Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-07-11

back to them was thon keeping out of
the way, rs the revenue officers were watch.
ing for me every timo went to SEQ either
of them. | did not SEQ my mother buried,
but when my father died, too, and my
sisters were left alone in tho house. de-
tcrmincd to go homo and attend his funeral
and 500 after them at any risk. On the
road from the house to tho gravo when wo
wero following his body to burial, wo met
revenue officer. IIo looked at nc very hard,
but he was alone, and seeing that had
some Of my friends with NC, he passed on,
and arrested several of tho ncighbors who
had dug the grave and wcro resting or the
roadside.
"AGter tho funeral still kept out of the
way, and rs my sisters were alone and help.
less, had to dodge in and out aud try to
take care Of them MS best could. This
was the beginning of my troubles
The foregoing story was told as quietly
rs though none of the circumstances par
rated were matters of any special wonder in
mountainous revenue district, and my two
companions seemed to listen to it in like
comments to make; and have rcfruincd from
even the feeble emphasis of italics. After
an interval spent in conversation OH differ
cnt subjects, led Redmond back to the
matter in hand by asking what was his ucxt
"roublc." He replied that it was tho
killing Of Duckworth, and concerning this
we'll known affair he gave the following
account;
"Whcn Deputy Marshal Leo was dis
charged from tho revenue service he had ia
his possession q warrant against mo, which
he turned over to Frank Case. This war
rant Alfred Duchworth, who had been
recently appointed on tho revenue force,
tried to get from Case, who refused to let
him have it. Duokwcrth then sworc he
would take me, warrent or no warrant, or
would kill him in the:, attempt 'lIo had
taken one highnycr,' he said, 'and, by God,
he intended to take another Duchworth
had been almost raised with me from child
hood, and VIC know each other we'll. He
was very bigotcd, and was always Dragging
aud doing rash things. lIc rode QUO day
by his owu grand fathers house, where
there was picture Of Gen. Washington
hanging against tho wall of room, and he
shot several balls into it through tho open
door or window from where he sat on his
horse. Tho holes may be scon in the pic
turc aud wall now. People told mo what
he had threatened against mo, but only
said, surely he has better sense than to try
to take INC without warrant L said l
would meet Alf,' as always called him,
and try to laugh him out Of it. lie will
will giyo me tho same chance he gives other
people. A few days later L had to haul q
| L.. cc Il -
The driver Was sitting BY me, aud on the
road VIC saw crowd coming. | said there
comes tho revenue officers now Tho
driver asked, what will they do? said,
Nothing; they have no warrant for mo- |
know that Case had it. They came up to
US and stopped, and VIC talked together about
ono hour and q half.
III asked Duckworh about old times, but
! saw that he looked sulky, and that there
was soaM:;hisG; wrong. AC last hc said,
sMajor, did youfknow that Lad IA warrant
for your L said, Mo lie said, DO you
want to hear it rcal?' 1 suit. Yes, if you
have ore He got of his horse end drew
from his pocket bunch of warrants, ID
saw that he had one fora man named South.
crly, but mono for me, and thought he was
joking. I[c lead tho warrant aud called
my name iu place Of Southcrlys. still
thought he was only joking, and asked him
to let mo sec tho warrant IIo said, 'No,
by God, there's no use in it, lie then
asked if 1 was going to submit to it? l
replied, If you don't want me to handle
the warrant, lot some Of these fellows sec it
that is all want. don't want to tear
it up lie says, Il suppose you don't in.
tend to submit to i?' I replied, Il am
willing to submit, il you will make me
certain it is for me, [ can give you
security lIo said, There is no use
in that; you have got to walk buioro
mo to Brovard to night l said, Il don't
know that | will see Brcvard to night. l
have other business. You ought to sivo
no the same chance you give other men
Ho then went to his horsc to get his pistol.
81 know what he was going for as soon as
ho started. His horse was several steps
from bin, and T. could have killed him
before he got hold Of thom. did not want
to kill him, however, (this was said earn
estly,) although know that ho had threat
ened repeatedly to kill mo or take mo. l
said to him that [ had not como prepared to
fight him, but he only replied, 'That didn't
make any diffcrenco!' So ho went up to
the side of his horse and took two pistols
from tho hostlors, ard pointed ono Of them
in my face. l sa,o tie ,fvc balls tn the
chambers. Several mon were sitting around,
and Jim Paxton now oamo up; he had been
with them and had heard whot thoy were
going to do. llc spoke to mo and drove
on. IIc, too, know they had no warrant for
NC, and thought | wouldn't be takon with
out ono So he rodo on, as he didn't want