Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1872-05-16
THE SWAMP ANGELS.
Burial Of Cal0nel WiShart, One el
the Victims OF the Outlaws.
Brutal Character Of tzac Murder
ed Mans Wounds.
Reported Temperance Of Hen.
~ Berry LOwery, the
Outlaw Chief.
RICHMOND, Va, Nav 6. 1872


BY the arrival of the Wilmington,
Charlotte d Rutherford Railroad train
this evening have additional particulars
of the terrible wounds received by Colonel
Cron. NJ. Wishart, when he was killed by
the Swamp Angels, together with the de-
tails of his burial. The remains were
inferred in the old Wishart family bury
ing ground, at Lumberton, on Saturday
afternoon. They arrived on the train
from Shoe Heel that morning. at seven
minutes past eleven o'clock, and the in-
terment took place at four F. NJ. Du-
ring the interval the body Of the ex-Con-
iederate soldier and gentleman was view
ed by quite concourse of bereaved and
outraged citizens. The greatest feeling
was manifested at the loss of this estima-
BILE man, and there was subdued but iu-
tense excitement visible. At the appoint
ed hour the remains were consigned to
the grave, and then the pent-up grief of
the people found vent in tears and loud
expressions of sorrow.
THE APPEARANCE OF TIE CORPSE
was natural. 1t was arrayed in neat but
plain alpaca suit. Upon examination the
fatal wounds proved horrible beyond con-
ception. In the right side there was
large gaping hole, made by a full dis
charge of buckshot close to the body, i'll
which the four fingers of a mars hand
could be placed with ease. One of the
shots went entirely
THROUGH THE BODY FROM SIDE TO SIDE
making a most ghastly looking wound.
The right arm and also the right leg and
thigh were broken and mutilated An
other shot pierced the brain, making its
entrance behind the right ear and coming
out near the left temple. There were also
several buckshot lodged in the left should
er. and this latter wound seemed to have
been inflicted while Wishart was prostra-
ted upon the ground in the last agonies of
death. A more brutal massacre Of hui
man being has scarcely ever before been
perpetrated by fierds in human shape.
THE wIsHART FAMILY
is one Of the oldest and most respected
in the county, and the parents of the de-
ceased being now living there. and none
are more esteemed and respected.
Colonel Wishart had made several at
telnpts to capture the outlaws and he was
feared by them more than any other man
IN the county He was also engaged in
writing history of the lives and deeds of
the outlaws, from which correspondent
of the New York Herald made copious
notes sou.e months since when in that
section.
THE CHIEF OF THE OUTLAWS SAID TO
DE ALIVE.
Nothing has been heard from the out
laws-Stephen Lowery and Andrew
Strong-since they committed the most
foul deed. A SINGULAR report, which
brings Henry Berry Lowery, the outlaw
CHIEF, back again from the grave. has
reached my ears. A person residing in
the domluions of the outlaws, who has
been intimate with the whole band, as
serts most positively that he met Henry
Berry Lowery, who has been reported
dead for months, on Friday. the day sue
ceeding the murder, face to face. and there
WAS no mistaking him. This statement
is generally discredited, and the people
of this entire section of country have the
most implicit faith in the demise of the
notorious Rob Roy of Carolina