rounding country and that ifdetected their
neeks would pay the penalty incontinently |
fled from the scene of their lnisbehavior |
with accelerated speed. They rode by |
farin-houses with their hats of, their "long |
irlghtlnl" locks waving in the air, while |
their besotted countenances shtne out with |
a kind of fiendish qualification and their
demonieal yells dumbfounded and almost |
terrified the people living along the line,
and which showed the deVilish desires the |
villains had in their hearts, On came the |
pursuers with the great drops of sweat |
dropping from their horses TANKS and |
their eyes lit up by the same bright fire /
that sparkled when they did battle for the /
Coniederacy, yet unfortunately too late, for 1
the pursued having some hours start of I
them and once striking the dividing line of /
Giles and Lincoln counties, they
hid among the Businesses of the surrounding |
hills, where they could battle capture from /
the most cunning. Finding that they had /
pursued the game to their dens, Maior
Aymett and followers continued their course L
to Fayetteville, where they procured an
other warrant. But the Sheriff of Lincoln
county being Radical and giving them /
no assistance, they were compelle ed to give /
over the affair and return to their homes.
4 The action Of these young gentlemen
meets with the hearty appreciation Of all
citizens, and is but another proof of the
peoples determination to maintain the
law. True, they did not succeed in cap
turing the scoundrels, but We venture the
opinion that it would be best for those con-
noernsd never TO 60 in the neiglborhood of
Pulaski again. ~ 2 i-7-. 49,