The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-12-22
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worst ganga Of dssrerudoes ever in tae
From this it is plain that there was :
desperate struggle and nothing short OF
the complies and effective means ado .tse
~ the express company could have ii.
eompiishsd 20 desirable an object as thei
capture
Barton is an equally desperate charac-
! ter, but seems to have q greater love Of
| ilfe than FGrriI gton because be is less
experienced and has brighter hopes IF
| the future than the others who found
nothing but disappointment and misery
10 this world Barton was known as a
brakeman on various railroads q this
! State. but his bold spirit reTolted against
slo~ way of making money, so he struck
out and jlined the band
THE LAST OF FARRIxGroN.
On the say from the scene Of the cap.
ture to Union City, where the prisoners
were to be tried for their crimes, Bart n
made full confession to Piukerton as to
both the roberies, the one at Moscow and
| the enc ut Union City, that is, he showed
bis Willingness u turn State evide
on Farrin .tun. Harrington became aware
| Of .his and grew desperate. Between
Cairo and Columbus yesterday morning
vale comiGg down on lho transfer
steamer, he called Pinkerlon out on tie
guards saying he had soneth ng to com
muHicate. Pinkerton being a cautious
and wary fellow among such characters,
carried his pistol in his hand. When,
however, they got ouE on the guard, Far
rington mlnaged 20 snatch the weapon
from his hand. and presenting it at his
head, said: Nov, ynu have none the
best 0f me The detective saw the tables
were to be turned, so he lost TO time, but
closed with his assaiiant at once, at the
same time notifying ConneII to come to
his assistance. CunneIl wis Oh the spot
just III time to seize the pistol as il expIod-
ed at the head Of Pinkerton. The prompt
munner IN which ounell moved, however,
saved PInkertJn's hfe-the bali grazing
his head and the powder blackeaing his
ace. Harrington continued to struggle;
he had made up his mind for desperate
encounter. la the fierce fight for liberty,
and hfe, perhaps, he was thrown over
the guard, the wheel of the boat struck
him on the head, and he was seen no
more, there apparently being no opporru-
nifty for escape Harrington object may
have been to wreak desperate revenge
ON his persistent captor, Pitkerton, who
Is recognized as a most dreaded enemy of
such characters; but it is more apparen.
that Pinkerton, having Bartons full and
unequiVOcal confession as TO the particles
pants IN the two express Tobberies, besides
murder cases in which the FaI ringtons
were Involved, Harrington thought If he
could get PInkeTton oDt of the way, he
would yet have u chanch to escape the
meshes of the law. As it is, he has only
met Derited fate, and although by his
desperate ate mpt the result deprived the
gallOws of a victim, good citizens will re.
joice at the result The GOODNESS and in
trepidity of PinkertOn and COnnsll are
to be Commended. The express company
lost only $l5U0 by the robbery, but have
expended over 5000 in the effort to hunt
down the thieves.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
the dispatch below, which confirms our
impre SsiUn that Farringt"n brother was
the real rad man in the whole business
he same that was wanted 10y the gentle
men who came here from Missouri in
CAh va nAD1 Itl5l 81 11eEG IL Tic
Dispatch
II was Hillery Harrington, alias Clark
who fell OVERHEARD IN the scaiTie with the
detective. Levi Harrington, Airs i.usseI
was captured today at Pennington, Hi.
nsis, after fight, by Robert Pinkertnn
Barton is IN Jail at Union City, TenueG-
see
The following dispatch was received
last night through the Associated Press.
and confirms the death Of Harrington in
the manner stated:
Cairo, December Is, 1871.
One ofthe men arrested in the Indian
Territory ty Detective PinkertoD, on the
charge of being Connected with the recent
express robberies in tennessee, made a
daring attempt to escape this morning
from the steamer Illinois while under me
way and vas drowned He seized Pink.
erton's revolver, shot and missed him and
then jumped overheard lie was en- route
to Union City, the scene Of the last rob~
berry, in charge of PinkertOn.
William Barton and the two Earring
tons mentioned above, and who have
been so holly pursued and hunted down,
are the same persons whom j. j. Nicely
our efficient Sheriff, and a number Of
Deputies chased through the woods on
the north side of Hatchie river in the
neighborhood of Tom Youngs some few
months ago, a full account of which We
gave at the time Had it not been for
the curtain Of night falling upon the
Sheriffs party as soon as it dill Pinker-
ton would not have been troubled about
the willy trio, for at one or f7ro points in
the chase the robbers wero rot five min
utea ahead of their pursuers, but as the
woods we're very thick and the under
brush exceedingly heavy, and darkness
coming on, they made good their escape,
a though the hunt was kept up all night
and all the next day.
UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH.