, 1870-05-22


Looking over the bloody record OF Shrcye-
port. the other day, reminded us Of many incl
dentshna anecdotes OF Southern dcssefadoes
II. was our fortune TO be personally &c luaintel
with Alexander McClunG. the noted Nlssisslle
pi luellist, with Senator D1ane. the " avengcr."
rort.
From 1877 10 1855 is known as the ''shot-
guu era" OF Shreveport. That Is, the shotgun
settled al difficulties and detied al law. Dur
ing that ti1uo the Glnet brothers wero the
leading spirits of nisr,lle. One Of these men
than nu1siet-negro stealing hut the only DIM
aging witness against hin, was MN then con-
fined in jail. To get rid OF him Gilnct went to
the ja1, thrust Ills gun through the bars and
rtct the prisoner dead Giimer took pleas:
urc imp to Missouri, but coon came buck, and
there the matter ended. About tits tina man
was in jail for some ofl.uce. One night the
Gilmers and their friends 60: more than uaa-
ally hsrpy over their cups, when one proposed
they should have somo fun with the man III jail-
Tho proposition was received With boistc1uus
rapture They repaired to the jail, thrust the
ialer out. ard tocL the prisoner down to the H:d
river. Here they procured 4 heavy suEsr-ke:-
tie, loaded the prisoner into the tcat, then put
him, heavily izoncd, into the kettle. Reach
ing tue middle Of the river they handed the
prisoner crowbar. threw tho kettle aud rs
contents into the nser aud told him to pa1ils
his own canoe. or course he padded tow9rl
the deep bottom, to the great delight Of h:s
toEneDto1s. Jonas Robson. Z Justice o. TIE
Peace, made himself obnoxious TO the Gilue1
faction By his efforts 10 maintain law N tie
village Fer consequence, the shotgun trlta:-
nifty determined to have some = fun with ME,-
Aerorlingly they "corralled' him one nigh.
ly building lin into log franc work, intsr-
ding 10 give him cham trisl in the morning
ind real hanging. but jones escaped AMI
Kept himself aheent for hTe ears, o. which TINE m
~ fr&, fju3 r1F
this Lit OF history from Mr. Kobeson himself.
We hare alluded to Senator Dtane, FL
Lived in Choctaw County. Miss, and got hA
| title from the following circumstance: Abott
1850. party Of SIX young despetadoes toek
! nulbraGe At something done or sid bs Dsant,
and took him into tho woods and lynched hin
tY tlagellat,ou until his Lack ran with blool
! Drane in his agony, begged them to Kill hin,
Lut tllat was net their purpose but when thy
! were through he told them that they would y
| be so11y they had NOT Killed him. He grew III
| TO manhood nursing his revenge. At last b
| determined to begin the work OF EevenSA
| Draoe possessed tho highest scnsc Of chivAlr..,
aud refused to take advantage OF those w,o
30 cruelty treated him. Whenever he met OLE
of these men, as preliminary TO d challengs
lie made his name known and the cause whIia
! induced hin to renew The acquaintance viii
| lim. In Ill these encounters the long -pta-
tisea pistol or bowie-knife Of Drane neyr
failei 70 do its Office Five Of them, one aftr
! the other. PAID the penalty OF theaf cuelty, bit
tho last, kendell, was long lost sight OF, Int
At last Drane hunted him down. tuld him uso
le ~as and demanded satisfaction Tbs po'-
ttoon not onle refused to fight, but alsolut+l;
begged for his life: D1ans gave him son1l
cow-hiding md turnod him loose to that scoa
which was worse than death 1t th2t carly lg
in tho South. From that day Drans was new q
engaged In any deadly encounter.
Ne were introduced to Col. NcCiung, ths
dnel1ist, At Jae2son, Miss, IN tbs winter u
1856. He was then sadly rrn down, bit
Possessed Of good deal or that eloquenes
;; that made him - much feared in court Is 10
on the Grellire ;s;-.eu:.d. lie WAS Sont t. 5;