The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-01-08
Andrew Strong Shot.


county outlaws, the famous "Swamp
Angels" Of North Carolina, have
! dwiudled down until there i now put
one left Of the entire, forpidable
gang. For gome tipo past !, Andre VI
Strong and Stephen Lowrey have cs.
capped the vengeance of the law and
have reigncd unmol ested over Scuhl,-
town but at length the former has
been killed, and Stephen Gowrey is
tho
ONLY ONE LEirr1r
Of the entire baud.
At Eureka, a small station; nn the
Wilmington, Charlotte and Ruther
ford Railroad, and ABOUT eighty miles
from this city, there was considora
Ole Christmas gathering of the clans
OF the outlaws on Thursday. Steve.
Lowrey was absent, but
ANDREW A. sTRoNt wis TnsRE,
With a number Of his friends. At
about two o'clock in tho day, while a
nNum.Rcr Of negroes were in store at
the Station, one Of them stole q mum.
berlo locks and sccreted them in his
pocket: He was charged with the
theft ~ a young man named William
Wilson, a clerk in the Store, bit he
denied having taken them. Mr.. Will
son t!;cn put his hand in the mans
coat pocket and drew forth the locks.
The crowd socn aftcr&ard5 left the
store. About an hour after this, An
drew Strong, who had evidently been
drinking, came into re store and
ORDERED MIR. WILSON 10 Lave !|ril::
COUNTY,
swearing that If he did rot he would
kill him. The young man Informed
him that he would do SO, where
upon .;'rong left tho store. About
five "'@!.ck he returned, moro intoxi-
Gated Tran before, and repeated lis
commandS, telling Mr.. Wilson that if
he found him there at six the next
morning lie would certainly kill him.
After saying this the outlaw turned
TO leave the store, and as he did 80
Wilson raised double barrelled gun
that was at hand and discharged one
barrel at the outlaw,
FLIRTING EIGHTEEN RuCKsHoT IN HIS
NECK AND HEAD.
Strong fell with scarcely a groan
m' expired at once. The fall of the
outlaw at once spread ounstcrnation
and dlsmay throughout The group of
his dusky followers, but no attempt
vas made to interfere with Mr.. vii.
sun. Had Stephen Lpwrcy been there
it might have been different, but, he
was absent and no attempt was made
to rescue the body. Rhody Lowrey,
the widow Of Henry Berry Lowreyy,
the defunct ohtlAw leader, and sistcrr
of Andrew Strong, sent in q dcpu-
tation requesting that the body be de-
livercd up to her, but this was of
course fefuscd. Word was sent to
them at the same time by Mr.. vii
son that he would shoot the first mai
who dared to touch the body. Never.
thelcss, fearing rescue mi ght be at
tempted, MIR: Wilson and a number
of other gentlemen hastily placed tho
boiy in wagon and conveyed it to
humbcrron, arriving there 1T 8 Il m:
The body was at once surrendered {,
Sheriff Mcmillan and was yesterday
FULLY 1DENrrriEb.
The Sheriff at once paid over to the
fortunate young man $1,000, the re-.
ward offered by the county for each
of the outlaws, dead or alive. BE.
sides this, there Is sum of $4,000
to be paid by the State, the reward
offered by the government under au.
t1ority of the Legislature; which can
DC obtained on application: Mir.
Wilson is quite yourg man, but one
OF much nerve and determination.
lie is from the Western part of the
State and has lcen clerking at Eu.
feka for soihe time past. The, re.
wards which he obtains for the KILL
ing Of the outlaw will amount to
quite a small fortune: 1t was n brave
act and the people rejoice to sec it so
we'll re%araed:- IpH. CS+:: N. Y
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