The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-01-25

ing Himself Badly Wounded.
Especial % the Chicago Tines
CINCINNATI. jan lO.-The Under
woods Of Carter County, Kentucky.
have been AZ il again. The family i
famous In the criminal history a Ken
tucky- Father and son have been en-
gagged in numberlsss ARRAYS, and have
been charged with enough crimes 10
send them al To the gall0ws. The
father i now AZ his home in Carter
County, wreck from wounds received
IA hostile encounters, and one son j.
also there, dying slowly from the same
, cause Another son, Jesse Underwood,
He'd the State q year or two ago, be-
cause he was indicted for the murder OF
man named QuiInboo, and who has
been pretty careful 70 stay away from
kentucky, en- account reward 0f
>l,ocv being offered for his arrest. Last
summer, however, he came from Iowa
a he says, in the character Of psace-
maker. when his father and brother
were captured and tried for some u
their nisdeeds. He says be succeed
81, and AZ the same time be won the
heart II Miss Mollie Mcclure.
When the new year came, he
returned 10 claim his bride,
was duly married. and. after a
week Of merry-making, started in a
wo-hOrse conveyance 70 the Ohio River.
u take a steamer and return 10 Iowa
With hi. young wife He reached
Nanceburg late in the day On Tuesday,
and droye u the house Of the jailer,
who J. a relative, and asked to be al-
lowed % stay there until the steamer
Telegraph came down the river. The
laIler- Knowing there was = reward for
him. warned him that j, would not be
safe. VERY WELL" said Underwood,
''let them try 10 take me- Thrre'A he
be tirst-class funeral if they do.- He
then started down the river 70 the next
landing, the town ~ Concord, l2 miles
distant. The sheriff was notified of hi
destination, and AZ once made arrange
mentS for hi capture. He detailed q
force 10 70 d1wn On the Telegraph. aud
himself aud three others started On
horseback on the road taken by Under
wood and his party About : O'Clock
road makes a sudden bend. Sheriff
Warder and his party suddenly found
themselves upon Underwood, who had
stopped 10 water his horses.
The moonlight was dim. but the
sheriff was certain u hi game He
called upon Underwood to surrender
The desperate. who had alighted and
was standing between his horses. want
I'll ~ know who ordered him 10 surren-
der. The sheriff replied that he was
the sheriff ~ the county, and demanded
the surrender Of jesse Underwood.
whom he would protect. Underwood
declared that hss name was Baker. and
drawing BIZ reyolverS. enc ID each hand,
was preparing u meet the four men who
were there 10 arrest BIN. His father
in-law and Mr. Elijah Vest. who were
with him. were unarmed. and busted
themselves ia comforting his wife. VINO
was screaming with terror. His defant
attitude Tel the >herifi's posse TO adopt
summary measures. A gun was leyeled
a. Underwood and discharged. but by
quick movement be struck the barrel np
- that the charge went over BIZ head
Then, with terrible oath. he presented
one uf bis rey0lver- ID the breast ~
rnNu AAuZEtr-- Que "a AAlr -urIlA p~--rs
and fired. the ball piercing hi
heart and killing him instantly.
Upon this the sheriff himself fired
a pistol. the ball striking Underwood ia
the wrist and ranging upward % the Ell
bow. Upon receiving this wound I'm
derw00d ned. but not until he received
charge II bucksh0t in his shoulder
and ball in hi left thigh. In the
melee. Mr. Mcclure. his father-in-law.
received ball in his side, that made
wound supposed 10 be mortal. Under
wood made his way to a scho0l-hon~e
near by. and crept underit- The Sheriff
and hi men brought the dead body u
Ruggles into the school-house, and then
Underwood crept out and started away.
He was % severely injured. howeer.
that he supposed himself mortallv hurt,
and stopped AZ the house N Louis Rug
gles, where he frankly told that h. Aad
Killed . man NugEleS took him III. Dis
armed him. and sent fnr the sheriff.
who soon after came and took the dr--
perate prisoner 70 Concord. where his
terrified bride was permitted 70 care for
him. Young Rnrgles. who wa killed.
was the only support Of his widowed