, 1877-11-07
Tho Story as Told by Himself Of His
Adventures in Ten Years
Service.

riycn 10 to The apprehension Of Hkuklux,H hIs
entire attention In ten rcars OF service In the
Office Of The United States Marshal Of Kentucky,
nm to the period Ut his leaving few weeka ago.
was devoted TO capturing nlootslncrs and ttlcF
dlstttietics. Wyatt encountered nany hundreds
OF curious characters In his period Of service,
nn1 was engaged In nany pcrous adventures.
lie has kept no diary whatever Of his life. and
unless approached with extreme care IL unable
to relate what has bcfalcn himself Even then
lecan speak only With difficulty Of hts adventures.
Fortune favored the writer In hts effort to &c.
cure an interview With him. They met by
cnance one tlay, and, as II without the Intention
OF seeking for information. the writer sought
TO ascertain IN account Of his exploits. Wyatt
began as follows:
STORY or ftis AprENTUnEs.
"wcI tllat occurred in 't1, October, think; Il,
Nelson County 1t VAS. Our chfei, Mr. -,
Marslial Of Kentucky, had heard from his Dep
this county met them, took awuy their weapons
and watches, mud mildly nslnuatet that, wcro
they tu return. their nccka would anl lalters.
These fellows were mounshlnGrs, and Mr. -
wl,at was told hu, BY going to sec for h!,nsclf:
When l,o cane tack he was well satisfied that
seciuE Ia Believing the rascas having Caught AM!
attempted to hang him, the Interference ot a
iii his ilfe. p: WIFI Mr: MwMea,ne 10 Louisville
llo sent myself anl another Deputy, with fifty
soldiers Of Ten. Thomas communal, under A!aj.
Long, III searcl, ot this gang Ut raaes!le. We
ar o. Upton ky o,, Specfal asa
miles further on. Our only cilas,cc Of ctevting
their capture lav tn reaching their place of
rendezvous before day. Tie train got to Upton
III the early YMft Of she MG". Me sss oAs o.
miles Ut ru1tgh aud ruyRcd land. learned that
we were still eight miles from the rendezvous
ut t!use for whom wD wcre In scarvil Tired
and worn out, nstes . tramp through tho wootls
Of &Ernty.eEht miles, We cA,ne iii sight Ut
IIoward's mill. their his!fng-p1are, at Do'cfock
on Sunday murnInC. Thirteen Of tl,en wcrc
discovered. On seeing the
NAT0SETs or THE aoLDtHHs
cltstening in the sunlight, they br1kc and run,
live un loot aud eight tnoantrd. lsunnfng
across creek, The thirteen halted mud got rcndy
their rittcs. Our party tlad troFscI tic creek,
wl,vn Nal. Long y01s.NanAttl 8 halt. ! aAyiscd
lin, to prepare to lire. but liz btApIy demanded
"sfator,' said |, lyon do not know tic men
yol are dealing with: It must be either catch or
kill. rurc the bovs IN position Md 1lre In two
rankA--0nc tD, QUO down.
''flo refused t0 do this, and asked for
slctat1 Of ten tncA to 70 to their rear and sur
prtsu them, but llo agun declined, and disgust
I'd with ms cowasudse. @ Easo y up. In!is % ny
Fratcc, VIZ marched up a lIill aud then marched
down axa.u
"This trip I followed up very soon with two
pthrrs IN the sansc section. This ttlnc caught
chimney. It was pretty hot rlaet, hut nude
It .nurs 10 before I got through witt, him.
Another leader, ben spauldlng, escaped,
''''4s" ! PRED ELEVEN suors
at httu, pcfforatinR ts dat aud clothing several
tltnes. Cictls served out Ills tinu Ia Jul.
Spaullng VIA never caught.
"My toughest tInc wys III I.etchcr County, In
with sevcu men, destroyed numerous stills
aud captured thirteen offenders. Three hun
urcL miles separated LIS fl,ulI hnf,e. We were
away up In pine ,nauntaits among the worst
prfsuuprs wcru organizing to rclruse tllrIt, aud
wcrc resolved to ussasaiilntu us. ordered u
lult, and told tho thirteen that the nlun,cut
tlle(r friends openv.l tlrc on tts It wuull seal
ttIcjr t]puu,. laeatLt eyery wIrsl sald, uni
tlry well knew It. Intended llrst to tassu.re
thtn niui ttIpu II ad lJt, Il, u1tr assIauts tjne
uf tle thirteen saved the assassination Ut l,ls
friends aul our own taassarru BY escaping a,lI
al attack. -
hrlactnr these twelve men III Loulsyllle. l
went on
ANOTHER. R4tp INTO 1ErcUEn,
thc mountains, and causing detention Of thirty
inDrs- ,],,Tin,r wi,Ir, wa vera ernnscI Il, winti
anil rntn nfI without food,1
"AuDtllgr rall, attended witt, great langcr,ts
contInuvl Wyutt, "was III Wayne County,
whrre. with Lieut., uc HudIo Of Ct,stcrts c,,t1,-
mnnti' md thirty nirkeI men. I JrmnjIahrti
thirty stills, ani tuok numerous prtsoncrs,
aln,;iir thclt. thc notorious guerrilla, ANDY
Fpstcr. Ibis Rung had previously bccu SUCCESS
fl in iIVhtIn t>f tletaci,mrflts n t,tcers hit
our raii c0tnplctujY broko tl,e Gack Of ti,oul,-
shiui,.w In Waynn County. hnys heen tIrre a
,lrzrl, lines silicr anu h3ye met with no organ
hri reystat,Cv.
MErvcrai times 1 have 1,een shot at: ouce. tho
frat tlmu bc,icye, in Cntnlxrianu County 4
fellow named Hnlcltx, beconnE aware ,,t my
nrrscnce near hja ktiIl.honse. s,rrctr,l hi,psnif
nv assassEllatlon. Hu frcd aultiunly irun, IN.
der ti,c bushes with Tije, Tie bail entered
NY ilorso's l.cck. spraug from his back in IN
inttnnt and ,atchInu sfui,t vi Sritz us la ran.
Iirci. ,,0 bIli frvI,, NV sito carving oif tw.,
Ut liz dngcrs. AMI s,aaahIpe lii weapon. /
ri,sscd III ras,nI nj day. hut without success
IiIs pronefty wxs destyoye,l,
fsnI5riIrR ArTxGI.r m xf,t, ux
was maIs in Nouroe C,uuty. Ton Stebhfns
ami his ssn tried It. lia,i destroycI thrr stilI
md. cn,i,l1sv up to tbcir hse At iIis.,t. started