The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-07-12
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| "'S captured at that time. Old man---
told me, the other day, that when they
came Tor the last of it they arrested him()
aud took HIM off, and all the officers stopped
on ths side of the road and filed their Jugs
with the whiskey which, they told him, was
Redmonds. They carried off twenty three
gallons ut this load
FATHER AND MOTHER KILLED.
The next morning, it was Sunday, the
officers rushed into my house and presented
their guns at my father and captured him.
lie was seventy.eight years of age, and nv
mother. who was confined to her bed with
palsy, was nearly as old. Father begged
them not to alarm her-she was badly
trlghtened-and he would surrender
They asked for me, but was at the spring
when they came up and saw them, and so
escaped. Father told them 1 was not far
OFT, but | kept out of the way, and they
took him down to the church near by.-
They captured several other men in the
church, and the preacher stopped in the
midst OF his sermon and sat down. NV
father and several others gave bail-the
rest they took away with them. My mother
was badly frightened by it ALL and died a
few days afterwards. My father had to 20
to Asheville. The journey and exposure
made him i'll, and he, too, died few weeks
later.
AFTER TIE FUNERAL.
both Of them died before l could get
back to them. | was then keeping out of
the way, as the revcrue officers were watch
ms Tor me every time l went to see either
OF them. did -nes-seepm my mother buried,
but when my father died too, and my sisters
were left alone in the house, determined
to so home and attend his funeral and sec
after them at any risk On the road from
the house to the grave, when we were fol-
lowing his body to burial, we met revenue
officer. lie looked at me very hard; but
he was alone, and seeing that had some
Of my friends with me, he passed on, and
arrested several of the neishbors who had
dug the grave and were resting on the
roadside.
After the funeral I still kept out of the
way, and as my sisters were alone and help
less, had to dodge in and out and try to
take care Of them as best I could. This
was the beginning of my troubles"
- ne foregoing story was told as quietly
= tas thar's soo11e, ,of% 8 circumstances nara.
ted were matters of any special wonder in
a mountainous revenue district, and my two
companions seemed to listen to it in like
spirit as to thrice told tale l have no
comments to make and have refrained from
even the feeble emphasis of italics. After
an interval spent in conversation on indif
iercnt subjects, [ led Redmond back to the
matter in hand by asking what was his
next "nouble." He replied that it was
THE KILLING OF DUcKwoRTT,
and concerning this well known affair he
gave the following account:
"When Deputy Marshal Lee was discharged
| from the revcaue service he had in his posses
sion warrant against me, which he turned
over to Frank Case. This warrant Alfred Duck
worth, who had been recently appointed on the
| revenue force tried to get from Case, who re-
| iuseh TO let MN have 1t. Duckworth then swore
| he would take me, warrant no warrant, or
would kill me in the attempt 'He had taken
| one highhyer, he said, and, by God he int en-
| dcd to take another Duckworth had been
| almost raised with me from childhood, and we
knew each other well. He was very bigoted.
| and was always Dragging and doing rash thin gs
lio rode one day by his own grandfathe's house,
where there was picture of Gen. Washington on
hanging against the wall of a,roon,, and he shot
several balls into it through the open door or
window from where he sat on his horse The
holes may be seen in the picture and wall now
People told me what he had threatened against
me, but only said, surely he has better sense
than TO try to take me without warrant |
| said would meet 'Alf' as | always called him,
and try to laugh him out of it. lie will give
| me the same chance he gives other people A
| few days later had to haul wagon load of
| corn and went over to get it. The driver wss
| sitting by me and on the road we saw a crowd
coming. l said There comes the revenue off
| GERS now The driver asked, what will they
| do? said, Nothing they have no warrant for
me- knew that Case had it, They came up
| to us and stopped and we talk ed together about
| one hour and a half.
| DUCKwoRTH sULKY.
asked Duckworth about old times, but saw
that he looked sulky, and that there was some
thing wrong At last he said, Major, di6 you
| know til: had warrant for you?' | said,
| No lie said, DO you want to hear it read p
| said, yes, If you have one.' lie got off his
horse and drew from his pocket o bunch of war;
rants. l saw that he had one for man named
| Southerly, but none for me, and thought he
was joking. He read the warrant and called
my name in place of Southerly's. still thought
he was only joking, anu asked him to let me see
the warrant. He said, No, by God, there's no
use in it, He then asked if was going to
submit to it? l replied, IF you don't want me
to handle the warrant, let some Of these fellow
see it-that is all want. 1 don't want to tear
itup.' He says, Il Suppose you don't intend to
submit to p" replied, Il am willing to sub
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