The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-11-28
CHASING A GRAVE ROB
Der.
Overhauling Him After a Run
Of Eighteen Many
Bodies Stolen.
From the y r,d

- - ClOch htlItcddN afternoon,
a tall. slim man OF 4 dark complex.
ion, drove into Crook livery stable
and lodged his horse. II IL 4. IN.
the man appeared and called foI
his team. At 2! Il. III. Policeman
Slit, on patrol at East GAINESVILLE,
saw a spring wagon containing two
men, one tall and dark and the
other Of medium size and light,
drive rapidly Gown Main street.
1t , a. IN. Policeman Launder was
accostcd In the Seventh Ward by
a solitary man In a spring wagon,
who inquired whether that was Ma
tional Park. Launder. ~suspectins
something, asked what was in the
wagon, and the man answered,
Corn" Luunder reached into
the wagon, and the man struck
him with the butt Of his heavy
whip, feIled linn to the ground,
and then drove rapidly off. Laun-
der fired several shots after him.
and Immediately informed Chief Of
Police Linton, who started in pur
suit with Policeman Slit. The
residents along the pike were start
led out Of their slumber by the
hurried flight Of the first team, and
so we're able, when Linton and
Stitt came along, to give them the
route. The pursued team kept
straight ont on the Columbus
pike. driving fuliously, with the
police about three-quarterS of an
hour behind. The darkness was SO
intense that not until they had pro-
ceeded seventeen miles did the pur-
sucrs catch sight OF their man,
whose horse was a thoroughbred,
while the police had Il lively team.
About one mile east Of Brownsville,
a small village fifteen miles west Of
the city, they cot Il view of him.
= liceman Stitt, who was driving,
called out to him to halt. His
only answer was TO turn around
deliberately and fire a shot which
s ruck Stitt IN the left wrist. The
bail hit the bone, glanced around
and came out in the back of the
hand. The missile was crushed
completely out Of shape. After
firing, the fugitive whipped up his
horse and quickly disappeared in
the darkness. The police fired
three shots, which, however, did
not take effect, and once mere the
race was taken up. Policeman
Stitt still pluckily hung on to the
lines, though suffering intense pain
from his wound and covered with
blood. He is probably disabled for
life. They did not again catch up
with the fugitive until about mile
west Of Brownsville, where they
overlook him and fired three shots.
The first evidently struck him, as
he fell back into the wagon, but
instantly recovered himself. The
second is also supposed to have
struck him IN the calf of his leg.
lie then turned and fired three or
four shots, which did not take eff
feet. While doing so he had not
noticed his approach to the third
toll-gate, the bar of which Was
down. His horse dashed against
the bar and came to a sudden stop.
Seeing that further flight a dong the
pike was impossible, and firing a
parting shot, he jumped from the
wagon and took to the woods, which
are dense at this point. The police
mel. followed into the woods, but
after Il careful search were unable
to trace him further.
Coming back to the pike, they
proceeded to examine the contents
of the wagon, and discovered five
coffee sacks, which, they were hor-
rifed to discover. contained four
bodies, instead of the spolls OF a
supposed burglary, as they had
supposed all the while. Arousing
the toll-gate mar and bidding him
arouse the neighborhood and pur-
sue the fugitive, they returne to
the city with the load. On their
arrival here the bodies were identl-
fled as those of Birdie Carrac, aged
five, who died Of diphtheria, and
was buried Monday: Hiram Cur
It's, who died Of lockjaw Sunday,
was buried Tuesday Benjamin
Garter (colored), who died of con-
sumption, and was buried Tuesday,
all Of which were taken from Wood
lawn Cemetery, in the Ninth Ward:
and that of Mrs. b. \. Bulger, who
died of paralysis on Monday and
was buried Wednesday IN the City
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