, 1877-12-18
The Efforts of a Nob 10 Haug One Of ths There,
Facilitate Ills Escape.
Attack upon tho Robbers House--1ndom.
table Courage Of His Wife.
The Desperate Rande. ~ Described by
His Neighbors in Iowa
4 Candidate FOR Portion Of Ills Laure1s
Appears nj Richmond, Va.
1fEt,-1TOT TIMES.

~ ""'e"ast"us ie At1A goROETi NJ EMlaD0fY,
Charlton County, Mo-, reached hero day or
TWO oEo' but not n'ucll WIS Thought ut 1t.
Later a1rircs show that II was a
much t1'ore serious affair than VIVA
nt tIrtt supposed. It appears That a
Hatns Inst Tucssiny night, md then fired tile
building to hIde tic uyllcnce Ut their rrI.nc.
Six buildings wcru burned, nnl a 1arge amount
III property destroyed upon which there was
IN insurance. After thu tirc was sulul1ls,i
four negroes-two men anl two womcn--wrrs
arrested for the robbery. An attempt was
t'iade to lynch tbs prisoners, but was prevented
by t!e officers, and tho negroes taken to keytcs.
Vile aud lodged III jail. Next day n great
crowd OF Salisbury people wcnt to
kcytcayillo for, tllo ayowel p1lrpusc
VI hanging tho prisoners, but tho Sheriff. car-
Ing Of their design, removed them to placc Of
safety. On Thursday ttoy wore brought back
to kc}tcsylllc. n,ll anotllcF nttctnpt
was naslo to lynch them, hut It
failed. through the vigilance OF officers anil
law-ahfllng c!tizc,,s. 0thor arrests hare been
made md argc amounts Of stolen property re-
covered. Among these Inst arrestcd was Ii4o
Douehcrty. who, after being badly chokcd.
acknowledged TINT he WIS Quo Of the tcaIcrs
VI tic Enilg. Tic WAS placed In tho scrpuL
story OF building under strong guard, but
that night mob assembled, brokv duwu uiI tllc
barrlers, anil wcro Just on tho point VI sclzl.,g
shcir Victim Wien he jumped from the
window and escaped. Tho crowd fol-
lowed Etm, anu as they run past
Dou-hesty's cabin Ills wifo fired at them with
sfot.gun,lmt tlM no harm. Tho woman was then
ordered to surrender, but she leGcd the whole
cFoWd+ The City Mnrslal aktetnptcd to ro tnt,,
her house to arrest her, and waa slut III tho
shoulticr. Two other oJl!ccrs maIo similar o,.
tc,npte' anu wcre also severely wounded. Tho
cabtn was thcn fred, and tho woman nnt
her four children with dIlliculty ,,rnprri, fr,,n,
tuFca Mt las. accounts, Intense excitement
prevailed, and further trouble wns apprehculcd.
nASDE.
sketeh ot Rande' alias Charles @. Scott, tho
notorious Gibson anu st. Elmo assassin,
the ucc,ss' enmu tn th. stx ts,,, se; !a.hef Or
n.ington County ra i Iejnrtn ro ,vti GIastyo ~,
1. 9say y,aa af fs1 II. o. ~ ,. shi4ts *
~ nc,sst of tGo IL T. uhn1c ~, n,I "Ss; %rs:, ~ ~
He.Iesc adts ia paIie s no %a5,a s ea as
th9 .ifssruca wrnauht +, r., "e III .ds's SeGhly
of iii son. il can safu}r bo e0"'sIi III
TINT tho narrnfA nrn frec fro,t, h1n,na n",i
should bu Mills to foc1 th,t i'm .w,m VIZ VIZ
community aro with ften, in ~. H., LILLE ~ y % tmc
trouble They hnvn hcrrftrr ,t.nn thni ,i " tn.s
in sorrow nni snrr" srfinu rnir ~ "n.t S
ttSar.I MI arrnt cI,It,1 ~. nn.. - ~ thI t suns
at il IL tiIiicnt in tril the rcst ~ ~ tei
fiji blow " '~'' '"~ 'e'A'' - '"'' 'a'' 'eas'
Chafiey Is now n1,ont m ~,.-. -, ,,,
coIo 10 fhis cilY aftvr hi tathcr iii i, tS,1 ix
fe wan afa,Ht !.a Ycars Of nws IL I. - M; Tnun
height ruthrf snuaro II, hmffJ ~ vn"x :. IL 'teua' @
UIyxun -his eyct II snaTk1in,, G,cr "asA % Cosn.
f.ere sumo lime. hui pftcrxnss .rnt -. ytnn,
lpurin. hts elny thcra i,r ,yns ,nnrricJ ~ ~ 1;a,
County, lnmainina In SI,n"antn ~ .n,, ~ .tuw"." -
lle finally rctuFnntl fu EntrHri,l III ,tt1 III
tunu hoTuyrr nutt lust h"rs thr,o ~ ~ H. hi eas
his te uf which our runortcr cnh ien,n rnsha ~
llu ,yps uext l,cnrl ri nj Aihio III. a,s, hR
he fnhctt stnrt, stnr Tim" ex n H. wnGTs
was foun against hin, bv Inn tiEnnt ~ fn.' n. H..
was nt!uttsI tn aiI III IL" s"n - 81 INK -" ~
father llepv j,ls buIluHninn. Vhiic smt ~ t,fs -
trunk was htoltn ftn The tcpnt at t1,tt,mxa " ",
was found in hIs f,os.n,.i,,n 70 i,c ,xnn LII
.csc.l aud lulyc In Iui in fhat Eiiy "' ~ n4 @ ~,
II AptiI Of thst yusr ks succsstei n unk, S h,s
escapu frnln tho Ostumwn iii hy saw,nr In s,"oI
bars u Tho coli, Thence hu stsrtssl i" Fnirn"ti
Intending IL u1omain icre Until thc @ aifar had nueted
mil futrucI frnm III inMtnHx ~ s!1,. !a,.u Icy
d muiu beiDnuiuv In n f"r,M"t 11.t r @ i
n,Ilra wryt III liz civ iinTt"u H., XIX, sTt etfnt
tlc rpad lid lei ha 1ufn tat" H. n.yn ~ sst
latird aluut Iny]inIt nt ia hns soatDs' aha
enptutaA lin and turned him oytr IN Ahoviff