The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-07-11

IL on credit, DuC COulQ uOL auUlu W iet
him have it, 80 be promised to- come'and
bring the money. he was to meet me
at o'clock that night, and after dark !
drew off what he wanted j had to make
the faucet out of sweet potato D and
carried it to an clubhouse, where / waited
for him. Amos Ladd, my wagon driver,
was with me, and we kindled big fire
on the hearth and laid down to sleep.
about half-past IL Hendricks and Jan
nison came in, and / drew pint bottle
full and treated them both. / then laid
down again with my coat and boots of
and we commenced talking. ] had my
pistols by me, one in sight and one under
my pillow, and Hendricks asked me to
let him see what kind I used. He pick
ed up one and examined it, and then
asked me to let him see the other. This
made me suspicious, and j replied that l
never allowed any man to handle all my
weapons at one time. ...., o ,..
THE CAPTURE.
Just then crowd of men, who had
been waiting outside, burst open the
door and rushed in on me and surround
ed me. There was a big light in the
fireplace, and I saw dozen guns we're
cooked and pointed right at me. They
were hollering, Surrender SurrenderP
as fast as. they. could, and Amos Ladd
said, "1 surrender" I said nothing, and
turned over to get my pistol from under
my pillow, and saw that Hendricks had
run around behind me and had my own
pistol within a few, inches of my head.
Several of them. jumped upon me at
once, and held me down and pinioned
my arms, and then they turned me over
on my back and Barton and Gary tied
my wrists close together. It was all
done ina moment" but when they jump
ed on ME, Ithought to myself, 'if there
were only two of you, how quick 1 could
turn you UNDER If ] had done SO, how
ever, they would have riddled me with
buckshot and. balls, so I thought / would
wait.
" BRUTAL TREATMENT. =" '''i'''
When they were tying me they used q
small strong rope, and they pulled NIGH
ty hard on It. I had d rising on one
wrist and they hurt me pretty badly /;
they broke the rising and cured it. Hefe
/ is the scar now, he said, laughing, but if
they had torn my arm off wouldn't
have said 6. word. When I was tied;
Barton asked me if was Maj. Redmond?
I said, yesl He said, 'Yes, Cd d-n
you, you are the man who wanted to kill
,me.'' 1 replied, T have not wanted to
kill you; ], could easily have done 80 if
I had wanted He ordered me to get
up, but pulled 30 hard on the end of the
rope he had me tied with that 1 couldn't
get up. 1t is no easy thing to rise when
you are on your back with your hands
tied. I tried to do so, but couldn't get
up quick enough to please him, and
then" said the outlaw, his eyes flashing
at the recollection of the indignity, "then
he kicked at me, his boot grazing my
sidel IF he had kicked me squarely he
would have hurt me, though I don't
think he could have hurt me much, that
night, whatever he did, but that was
enough. I felt like was as strong as
three men, and sprang'up I don't know
how. I kept quiet, however, and they
held me, and Barton ran his hand into
my pocket and took out my pocketbook.
/ had one hundred and eighty-six dol
lars. He asked me if it was mine? l
said yes, put it back in my pocket you
have no right to take my money. He
said you have no right to it, and kept
it. Ithen said, Look here, want my
boots 'n:'
,.. A DASH FOR FREEDOM.
Barton dropped the end of the rope he
had-been holding and started past me to
get the boots which were lying by my
pallet. was mad because he had kick
ed'me, and felt as tall as if / were three
feet above the floor. I turned my hands
in the rope and 'whopped' my arms into
Gary's breast and knocked him down.
1 knocked Moore down in the same way
on the other side; the others were all
standing two.deep between me and the
door. Kicked at Charley White, who
gave way the rest scattered, and I jump
ed out Of the door like l had been greas-
ed. Ny wagon was in front of the door,
fortunately; so I ran around it, gather.
ing up as I ran the rope with which l
was tied to keep it from tripping me,
Il 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. I
heard one of them say, fBy Cd, 1 know
we have killed him. but / 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, and twisted my
hands round and got it out, but dropped
it in jumping big chestnut log.
FIRST CATCH YOUR HARE.
There was fence in the way, but
went over it without any trouble. ]
think I flew over, 1. got over so easily.
The officers turned back; they were
afraid to follow me very far, and then /
stopped and united the rope with my
teeth, and knew I was safe. The snow
| was thick on the ground, and was with
out hat or coat, and in my stocking feet
1 knew they had my pistols, but as they
had Amos, too, I determined to rescue
him or die. I thought they wouldn't
stay long about there after 1 was loose.
so ran across the fields in my stocking
feet to neighbours house. I won't tell
his name but when got there the soles
of my stockings were cut to pieces by
the ice, and the legs were clinging around
my ankles. knocked and he let me in
and / told him those 'hell-6red devils
had captured me and my driver, and
intended to take him away from them
He gave me hat and coat and shoes
and a gun and ammunition: I then
went back to the road which knew they
would have to travel, and waited fol
them. I heard them getting ready tc
start with Amos, and all were talking
and shouting together. They had cap
tured high-strung black mare of mine
and when they hitched her to the wagor
to start oneof them whipped her, and
she began to kick things to pieces gene
rally. Barton was anxious to get away