The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-03-26
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AN INEVITABLE NOrORIHTY.
from tine Roanoke News, Weldon N. O., March 2al
The L0wERYs AND HERALD CORRESPONDENT.
Journal wi Be source Of ccnarSIalati S on tho
part OF those who can do no less than feel sensbly
AID on the good people Of North Caroline Hender-
son has attempted an unenvlable not0riety by put
ting himself with these desperadoes ana from all
appearances w0ud make the impression that the
that the whole people or North Carolina are but
Indians. We can only hope this consummate fool
and interloper may be severely dealt wtth;-
wILNIsaroN, March 81, 1879
IN chassSsr Boss strong has not been seen since
ssvsrs wsst Henderson the of sSs
NEW YORK HERALD who has been with the outlaws several
6sn oWsa ma III:
he
count ...0,
All we knew we would una It, the weokee
Courier and the Edgeville Advertiser laid all the
blame on Grant 1t is now the turn OF the radical.
He says the shame rests on the Ku Klux Legisa-
ture. Ia this really sos and has his ragged,
chicken stealing hghness OF the invincibe empire
really got Legislature OF his own9 We think not.
Howthese partisans ravel Say 1t Is Grant, Ku Klux,
black white or mulatto, but let The terrible outlaws
alone Is the horror cry all round.
THE KU KLUx LEGISLATURE.
Iron the Carolina Era, Raleigh, N. G., March 2s-
trLweekly.l Is..el I'D
The Ku Klux sheets have been rampant and
brandishlng their tomahawks at the Governor or
biity Of ali the roDberes and murders perpetrated
by the Robson county outlaws; they proclaim him
@ o. nese! q DUTY for a0s making ana
does not rest with the Governor: He has done ali
Berry Eowery and his gang Upon WHOM then does
tue blame rest 1t rests upon the Ku Klux Legs
,aur VINO depyed the n Of some . Sl MS
law or the State. The surety partisan legislation
OF that body has crippled the Executive and fastened
nfss sang Oh upon Tue county "n'on 'ns'
The Governor has visited Robson county himself,
to the best means to accomplish the extincrion Of
the ddesperadoes and promptly seconded the s1g.
czen that tms Il was his
that federal troops were sent to Robson. SO con-
traced has been the power and authority Of the
Governor BY the Ku Klux Legislature, that had the
entire army OF convicts in the Penitentiary broken
out the Governor had not authority 10 offer one
ned the bounds Of the state. Who has done this
me ., Ku Klux Legislature They abolished every
eaectlve feature OF the Militia law and now the
They have taken away 30 much authority from
70 paa ne
Of outlaws who may be curse upon mo state
VINO T. to blame for all TINS, Again we repeat the
been committed, the c0d-bl00ded murders that cry
to heaven for vengeance, the agonized families
terror and gloom which now pervade the doomed
county which has fallen o prey to the merclless
blood OF ner ciizensthese, all these horrors might
have been ended and would had not tho Ku Klux
Are not the laws OF North Carolina despised, now
for their inehlcency and weakness when, by the
acts Of the Ku nlax Legislature band Of cut,
cratic press asks. Who Y to blames Now, they
know. Their own Ku Klux Legislature. The
"B0ys," as they are termed.
Sitting snugly under his own pitch-pne tree o
editor lucubrates as below on the de-
plorable cowardice OF Robson county. 1t would,
probably be worth while jOurneJing to Tartown
once to observe MIN 'smile with pity" on his be-
nghted white brethren in the southern part OF the
State shvering before three niggers. He certainly
admits that he "taks very bold" because he Is out
Of danger, and we are fain to believe MIN since he
sticks at the head OF his paper II am Southern
man OF Southern principles" culled from, the many
odd sayings Of Jen Dayls Of valorous, petticoat
He shows his intelligence, however, by
quoting in another part OF the paper from
HERALD editorial on the same subject
SOUTHERN SMILE OF PITY.
from the Tarooro' IN. C.l sontherner, March 2l.l
to what condition OF fear and cowardice the Low
cry gang OF outlaws have reduced the men In the
region where they live and have a being
OF course living away from the scene OF DANGER
we can talk very bold; but, nevertheless, we can
not refrain from from expressing the belief that the
whole reason for the n0n-capture OF these murder
ers arises from the veriest cOwardce the part OF
the male population in that section.
The last accounts from the actions OF the outlaws
are to the effect that few days since, "when the
tram ON the Wilmington, Charlotte and Rutherford
Railroad arrived at Moss Neck depot the passen,
gers probably at least O dozen men) were RECALLED
with sight OF two OF the gang OF outlaws, Stephen
Lowery and Andrew strong. They mad with them
as prisoner Of war correspondent OF the NEW
YORK HERALD.
Further particulars from the Wilmington papers
indicate that either fear policy c0mbined placed
the whole party, outlaws and passengers, upon tine
very best footing, as the outlaws, two in number,
mixed pr0mlscuOusly in the crowd Of men, and
even gave 70 the conductor certain kilograms to be
forwarded OF which this one Is specmen:-
We have captured your correspondent A. B. Henderson,
will hurt him. but will keep him week. Boss Is not
dead. - his
STEPHEN X LOWERY.
mark.
ANDREW * STRONG.
mark.
This nah Henderson is reported as having "slung
across his shoulders long Dackwoods rife belong
ing to one OF the outlaws, ana was escorted wher-
ever he went by stephen Lowery ana Andrew
Strong"
We must confess that the reading Of such state
ments fills US with the utmost astOnishment
The fact that two men, however desperate and
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