The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-11
REpMoND's STRANGE STORY.
Il TALK WITH TIE OUTLAW IN THE
: HEART OF THE RIDGE. Il

REDM0MD'S STRANGE STORY.
"a TALK WITH TIE OUTLAW IN THE
s HEART OF TIE RIDGE. Is
?. 49, From, the Ne,rs aud Courier.
PIcKENs G. e., June 27.
It is not necessary that SHOULD be at
any pains to introduce the subject of this
skebsh 70 any well informed man, woman
or Child in South Carolina, or perhaps in
any State. of the Union. That kind Office
mas been pretty well discharged for me
and for him, on many occasions awithia
the past few years, by his many frieIds
and admirers of the United States In
teypai Revenue Service, and there is but
little that, 4 can now add, save in the
way5of truth, to what has been already
said concerning athe great criminal .
the notorious desperate, "the bloated
brigand of the Blue Ridge, ," "the infa-
NOUS outlaw, the red-hglded erover''-
Lewis &. Redmond I This Is he that
has turned Two States Upside down; set
al laR,- human and Divine, at naught;
Ssdefed the power of the best government
the ,Foridyeyer saw chased its officers
pelitmela laacross q county; committed
highway robbery ambushed the faithful
In the discharge of their duty released
criminals from Jail frightened women
and children sandsese grown men into
FITS, and who, finally, if the truth were
known, was doubtless at the bottom of
the disturbances in the Bald Mountains:
Are not these things so, beside many
cthers IKE not here. set DOWN. The
) proci IL not far to seek since his enemies
declare il, and the law has confirmed it
( by setting q price on his unghead. and
in giving authority to his fellow-men "to
bring his body into courEaliye or
dead
ar THE BAR OF PUBLIC OPINION.
This last thing Rasa been rather diff:
cult, not to say impossible, of perform
ancesit seems, and has remained undone
S until accomplished by the Ns,cs and Cou-
rier, in the person of its humble repre-
sentative, by whom the redoubtable has
been captured dtive and who, now pro.
duces the prisoner ins Court; that great
court of public opinion where he shall be
called upoa to answer to the charges pre-
ferred against himi Il happened in this
wise,aA e week FOR ten days ago, sLywas
commissioned BY the Netcs and Courier
tsto go and find Redmond if possible,
and to obtain fom him q personal narra-
Gipsof his eYentful career. ~ q.
-. "A. .ERUTTLEss QUEST.
The qyyest was not very satisfactory, as
Fl learned that its object had left the
country, Shd nosmaa knew of:his where
ab0uts, concerning which I was further
informed that they were changed with
every sun. At the end of the second day
was compelled TO abandon the search
and return to the village whence / had
started, no whit wiser than when Ileft it.
Through the kindness and superior
knowledge of the gentle who accom-
panied ME, however, Il had been placed
in communication with two Of the out
LAWS most trusted friends, and had left
: with thom, TO be forwarded to some un-
known postofice, 8 note addressed to
him, in which I requested an interview
at any Sims and place emight designate
and under any restrictions he should
choose to impose upon me. His verbal
!: reply granting my request was received
> Monday morning, and for instructions
z and guidance Z was directed simply. to
. accompany Mr.. Z G., Fields, of Pickens
,5eG,s H, WhithersoegeI he might lead me.
Reporting TO- this gentleman without de-,
lay, an understanding was quickly had,
+ and our plan Of proceeding agreed upon
I to; be carried into effect the same night.
,sss sisi N TIE REYDEZyoUs. 80, ,..;5fs ),
BY this time, and in spite of great pre-,
z. caution, the. fact .of my: 6rst yisit,to the
Z mountain had become known and ITS true
seobject suspected. THE good people of
Pickens have learned to be suspicious of
strangers, and their. every movement is
watched with fond solicitude.) It was
therefore necessary to move with caution
for Redmond's sake, as well as for that of
ihe success ofmy endeayor, and I have
since Learned that our pains were not
E taken altogether IN vain, as one or more
. Interested and would e-captors Of the
fugitive we're on the qui vive to learn the
! way. we went and other information
Z (which might lead to his capture. The
24th day Of June seemed longer by sew.
: eral hours than the 21st, but it finally
came to close, and about dusk i walked
quietly out of town alone into the ada
cent woods, and by a circuitous route
reached the rendezvous appointed for the
night. After a few hours of rest here
wc. gstsrted for the mountains, which
could be dimly seen by the light Of dawn
Z far off to the northward, and avoiding
the town and more frequented ways by q
detour Gfseyeral miles drove rapidly
until after noon.
q a HARD ROAD 10 TRAVEL.
! The country through which we passed
! and the incidents of the journey fur
snished abundant material for an interest
ing letter, bdtsI am not at liberty, under
promise, To. indicate our 5route, and am
therefore regTetfully compelled to keep
silence, to my readers positive loss.
The road was all that road, even q
mountain road, ought not to be-but 1
forbear, again. At the end of it we
stopped at a cottage in the bills, and after
o kind reception and excellent dinner,
(lesYing our buggies behind as being of
no particular use,) we were Joined BY an
other guide and resumed on foot the
tourney that was to conduct us to the
presence Of thesas yet unseen chief My
first companion did not now know
Whither weTwere bound and our guide
knew little more than that we were to
follow cersain trail uptil halted by. "the
Major for so Redmond is called) at
suchia point as he might ichooset to await
ortrcomings The trail seemed to lead
directly upward to some ysritable land Of
sthe.sky; land at times took a direct "cut"
Is; itswere in that direction by Heading
tree,e. as such paths are said to do
.wbea they disappear IN the underground,
:or as the foot of an Inaccessible cliff.
My companion, Me- Fields and myself
siSwere soonf exhausted with the iunaccus-
toned labor of climbing. and paused to