The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-10-22
END or Il ID DESp|isIDO.
Execution or Btll Long'oy the Murder
er OF rhirty-GIvo Persons.

known as BID L5nguy, wAa exc
cutcI III the presence Of vast
crowd, for the murder. Of Wilson
Anderson in lltrch, 1875. IIDng-
10y m ,uo l speech from the Haiiuws
asking for forgiveness of those
whom ho had injured, and waning
his hearers to forcSo revenge, rs it
was that passion which brought him
to the schiiOtd. Al 2:37 O'Clock tuu
drop fcIi ), tho cu!prit moycd q
couple Of times and his arms ard
legs worked spas medically for Il few
SECONDS. In eleven. and Il half
minutes life was pronounced cX-
tinct,
Longloy claimed to have pcrpo-
trated thirty two murders during
his career. Ho W as twcnty-sevcn
years old, tall and graceful, with
dark mustachc ana goatcc, u noso
slightly Roman, w hitc, even teeth,
and II mild hazel eye. just after
tho Wal he and Il companion started
out to disnrm some freedmen, one
Of whom showed fight I!oDyloy
killed him in, tho most brutal mans
nor. With two boon companions
he dashed into Lexington one night
shortly after and opened Il fusillldc
upon some rolicAiny negroes, kill
ing two and Mounting third.
The shooting Of anothe.' negro re-
suited in an indie tmcnt against
Longley, and he fled to another
county, whore he xii ed soldier,
-
ment, who was attem pting to arrest
him. About this time the des~
pcrado concluded it prudent to pass
over into Arkansas. Here he fell
in with horse e-thief by the name
Of Tom johnson. AT night their
cabin was surrounded by Il vigilance
committee, and both were taken
out, strung up and shot at. johns
son was killed, but the rope around
Longley's neck litched under lis
car without slipping, and II money
belt about his body turned aside
the bullet. After tno departure Of
tho vigilantcs, Il thirtet n-year~old
boy cut down Longley, and his
friends unfortunately succee lei in
nursing him back to life. He soon
after joined a gang and helped to
hang tie man who tied the knot
around his neck. lto claims to
have killed six others Of tne same
party. Lonyley WAS generally as
sociatcd with conScnial spirit, and
the killing of negroes by them was
looked upon rs a mere paHtime.
john Wilson, fully rs hoArt.ess "nd
b!oodthirsty as Lons!ey, finally
separated from him and went into
Eastern Texas, where he was shot
dead while trying to arrest man
namod Merliman. While gong
through the Indian Nation Longley
killed q cattle -drovor named Rector
and two Usage Indians. Then he
went to Fort lie " vcnworth, where
Ae became mvo.vol with II Federal
soldier and shot him dead. While
fleeing from arrest he was captured
at ST Joseph, Mo, and taken back
to Leavenworth, but succeeded Ly
bribery in escaping in less than
month. Longley then secured n
situation rs government teamstcr.
He quarrellod with the quarter
master over the division Of somo
money out Of which they had cheat
cd the government, and the quar-
termaster was killed. AS usual,
Longley fed and took to the monn~
,tains, but was pursued, taken and
brought back. A court-martial re-
suited in his being sentenced to
thirty years imprisonment, in Fort
Madison, Ia, but before he was sent
there he escaped, went among the
Utah Indians and persuaded parties
of them to attack scttlors and
soldiers wherever the chance olfor~
cd. Finally Longley returned to
his old home in Texas, where his
parents still live. On his way there
from the plains ho killed young
man in one Of the western towns of
Kansas. Aftcr few weeks stay
the young desperate drifted into
Comanche county, whore he shot
negro, q member of the State po~
lice. In Lee county lived Caleb
Longley, an uncle of our hero,
whose son had been murdered by q
man named Anderson. Longley
found the latter ploughing in 9
field and shot him dead with a gun
loaded with twenty four buckshot.
He claimed that he was hired by
his uncle to perpotrate this murder.
Among his other crimes were the