Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-03-14
wArHAELA; sdufh CAROLINA THURSDAY, MARCH H. 1875
DETERMINED TO HAVE REVENGE.

u'H iot uto huhc' Alc aSkcQ ueC WllQFt sue
wanted it for. She replied she wanted to
cut toothbrush. Her fathcr reminded
her that it was too late to, do, that. She
reiterated her request. Her f4theS then
gqve her his knife. !, SAs, took it and re-
turned t9, tho, danolhg roa@.
uShq, found that tho dance in which her
husbspa had been engaged was ended, but
thpt >Nlia5 CowRrt was 10 tho oct Of dancing
WITHOUT Aosp ,g1iE RosliED
apoh her and seized Eet, b3 ,the right
shoulder. She then said, "You have
danced cnough!"
With this she drew the knife from the
folds Of her dress and plunged it into Miss
Cowarts laIS, cutting a frigh,ful cash
down towai - the region of the heart. Her
victim was very much heated and very
plump. The blood spurted from her neck
to the wall, distance of fully five feet.
She staggered under the blow and fell. AS
she was falling, Mrs. Southern de4t her
another blow, this time cutting her in the
left breast, os she fell, she sashci at her
aogain, this time cutting through her belt,
her clothes, and making tcrrible youud in
her stomach. Of course the victim was
dead BY this time. We believe she did not
speak after che was attacked.
OF COURSE CONSERVATION,
seized the crowd, and no one seemed able to
comprehend what had hep9RePed. pne sf
the men present rushed forward and said,
"wherc is tie mau that strdck thpt Yomuu;."
At, this Mrs. Southern arose antd shotted,
ri ain the man that did it." =.
;. The crowd thcn gathered about the doors,
and declared that 20, one should leave the
house. Bob Southern pit once took his
wife by the arm, and whstevor Ills carcless.-
ness toward her might haSe been formerly,
he now showed his deyotiod to her. lie
strobe to the front, aud said:
"Gentlemcn, I'm going to leave this
house, and take my wife with mc--and we
are going through, if wo have to shoot
through"
With this he drowhis pi;tpi end Started
towards the door. The crowd, still daScd
and bewildered, gave wey before tho man
and vito, and they were lost ih The dark
pess. A hasty pursuit was o1gahised, but
It was unavailing. SoGtb6sp and his wife
we're gone, and copld hot be traced. hliss
Cowart's. family offered q reward Of $3.50
ys!eor e % srpp1e@ented M tG|ss$Eif !, +qTpta for
$3.50. Despite this, however. o full year
passed and nothing VAS heard Of the ruua-
Ways.
TIE rfaSr STEPS TOWARDS CAPTURE.
A short time ago old man Southern and
his two sons left their homo and went to
North Carolina; A foy days afterwards
Mr. w. w; Findley, cx Sheriff of Pickcus
County, received some news of the fugitives
lie heard that the Southerns after lcav-
ing Georgia had gone to Franklin, n. c.,
and had there settled upon q farm qhd that
tho old man and the. boys bad followed
them. lie at once secured tYo good and
trusty associates, and started to f0d them.
They rode rapidly. : rrv
runouom THE tolJNrrR},
and soon reached IIayesyi!lc. They there
received evidence that conviucsd them they
were Oh the right track, and pTshed ahead
They found the fnyn upon .%hisb the
Southerns had scttled, but discovered that
their birds had HowJ. They had been
gono only day or two, and had gone
towards North Alabama. They were travel.
ing with oh OK wagon, and carried Mrs.
Southern with them. ,
The pursucrs then rode day and night
until they camci to Murphy, N. e. THEY
learned there that the fugitives were only d
few minutes ahead Of them. Feeling sure
that they woafd cpmp Just outside the town,
Findley waited tin night befcro he made
his raid. In The meantime the Southe,ns
had
~ thtSSr.n ,Jst,,,,,iD,,
With the ,ga!tSs. s.. lKcoper,, on the turnpike,
and be was gq gfGttip,g ready 70 60 out after
them and collect The toll ,hcy had refused,
to pay, The two parties were Joined, and
after somo scouting, done by Mr.. Findlev,
to assure himself that ho was on the right
track, they started out after tho wagon.
They reached the camp at about4 o'clock,
but discovered that the Southcrns had
already moved, and we're proceeding on
their journey. They followed them and
soon came up with the wagon; passing it
quietly they went or ahead and then made
an ambuscaGc. When the wagon came up
they closed in from both sides nud secured
thho arrest Of tho Whole party. !. ;fhd attack
was 50 unexpected that no resistance vas
possible The, capture was complete. Two
guns and two pistols were taken, .upd
Southern hhd his wife were taken 10 charge
BY Mr. r,Sd'sy HS SyIs.1,Ss Gaa & pP,;y1 1s5;1HHsy
il nalsated OF the capture. 1t is said that
Wien Mrs. Southern was nursing hcr
little baby that had been born to her since
the fight of heasclf aud husband, che boro
% An ATTEaNs'r + At A. ,hEEsoJs Ess a''
wod made by the southerns, as tho party
stopped to take breakfast Tho old man
ana tho two boys, whose devotion to their