The New York herald., 1872-05-04
Another Coldblooded Assassi-
nation by the Lowerys.
THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST WISBART.
Steve Lcwsry and Andrew Strong, On the Pre-
tence Of Surrendering to the Authorities De
coy the Captain Into tho Woods and
Riddle His Body with Bnckshot
WHY HE WAS MURDERED

WILMINGTON, N. c., May 8, 1872
| The "Swamp Angelsn have been again at their
| bloody work. Those fiends incarnate have added
yet another to their list OF atrOcous cowardy and
hersh crimes by the murder OF Captain M. Wishart
! OF Shoe Heel, Robson county, on yesterday, who,
though the victim OF the vilest treachery led per-
haps too far by his courageous spirit, died a
brave man in the effort to benefit his fellow men.
/ THE ENCOUNTER ON THE TRAIN.
| The facts attending the murder of Captain Wis
hart are substantially as follows:-It seems that one
day last week stephen I.owery and Andrew strong
boarded the freight train on the Wilmington, Char
lotte and Rutherford Railroad, Shoe Heel,
Captain Wishart being on the train at the time.
They persisted in approaching him, until he finally
consented to a conference with them. The con-
versation was long, ana apparently important, the
outlaws finally taking their departure. Andrew
Strong was heard to remark on leaving,
'wHEN We SEND FOR YOU, you COME"
In Shoe Heel subsequent to this interview,
Wishart divuged the fact that the subject OF the
conference was q proposition on the part OF the
outlaws to surrender themselves to him, on condi-
ton that he would interccde and procure their par
don and that they would then depart the country
Thinking that perhaps he could, after all, benefit
the country by causing the outlaws to leave in
manner, he seemed determined to hold another
interview with them on receipt OF q notice of the
time and place.
CAPTAIN wIsHART KEEPS TIE APPOINTMENT.
AS had been previously determined, the notica-
tion was received and the appointment fixed for
Tuesday last, but Wshart's business engagements
were such as to compel its postponement until the
Thursday following At the appointed time this
fearless man, alone and unarmcd, as learn, took
his way tothc place Of meeting spot the public
road about thrce-quarters OF mile from place
called Lebanon Church. between Shoe Heel and
Rcd Banks, and distant some four or five miles
from each Of these points,
BUT HE NEVER RETURNED ALIVE.
He was either cowardly murdered from ambush
or bascly shot down while in the conference to
which he had been betrayed. Between twelve and
one O'Clock OF that day two or three negroes work
ing in the woods near the scene OF the murder,
heard four distinct reports OF firearms about four
O'Clock the same afternoon Mr. william Sears,
while riding near this point, found the body OF
Captain Wishart lying in the road and completely
RIDpLED WITH BUCKsHOT.
He was shot through the side and shoulders and
also in the head, two shots passing entirely
through the brain. His death must have been in
stantancous. The fact was reported, and u party
of griefstrcken friends and neighbors secured his
body and conveyed it to his home at Shoe
Heel.
WHY HE WAS MURDERED.
Captain Wishart was one OF the most intrepid and
courageous of those who undertook measures to
rid the county of the outlaws. His efforts in
hunting them were persistent and vigorous;
he exerted himself most ardently to either capture
or Kill them for months and months and was
gardcd by them as their most dreaded foe. When
the State authorities commenced war on the
Lowerys Captain Wishart was appointed to the
command OF one OF the regiments then authorized
to he raised.
He leaves wife and three young children in Shoe
Heel.
The place OF the murder was near the scene of
the killing OF young Davis by the outlaws. some
months since. stephen Lowery and Andrew Strong
are supposed to have done the deed, Tom Lowery
being seen elsewhere at the time.