The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1876-11-11


TORS 10 Messrs. Clark d Walker. of III
Terrell Star; Mr.. ". Il. johnson
"uncie'' Jack Burton; Mr.. w. a
HiudmsD, of kaufman and man.
others, who one aud ali evineed
courteous desire to put The HEKALI
representative on the road to infOrma
tiop.
CONFESSION CT EUGENE CAfcHINGs
] was born April IL. 1886. in whA
was called the Dark Corner, Hind;
county. Mississippi. Am the oIdes; %
seven children. My father was white
man; my mother "a bright malat,o
She WAS never u slave. While young
MAS sent to school, and readily ag,-
quired know ledge of The elementary
hrauehes ot the English language
was fu.i of mischief VIA le al school,
bat not malici0usiy disposed. My
father was well oil owned two farms.
one ia Hinds, the other in COPPER
/ county, besides a dry goods store aud
grocery, the latter OF which ! presided
over, aud during the time had several
I rows, in ore of which cut severely ii
white man named John Williamson.
j IN the year 1863 my parents came To
( Texas and located in this kaufmanl
/ county, and engaged in farming.
reuaiDed with the family until my
father died in ISI2, when | commenced
a COURSE Of general rowdyi-m--dIink-
ing 20 excess. card playing and horse
racing, bnt certainly was never guilty
~ the crime Of numbering my mother,
rs has been circulated abroad. The
circumstances Of her death were Hs
follows: On last January, while la
com paby with my brother, tskingiber
ia wagon from GreeDville In Rock
wall, she was seized with what was
said TO be an apoplectic tit, and died ia
the presence of six women aud twO
men who had come to our aid from "a
house near by.
The estate OF my father now covers
over two thousand ncres of land in
Rockwail county. My six brothers
and sisters are all living in Greenyille,
Hunt county. My first crime in .his
state was Ia 1873, while engaged in
breaking wild horses for X ii. Hale
in Rockwali county. While returning
hGuie from town under the influence
ot liquors, | Iode Wild mare against
the team OF IA white man, who cursed
me. stating that IL / did so again he
would shoot me, whereupon i dis
mounted, giving my horse TO n white
man-John kegister-to hold, when i
drew q dirk and dared the man 10
fight me, which he refused TO do. For
the offence of carrying a concealed
weapon, l was the next morning sum
inoned To appear before the grand jury,
but through the advice of friend
in tas 49,
where | remained three Gays evading
She deputy sheriff, John Green who
was in quest Of NE. soon learned
that two true bills were found against
me, one for carrying a dirk, the other
against Register and myself for horse
racing on the highway. Ia about one
wssk / surrendered 10 the authorities,
aud gave bond, my mother and SIR.
Hale becoming my sufeties. About
enc tnoDth from this time 4 became
/ iuynlved ia difficulty With Neut
/ Crow. Bill kinehlow, Register
aud myself were returning from
/ Turner's Point, sll ia liquor
when passing a field l dis
J mounted, asking them to take charge
Z OF my horse while 1 went into the field
TO settle difficulty with Crow, Kinch-
low telling Ine to Kill him If 1 saw
proper, and We would leave the coun-
try. After much cursing and many
threats, Mr.. Crow appearing on the
ground with double barrelled shot
guu, We separated, dischaTging my
aerriuger al him as retreaied. then
went Immediately To my mother, one
7 fourth Of "A mile distant and got a shot
gun end returned to the field, bui
learned that Crow had gone to the JUS
tice of the peace for a writ, which wa.
suon in the hands of the sheriff. AgsIr
ty the advice of Hale and mother
kinchlow aud myself left for part.
) unknown At the sus gestion OF friend,
left BrGshy bottom for the ives,
. where in Meridian, Bosqus county,
had "a difficulty with n man about
J horse swap, and after the fight my eel
aad friend kncniow left town, bu
We're pursued, and while asleep on IN,
bank of "A creek, were arrested, takeI
back to Meridian and confined In jail
We gave cur names as John aud Ais
drew Galloway, and in n few night
succeeded in cutting out of Jail, all,
making good our escape. Although
we committed various crimes IN differ
: cut counties, We were never again ar
) rested In the west.
| wss known by the name of will
; john in the counties of Wise, Ham
ilion and Brown. While Bill kiBch
low ami myself were playing u gam
r of eerds in Brown county, two mel
: came To US stating that they haI
some friends that had been sent {
the penitentisTy, but were now in th
{ custody of the officers OF Brown county
, The coUyicts having made their escap
, from some railroad station on whic
/ they were working, and that the
! wished Kinchlow and myself Ia go I
I a certain place where in u few houl
! they were 10 pass on their way I
I huntsville. Without any hesitAtio
? We at once hid ourselves in tue bushs
i at the designated place, and in le.
r tnan two hours, as three guards l
: charge of as many couvicts were pas
I ing, / halted them under cover OF te
e cooked double-barreled shot guns, dI
o armed aud dismounted the guard
e and advised the prisoners TO lea,
L the State. After that day hear
: northiDg more OF them. | now passs
9 through different counties, perpetra
l ing outrsges Of various kinds; OF.
d shooting down cattle and stock Il
- amusement A. / rode through Il
J, prairies.
IA | again concluded To return HON
and WAS soon after arrested and kel
'r in custody for some time. when / wi
/ released under bond. my mnther payir
d quite an amount Of money To get II
$ out of my troubles, there being, at n
e time .f my arrest, twenty difierel
Z indictments against the, seven OF W his
d I got rid of by the burning of a
e courthouse i'm Roekwall After n
/ release from jail returned to the We,
Df made Wise county my headquart.,
a aud employed myself ia drinkin
III card playing and hor-erscing, n,
he every species o. crimiuzlity that tl
ir devil could suggest About this tiu
y. 1 assumed the name OF John Gallery
e passed as a white man, fell In 10
y with and married beautii
u i,alf-bFeed Indian girl. Ia abo
three months, while play ing cards o
o, night with white man nam
r, Wiicher, wounded him seriou.iy a.
n. my Information from Register A
lie at once lied 10 Mexico. where in /,
IN than one month stabbed a sslo
e. keeper, aud immediately nade n
~ way TO Angelina county, a. the caste
e, part of this State Here / engaged
10 work, and fooiisiily writing to I
x wife, gave the Wise cour
he authorities my whereabouts. aud 80
ay writ was n: hand for I
apprehension Fearing arre~t 1 h
gs taken the precsution 90 sleep ON
\. arms In an outhouse, and wh
surrounded by "A snerftYf- t,o-Se of ,