The Republican journal., 1873-01-02
Another of the North Carolina Out
laws Killed.

All Of the band of Robson County
outlaws, the famous ''Swamp Angels" of
North Carolina, have dwindled down I'M
til there is now but one left of the entire
gang. For some time past Andrew Strong
and Stephen Lowery have escaped the
vengeance of the law and have reigned
unmoested over Scuffletown; but at
length the former has been been killed,
and Stephen Lowery is the only one left
of the entire band. At Eureka small
station on the Wilmington, Charlotte and
Rutherford Railroad, in the heart of the
Scutl1etown region, and about eighty miles
| from Wilmington, there was a consider
. able Christmas gathering of the clans of
the outlaws on Thursday. Steve Lowery
was absent, but Andrew A Strong was
| there, with u number of his friends. At
about O'Clock in the day, while a number
| of negroes were in a store at the station,
| one of them stole a number of locks and
secreted them In his pocket. He was
charged with the theft by young man
named William Wilson, a clerk in the
store. but he denied having taken them.
Mr.. Wilson then put tbs hand in the mans
coat pocket and drew forth the locks
| The crowd soon afterwards left the store
| About an hour after this, Andrew Strong,
who had evidently been drinking, came
into the store and ordered Mr.. Wilson to
| leave the county, swearing that if he did
not he would kill him. The young man
informed him that he would do so, where
upon Strong left the store. About 5
o'clock he returned, more intoxicated
than before, and repeated his commands,
telling Mr. Wilson that if he found him
! tharn at & tho no IA
| tainlv kill him, After saying this the out
did so Wilson raised a double barrelled
gun that was at hand and discharged one
barrel at the outlaw, planting eighteen
| buskshot in his neck and head. Strong fell
with scarcely groan and expired at once
| The fall of the outlaw at once spread con-
sternatiCn and dismay throughout the
group OF his dusky followers, but no
attempt was made to interfere with
Mr.. Wilson. Had Stephen Lowery been
there it might have been different,
but he was absent and no attempt
was made to rescue the body. Rhody
| Lowery, the widow of Henry Berry Low
cry. the defunct outlaw leader, and sister
of Andrew Strong, sent in deputation
requesting that the body be delivered up
to her, but this was refused. Word was
sent to them at the same time by Mr. Will
| son that he would shoot the first man who
dared to touch the body. Nevertheless,
fearing a rescue might be attempted, Mr.
Wilson and a number of other gentlemen
hastily placed the body in wagon and
conveyed it to Lumbertown,a arriving there
at 2 A. NJ. The body was at once sur
rendered to a sheriff and was fully identi-
| tial Tho Shn,iH pai1 TO bo
fortunate young man $1,000, the reward
offered by the county for each of the out
laws, dead or alive Besides this there is
u sum of $4,000 to be paid by the State,
the reward offered by the Government
under authority of the Legislature, which
can he obtained on application. Mr.. Viii
son is quite young man, but one of much
nerve and determination. The rewards
which he obtains for the killing of the
outlaw will amount to quite a small for
| time