, 1872-11-30

are nearly Us ignorant OF what is t1anspiring
outside OF their own immediate sphere as the
saTaSes themselves. They seldom or never SEQ
newspaper, and could not read it if they did"
General Marcy instances the law1ess character
Of these people in the case Of Sam. Houston
once attempting, while in the p1enitude Of his
popularity, to rebuke youthful volunteer, just
disbanded:
care you Sam. Houston7" said the young
nan.
II am, sir."
"Arc you the President Of our Republic?"
@sYes, my young friend, have that honor"
The loyal young man at once knocked Houston
down, brutal1y, exclaiuing:
swell, d-n you, Sam. Houston, you are the
very man wanted to see!"
STORY OF CULLEN BAER.
Texas is, in some degree, an intensiflcation Of
Arkansas in the matter OF violence; but, from
either side, offenders slip over to the other, and
are secure; while If, By any possibility, they be-
come insecure in both States, there is the Indian
Territory, with its vast so1itudes, p1entifully
umbered, its game, and its partly civilized
tribes, to entertain the exiles.
Cullen Baker made such a:reputation in Texas
and Kansas that his life has been published at
Lift le Rock BY his own brother-in-law, who shot
him.
It seems that he was born in Tennessee, in
1885, and was, therefore, only "a years old when
ne was shot dead, near the State line, Jan. 6,
1853: Baker was an lllterate poor white, Eho
ran bare-footed, and with only one suspender,
Ior several years after his family moved to
Te1aa. Il his youth, he had heard good deal
Of the two gangs OF Regulators :" and Mod
erators," commanded by two Western dema-
gogues and murdeIers, Porter and Rose, re-
gpechre1y: These fellows filled the land with
hal hp-I3 OH t1,Ar
whenever they met. From childhood, Cullen
Baker spent his time in fighting, and drinking
grocery-Bhiskey. His haunts we're two little
Texas villages, st the edge of Arkansas, named
HAPpY CHILDHOOD HOURS.
While he was yet boy, he Was often seen
whipping some quiet old farmer around the
town with enitch, or pohng him along at
trot with q poisonous bug On the and OF .
STICK, simply to chow the villagers that he could
" boss that country. In one OF his early dghts,
he had hlB Ekuu broken, and this brought on
religious turn, during which he married, at the
age OF Is. His head Was bandaged at the time
OF the marriage ; but, soon after the honey
moon, be took to rum and fighting again, and
one OF his pastoral alnusenente VAS mounting
On the shoulders Of old men and boys to make
them carry him about the streets, pegsng
them meantlme On tne 9eao "ltn Enng 4..4 OF p.s
him IS long IS he Liked, IN order TO avoid belng
stabbed.
About slx months after bis marriage, he took
\ leather whip out OF q store at Forest Home,
and whipped an orphan-boy numerically, N the
presence OF many people, who persuaded the
boy to hare him arrested
FIRST AuRpEn-
The only citizen VINO yentufeo 70 e17e test1-
young bridegroom with q double-baHeled gun
loaded with shot and ball: Ae orderea ne man mar
out OF his house before his family, and told him
be Was going to shoot MN thIo1gh me lega.
Ihe man got behind POSI-, DUE baket snIeaten.
ed to shoot M him IN & the head a. n! ne , ola not
ternatlSe, ana the young y!a1 talsso ~ LIS 1o"l.
1ng-plece with pe1iect soncaEnag En9 "i.n greas M
accuracy, and alscna1geo ooople auao ~ tte nhe
11 ground and died Il lev days. The assassin
1honens ne WONG 11ae oas u We coun1y 1u 1g1
short time, Until the tnang p1e" over, ana ne
VIZ never arresfea 1or IL a. ae 1eLlleu, lns1eaa,
TO PeHy County, Ark., ~ OF z1ues IRON A1511e
hock, where he had an uncle.
SECOND MURDER.
HIS wife died 81 tMs Place Ifom pad treat
ment; and ne Huea, 1uss anonG tnas unae, UT;
Nartnam nor ln1er1eIlhg "ltn % oahe1' '1ssa WY naa
cut G buncie OF Switches 60 Th1p na1tnams
wife with them The deEperado had ordered
the woman out On the porch to let HIM Wh1p
her, and the husband, seeking TO pacny MN,
Tas stabbed with knife, and fell dead on the
married second wife. soon after tins, ne vas
mace conscllPs y t1e nepei au1nolttAes, auo
mafched TO LiLL1e RocA out ne "as eo oespef-
ete and ln6ubordlnate that he Woulo leaFe the
command and go nome whenever Ne Akeo' anu
nobody dared interfere With him.
OTHER MURDERS:
On one OF these occasions, ne rode past .
wagon where negro woman Was sitting amongst
pome Of the emigranta, and, without saying 2
word, he raised bis piece aud shot her dead.
The book savs that the woman's master WAS
greatly mortified at his loss" Next he shot six
balls into negro boy whom he had been Tor
several months tying to whip, and & had !1a once
tied to tree for that purpose. After while,
the conscilpting authorities pursued him go
closely that he went voluntarily to Little Rock,
took the oath OF allegiance to the United States.
end was employed as an oversee1 Of freedmen.
MORE BLOOD.
He had n not he'd this place very long before he
drew his sl1,ahooter and Bnot an inoftenslFe Ne
gro dead. hunnlnS away; ne was oveE6auled by
military squad, called independent tang -rs,"
+, 1hese SO 4at sa
ues.aae 1i9 - a. teauel " sao ona; Is:1
N dets ts 0n nna oeeason " he 5