The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-04

included in the list OF outlaws ana reward put
upon his head

included M in the list OF outlaws ana reward put
| JOHN DIAL, THE STATES EVIDENCE.
J0nn Dial VINO lies In the JAIL OF Columbus county.
Az Whltesvlle, as Calvin Lowerv does IN the jail of
iatto win q vagrant, fierce look. aggravated by
war; or neshy protuberance OF sort the side
o. MS nose directly beside tue left eye, which wart
Is as large "a u marble. Dial was bad as any OF
tne gang but not bold and he prefers the repose OF
He says that George Applewnlte shot Sheriff King
while the rest OF the band charge that DIAL himself
precipltatey drew his pistol and Killed that hale old
Carolinan.
| SHOEMAKER JOHN
''Shoemaker John, who at one time had dealings
VIVA Henry Berry Lowerys party, but has been sent
10 tne Penitentlary IS an ovaacel negro. good for
stealing out with lltle stomach for blood-letting
Ihe LoWreyS repudatc him altogether
THE ONE MAN HANGED.
. Henderson 0xendine, hanged at iumperton
muatto, With straight hair and a stoca face.
lie died without more than sigh. | visited Calvin
whole band escaped, he refusing or being afraid to
| 60.
CALVIN OxENDINE
The Wilmington jail Is an OblOng brick structure.
to the 'front.' OF winch Is affixed the laliors residence
| OF plaster imitation OF sandstone crowned with
country Westinghouse and the rear part and
body OF 1t descends below the street level into
sunken lot, which Ia enclosed by brick wall capped
with nails ana broken glass. From the upper tier
OF jail windows TO the ground IS about thirty ieet
and The wall Is twelve feet Nigh fierce dog goes
at large In the jail yard.
Our WORTHLESS occupied one OF the rear corner cells
In the upper tier OF this JAN Tor six months, ana
they took out the bricks ut the side Of the edtce,
making small hole still In outlines distinctly vis-
bic though re-enclose1. and let themselves down
with their blankets The dog maze no alarm, II, as
Is doubtful, he was AZ liberty that night, ana the
neighboring vacant lots gave easy means Of escape
to our bandit desperadoes. The jail Is. like most
county ias IN the South, piece OF dilapidation
| without and OF bad construction Within and Olher
| holes in the rear attest how other prisoners maze
Their radiance. One OF these holes, nc the present
writing, has not been bricked up although some
time mas elapsed since the Inmates cut IT,
|
visited this jail with the courteous City Marshal
livery stable adjacent through the open cninks OF
which tools we've, PROBABLY handed ID the prisoners
within, the level beng nearly the same ana the
walls only twenty teel apart. the JAIL, III Inc ln-
| terror, was OF an inhuman architecture, the cells
being enclosed bv corridor. which dcoarred them
from light and gave only Ventilation by snats
above The grated doors uGnittcd very lille light
through their narrow cbinKs ana murderer or
mere peace breaker shared a common late IN tnenl.
litng almost IN darkness. prison without security
for tue evil ought TO afford compensation Tor
the merely erring, suspected or unfortunate. THIS
jan. wh,le clean enough. Is rene oil the Middle
Ages. II you take from man liberty give HIM mt
least light! One Og the iron doors was Vigorously
unlocked by the negro Jaiier, and shaking himself
from the long VISION OF darkness, Calvin OXendrie,
an indicted murderer OF Sheriff King walked out
into the corridor.
Here was situation for John Gavin the Richie
ileu OF the lluguenotsl Inat name, crossing IRON
France 10 Scotland ana passing INTO the family
nomencia;uie OF Gae! and Lowlander had made
the passage OF the ocean with the Immigrants into
Carolina, and these mixed mulattOes and Indians
had inherited 1t rom tner Scotch nelsnbors ana
natural iathers unt now saw before me the re-
former and the bandit The Genevese ana the Sculie-
tonian IN Calvin OXendlnc He came out from HIS
cell m greasy sIrt and pair OF woolen trousers
Delted at the waist and with his searching. round,
lndesCrbaDle eve. looked me lilrOu n ana through.
IL was black eye which got It's education IRON a
country place where they make al inventory OF
strangers III the glimpse ailordei by a nasn OF hight
Ming ana rob them before The next ilasil. Tho
speculation in tha5 pair OF ewes tpat he did glare
wlthal Knocked knowledge. IL was The gypsy 5 en-
cycop cdla OF chicken coop and was the chicken
IN View From my side OF lne case It was me worst
n AZ GnW Ill
! Ing, repeng. GOD save us from these mixed races,
that we cannot understand which civllize them
selves on no one line O projection ana give no Key
to then tortuous character. and are 10 themselves
heather mystery
I'll came down the road yesterday. OXendine
from your part OF the world"
me big eyes repeated The performance.
"From hODesOn cUuntyY"
"iesn
"wcll. did you see that party that went up on
MOnday-what about them 20
THIS with sort OF lcfhargc earnestness, like a
sleepy nature slowly rolling out OF ped.
'.You mean Pop oxendinea'
s.les my brother.n
.nis iral won't come Off for several DAYS. But
tell me, OXendine, how came Henry Berry Lowery
TO get all YOU boys an his hausY has he SO much
greater power tnan you, although youngeri'
The fellow ro Ell hls orbs at me again. perfectly
submissive, but Observation-Disclosures and Gun
niDg ana prowling and wonder reaching out tC
drink me III and iathom me-and yet, witha
of roadside equality. HIS rather Over.fed face
his cracked, sipshOd shoes; his dropping breeches
were enough; but there the gypsy III.
curry, nearly noncnaiaiu III his look. Sensual his
lace certainly was, but a deep iaiow OF power lay
IN II, generations of the GUNNER worthy OF educa-
iiOu rom tue beginning. WHAT crimes against nu-
man nature have been committed by southern
prejudice against everything with "a drop OF the
negro In III THIS rascas eve looked Ike genius
more than ANYTHING mad seen below hicnmOnd.
'indeed,n he siIi, after finishing up the study,
cooly, III can't tel you: don't know anything
about It,"
Respectful and polite he was all the time, but in
his SITUATION, the answer was automatic and the
next remark showed that IL was not maze without
logical reference 10 himself.
'SlerifI, when ~ my trial coming OhY Am to
lie IN TINS dark place two more years ~
II would INSIST upon my irlal, said the Snenn.
al Will. can't stand IT,"
Then, after q minute, giving me another roll VI
! his qnlet eyes, he said,
''Can you give me y piece or tobacco. sir?u
"NO; but can give you the money To get it.''
lie TOOK II, looked at IL, and, prOnOunclny my
name plainly, with thanks. although name had
been mentioned only once, walked voluntarily back
, to his cell.
! These mulattOcs OF the families OF LOWery
OxendIne and strong have been locked away IN the
1astUesses OF hard Scotch population and their
development cratuped. What might have been TIE
discovercr has become the buccaneer; the poet mas
become the outlaw.
lmy next viii rehcarsc the crimes OF the band
ana the Origin vi The war.