Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1875-10-29

Long at the tine of the whipping from so
severe torturt This man, one morning.
ventured out N the woods without his
comrades, Hfwas walking slowly along,
looking for game, when the brown barrel
of rifle projecting from a bush beside
him checked Us course. A tall, lank fig
ure rose from be bush, and the startled
man recognized Sam Long, the hunter.
Long raised tie rifle, then lowered it.
you're the man who said good word
for me an youmay go, bad as you are.
won't take YOU miserable life. Got"
The man nedled no second invitation to
go. He hurrid to the camp and told the
story. The Captain and the other three
men started oft in pursuit of Long, and
but two menaccompanied Dick Reddett
when he TeturIpd! The third man had
fallen, shot in tie eye, and no search of the
underbrush revealed the hunter
The next day another man was killed in
camp and again the hunter escaped On
the next day the two remaining men fed
the country, baving the fierce Reddett
alone. The leader of the desperadoes
dared not remain where he was. He knew
he was the man whom Long sought above
all Others.
Concaling himself until night, he
mountdl his horse and fled for the nearest
pointer the Arkansas River where it would
be possible to take passage on a steam
boat. Two days later he reached small
landing in the woods on the bank of the
river where the steamer stopped for pas
sengers when there were any to take. He
learned from the occupant of the only
cabin in the neighborhood that the boat
would be down in the afternoon, and so,
having put up the signal to secure a land
ing of the boat, established himself on
the banl and waited. He deemed himself
safe enough from pursuit, and took no
precautions. Throwing himself on the
ground he slept until late in the day.
when he was awakened by the sound of
the boat in the distance. She would
round point in a moment or two, and he
waited expectantly. As suddenly as
though risen from the ground lank fig
ure stood before him, and the muZZle of
a rifle peered in his face. The terrified
desperate had no difficulty in recognizing
the man as the one he had injured
With the rifle still held steadily upon the
face of the startled Rcddett, Long hissed
out:
"I'vc got you You whipped me-
whipped me like dog! / swore I'd kill
you before called myself a man again,
and I'm going to do it, I've cleaned out
your band, and now it's your turn! Oh,
I've got you"
The ruffian in abject fear pleaded for
his life, groveling at the feet Of the hunter.
He clung to his words as drowning man
clings to straws. The boat was very near.
Should she round the point in time lie
would be saved.
Already the smokestacks showed through
the brush, when the hunter pressed the
trigger, the sharp report rang out, and
Reddett fell dead, shot to the brain through
the left eye. Long slipped away in the
woods, and when the boat stopped in re-
sponse to the signal they found a dead
man but no one else. Harrison County
was rid forever of the worst gang Of
ruf11ans in the Southwest.
"An' that, stranger" said the old man
in the Dallas hotel, is true story of the
way Sam Long settled accounts with the
."-NGshUiNe (Tenn.) Daily
american.