The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-07-19
9apotad te Agntealture, Aertienltura,
UNION g. H., SOUTH oARoEINz, july 1s ISIS

anu eook out my pocketbook. l had one
hundred and eig6ty-six dollars. He asked
me If 1t was mine L said yes, put it back
In my pocket, you have no right to take nv
money. lie said you have no right 10 it,.
and kept it. [ then said, Look here,
want my boots
DASH FOR FREEDOM.
Barton dropped the end of the rope he
had been holding and started past ME to ge,
the boots which were by my pallet. was
mad because he had kicked me, and felt as
tall as if | were three feet above the flocr
L turned my hands in the rope and swhop.
ped my arms into Gary's breast and kuocked
HIM down. l knocked Moore down in the
same way on tn, other side; the others
wefo ali standing two.deep between mo and
the door. / kicked at Charley White, who
gave way the rest scattered, and l jumped
out OF the door like l had been creased -
My wagon was in front Of the door, fortu.
nately so ran around it, gathering up as
l ran the rope with which was tied to
sss:P it from tripping me, (1 knew they
would catch me if fell.) They dashed
out after me. Bang! bang! went their
guns. The balls struck all around me and
knocked up the snow. heard one of them
say, BY Cd, l know we have killed him.
but l knew they hadn't, and. kept on. I
was still tied so tight couldn't get loose,
though kept tugging at the rope as ran
I had one pistol in my pocket, aud tw listed
my hands round and got it out, but drop
ped it in jumping big chesnut log.
FIRST CATCH YOUR. HARE.
ThoesssMhfDs9SSei in the way, but went
over it without any trouble. I think I few
over, got over SO easily. The officers
turned back they were afraid to follow mo
very far, and then stopped and united the
rope with my teeth, and knew was safe.
The snow was thick on the ground, and
was without hat or coat and in my stocking
feet. l knew they had my pistols, but as
they had Amos, too, l determined to rescue
him or diess+"f Thought they wouldn't stay
long about there after was loose so ran
across the fields in my stocking feet to
neighbor's house. I won't tell his name !;
but when [ got there the soles of my stock
logs were cut to pieces by the ice, and the
legs were cliuging around my ankles. 1
Knocked and he let me in, and I told him
those 'hell.fred devils had captured me and
my driver, and I intended to take him away
from them. He gave me hat and coat
and shoes, and gun and ammunition. l
then went back to the load which knew
tiny would have to travel, and waited for
them. heard them getting ready to start
with Amos, and all were talking and shout
ing together. They had captured high
strung black mare of mine, and whe n thew
hitched her to the wagon to start one of
them whipped her, and she began to kick
things to- pieces generally. Barton was
anxious to get away, so Amos told me after
wards, and stood by with his gun aimingat
every noise he heard in the bushes. They
got started finally; the bay mare did all the
pulling, as the black was mad and heard
them coming up the road Amosswas cry.
ing; he was nothing but boy, then, and
can't tell you how felt.
ATTEMPTED RESCUE OF AMOS LADD.
[ just seemed to swell, felt so big; but
couldn't help from crying myself I knew
my own wagon by the black mare, which
could see against the snow bank. Theirs
was one-horse sconcern and was in front,
and just as soon as it oamos within reacb
levelled my gun and firedI 4 heard some.
one holler, Run run run = and heard
Barton say, whats the mattcr?' thought
to myself, you wait minute and will show
you what's the matter. Then some one in
the foremost wagon fired at me two or three
times and they all fell out of the wagon,
and as they ran up the snow bank into the
bushes fred again. My gun was loaded
with buckshot, and when 1 heard some one
groaning and I thought Il have got meat
this time [ shot six more times, but the
banks were so high that over.shot them
and didn't get anybody.
CHARLEY WHITES TERROR.
One of them, Charley White had caught
shot in his thigh, and as Amos who was
then lodging behind the barrels told me
afterwards, tried his best to get under erinto
Amos for protection. Amos told him 'to
get out and take his share : and he replied,
i have got my share already"
To do him justice, may say here that
the "Major" did not seem to think that,
under all the circumstances, there was any
thing particularly wrong in his single. han
ded attack upon the dozen Revenues. He
certainly enjoyed telling how hard poor
Charley White had tried to crawl into Amos
and how his faithful black mare had "fan.
ned timber" with her indignant heels. The
officers took Amos into their midst and
drove of rapidly, and Redmond ceased fir.
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