Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-08-21

field, but before he reached il he was
shot twice. He hid in the corn, and was
afraid to 90 back to his own house.
Finally, after wandering about a long
while, he fell in with William Flood,
and had his wounds ir6 ssed. The two
LAID around until Sheriff Kim
ball arrested them both I'd lodged them
in the Jackson county jail. Stevens is
hOTse-thief, and has been back from
the penitentiary only three months.
Flood Is not known. Il is believed that
these two men, and q man named
Brown, who murdered his father-in law
in this county and escaped from Jail at
Pinckneyville pending his trial, are the
highway robbers, and that the band that
shot at Stevens are regulators; but it is
just possible the masked men may be
themselves the GespeIsdoes. AT all
events, what with Williamson county
aud kukluXism, we are in desperate
condition, and the question now agitat-
ing Us il, "What is to be dOne?"
THE vIGILANTEs.
ST. LOUIS, August II "A gentleman
who arrived tonight from Duquoin says
a great desl OF excitement prevails in
Randolph county, Illinois. A band Of
vigilantes went to the house of John
Maddox, at Crawford ferry. near Ben
ton, st about two o'clock this morning,
with the 6vOwed intention Of lynching
him. Maddox had received a hint Of
the fate in store for him, and had OBJ
tanned the assistance of the sheriff and q
posse armed with shOtguns, who lay in
wait all night. A little before two o'clock
the lynchers entered the lane leading to
MaddOX's and were ordered to halt by
the sheriff. They replied with 8 shot,
and the posse fired volley, dropping
one OF the vigilantes and killing his
horse. Others Of the party were badly
wounded, but got off, leaving a dozen
bIOOdy garments scattered along the
road. The man who fell was found to
be John DaekwOrth, and thinking he
was about to die he made q confession,
giving the names of his thirteen com.
rades. The sheriff has been out all day
with fresh posse, and thinks to have
the whole party arrested by morning.
The Cairo short line train brought in
leading merchant of Tsmsre, who says
that party OF ten or twelve men from
Williamson county invaded Randolph
county late Sunday night, and shot q
citizen OF Percy. They were followed
into the brush by hastily organized
party from Percy, but the result has not
been learned. The excitement in Will
hanson and all the surrounding coun-
ties is represented as aroused
to the highest pitch. Under the
guise of the Bulliner feud, every
man who has grudge against another
is paying it off. Young men of law
less tendencies have organized into
gangs and are out nights rife for any
deviltry. The state of affairs is repre-
sented ss continually growing worse.
Two men and woman, in q wagon,
passed through Steeleville, near Ches-
ter, Illinois, Sunday, telling some peo-
pie who hailed them, that they had just
come from Williamson county. They
went on to little place called Blair,
where the men got into fight, and one
shot the other with a shotgun, tearing
open his side with terrible charge OF
slugs. The wounded man lived long
enough to tell those who came to his aid
that his name was Henry Norman, and
then died. The murderer fed to the
brush ard escaped, while the woman dis
appeared with the team, A few days
ago az the sheriff OF Jackson county, ad-
joining bloody Williamson, on the west,
was proceeding to jail with desperate
character named George NJ. Stephens,
in the vicinity Of Ava postOffice the
prisoner tried to run away, but was shot
IN one shoulder and both arms. Here q
couple Of men, named respectively
Flood and Ditch, interfered, and they
too were taken in. 1t was afterWard as
certained that Flood had been engaged
in peddling dry goods throughout the
country, and upon investigation the
goods proved to be part Of those stolen
from q neiehbOring store week or two
ago. All three are now in jail in Muir
phrysb0rO. Fred FuhrhOp left his home
near Shiloh, in Randolph county, to
walk down the railroad track to Ches-
ter, two or three days sgo, and myste-
riously disappeared. 1t is supposed he
bas been put out Of the way.