The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-11-05
THE HANGING,


T.rfaan, Friday afternoon, whose
s,IlooI graphic account appeared The
nny, morning IN our te!esraphiC
1,,u. returned lasy night and
.,,,rt with him the confession Of
,,,or. C,tchlnga As the confession
r..s hardened wretch, We give II
,,,hs public to-day, Our correspond
,o,ves placed under special ob.IsA
uao. 10 Ale3srs. Clark ~ Walkerof tn,
|..,-rl sm,; Mr.. w. IL Johnson
n,..I.g Jack Burton; Mr.. w. a.
ru.aaqn, OF Kaufman and many
,r..rs who one and ell evinced q
courteous desire to put THE HERAII
rsor,s.nta,iye on the road to Informa'
ton.
coyrEsloN CT EUGENE CATCHiNGs
was born April IA, 1856, in what
w,s called the Dark Corner Kinds
coupty, Mississippi. Am the Oldest OF
ssver children. Ny father was o white
man; my mother T. bright mulatto
"rn ,,a. newer Il slave. While young
,g's g.ul To school, and readily ur
nrirpd knowledge of the elementary
lnnrlas Of the English language
,ra4 mn of mischief while At school,
brf not maIiciously disposed. My
father was well oil owned two farms,
ona In Kinds, the other in COPPER
rourtv. besides dry goods store aud
,rnreIy, the latter Of which presided
aver sud during the time had several
rows, in one of which ! cut severely a
white man named John Williamson,
In the year 1869 my parents came to
Texas and located in this Kaufman
county, and engaged in farming.
remained with the family until my
mther died in 1872, when commenced
a course Of General rowdyism-drirk-
irr 10 excess, cara playing and horse
racing, bat certainly VAS never guilty
oftne crime OF numbering my mother
~ na4 been circulated abroad. Tae
circumstances OF her death were ~
follows: ON last January, while in
company with my brother takipg.her
in a WAGON from GreenYilit 70 l'HrH-
wall. she was seized with what |'e
said 10 boz an apoplectic iii, and uleu IA
the presence Of six women and TWO
men who had come to our aid from Il
house near oy.
The estate Of my father nov covers
over two thousand aCres Of land in
Rockwell county. My six brothers
md sisters are all living in Greenyille,
Hunt county. My first crime in lhis
Slptc was In 1873, while engaged in
breaking wild horses for IL II. Hale
IA GuykWull county. While returning
home from town under the Influence
of liquors, rode n wild mare against
the team of II white man, who cursed
me, stating that IL | did 50 ugGln he
would shoot me, whereupon ! dis
mounted, giving my horse to u white
man--John Register-to hold, when l
drew dirk and dared the man to
fight me, which he refused to do. For
the offence of carrying concealed
weapon, | was the next morning sum
III ned to appear before the grand jury,
hi { through the advice OF friend
ok up quarters in Rrushy no tom,
where remained three Gays evadlnu
tie deputy sheriff, john Green VINO
was in quest OF me. / soon learned
that two true bills We're found against
me, one for carrying a dirk, the other
against Ranister aud myself for horse
racing on tho highway. In about one
week 1 surrendered to the authorities,
ana gave bond, my mother ana Mr..
Hale becoming my sureties, ABOUT
enc month from this time became
involved in u difficulty with Neut.
Crow. Bin Knchlow, Register
and myself were returning from
qDruers Point, all IN liquor
when paesng field | dis
mounted, asking them TO AXE charge
OF NV horse while ] went into the Hello
10 settle q difficulty with Grow, !Ninch-
low telling me to Kill him II / ~"
praupr, and We would leave me couh-
try. Aztec much cursing ana man
threats, Mr.. Crow appearing on 'he
r,apnd witaa double burrelled shot
gun, we separated, dischargIpS my
dorrjucer at him as | retreated. Iheh
went Immediately to my mother, one
fourth of mile distant and COY q fhot
gun and returned to the heiu, ou'
learned that Grow had gone to me JUS
tice of the peace for writ which was
soon IN the hands Of the sheriff. Again
Nv thn advice of Hale and mother,
klnchl0W aud myself lett lof paris
unknown. At the suggestion OF ifleAuS
left Brushy bottom for the WeSI'
where in Meridian, Bosque county, /
had difficulty with u man aoouI u
horse swap, and after the tight myheli
and friend Kinehlow left town, but
were pursued, and while asleep on the
bank of creek, were arrested, lakeil
back to Meridian and confined IN JAIL
We nave our names us John ana An
drew Galloway, and in lew h'ehIs
succeeded in cutting out OF lail, anu
making good our escape Although
we committed various crimes III "IIier-
ent counties, we were never again ar
rested in the west. ,,t,i
was known by the name Oh WI"
John in the counties OF wise, rum
il,on and Brown. While Bin AInch'
low and myself were playing gHlnu
Of cerds in Brown county, TWO mel
cane to M stating that they hau
some friends that had been sent u
the pyuiten,iary, but were no" IL Wv we
custody OF the officers OF Brown county
the convlGts having made lheir escat'
from some railroad station on "ulci'
they were wdS;ing, and that theeI
wished Kinchlow and myself TO go u
certain place where in a few hour'
they were to pass on their way u
Huntsville, Without any hesitation
We at once hid ourselves In the ouehe
at the designated place, ana in les
than two hours, as three guards II
charge of as many convlctS were pass
ing, halted them under cove OF wv
cooked double. barreled shot guns, Gus
armed and di-mounted the guards
and advised the prisoners 10 ie"V'
the state. After That day / hea''
norLhipg more Of them. now pass''
through different Countles, perpelta'
Ing uutragps cr vayous Eindsi oit"'