Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-07-10
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Capture in clay ;jT5aty. nv a..
Cn"rEed WlSh TmaReesn mIFdefa,
lLexinston tKs.i ie6s. Julyi.l
1he sheriff Of CLAY county and a marty NJ
TOUR armed men arrived Ia tne city Vtssterdav
having IN charge two men named James Tur.
ner sLd francis Pace, saidtO be men Of the
H0st desperate character.
1ne immediate cause Of their Arrest Nas the
murder Ia lSI2, Of two men named Middleton
ana Fields, whom they Waylaid at night on tie
public highway. ~
Il, The history vf Turner Is one of very start
H.S, lug nature. n Although Of good family and In
Easy circumstances, yet his love for deeds OF
cruelty was such that he disregardvd ali laws
q society IN gratifying his savage passions
Turing the war he became the leader of a
Dand 0t guerillas. who harrassed or murdered
~ cola Dlood az Southern sympathizers on
"nOm they could lay hands.
IN narlan county on the Virginia line. lived
s N n 0o man nanied James Middleton, afrrpvct-
noie UIu CITIZEN, whose sons David and ~ Il.
,,niau' enlisted in the Southern army, In 1893
, hulneI, win his bushwackerS, secured thai
Snr- ,t.yy OF lear M thSlT attacks, and know
lus sneit desperate Character, old Middleton
!Stt MS nome aud ted into Lee county. Va
tney heard OF his retreat and, following, can
tured hlm and brought him back 10 HalIan
county, NY, on the Virginia line, where Ihsy
kut nIui W death ln tue mOst cruel MANNER
1ylEg him To u tree they cut OF his ears and
nose, and tore off his nails, besides othnr v7i.,,
musnahhg his person, atIer which they sat
elound MIN, watchlng him slowly die Uf his
sanesE4nRs. tne object Of their riDald iests and
m inOSs lnhuinan torture. In the sanu year
1r',,hS.',t au9 Mihlam Middleton, learning OF the
t'Ruuui ueath which their father had ded.
teIuIneo " their home in Harlan bent on rss
HsnBe' here Turner succeeded Ia killing
paViu Middleton, and then escaped with his
SAnd AtoA the vicinity, pursued Dy a patty Vi
t,oHs d snd ,p, uOops, VINO heaid VI his Gspreda-
tIons ana were III search vi hlm.
lie Is charged with many other murdara
amounting ia ali " thTthren, One VI lila
Geunis was the Shefiif OR Lee county, va
% %WnVm he caused " be stripped and buried
awe ln mud-hOIe.
SutA ths c'Sss OF Gns war Turner'S nams was
terror to the country over whlcn IA and his b,ro
outlaws Iosned at vii, killing or maItreatins
tAs uSAeheeiess, but avoiding hlways "A conAIei
VEN p0dy VI armed men ike thsmsslyea Tnsrr
Soe4s were o~rk and bloody, and many q tale Of
norror Is told along the Virginia ana Kentucky
hneot Turner'S bt0odthirstv bush whaeke,s
Ahere are those in the city at the present ti1ne
"uo served IA the army Of Virginia ut the period
oI which We write, and who recollecL the Terror
~nSn tue very lame Of Turner inspired In the
oosoms Of those who were compelled 70 remain in
t9s counties subject to his RAIDS, He snared moi
women OF eAildren, and no one was ever known
y experience mercy at hls LaEGs. 49, 80 -
ieer the war 4Qraer fstdrhed to his home in
sS S9uhV' where he went " work a. o farmer
R1w worth teu thousand dollars. He could moi
ESiEain, however, from desds OF violence. and
more taan ones he had to flee from his home to
Syaae SS,ae the officers of justice. In 1872, William
Alooieton, accompanied by man named Fields.
t9rIaNeilng on horseback, came to the place where
Turner hved. At the pnbhc inn Turner !ssrreI
az direction the trayeIle-s were to follow, and
king Eilh lin Francis Pace, they lay in am.
slsh lor them. Building u fre in tue road, they
took places Ii the brush, and a. the men passed
On horseback, au1 came into the light the con.
e'aled murderers opened fire with fatal effect.
Ihls last outrage so shocked the community
9au enTaSed thsn to such an extent, that they
use In arms and pursued the purlegers until
captured. InsY We're carried in arms to Clay
while. e -
Finding 1t Impossible to try them at the last
1Im OF the Cay Circuit Court and it being too
expensive to keep guard over them for several
months, the authorities sent them 70 the tail at
Lexington until OeLODer, when their trial will
eome on and they VIII be delivered once more TO
sas Sheriff VI Gay county.
here no reseues are possible, and Judge Lyneh
els no power over the ailer, so that IL = likely,
4nen tAe proper Time qrFives, they viii be hand.
" over " The proper oteers to meet their de-
serts Ct the hands OF that justice they have so
t0uily outraged.