The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-09-07

tho lead mines in the north. bordering on tho
Kentucky, river some eight or ten miles. and
running back from the river nearly an equal
distance. The roads nrc narrow. rocky bride
paths that run down the hods Of the little noun
tain streams, up the hillsidcs. Along the ridges
ana down into the gulchrs aga n. Travel If NJ
most entirely qfoot or on horseback and during
TIVE days ride did not SCI asinec vehif, 2i
patches Of tobacco and occasionally n field OF
corn while the ridges and the beds OF the valley
IRE covered with hsayy growths Of timber and
thick undcrbrush. Altogether it is n country
difficult Of access. and admirably adapted to the
commission Of crime and to the conccament Of
the criminal. This will in some degree account
for the success Of the Simmons band Raised
among these hills. given TO prowling about in
tee pursuit OF game. and changing their hnbltn-
TONS almost ycnriy, ul,y Were ianiinr WIN
every hog path in tho hills, with every turn NJ
every cave and sink hole throughout the entire
Sc ton. 800
In 1871. while wandering .abou, in these hills
came across Joseph and Robert Goodrich. who
hnd Just slain peddler With an ma axe , 2n SIX
whore they wore rining his pockets and search
ing his pack. Under promise Of keeping the
secret anu joining The band Shuck was allowed
to depart with t25 OF the murdered mans
money in his pocket. The name of this man.
the first victim he knew Of. Shuck does not give
the name Of Darrnll. On Friday. about the
lst Of august. 1871 fell one Of the hardest
r T9s sGt known IN tSt section On TINT
raised in that community and known to be n
y"ry bad character. was enticod to liarpcr's
Ferry 10y himself and some ten or twelve others.
thence taken to tho river through II terrible
rain storm. and there murdered a boat wns
procured, and Oman taken to the middle Of the
river. II stone tied to his neck. and, while beg
ging for a moment in which To- say his PRAYERS.
be- wns dumped out; He sank 10 the bottom.
member Of the ban |. aud broken with thcm.
:. " The murder on SIX Mile" IS sh,pck called
II. was one Of peculiar brutality. He did not
name the party murdered Tor the reason. per
hnps. that he was his own cousin. and they had
! been raised together. Downey. n. Young man
about twenty-five years Of age. hnd $40 OF his
own had drawn pension Tor his sister. ana
was on his return home, The Shuck party de-.
t.rmined To murder him for the money. and
the better tn accomplish their purpose they ds-
sunied him from taking the morning train.
saying they Yrre going up IN the AFTERNOON.
houses tabout ten miles, together. Downcy.
glad To- have the company Of his old friends, ac-
c"pted the invitation. and about in the after
noon they got of the train at Pleasureville and
! pro 'rcdcd lrisurcly hOm"wnrd, chatting and
drinking on the way. the shurk party purposely
/ hundred yards from the Lick Skillet creek there
is large fiat rock running out into the road
with an opening in the centre resembling u
grave in sizo ana appearance. This IL the
| don'znnS Of those hills. Here was the SPOT Sc
| lc,trd Tor the murder of Downry. By previous
arrangement. one of the party when they ar
/ rived ut tins spot pretended 10 hear "A strange
and as Downcy did 50 Jack Simmons placed n
/ pistol 10 his head. and Downcy's dend body
]
| rms dnwn,vnrd ,uisr thn road md rxtonds
/ som, Two hunjr"d md nav f".t +" The aat he,
/ low. Having sertir,d th,, money and u,shed
/ III" BODY ont Of SIGHT the murder,rs threw
| stones and brush into the opening and returned
/ Ia Carter
| ki"ut thro. miles south ~ I oaluort mr., two
| dilnpidnt@d log rnbins' in which lvsd JoIn
/ James one hundred and my Yards below on
/ fhr snme str,.nfu was tho nome Of Robert Good.
/ rirh. The Two men had mnrried dnurhinrs Of
/ Jim simmons Byn ursyious nnrri,l,. lanes
/ mad n dnushtor since mnrriHJ and n boy'
| Beolrr nj tlnt time lis73 or 1874 nhuut seven,
/ tom wears 81 ago IIe WINS n simrle.minind
/ harmless boy hut he had probably cot into IN,
/ srcrOts II thn gang. and II was determined to
1 nut him out of tbr wnV Carter snys IL wns silr-
/ ec-ted by John james himself and thu reason
/ assigned Was thnt the boy cnulI mo-: r,.t ninn Z.
/ with his -t.pmotlor and that his DANES =
| wife thrrntonrd 10 l.nvr INN unless the boy was
/ eoi oui uf the way. Shurk saws the bov nm
wiling To- bear the imposit i0us of the stru-
/ mother determined Ia run away and rrvenl'd
/ his Intentions < Robert Gollri'h David Car
ter and Jatn-ou simmons They pprsuudntl
him 10 steal tho nonrv thnt thnv might XIII