The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-20

lick "a: he SAID ..Y au can't'' mashed those hand.
me 10 jail that night; was caught month after and
sent up Tour months again; Win Smoke never APP
peared against me- and never wanted - lace me again.
know; used 10 20 TO Peter DIE when wanied
stamp and most always got II; have put up many
job on that family aud they like good friends t.
me al That tue last Time went there they all
lett tho house; they we're AFRAID OF me, aud
they had reason 10 DO that night, AMI u Peter DIE
pad not given me The $40 he did should have worked
MN strong Tor Lis money that night; ! promised 10
go away aud stay, and did 80 away ana stayed
eleven nights; nrst went TO Pert Jackson; hired
out to drive team inr $50 per month drank good
deal then and gamblea nights did not nKe To work;
SLEPT late IN the morning anu cot discharged after
getting discharged met Hill (Enders HIM; he went
with me to how's and then 10 nis place; saw him
drop ten dollar bill; ! picked II up; mean stole
$40 OIL him.
got drunk on inns, ana before got sober enlisted
In the Twentieth United States colored infantry;
enlisted Tor Hull, and he gave me 500, went in the
army, but did not mean 10 do duty or work, aud
neve. did II appeared luck was WIN me; kept out
house was my home. as this cell IS my nome now;
WAS not In the army long eciore was suspected OF
being u thief; was watched closely, and the more
closely they watched me tho more II pieased me 10
snccced IN my games; snd did succeed. you BET,
good many; MAS a bad mRn then.
MURDERS LIEUTENANT STRONG AND CAPTAIN.
One Lieutenant strong was against (agiu) me and
dia not Ike hun because lac awful strict
pompous, and could not catch on him very well
but made up my nina TO work him Tor tho sake OF
getting him away from the regiment SO that could
have more lee way; ! ioaaed gun 70 shoot him;
cut hole In the tent. looked saw him sleeping
put my gun in the nolc aud snapped the cap: /
away throwing the gun IN upon him this was called
suicido; evcry one supposed tins accidcrt,
they SAID and yet could them watcn and
knew some OF them afraid OF me; night was
watching the officers play cards and drinking wine;
! saw one captain win large amount. aud made
up mind ne should not enjoy II all, II could steal
II. ana commenced the job by watching him sleep,
crawling into his tent, aGd wnen The act oil getting
tue stamps ne awoke partially; lit him with gun
ana ne was hur. bad; no did not mako q noise;
rolled nj On al VA
showed hiin IN under, and that was bad JOBS know
l was suspected. because l was sent 10 tue island
my undershirt, between The lining aud outside, IN
the front vi tue bosom; don't know now how much
did have, but 1t Was big; they was building tort
there.
When on the island OoughI my work Of negroes,
so that da not have 10 WORK, and could sleep day
times and DO at my fun nights; VIZ used 70 gamble
for big money then, aud II lost and was nearly
broke would get in tho tents and steal out oil the
clothes oil the officers or men enough stand 10 we'll
again; had 70 be ugly on this island 10 keep evcn
ana did some bad things there; was on guard Que
night, and saw fellow come along tho beach with u
woman; ala not think OF hurting any one then, but
the devil rode me to obtain. that woman, and in
tor that gal, anyhow, and / did; ne found the
water and l found The girl and she did not Ike
mo. but outraged her, ana she reported me- was
Then bucked and gagged ana nearly killed. On tho
trial. or an examination they had, l bought y Niger
10 help me out; paid MN; no had on spaaIettes or
shouiderstrsps, and always thought he was glad Inc
gone, because tho woman with nim. l
was on this island months and while there Two
men got bied oy me during that tine; was playing
poker one night with party; alter lett The Island
and went back 10 my regiment We had dispute about
the game; had lost most Of nv moDey-the man had
heavy Tor the money; we went alter icaihers that
night, aud he got lost hurt him. took tho money and
know mis- name, only they called him Lucy Dick.
Q. Do you think you Killed mimi A. No; think
he was picked up ana taken 70 The hospisali hope
he was, Tor have been y bad man and some CT my
crimes ought 10 be rubbed out.
