The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-12

one or them TOOK the gun anu the OtneT went III
rectly to the bed and seized hold Of Mrs. wilson.
In the melee her little son managed to make ms
escape. The man who had Mrs. Wilson now took
fearful entreaties carried her into the yard.
He then tried to force her to walk, and nnung sne
would not, carried her around the house, through
a cornpatch and over several fences, about quar-
ter OF mile from the house, and into an Old neid
on nelghboring plantation He then securely
held her until the arrival OF his accomplice, VINO
shortly came up They then in spite OF the shrieks,
her to the ground ana accomplished by man force
their designs They then told
THE POOR, DIsH0NORED WOMAN
that they did not care-she might tell u al
where she had been 80 cruelty Quit aged they de-
parted. II they thought they could commit so ter
rible crime with IMMUNITY they were mistaken;
If they thought there was not terrible vengeance
in store for Them they We're also mistaken; II they
crime as to leave no clue to their detection they
were yet more mistaken They made ior the man
road and took up their tramp In the direction OF
GAINESVILLE, the seat Of Hail county.
PURSUIT AND DETECTION.
Mrs. Wilson at once left the scene Of her ruin.
and as rapidly her injuries would allow her went
to the house OF her nearest neighbor, to whom she
related her SAD story. A Mr. Frank Kind and two
at once armed themselves, and with the instincts
OF true Southerners they left tor the scene
Of the crime. remarkable characteristic
OF the people here was developed in the pursuit.
1t was the unerring fidelity with which they can
follow trail, and In this are not surpassed by the
most expert frOntiersmen even the Indian.
man or beast, ana can take up a trail where an
inexperienced eye would discover nothing. These
men found the tracks OF two men leading from the
scene OF the outrage and followed them without
more ado. 1t was now about one O'Clock in the
thence up the road, and the tracks were
made by new shoes, which the pursuers
knew from the nature OF the imprint made In the
fresh soil. Slowly following the tracks for about
three miles in the night, by the aid OF pine
h sasy aaS al
Here the tracks we've easily seen, and the pur-
suers pushed on rapidly. About two miles further
Lewis Pace lived. At this point the tracks lett the
road, and on looking about IN the yard one OF the
young whites found the two negroes asleep on the
waking them up they looked about and found
pistol-a pepperbox pisto-lying on the ground
where 1t had fallen from the pocket of one OF the
sleeping negroes. On being awakened both the
negroes stood and talked for some moments, when
suddenly one wuvv, I'm AVN DAN
in one direction, and the other in another.
Through some strange mlsconceptlon on the part
of their pursuers no shots were fired at them as
they ran. They both made good their escape IN
the darkness OF the night but the long and tire
some tracking was not without It's fruits. Both or
them were carefully observed by their pursuers,
and the identification on the trial was perfect
Or the late of Lewis Pace but little is known 1t is
known, however, that short time after the OC-
currences here narrated he was captured by
party Of young men, and while they were bring
ing him to the house near where he was taken o
pistol shot was heard, and when they came to the
house one OF the young men showed his
stated that Lewis had made his escape. This may
be true, but 1t is far from improbable that Lewis
may now be in one OF the deepest eddies OF the
Oc0nee River, and many go 80 far as to assert that
LEWIS is LOST.
or this there is nothing but the most unsatisfac-
tory conjecture; but II true, this Is species OF
Southern Ku Kluxism that all the laws OF Con-
gress, United States Courts, marshals or deputy
don't think their fellow countrymen ut the North
viii blame them. The need OF punishment was,
however, to-day given to Kinney Burns with more
md nvan daA a
with stephen Dunstan has this day seen the last OF
this life. On a common gibbet and for q common
crime they have suffered common doom.
THE HUNT FOR KINNEY BURNS.
Some weeks after the outrage upon Mrs. Wilson
1t was ascertained by several citizens OF this
county that there was negro lying out In very
suspicious manner in the county OF Madison, adj
joining this, whose description answered that OF
kinney Burns. Acting upon this information,
some fourteen or fifteen men took their arms and
horses and rode down into Madison in the night,
with view TO capture him II possible. They
reached the place near which he had been seen
sometime al ter dark, and surrounding the house,
succeeded in capturing the negroes who had been
cation with him. They also ascertained his
usual whereabouts, and early the next morning
systematic manner They stationed two OF their
number at one end Of large Old pine field and
then ormed sHrn is,r, ,nen across the attea
word forward" the line advanced through the
thick pines, and when they had gone about half
KINNEY BURNS sPRANG FROM HIS LAIR
in haw thicket, and ran with all his might
sight fired at him, but their aim failed and they
missed him. Some attempted to Outrun hun, but
so great was his neetness he gained rapidly upon
them all, and, HAD he not run directly on one OF
the men who had been stationed to
head him Off he would have escaped en-.
called to him to stop. lie paid attention to the
summons, bat continued to run for life, when the
white man coolly aimed and hred kinney Burns
him in the head. SO determined was he to escape
and so great was the
that he sprang to his feet and would have made of
at once had he not been caught by the other party.
A negros skull Is almost impenetrabe to small
arms, and the buckshOt, though striking him fairly,
| had only torn Off the scalp and glanced OF harm
| lessly. The captors now bound up Kinneys head,
| On the way he made iull confession that he and
| Lewis Pace had outraged Mrs. Wilson, and fully
| confirmed the facts narrated above.
THE TRIAL
| took place at the August adjourned term Of the
| Jackson Superior Court and was almost mere
matter of form, as there was no defence set up at
| all 80 plain was the case. He was convicted and
sentenced, together with stephen Dunstan, to be
hung this 10th OF January, 1873.
ESCAPE AND RECAPTURE.
During the interval which has elapsed since the
trial Kinney Burns made an attempt TO escape
| not his strength or his courage failed him. The
! person who leeds the prisoners In the jail Is Mr.
| Ross, who, while he Is a man OF great determine
| One morning, about the list OF December, he
went into the Jail to give the prisoners
| their morning repast, when as he opened
| the door, Kinney Burns rushed past him and
| sprang Off the platform Of the JAIL about twenty
| feet from the ground, and he Immediately struck
! for the country. Before Ross could lock the door
| and give the alarm Kinney mad got out OF sight.
| Runners were started after track dogs, and
party set ont across the fields in pursuit OF the
! escaped felon. About three-quarters OF mile
from town a negro who was one OF the party saw
Kinney under q bank in the creek with the water
| up to his neck. He sought to conceal himself II
possible in this way, intending to stay there till