Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1876-02-04

in the ranks of lis party. was a memb.
Q of the convention that framed the Sta1
Constitution, and represented his distri,
in the Senate of Arkansas.
Hill 8 most intimate acauaintances wer
the Strongs, four brothers, men Of wesi.
and ambition. A close intimacy spran
|up between them, and Hill, in an ur
guarded moment, made the eldest con
versant with his previous history, tcllin
him he was the notorious Nixon Curry o
North Carolina. Strong then rcqueste
Hill to resign his seat in the Senate; Hill
refused; and the brothers conspircd t
ruin him. Sending to North C.rol,na
they procured a r. rfquisi:ion for his arrest
and copy Of the reward offere for il
capture. The four brothers, powerful AM
determined as they were, well KNOWN,
The character Of the man with whom
they had to deal, secured the assistance O
q dozen men, and surrounding the house
attempted his capture. On approachjl G
!he main entrance and demanding hi.
surrender, one of them was shot dead
aud three others dangerously woun. e
md the attack was abandoned.
The Governor of Arkansas published an
additional reward fer HIPS arr, g., and
hastily packing a few articles he set GU,
with his wife and children for Upper Ar.
kansas, where he knew of Il e existence
|of band of desperadoes whose members
he had reason to believe would protect
him. He was overtaken at Conway
Court House, and halting his wagon and
admonishing his wife and children to
keep their places, he stepped forth in the
face of his pursuers, aud in a few elo
quent words told them why he quit North
Carolina. at the same time assuring his
pursu' rs that he would not be taken alive,
The galIantry of the action operated in
his favor, and the pursuit was abandoned,
Constant pursuit had already mate him
and quarrelsome, and he began 10
drink heavily ard resort to the gambling
table as means of support. One day in
September, 1915. while seated at break,
fast, he told his wife that he had pre-
of death. and felt that he should
be killed that day before sunset. Calling
bis son William. u bright boy of IA, he
made him swear 10 xiii the man who
should kill his father.
The Circuit Court Of Pope County be-
rr in Sos sion no attended II With a vourr r
man named Howard, who was engaged to
his eldest daughter. AZ soon az they
reached the village Hill began to drink
and exhibited an unusual disposition to
quarrel He insulted every one he met.
md finally threatened to clear out the
Court House. He dashed into the court
'oom, to the CONSERVATION Of judge, jury
md lawyers. Young Howard tried to re.
strain him, but, glaring like tiger, he
urned upon the youth and felled him to
he floor, at the same time drawing pis
ol, he exclaimed Kill me. or I'll kill
1ou!" The man, in a moment of extreme
Inguish, drew q knife and buried it in
he bowels Of Hill He died soon after
his,
Howard quit Arkansas, and several
7ears later was heard Of in San Antonia
Texas. where he Joined the Confederate
Drces under the commend of Colonel
Long. At the close of the war he was
net by William Hill. who, remembering
he oath he had taken at his fathers H.
tance, shot the former, and fled to Eu-
ope. He joined the French army. and
erved through the Franco Prussian wal,
,ut was subject to fits of temporary in
anity. Finally his case became hopeless,
md he was placed by his frio"ds in an
sylum near Glasgow, Scotland, where
le recently died.