The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1872-03-21

opening at the bottom of The shutter.
technically termed ii log cabin par
lance Q cat hole, enabled him to. take
q partial survey Of the, interior. The
two outlaws were reclining upon
their backs q, on the floor; while
Andrews wife and mother were sit
ting smoking in the corner. MIR. Nc
Queen listened for some time to the
conversation that was passing be-
tween them, which was Confined to
the men, and which seemed to relate
mainly to complaints Of the Lowrey
members Of the band, who the
Strongs thought were not disposed to
allow them fair share of the s!,oils
taken by the band. u
Atlength Boss drew from his pock-
ct small harp, upon which he com
mmenced playing q tune, and Nc
Queen, taking advantage Of the sound
OF the music to drown any slight
noise he might make in bringing his
rifle into position, threw himself flat
on the ground, and, placing his gun
at the small opening above described,
took deliberate aim at the bare head
OF Boss Strong, which lay at dis
tance Of about three feet from the
door, and fired. The ball took effect
and the outlaw shrugged his shoulders
once OF twice, Us if making feeble
efforts to lift himself up, when he be-
came perfectly quiet and motionless,
apparently quite dead. immediately
upon the firing, Andrew exclaimed,
"Dar, Boss, you've gone and killed
yourself. 1 been tellin' you about
bein' so careless wid your gun," and
one Of the women cried: "Lord-a-
massa, dat harp done bust an killed
Boss" The trne state Of the case
was, however, in q moment suspect
ed, the "cat hole was closed, and
Andrew took refuge in q corner,
where it was impossible to draw q
bead on him from the outside.
Mr.. Mcqueen now concealed him
self behind tho chimney, where he
remained for some time, hoping that
Andrew would come out to discover
the source of the firing. But the
trembling outlaw bravely sent his
wife out to reconnoitre, who soon re-
turned and reported no discovery
Andrew, however, still kept his re-
treat III the corner, and finding it
impossible to draw him out, AIr. Nc
Queen returned as fast as he could to
Shoe Heel to procure assistance. He
could find no one, however, who was
willing to accompany him hack to
the scene of danger, and was com
PEELED to wait till Saturday morning,
before he could collect q force to re-
turn. He succeeded, however, at
length in mastering few men, who
arrived at the house of the outlaws
about 10 A. NJ, but only to find that
the same had escaped. They found
in the hut only two women, the wives
OF Andrew Strong and III. b. Lowrey,
who were busy washing tho blood
stnins from the floor, and stated that
tho body OF Boss Strong had been
taken away an hour earlier, by Ste
phen Lowrey and Andrew Strong,
but i'll what direction they did not
know, as they had been compelled to
turn their eyes in On opposite direc-
ton, and threatened with death if
they looked after them, until the
body had been borne quite out of
sight. Decming it useless to mako
any search for the body, the party
returned to Shoe Heel, and though
there seems no doubt that the out
law was killed, his body will probably
never be recovered. The failure to
secure tho body is peculiarly unfortu-
nate, ms the reward cannot be claimed
until the body is delivered to tho
Sheriff of the County"
Before leaving tho house, MIR. Nc
Queen and his party made cursory,
search of tho premises, md found a
portion of the goods taken from the
store of Mr.. A. H. Mcleod, and also
ono or two articles taken from the
Shcriff's Office on the occasion of the
recent robbery in this town.
A party of soldiers were sitting
together talking of their adventures
during the war, and, MS is generally
the case some r,ratty horJ yornc