Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-05

y,,r SWAMP ANGEI.S.''
r the Many Murders Of the
,orv Gang of Outiaws-A De.
hives Fate.
s,opdence of the Salt Lake IIcrald.l
dc,th of the last North Carolina
or "Swamp Angel" on the
has recalled to the memory of
ritter steve Lowery's account of
nr,lcr of Saunders. On March
f1S-2. the writer found himself
kndrew strong and Steve. two of
roe outlaws then living. on the
there the ill-fated Saunders fell
" hands of his pitilcs> slayers.
G.. saunders, Il professional de-
in one of the New England
allurcd by the large reward
4 bv the county of Robcson and
+ North Carolina for the bodies
sc despcradoes {" Si4 900 dead or
\. conceived Il plan for their cap
pursuance of which he made
" into "Sculllcton," in the Sum-
1859. and introduced himself to
bnrrel people of that settlement
Northern man. anxious to inn
The minds of the dlIsky, new
citizens of those swamps. He
yed and taught Il negro school,
htil November. 1870, he eNertcd
encrcicS to sccurcthc confidence
families of the outlaws, and
III them that of his intended vic
F.He associated with the mulatto
adroon denizenS If Scuillctown
ermS of the most perfect social
w.: he nur>ed the children.
II the women. and carouscd with
In: and is a croWniny stroke Of
organized what he asserted was
Ionic Lod2e. and initiates into its
ric> the majority of the male in
BntS of the >wampS.
efforts tc gain the confidence of
Stlaw> we've successful; and hay
rrolnpli,hed this first step. he
kdcd them lin November, 1870,
hpc from the State in which they
constantly being hunted like
). and TO attempt to seek Il home
3 they might have an opportunity v
hd safer and better lives. II e
aor their tligh', un Ter Saunie S
bnce. and its general direction
Igh South Carolina, southwest
Ie of the Gulf States, were fixed
aiding uncertainty as to the ter
k of one of the roads in South
|n a tthe line of which State WAS
! ,h,eon miles diStant), Saunders
be outlaws a few days before that
VI upon for their hegira, and going
authorities of one of the counties
hth Car ,lina. through which they
10 pass, made arrangements With
to have, at Il Designated time and
! sufficient posse contains %
lre the whole gang. then uumbcr-
*. His arrangements completed.
Burned to the hauntS OF the OUT
He found the coniilin@ friends
pd left transformed into pitile>s
GERS. Through one of the negro
Us of the county wherein they
to he taken, the outlaws had
ei of his trcachery. and We're sui
(awaiting him i'll the place where
Lowery gave TO the writer the
D to the foregoing history.
kaS dark, representation spot,
loa.ion OF an abandoned illicit
leiy, only reached by narrow,
ltou> trail, miles away ii, m any
An habitation, nothing but the
voice Of the speaker broke the
silence: the two outlaws who
been participants in eighteen
ler|. always looking out for an at
each armed with a Spencer rifle.
double-barreled shot-guns, and
', OTIS navy revolverS, were with
'flier reclining on the long. damp
!, while Steve Lowery told of
der'S brief life after he returned to
wampS; stripped of the negro idi-
NE following is the story:
'ceNpcc;cd him to return on Sun
night. and we were waiting for
here, takiner firms IN r,,,r1
Dn guard about d,xli~bt thn next
linz when. upon herring a stcp
Oa.hinr I biI unda,. p, huSb ,ho,it
ward, mn tba n,th saunders
up directly his ho,I h,uUinr
D as thnn:h hn woro in dann
ght, his hands woro in his noel,
lnd his r,ln s,un.r undnr his leff
When bn ros nHnn.;,n nv .t.-
4 Stepped to his siIe With nv ,,,n
n at his he,d and nrdarnI rim to
lie stonnoI in.t,n,Iy ,nd turnnd
lle as dcatb hnt said 81 Iowarvr
made , % na,;n, n', '','" W. hn;,' ~ ,oMu ,,n ii.
when I said .nn Won n"no M Of
raise vnI,r h.,I. " ,n,,n , >'n,r
or I'm % h,"n ,.'',,', ,.n,' - 'bolu bt,, 'Jil in
ed, and I ronS,oa o" III III. ,,nn .nI
lver. and hrn,,rbt h;n, M I IN horo
re We searched In, NV w. - t,,,nd i.' a
Of tnr,v-o;rht mnn', ", ','ii.,,"
ds of ours ~, an, ''''',en % ". .n''t. ,'.".,i,o
bout unar,an a % e Pai"i oT',.iI " ''.',;,o
ance whi.h ,oi ho " " f'o.'n' v, my
ID was ar.om;,. " it'',,e'l''ii,'iS T. @ ,i,i' .u