, 1877-07-16
THE UNDERWOODS.

CAnTER CouNTr, KY, July l2-Whcn ar
rived ut Grayson, tho connty-sent OF Carter, on
Monday Inst, tho sole subject Of conversation
WAS tic Underwood war. 1t seemed strange to
MI outsider that there could bo any diversity
wl,aterer Of opinion VI sentiment III relation
thereto. A light was going on between Il band
OF hosse-thleyes aud those from whom they had
stolen property, and 1t Was natural to expect
thut every lIoucst tnan's sysnpathY would bc cx-
tended cosdla'ly to tho rubbed as against thu
rohbcr.
The ouc side lad acqufrcda nntlonal notortc.y
ycars aUo, In connection With tho Younger gang
In Missouri. aud had nude Carter County thelr
! principal castern Rendezvous. Citizctls Of Chr
t ter County lad been robbed Of over 200 hor<cs
lu the course Of few ycars; and of hogs with.
out nun.bcr, and of every kiu1 Of portable
property. In tue colnmisalon of tho thofts, too,
murders i,ad been committed. and . gcnerai
Of the Thieves, no tllt there wcrc few men, III,
deed, wl,o could say with any degree III cersatn-
Y that either tl'sr lives or t!sEr psoGerty were
stamper, !and wore lot Of farmers, Of whom
the world kucw nothing, except within few
| weeks, m mcn who had Risen to dciund with
tbs!r own b h.n4s tl.cls property.
about IL yours old. Ilo says ho was born ia
Grccnbsicr County. Va, aud moved tu Carter
County when iic wa about 20 years Of agc. Ho
pus hern married tlrco times, and his third wife
|
l!ylmg:--ten SONS u,,l two daughters. llts eldest
SOU, Gcosgs Lewis fatally woundcd}, IL syI-
dcntly xboitt 81 years OF agc. Tho other stns are
Elss,ton @ Wa'tki:i. AliFsd 4, parn G, Millam
aud Ulysses urnut. lis daughters arc Mar.
garct Anu and Kcbecel Janc. OF thc sons,
E!verton, 0eorgo T., William T, John; ard
live4 IN ono Of the aljolning counties on tho
Unto River, Jesse in lUwa, Alfred somewhuro
Wost, aud Harmon md slanot in Illinois. It
may 10 mentioned hero that Jesse, Alfred, and
hurllool for su.nc duys p,st. Tho other meili-
l.css Of the gsAlg are Claiborne jones, John
Martin, I'LL llteatt, brother OF TIC notorious
cuunterfeiter; William Buck, John ". Tnbcr,
in. aluut fourteen IN a!l operating III Carter
County. Counting In few families Ut spies,
the number might ba Increased u a1ous
cEntcet. ' ,xo,.,,on. =, AIN - ,,,.
back 10 War t!nes, when they commenced atcsl-
ing lloracs from their nclghbora and selling thcn
tu tho Union Qualtcsulastsrs. Thls WIS sonle-
tunes varied BY hushwtlack!ng ltobcl cavalry
mrn, and dlsp';slug OF their llorsea nj Camp
Chase, tn Ohio. It. u asssrtt71 that they alter
ward stole about uozela Vi the sa'.!e horses and
ran them into tue Relcl camp III Southeastern
4! ti,o eisso d tho Was they eommensea op.
Grating on their nelghbors, but principally on 4
small SCALE. Their ticll was aItcrwafl Gu
larged Dy conjunction with other gangs,
/ 4uA %*AssIN ~ |hS3 ANGtR'!f
Illinois, Northern Missouri, Central and East.
cru Kentucky, East Tennessee, North casolt.
III, ant! Southwestern Virginia. stolen horsrs
We're run through Carter County to southcra
stat!ot!s by tue UnasTwoods III droves of ten,
twenty, nild thirty. Rba tue nulnber was INA.
tcF'ally augmented on almost every trip by
frcsa stealth: alon. t!io way.
About ten JeaEs aso Jssso Un,!csw9od shot
and kllled 4 man named Trumlnll, In Fleming
County. Tho Governor u1iertu reward ol
$5tU for hts nrrest, md 500 for that OF ALL,
as acresaory. The fFlends VI tl.e murdered
man added to this aoout $i,Gl0 nore for
Jr&scs body, deal or aavv. The asze of tbs
reward alarmed MIN, mud hc soon LEFT tho
country. and eo1nt!erccd to operats With stnl-
iar gangs In tue West. lease returned scw
years ago, however 10 rlst hts wife, who WAS
dangerously I'll. l!e coolly sent word to tho
ShcsiI thai ho bail returned, and supposed he
had heard of II, but that, taving MI des!se tu
harm hln, ila hoped he would atay away until
| tho death OF hls wife, when Ac would return eu
the West. The shcrlY dl4crcetiy took tho Lint
and remained at hi3 Office.
About seycn years a.t, when smoke house
in tho ue.ghbor1loo1. ownca tY Fleming Logan,