KILLS conRADg on GUARD
a party: GOT IN Dispute ABOUT he gam WAS some
in liquor, AZ alsays was when got In a row; cot
quarre'ing; struck man called Hanxy with spit
toop, graboed the moncy and skipped out: got my
reginent outpost; came up 10 my old crony guard;
ne halted me ana bothered me tor stamp; lknew
psa ~i NM ' however and ia:ae ,se Ii Sss
l had let this coon out and paid HIM
enough, | thought. and l made up my
timo Ire duty stole around his beat, and,
when he was walking along ms boat. came up behind
aud stuck him with a knife; nc never was on guard
again: ! am sure he never told any tales on me;
can't tell you mis- name; he vas Niger soldier and
better an than was for the government
BOUNTY JUMPING.
got drank when / arst enlisted. and before was
uniformed ordered 10 Tho guardhouse; the next
went u slimlra On tniA conveying soldiers
aud on fno WY stole from tue soldiers
men ana 20, a pass out by KIIne--lhe man on Tho
gatc-and went OUT anu during that week enlisted
Tor bounty three tmes always enlisted 10 70 IN the
Iwentisth regiment; l gave different names every
timc; l never enlsted Tor any oIner reg ment than
tue Twentieth; l ran away from Eim,ra back 10 New
YORK ana then enlisted ana went 20 KIker,s Island
aaa thence 70 New Orleans; found tho regiment w.
miles out Of New Orleans, at Camp PaTpet; CON-
menced stealing from my soldier companions and
gam bling some Of the down because
had luck In poker, ana we quarrciiod, and when
WAS necessary 10 DO job on any OF Them did II
ala have any trouble tor sone time. fhe rcsi-
ment went lhcn TO Port Hudson There l got clean
busted; my fortune all gone
AssAssISArEs A NEGRO.
There was bccI-govcfnnent OceI l think IL was
aod as l was passing along the dock where the beef
man holered at me, SAY, Niger, what are
looking aiteryn s-tamps saws 4; aud ne sad ..Roli
on two barrels Of mat oe.t on nv boa, aud IN r,ve
you si2." had rolled on one, aud whom al the
ond man came w, caught me by the shoulder, add
bar Of irou close by; jumped, caught u and
hit this man; he tell of tho docg; heard splash;
rolled The boot on, got my $i2 aud lett never heard
Q DO you think you killed TINS maui A. I don't
know; Tue man goi the beei and | got my sl2; that
was AL 1 tnoughL OIL tnen; AL considered lair
whom tho army the best was always
ny. whiie AZ PORT Huason usea 10 watcn anu wait
the s'r when nsy wssa .y cards or "s
reckless late Al Iight always had plenty OF money,
unless was IN hard luck al poker. Whenever tho
req mcnt wont 10 light or skrmlsh | was always
scarce; got sick, or WAS ma away, out OF tue
lines: would not work or Ggnt; tell you, was a
bad joos Jid; was worthless 70 tho country,
ana l know ~ Is awful 10 talk such stun, but God
knows IL - true.
HIGHWAY KoaBERY
ran away from the reg imcnt aud went 70 Cairo; 1
stayed there about week: 4 got acquainted with a
French girl Who hkea; had a lev ughls whiic
there, but notning serious did not aDy scrspes
untl the night reached Amsterdam again. winch
Ia 1865 think that Dight the old cronses got around
drinking pretty freely, and alter wniie - told
certain man had stamps; the man lived
GioversvIle; worked the cards min and got &125
tue same pight 4 came home; | got the mousy ny
going up 10 The man whea he was under tbe Union
Hotel shed and putting tho "luumb lwltcn'
on MIN; there Sam put his thumb under
my jaw and gave me what no called tho
thumb twtcD, and my head few back and
my spne feIt as tia hot had down my back
confess, as sam n dong, iet trnc nerveus, and
kindly asked sam not 10 demonstrate his little un-
peasaniness so iorcibiy, the man threw up us
anu before hc knew what was up, had his leather
pocketbook and stsmps, ana went IN to Hank
Woodbcck's; got some wniskey; 1 never heard any
tnIng about this httie sTnr except tax, ana, Won
dsrcd at IT, too, Tor there was our or i've CLERKS
that job, got some chickens that nignt aud had
hen roast. The next time, 1 robbed man tho
canal bank did not know him. Que s. ssd he
had stamps; he was drunk; | slapped him
over; took f25 ne had and ran over 10 Amsier.
dam; n iew nigbts alter that "catohcd onn on Har-
vey Pettengiii; vent IN bis pacs. broke out glass
and got IN and took about three dollars Ia silver aud
seven or c,gnt dollars m pennies which all took