The star of Pascagoula. [volume] (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1873-1878, 1874-01-04
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tho 27ih ult., fgaf men, heavily arm
Cd, vent inio ne dining room n w
johnson, Who n living at tie Oh
Turner bgmoslca}, w Franklin coon
N, Mississippi. dSiean miles east .
Natchez while Tie doctor and familI
we're " supper. Presenting tloi
cooked pistols az tbe heads Of the pcr
sons around tLo table, tbeir leadc
told the doctor ho knew just hov
much money he had snd wiiefe Il wnl
bid and be wonie1 II with as fcv
words us possible. We haveno room
for tie full particulars Of this Outrage
wo will just say that the robbers col
the Doctors gold watch and $4,000
in gold. They came across the coon-
try, with whicI they were evidently
well acquainted, cutting both tele.
graph wires TO Rodney. The paaiy
had now increased, as we were told
there were seven when they got on
the ferry boat, which they captured
when she was nearly across the river,
and Instead Of landing at the proper
place, ran her on the bar; being sixty
or eighty yards from the shore they
forced their horses to jump in the
river and swim to the bank. They
came to Mrs, Elliotts quarters in the
in the night. After stationing the
negro as a sentinel and leaving their
horses at the rack ready for use, three
men lay down to take rest, three
continuing on passing through ST.
Joseph and out toYards franklin.
News having been i received of the
affair, a posse of men under Consta~
BILE Arnold, from Waterproof. under>
took to arrest them; they resisted, the
sentinel firing upon the cons.able's
z .i,ty soon as he was summoned to
haiA sVsAyolley was fired upon him
and he went do@S, dying almost i'm.
mediately. After this tnels-;7.as-con.
siderable of fight, one of the posse
a colored boy, and one Of the robbers
being badly wounded. The injured
robber was carried off by his COM
rades andWe hear that when he cross,
ed the Tensas river he was bleeding
so profusely that he wns not expected
10 live very long.
1t is believed that the party who
passed through here had the money.
The robbers horses were all wounded,
md they pressed others when they got
'ut of sight of small party who
pursued. A party Of nine men from
are now in pursuit, but we
oubt very much that they will catch /.
be rascals.
An inquest was held upon the body
f the dead robber, but as there :
1ere fourteen guns fired him stimuli :
aueously, verdict was rendered ,
4 accordance with that fact. Noth- :
ng could be found to identify the r
IAN. 1t is supposed the party came /
rom Texas. How they learned SO :
Jell the the doctors financial condi- !
ion is mystery, as they were but :
,w days in in the country. Mr..
ohm Harper, of this parish, remem-
ers to have seen them pass his house,
DING eastward, but a few days be-
,re he heard of this robbery. His !
ttention was particularly drawn to
lem because all seven Of them wore :
lue military overcoats. and rode :
'eXas horses y
Since putting the above in type we !
ave learned that the wounded rob- :
er spoken of above was Abandoned
| Franklin parish, where he died in
short time after those in pursuit
,und him. He lived long enough
, make a confession, and. if he told r
le truth, it stands our people in !,
and everywhere to be on the qui !,
i've. He said there was an organ. :
ed band of robbers, with their :,
in Texas, who had :
nissaries scattered throughout that !.
tate. Louisiana and Mississippi. :
I'D even in portions Of Alabama, :,
ho are constantly on the lookout 81
r just such opportunities for plum a.
sr az was presented in the case OF =
r: Johnson. If the party out = :,
waiting orders is sufficient as was =
10 case in this instance. trey send :.
lck for reinforcements, who are p
spt conveniently at hand. 1t is u
nown that q party OF seven others u
the gang met the fleeing men in ! !,
rankin parish. I
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