The Sweetwater enterprise. (Sweetwater, Tenn.) 1869-187?, 1870-01-27
RIDING ron LIFE 80 40.
"a Fsnnessseanu FOllowedb Fhirty
-, miles by Kansas Robbers. ,s~

iA EenneSseeanV t0ll0W6d0 Fh1rty
ms Miles by Kansas Robbers ,ss
! From the; Kansas City LInss.l n sdj y ia7
, We received 2 yisits YiafsttqPErasys ftPEl sfFGp.Mr.
-Fennessee, wHbh bhhAs Been IN Southwest
Kansas Idokine1ati la6d, ind he gaes ids
thssp9EtiesIarH ,qnileEam exciting chase,
ip, which he lppFsaeEh andotw9i nleu,
nnllnoyn 10 him, yoEesthe nnFsurss@ f,s.7
. Mf. Headfngton had been to Fort Scott,
Baxter Spring, and through that portion
of the,oountry generality for'ltwoa weeks
past-,gh tiai .aoilimeil 81 nhb nd
When within about thirty miles Of this
city, he stopped at a store on the road,
kept by man named Gafrison, near
SprmsTlill, at which he bought some to-
bacco and a pipe. Not having sufficient
change 70 pay for themsIhe was forced to
expose some large. bills which he bad in
a separate pock6tbook, which he had not
been in the habit Of pulling out on an
Oecasions.naa9 eat HtoTi .enmelA nc
Two mem hi the ftOre at theo time nG+
-ticed his money seven oreight huu-
ulCu uOtiUiS-duu WlLcpciSus OuC WIZ
another in a manner Which excited the
suspicion of MrsnIieadihgtonl anal hidd8
him.eaaslauaisa Hufortunntel y h6 was ain-
arMa4,7 and aWhen be- attRpptod,to buy q
pistol from the merchant, after telling
him his suspicious, he was laughed at for
his fears, and bade 90 on without bother
ing Aimself EurtherJ2aae asod sTsf d'ihE
Mr.. Headington did ride on sdirodtlbS
and as he had much prairie, 70 50 gYgr4ho
had Il good opportunity to keep, cleagi.Qt
iahgeI.s9 He had prBbabIy ri9eh four
miles, when in looking back, ne Saw two
men approaching. These men gained up
on him, passed him apa spoke ito BIN, apa.
Mr.. Headingtop at once recognized ,lthem
as the two men Of the store, If was late,
andsHe felBa1littlei uneasy, but he gall6p-l
ed up, passed thefmeh ugainy and went Un1
several miles to a house, where he putupl
for the In4shtFt, nisRhF, .esispidsaH iS ,d;ins ~
In an hour after he arrived. wh9, ,slQulda
tfde up but tlieso Same men z They also
sougBtsfor lodgings and obtained lthein,,o
aud when thelhour fdrrotiring. g.ourhe uiey
were put in seperate rooms.h Twicei7dit-s
ing the night Headipgt9p heard them, att
his door, and cacfi time he frightened
them ofrby calling out to know WHO tried
the doorslaso tilsoI -. |. =. -
ts"eS:hsakfasa 4. -jagss
Hcadington, lingerGs ,.szsy Isnteaz .
ded,. in order to let the men get Gs, mINdl
start as POSSIBLE aHS9haf probably GOT.
within five or six milesoofthis city, s%ltena'
lie cametilp .againihponthB sarn1ie&b hieh,
at q. house on the roadsideoi sEheylEercei
I,dismounted, and were drawing q bucket
Of water from we'll Mr.. Headiegton
/ shw that hei was coming TO timber very
soop, and he believed that thsteaitheR 1T
tack ,Eopld be made. His horse fWasst6uta
and fresh, and he determipedi tolmskey yaot
rush for it, Not hating for moment at
the house where the two Pen were, he
rode rapid dly,md ylenho gaipe@ ,tAeRopAs
he opdt his horse Into d gaTlSpe." Pretty j..
soonyin going Through a Stretch Of prairie,
heo lVdkediibaOk; hnb7thefe came oAithc
| 'twoumensag gaiugagalloping steadily stlem@'
tselVes, ldertefafineditOro acknowledgement
If possible aIs odw sss1suoo 10 s1odmof
I, For three or four miles this kind ola o
race was kept up, and Hestlington's horse.
was becoming to be bluHh and tired. yIR'
addition, the two mem lQdegained on shinle
peroeptibly. Agaiuthey were coming ensi
rapidly, and when she tried to spar higil
horse into IA gallop, the pOoribeastlcodld
not,go beyond,a trotu fEheydhad pfobably.s
hgottcn withinoho hundred yards Of Head ~
Iiih hgtCH, when ffelnaa lane leading ihtotlie'o
broad two farmers rode down ON their.#eyoi
to Kansas .Gitya9jTho robbers'sa@ theAi
F6ndeAeld up. rs Withoitaoxp planning an yse
hthing to themi conMecto1gwitR tbe chsbe,H
PMr., ,Headirgtom j5ined their coinpaslJ, p
and at last.brc&thdd freelyand safely,tlA
tstinse,sinae tliolisdrniag! od' t,id3di ieF
Isd s.,fg7-7 rrffrssv ~ ~ ssstnn
TILE CON NVENTfOly.1 Wis s,a'
ed1 n i7sJ sif5 rIv4r+ noitlaoqaib yns 10
WEpSEsDAg,i Jnn.sgla. -s4Yheilniuctit5Ic
IF the Committee iGnsiElsbtiois ahd ths'a
IlMtctiyqa RrmcAiscbsanhhrttrrbR b .rsPqrb'
telling stong .sgsnanhlsl agqinst1apgto9 itutsao
PfSge,' insisting zen thefrghtSf the pbotac'I
to vote upon the quesbidnsepaTa6diS. Tse1i
committee contanded that sthis ipla1 has
'been followed in .seNerys sAadr thefnGShase
and that the advocates ofsnHgrosBnihIqssn
are acting understhe lash of GohgUesaos lo
The Committee onPrintingre
favor Of, printing stenograpbic reportsi Of
h tkya ,,roooodin0s of tbo ConvpnfiunrAt fg19a