Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1874-02-27
pR1DaY. FEBRUARY q, 1874.
THE OUTLA WIS.
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Stephen LOWRY, the Last aud Prob
ab}r tie worst, Henry Berry not ex-
,-,ted, Of tie gang OF Kobeson county
.,nt,aws, was instantly killed about a
c'cIock on Monday morning, IN the
ccufaetown section, by three white
-a1,ng IL Il, all farmers III that section,
med Daniel Holconlbe, Thomas
:;n,ton aod Mcneil Patterson.
The scene of the tragedy is located
abailt two miles from Red Banks, on
the Carolina Central Railway, about
~ miles west of Lumberton. the county
reat Of Eobeson, and OH the plaEta-
lion and not far from The house Of
Ny .jOlln .IcNaii. SSt-lillctiitu WHO
has been repeatedly robbed by the
outlaws. The three young men above
named. have been out searching for
.ba outlaw for several weeks past.
TI,cv were out together on Sunday
and about midnight approached a
,yI,i-kev camp on Mr.. McNair's place,
where there were two wagons con
tanning whskey and tobacco, belong
no 10 Il man named Burns, of Ran
,IGiDh county. Here there was quite
p crowd OF negroes and 4 few white
men drinking and carousing together.
AMONG the gang was Steve Lowrey,
who seemed to have Eeen imbibing
pretty freely.
The Young men approa ched the out
itw and began TO converse with him.
He made many boasts OF what he had
done and what he could no and said
he could show more gold than any
man in Il be3On county. After
while the young men arose and babe
steve good night, saying that they
,.ere going home. After getting we'll
yut "f the range Of the camp they
made . dotortr and crept up to within
twenty yards Of the outlaw. Here
lie remained quiet for q long time,
WI ting for p shot, but were deferred
Tor more than an hour. by the fact
thai there were others near him. Fin
ally they all separated and Steve
picked MP a banjo, thuminingi it. One
colorel Individual crept near him, so
as to 1,orc readily get his fill Of the
music. and was so near Lowrey that
for some minutes the young men hes
tatel to fire for fear of injuring him.
But the opportunity was not to be
lost and SO, at giEo.l signal, they all
three fred There was but one
report from the three guns,
and the outlaw sprang into the air
and fell dead On the ground. !
The man who was standing near him !.
had his ears slightly scratched by the /
shot and fell on his back on the ground /
exclaiming that he too was "lone kill !
lead. He rejoiced, however, to find I
shortly afterwards that he was not III I
iured. The crowd of darkies around the I
wagons took to their heels. The +
Young men then, after carefully reload /
ing their guns, advanced to the dead
body which they secured and bore
away A horse and cart was pro-
cured and the dead outlaw was placed
OF it and taken to Lumbert0n, where
the party arrived yesterday morning at
$50 o'clock The body was then taken
20 the Court House and placed on a
table in the sherifFs Office. where it
was fully identified. Immediately
there was wild coInmotion in the
town. and the streets were soon filed
With an excited crowd discussing the
events of the tragedy, and all rejoiniDg !
that the last of the outlaws had been :
killed ,
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balls and buckshot, the face being
covered with blood, presenting a fear
II! sight. The head was perforated
in several places, and there were three |
large wounds in the breast. any one of
which would have proved fatal. Only
a Nv articles were found IN the rock
cts of the outlaws clothing, among
which were large bunch of keys and
4 copy Of the Weekly Wilmington
Past. This latter, which! is before Us
rs we write, Is perforated with hole
most large enough to have been
made BY Il minnie ball The address
on the paper was torn of. TIE out s
Law was armed to the teeth, there hay {
lEr been fonnd in his possession. :
when lie was killed, q large Henry ,
rie, two pistols and d knife with {;
blade about twelve inches in length. {
r. was only about twcnty-eigllt or
twenty-nine years Of age and, like all t
Of the outlaws, died YOUNG.
lie = SAID to have bean ;ho ..iost
1o"rdly and, at The sane time, the
most treacherOus and vinGictive OF {
them all. +
Ehody Lowrev. the widow OF the ,
det'Inct Chief, Henry Berry Lowrey. :,
vas among the crowd at Lumbertou !
Yesterday. attracted there by the news |
Of the tragedy. It is said She seemed 6
actually rejoiccd 10 learn that th,. last !
OF III" gang lad Cone T. HI long ac- -.
count.
It il understood that Tie lovely !
i.hody wants to marry again, but that {
Steve had Threatened 70 Kill her
II Sic did SO. There ure many
SAo believe, however, that Henry
berry Is not yet dead, and it is assert
81 that he h9s recently beer seen i'll
New York City. Certain it is that
ne simple name Of the outlaw chief cx- t
cites AS much terror IN the classic pre- ,
c-lts OF sc1lttctown, as did that of Rich
ara o.nr dc Leon among tho Saracens
IL Palestine during the crusades.
HE rewards for the killing Of Steve
LOWRY amount. IN alI, 10 So, 300. and
Us amount will be paid over to the
EIZe Fntn3 men who killed him.
i"6-'teCeaseI ouiiaw Is said TO have
e5,..nr"'entIv buttIe ghost of his forme,, :
Sci. \ few years ago he was stol.t !;
aud aud rohHst, but has become pale and g.,
INN q Late. Since tho killing Of Tom ;;
nno"roY lie has kept pretty closely 10
uie S""u.rs hnt the ,ednctinns IF ::
'--"-c-f or I.hiskey wagon were more
nan L" ccTlG resist. To his love Of -,
.,e ardent may be directly traced his '.
Geath He was older than Henry
Jerry Lowrey. who was the Youngest
- 'he brothers III the gang.
fHE DEAD OUTLAW
Jennings tg our Travc!i.:: Corre--
F"hceht-Sen.c more Particulars