Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1869-03-27
MISCELLANEOUS
.oss,aags ,frrOul the Mcis sht Post, March, S.
DEsrEH.AEE Ee&cOUNTEEs.

DEsrEH.NIE geScOuNIEEs.
Az ArrEMrr To ARREST sS,, rSntA4 orr.
\, Law BELONGING 10 'THE ktttLcx KHAN IN
CR1TrESDEN CorNTy, AK. ,
The most desperate and fcarTal edtcn0iu1a{tef IL 0i1{t
which we have ever had OCCASION 10 clroni
noon, ut 4 small boarding house or. country
= tavern Kept by man named Iinkins, near.
place twelve miles south ofthe city,known
as Horn Lake. ~
Cub IIartand a srhttet breed Indian, of
about thirty years Of age, who IS .descriiied
\ as most lawleks and biobt tttirsty character,
abandoned his native home ainung IFS race,
in the Indian Territory in the summer Of
Z 1866, aud came to CritFuden county, Ar
kansas z Here' ic fofn'td an Intimate &C.
quaintaucc and friendship with the rough
and vicious characters WHO lived there, and
who have figured, prominently in all the
outrages and ruffianism that have transpired
in that county since last August. i. -.
when the State hirtia cameinto Clitten-
den. county, the Kni;iux, being promised
assistance from associates on this side of the
river, resolved to attack them Cub remained
in tEe neighborliood several daysto assist
in the Undertaking. For some reason the
attack was abandoned and Cub with all his
fellow outlaws except the eight or ten who
were captured by the militia when they first
arrived, fled the State. 1t was suppose for
a while that he had returned to the Indian
Territory, but 1t afterwards Became known
ITO the officers of the militia that he was
lurking around Horn Fake A requSition
having been procured from Governor Clay
ton for. his arrest, Captain Haynes, of the
ed Arkansas State Guards, came over the
river last Saturday night, and, getting the
assistance of Sergeants Brown and Finch,
of the Metropolitan Police, left yesterday
forenoon for Horn Lake the stopping place
Of Cub. 90 Ga
The party were mounted, and all armed
with revolvers. On renehing Jenkins house
the only one at Horn Lake-the men
dismounted and ,hitching their horses at the
roadside, proceeded to the house, around
which no one coul3 be seen. After 'rapping,
as no one answered. two of the officers
Haynes aud Brown entered the house and
stepped into side room, while Finch walk
ed around to the rear Of the house to
intercept Cub in case Of an attempt to es-
cape. ~ ? afs ssA '.aT.i t' 20.
As Haynes and Brown entered the room
they heard the voices of men conversing in
and adjoining room, and at once advanced
to the door leading inte the same. Sergeant
DTOWH bl)cHctl luC itOtI dilNt ettppCu uCIoSS
tire threshold, with Capt. Haynes close at
his back The conversation of the half
dozen men who were seated around the fire
was hushed as the door opened, and all
turned their heads.
1. The Indian, as soon rs he saw Captain
Haynes, jumped to his feet and drew navy
revolver, and aiming itiat Brown scarcely
five feet distant, fired it and darted out Of
|, doors through side passage, followed l'y n
comrade, Charlie Smith, who had also fled
from Crittenden county The Indians SHOT
missed its mark and passed through the
door. Fearing lest the whole company in
the room would attempt to defend the
Indian and his comrade. Smith, and that
they would oTcrpower them, the officers
backed out otthe door and sprahg outside
of the house with their reyolvers in their
hands and ready for use.
AS they reached the porch. officer Finch,
who was promptly on hand, was Just firing
his revolver at the Indian, who also imme,
diately returned the shot. Sergeants Brown
and Finch then set upon Smith, who, with
two revolvers in his hand, was coming to
the rescue ofthe Indian. AS sScgeant~Finch
and tho Indian exchanged shots at the
closest proximity the latter sirantically
bounded forward in the face Of Captain
Haynes, who. w as also rushing for the 1n-
dian. 4 trrE o.. .7t.lsssE
1 ssAs the two armed adversariess met, with
out n word being utt cred ,rthe Indian seized
the Captain by the left shoulder and raised
his revolver to his breast, who, with perfect
control Of himself, in returnipstantly clutch
ed with his left hand the right arm of the
Indian near the shoulder and prevented the
free use of his revolver. The Indian dis
charged his revolver three times with the
d muzzle close at the side Of the Captain,
who, by crowding his arm away, prevented
himself from being shot through the mid
dle. At the same time he was sending the
bullets into the upper part of the Indians
4 breast with his right hand, which was un-
restrained.Al a-5F --N =.
4 As the Indian fred the third shot, two
. of which had struck the Captain in the left
hip, ,ahs broke away and ran btow ards a ra-
vine, several yards distant beyond which
wasa thicket Of wild cane. DUST as he
turned the Captain gave him another shot
in the back, which he thinks could not pos
n sibly have missed its mark. NOtwithstand-
ing tins shot and two Others which were
fred into his breast and also one which
Sergeant Finch is believed to have given
him, the Indian made his way of rs II I'm,
harmed. fs.r uoliod ara 10
Attic close o. This encounter, the Cap
rain's wounds began to bleed freely, and it
was with much difficulty that heslcould
walk. lie, however, limped around to the
side of The house were Sergeant Finch aud
Brown had kept ups Lively fire on Smith,
I who had euptied his revolyefs and hed for
his life about the same time that the Indian
hatsiai si'- 90 lhe'i o. 1.
/ ustAefe, at the close ofthe bloody work,
all Of which was done in the briefests space
of time, Sergeant Finch exclaimed that he
was shot, and that he felt faint He ac.
cordingly walked into ths house and his
lpersonIwa examined, when bullet hole
! was found initlie ecentre of the right breast
After the arrival of the dsetor who spro-l
nounced the Sergcant's woundlof a 'crftical
character, but not sufficient TO cause death
Immediately, and after all was done for
the Sergeant's comfort that could be- Ser
geant brown and the Captains returned to
the city. The ride for the CaptaiIna was
frather painful, hut he -sseessdsd in accom-
plishing it,, aud after having his wounds
washed and cared for, took the ferry for
Mound City, aud returned TO his home at
(. This morning DR.. Lynch and an. efhser,