The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-04
Graphic Pen Picture Of Henry Berry
Lowery, the Outlaw Chief
Portraits Of "BOsS" StrOng, Steve LOwery, An.
drew Strong and Tom L0wery.
THE RETIRED MEMBERS OF THE GANG.
Interview with Calvin CYendine
the Scufiletown Murderer.
SHOE HEEL. N. c.. Feb. q. ls,

SHOE HEEL. N. c., Feb o. 1872.
The bandit OF North Carolina, Henry Berry Low.
cry, standing in perfect disdain OF the authorities
Of The ate well Of the federal troops, 1t was
deemed necessary to send HERALD correspondent
to study the situation.
TO THE SEAT OF WAR.
/ left Washington city Thursday night and
ported myself next day a, noon in the Office OF
Governor Walker OF Virginia.
The handsomest man IN the South was seated az
table signing bills, the old Confederate Supreme
Court room. His beautiful, gravish black mus
tache, healthy gray hair clear skin and smiling
preston every inch lord lieutenant In the oldest
OF our snires, grew soberer he sad:-
"Lowery? Why, a captain Of the Virginia militia
applied 10 me yesterday to obtain permission for
himself and forty men TO hunt that fellow in the
swamps of North Carolina. L0wery must be good
deal OF a character
AS looked over the Mes OF the Richmond news
papers, and intimate exchanges OF the tobacco
rice and tar region, found the question OF the day
TO be-LOwery. He was at once the Nat Turner, The
Usce0la ana the Rob Roy MacGregOr OF the South.
With mingled ardor and anxiety, desire and trepl-
dation, pushed on by the Weldon road to Whining.
t0n the largest town Of the State where Lowery hed
once been confined In prison. There was there but
q single quesuon-Lowery. The Wilmington papers
called the RoDeson county people towards for not
hurled back the insnuation but hurled nothing
else at Lowery. The State government got it's share
OF the blame and The State AdJutant General replied
in card that the militia and volunteers had no
pluck on the occasion when he had tried them.
Five men had mastered Commonwealth.
THE SCARE ON THE ROAD.
An instance Of the deep sense or apprehension
created by these bandits in all southeastern Caro-
Ina Is afforded by dream which Colonel W. II.
Barnard, editor OF the Wilmington star, related to
me. The Colonels paper Is eighty miles from the
scene OF Outlawry:-
al dreamed the other night, said he, sthat was
riding up the Rutherford Railroad, and came to
MOSS Neck station, where the outlaws frequently
appear thought yellow fellow, Indlan-l looking,
to the door and said. everybody can pass
but Barnard l want him This Henry Berry
LOwery. Then l dreamed that they took me into
some kind OF torture place. and poked guns at me
and tanalized me-"
The newspapers were, however making political
capital out OF the Lowery gang, instead OF calling
upon an honorable and united State sentiment TO
suppress the scandal The democratic papers
cried, "Black Ku hlux '' ana the republican papers
retorted by asking was the valor the white
Ku Klux, who could nog thousand peaceful men,
but dared not meet i've outlaws in arms.
1.-THE democrats" said one Robson county man.
In my room, 'as soon they upset the republicans
In Robson county, started 10 to annihllate Scule-
town and Its vote by terror. They been beaten
IN 1t. That chap Lowery has made them a laughing
stock He ought to be Killed, but they skulk out of
his reach.u
CRIME WITHOUT COMPASS.
Mayor Martin, OF Wilmington, President OF the
Rutherford Railway, which passes through Scuilie-
town and the land OF the outlaws, relates an Incl
ent, pitful at least TO Northern ears of the igno.
Of these robbers, and the hopeless fight they
making within the limits OF all that Is ayaable
to them. Adiutant General Gorham, who directed
the late ignominous campaign against the Lowery
band-where by current reports, the main Victories
gained were over the mulatto women the so.dlery
driving the husbands forth to Insult and debauch
their wives-said that Henry Berry Lowery, when
asked to withdraw from the State reped:-
"Robeson county Is the only land know. ] can
hardly read, and do not know where TO 60 II
leave these woods and swamps, where was raised
II can get safe conduct aud pardon will 40 any
where. will JOIN the United states army and ngnt
the Indians. But these people Will not let me leave
alive, and do not mean 10 enter any jail again. /
Will never give up my gum
Mayor Martins solution OF the diilcuty Is for the
United States to declare martial law over the whole
Congressional district In which Robson county
stands, ana make systematic search with regular
troops for these outlaws He says that when they
hrst took TO their excursions they were compare
lively sober, but OF late have taken to drinking,
and about 1o1r weeks ago they ALL except their
leader, got drunk mt Ed. Smiths store, Moss Neck,
ana lay there all night "whiskey,n said Mayor
Martin' "w.l reduce them in time but they are
very careiul whose liquor they drink 10 these days.
henry Berry Lowery left his flask hanging on fence
Anew weeks ago. ana when he returned to get It he
maze everybody at the station drink with him.
TO LUMBERToN.
Early In the morning, Monday, February 90
TOOK the train Tor Lumperton. and from the forward
car to the tail the freight was Lowery. In the
second class carriage, escorted by the two sherGs,
Macmillan and Brown. OF Robcson county was
Pop 0xendine--the previous said to be his literal
name-brother OF Henderson Uxendine, the only
one OF the outlaws who was ever brought to trial
and hanged. w was clsipcd 10 regular army