Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1872-05-31
From the LumDertou Robenoniau IL
THE OUTLAWS.
Interesting Particulars Of their In
ferVicw with Col. Il. VI. NViShRrf
at Moss Ncck-HOw they En-
trapped I1im-Their PersIG-
iOnsTreachcry and Ficnd-
1SH Brutality.

We ate enabled to present some inter
osting particulars Of the interview Of Col.
+. NJ. WiShart with the outlaws at Moss
Neck, a few days before his assassination
by them. On Friday before bis death Col.
WiShart was aboard tie regular through
freight train which arrived at Moss Neck at
> p. NJ, and was at that time occupying Il
seat in the conductors caD i'll rear Of the
train.
Soon after The train halted the Two out
laws, Andrew Strong aud Stephen LoWrey
approached the car aud recognizing Col.
Wisilart, accoStcd him in Il civil and friend
ly way. Stephen LoWrcy inquired whether
ho had any arms, and went aboard the cab
to satisfy himself Oh that point, Andrew
Strong remaining on the piazza of the store
within few feet ofthc train. Andrew was III
his shirt sleeves, and wore only one pistol
in his belt: but Stephen carried iii his
hand a Spencer rifle aud III his belt five ell
cgant pist Ols-twO DCringcrs, one Smith
x WcSsou and two Colts. On entering
The car Stephen demanded to see his arms,
when Col. Wishart drew aside the skirt OF
his coat and displayed the handle of re-
peater, which he assured the outlaw was
the only weapon he carried. Stephen at
once made 4 grab at the pistol as if TO
snatch it from its place, but Col. Wishart
fOiled this attempt by dCXterOusly ieapinG
from the car to the piazza Of the store
where the outlaw WaS standing, and con-
fronting Stephen who was standing in the
door Of the car from which he had Just eS-
capped; stood with his hand upon his pistol.
The outlaws now assured him that
thcy meant him no harm and only wished
a friendly conference, and ut Andrews re-
quest he walked with him behind the
store, where they remained for some time
in conversation, while Stephen remained
on board the car, and seemed to take no
interest in what was passing between his
cOmrade and Col. WishaIt. As the train
was about 90 move off Col. Wishart re-
turned to the car, and meeting Stephen on
the platform, the latter was heard to say
"When l send for you again you come.
III send friend for you III few days, and
you come and meet us," and Col. Wishart
promised to do SO.
The rest of this strange, sad story With
its melancholy, tragic end is but TOO we'll
known. On Thursday morning next after
this interview, ne 3senger, whC it was
nobody knows or perhaps ever will know
bore to Colonel Wishart at Shoe Heel, the
summons which was to lead him away to
death. True to his word he prepared to
obey, and saddling his mule he rode di-
rectly, linanned and alone to the spot
named by the messenger. What occurred
CIICIC ntko "IthNS0CN W nv AAUhAAeAIA ~ ~
side those of the actors in the fearful TRACE
dy, but in the afternoon Of the same day a
citizen of the nighborhood was Mortified by
the discovery Of the body Of the gallant
Wishart, all stark and stiff and covered
with gore, lying by the roadside. Two biC-
eOus, gaping wounds, one through the body,
the other through the head, showed how
foully he had been murdered. The mule
on which he rode stood fastened to
a limb near by, and appearances showed
that when shot he was reclining on the
earth whiting the end of q small stick,
and unsuspectiEg Of danger. 1t is probable
that these treacherOus and cOWardly fiends
had concealed themselves iii ambush near
the spot, and that the first intimation he
had Of their presence were the two shots
that hurled his brave, unsuspecting soul
into eternity. a more cowardly, brutal
and &C ld-blcoded murder does not stain the
annals of crime among the most barba
rOus people that ever Inhabited the earth.
And yet these men go unpuniShed-thcir
score of murders, of which this is the latest
and in many respects the most startling, go
Unavcngcd. Stephen JOwrey proudly
boasts that he committed the murder
that he killed Col. Wishart-he does this
publicly autt in the presence OF the friends
of the murdered man, and yet no one
raises a hand against him or attempts TO
avence the death of one who sacrificed his
life for the safety of the community.