The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-03-12
THE LOWERY BREGANDS.
DESCRIPTION OF THE LEADER.
ROD ROY REPRODUCER

"A co.s"eIn corresponu.-. -. $40 New
e York Herald furnishes to that paper an
q Interesting description of the Lowery BAN
of desperadors, whose la wless actions have
made them the dread of the N orth Carroll
M. Henry Berry Lowery, the leader
VI the band is thus described:
Isof mixed Tuscarora, mulatto and
white blood, twenty-six years of age, five
feet ten inches high and weighing about
100 pounds. He mas straight black hair.
like an Indian, dark goatee and a board
graceful in shape, but too thin to look
very black. His face slopes from the
cheek bones to the tip of his goatee, so as
to give him the Southern contour of
physiognomy; but ii is lighted with eyes
OF II different color--eyes of grayish haz.
el-at times appearing u light blue with a
d1roP. Of brown in them, but in agitation, |
diiating, dsrkening and although never
quito losing disappearance of smile, vet
IN action 1t is n smils Of devilish nature.
His forehead Is good aud his face and OK.
preston refned-remarkably so, consider.
ing his mixed race, want of education and
long career OF lawlessness. A saur of
crescent shape and black color lies in the
SKIN below his LETT eye, said to have been
made by an iron pot falling upon him
when child. Has Voice is sweet and
pleasant, and in his manner there Is moth Z
ing self important or staggering. He il Z
not laxative, listens quietly, and searches
ont whoever Is speaking to him like u man
Illiterate in all books save the two great
books of nature, and human nature avoyc
All. The color OF his skin is ola wbitisb
yellow sort with an adnixture Of copper
'uch SKIN as, for the nature of its com
'ohents, is Undesirable. there beng no
negro blood in 1t except of u far remote /,
generation OF mulatto, and the Indian !,
till apparent. !!
To match this face the outlaws BODY is .
u ln'fed strength and beauty. 1t Is we'll n
.hi,' "iry, straight in the shoulders aud :,
lmos, withouta physical flaw in it, a.
lie has feet which would be noticeable !"
ny where, pointed and with arch,np in \
tep, SO that he can wear a very sba,oIy
ooh and his extremities, like his features. ,,
1dtcatc nothing of the negro. "
To see this trim youth as he appesrs /
..henever seen on the highroads or the h.
my forest bypath, or as often ut the sta n
ohs OF Noss Neck, Eureka, Bule's store ~
Rcd Banks, Is to sec young Mars beur- n
" about an arsenal.
"A belt around his waist accommodates =
We six'barrellcd revolvers-lone shoot. =,
ra' From this belt q shoulder strsp a.
'as'os unuer and supports behind. sling ~
s .a'hloh, Spencer rife, which carries ~
- .S'nsss' and it Is now alleged
lo carrv;na P'aI1a .h,s with Henry ri m
,ai,rid' ,ss uo 'he former number of an
nan oil the band, by some as" AFTER hf
ssgehGy, becomes possessed of a Soerlous SEE
ne, In addition to these forty ~ RI ha
eisht estrges, Lowry carrie, |rty- GU
placed KNIFE and flask of what, 'hg- an
inter because he fears to be- noisny.a tr,
prom''cuoua neighborhood drinkion ny Co
can run IKE deer, swim, stand wsc,. ne ny
exposure in tho swamps aud fnres, 800 n.H Ui
tas ana night and take sIa Las
ey little snatches, which. nv 'sep
uass' you'd tire out white or ns q,
t n" hNhough u tippler, he was nsvsr II
ss omh 70 be drunk-a fact not 10 be NIL, So
'nJ1u ea Of his confederate. Rrgiy 81 ~
,hst ii az bay, he ia observed Ia 49, 3
,bovs $50 aehdish, enjoyable smile wb;oh a,
dato,v "a c NJ It's depths SAVAGE ~ ~
w ana fond Of blood IT, ase' pre- &C
waged tor the pait nins Inc war he te
region OF Twelve or Gi,ss5 MI, ~Hhlh u RI
against county, State, CanSan,es square, m
W ,';,sS, o;a'es authorities, alternat.,s ana u,
gntea'y Is Justification for the terry or IN
PstSet "a me faces OF all the white nao.p - -
within those ImiIs. Lowery's band .Jple 70
more concern 10 the Carolinas ,bsSe AZ ~
Cartons Legion ninety year. ago 80" VI" 81
, The three natures Of white. Indian and !,