Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-03-27
HOW STEPHEN LOWERY WAS
KILLED.
From the New York Herald.
Moss NECK DEPOT, ROBESON Co

lfrom the New \ Ork Herald.
Moss NECK DEPOT, RoBESoN Co.,
\. G. February %, 1874.
Stephen Lowery, the last and prob
ably the worst of the Carolina Swamp
Angels who rio,ed in blood and held
such high carnival of crime in North
Carolina for so many years, was killed
at about half-past four o'clock this
morning in the Scuf1letown region, by
three Young white men, all farmers,
named David Holcombe, Thos. Dutton
and McNeill Patterson. The scene of
the tragedy is located about two miles
from Red Banks, on the Carolina
Central Railway, about sixteen miles
west of Lumberton, the county seat of
RObesOn county, and six miles from
this point. 1t was also OH the planta-
ton and not far from the house of
John McNair, a gentleman who has
been repeatedly robbed by the out
laws.
THE OUTLAW CARoUSING AT \ WHISKY
CAMP.
The three young men above men,
toned had been out searching for the
outlaw for several weeks past. They
We're on this mission together on sun
day. and at about midnight approached
whisky camp on Mr.. McNair's place,
where there were two wagons contain
ing whisky and tobacco, belonging to
IA man named Burns, of Randolph
county. Here there was quite Il crowd
of negroes and a few white men drink
ing and carousing together. Among
the number was Steve LJwery, who
seemed to have been imbibng pretty
freely. The young men approached
the outlaw and began to converse with
him. He made many boasts of what
he had done and what he could do,
and said that he could show more
gold than any other man in Robeson
county.
After while the Young men arose
and babe Steve good night. saving that
they were going home. After getting
well out of the range OF the camp,
however, they made Il detOur and
crept up to within twenty yards of the
outlaw. Here they remained quiet for
a long time, waiting for a shot, but
were deferred for more than an hour
by the fact that there were others near
him. Finally they all separate ed, and
Steve picked up banjo and began
drumming OH it for the amusement of
his friends. One colored individual
kept near to him, but the young men
We're determined not to lose this OPP
portunity. and SO at a given signal they
all three fired.
There was but one report from the
three guns. The outlaw jumped from
his seat and Immediately atterward fell
was near him had his ears slightly
scratched by the shot, but was reiOiced
to find that he, too, was not killed.
The young men then reloaded their
guns and advanced to the dead body,
which they secured and bore away.
\ cart was hired and the body placed
on it and taken to Lumberton, where
it arrived this morning at about nine
o'clock. 1t was then taken to the Court
House and placed on table III the
Sherift's office.
Immediately there was wild COM
motion in tho town, and the streets
were soon filled with an excited crowd
discussing the tragedy, and all rejoic-
ing that the last of the outlaws had
been killed. The body was perfectly
rildled with balls aud buckslot. The
head was perforated in several places,
and there were three large wounds i'll
the heart. any one of which would have
proved fatal. There were found on the
body hut very few articles, among
which were a bunch of keys and a copy
of the Wilmington Weekly Post. The
latter, which is now before ME as l
write, is perforated through with a
hole almost large enough to have been
made by a Minnie ball, and in another
place the paper is torn, it is thought,
by second ball.
LOwERY A WALKING ARSENAL.
TIE outlaw was armed to the teeth,
there being found OH his person when
he was killed, Il Henry rifle, three pis-
tolls and knife with Il blade about
tw elve inches in length. lie was only
about twenty eight or twenty nine
wears of age. Like all the rest of the
outlaws, his earthly career has been
cut short before he had reached the
prime of lite. lie is said to have been