Wilmington journal., 1873-01-03

/; One By one the band OF ROO66oO county
! outlaws have tiwindled down until there Il
| now but one left Of the entire formidable
gang. For sometime past Andrew Strong
and Stephen Lowery have escaped the
vengeance Of the law, and have reigned
unmolested over Scuffietown, but at length
! the former has been killed, and Stephen
! Lowery is the only one left Of the entire
| gang.
| At Eureka, u small station on thu Will
F., mington, Charlotte & Rutherford Railroad,
| in the heart of the Scuff'etown region, aud
about SO miles from the city, there was
a considerable Christmas gathering Of the
clans Of the outlaws on Thursday. Steve
Lowery was absent, but Andrew Strong
was there with number Of his friends
About O'Clock Of that day, while a num-
ber Of negroes were in a store at the Sta
ton, one of them stole a number of
locks and secreted them in his pocket. He
was charged with the theft by a young
man by the name Of William Wilson, a
clerk in the store, but he denied having
taken them. Mr.. Wilson then put his hand
in the mans coat pocket and drew forth
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, when
Strong leftthe store. About o'clock he
returned, more intoxicated than before, and
repeated his command, telling Mr.. Wilson
that if he found him there at 6 O'Clock
the next morning he would certainly kill
him. After saying this, the outlaw turned
to leave the store, and, as he did SO, Wilson
raised double barreled gun that was at
hand and dischal ged one barrel at the out
low, planting Is buckshot in his neck and
head. Strong fell with scarcely a groan,
and expired at once.
The fall Of the outlaw at once spread con-
sternation and disnay throughout the group
of his dusky followers, but no attempt was
made to interfere with Mr.. Wilson. Had
been different, but he was absent and no at
tempt was made to rescue the body. Rhody
Lowrey, the widow of Henry Berry Low
1ey, the defunct outlaw leader, and sister
to Andrew Strong, sent in deputation re-
questing that the body might be delivered
up to her, but this was, of course, refused,
intelligence being conveyed to them, at the
same time, by Mr.. Wilson, that he would
shoot the first man that dared to touch the
body. Nevertheless, for fear that rescue
might possibly be attempted, Mr.. Wilson and
number Of other gentlemen hastily placed
the body in a wagon and conveyed it to
Lumbertop, arriving at that town about 2
o'clock \. Nj. The body was at once sur
rendered to Sheriff Mcmillan and was
yesterday fully identified, whercupon the
Sheriff paid over TO the fortunate young
man $1,000, the reward offered by the
county for each of the outlaws, dead or
alive. Besides this, there Is 5000 to be
paid by the State, as the reward offered by
the Governor, under authority Of the
Legislature, which can be obtained on ap-
plication.
MIR. Wilson Is quite young man, but
one of much nerve aud determination. He
is from the Western part of the State and
has been clerking at Eureka for some time
past. The rewards which he obtains for
the killing of the outlaw will amount to
quite small fortune. Il was brave act
and we are glad to know that It is to be
rewarded SO well.