Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1878-02-14

used oonsecutively in this wild, and head
long chase after the raiders. 4 gIi IA
ls'fa9As an evidcnoo Of the tremendous speed
'mado III this run,it is said that,the down
passenger train which was reversed, went
inga tiSin,abead Of Of Il fSr ssvorai tMIes,
BtoppiDg Affequehtly TO- Iremoteiobstrvetions.
Ek HUNTED BY BLOoDuoUSDs.
lS Of course tho Yankccs who leaped from
Etho'stolcn engine had very littlo chance Of
escape. They were surrounded on every
kside BY ohsmiess 'AYithin' "a few hdadred
yards Of whoro they sTcfe their cugibe two
regiments Of casalryi were 'fenoainped.' :, ~
was muster day. ut 3Riuggold, 'tWo miles
away, and huadrcdsso of farmers armed and
mounted, wore collected thero, Tho toad
wab ilncd with s6Idierss The slardt had
bceu sedt TO Chattanooga by' telegrapb,' andi
trains loaded' d'#ilh'troopss ands scautsa were
hurrying TO the scehc9 gho days was dark,
cloudy and,raihY. STlie raiders were unaos
quainted with the country and with the
stars;and sun shiddep,: did snot know the.
South from tho North. Ilfsy plunged iptp,
the woods, however, aud struck out for the
Tennessee River III an hour the whole
country was blive With scouts and hunters.
I There wasnot a,bY path Or, cross road that
was not thoroughly, expired, 10 ,qdd, t, to
tho tcrrors of the situation; we'll trained
hounds we're Put upon tie track Of the fugi
Ssts} I ksas SsssS asssSss
ouo, wasAotta* lenY Ono gu tgahsYAtour
hours from tho timo they left tlio engine
oyory moaber Of the shond swas,r reaptured,
They we're ina Spitiablc plight when tdksas
They wero arenched 70 tile iskinA Acpvcred'
| with dirt and filth--in tho last stages Of
1 exhaustion and almost :stin we'd. The story
OF their adventures ,in tho Georgia forest
that night is Wild aud drilling one 1t
was night of horrpr.. b. .Y I'LL
At first the prisoners denied any compile,
ity with tho train wrecking. They claimed
to be eitzeps of Kentucky, disausted With
Lincoln and tryiug'to join the Confederate
army. Being. confronted with citizens sof
carry out this fiction, and they thon told
soldiers Of the Uaitod States army, detailed
for special service, and entitled to De, held
as prisoners of war. The Confederate au-
thori,ies charged them With being spies,
aud ordered them To be tried bynS court
martial. They rwcse given. ,abls counsel,
Judge Baxter, of misunderstanding in charge.
! Of 'tieir cssei Before tie trial opened,
Andrews, tho. leader, ,wbp WIS; mover put
upon. theaams fpqtipx with tbe, otRsrs, Eas
\ carried bof0re a court p,RrtiM land OOH
: defined to bo hung as aspy. .The witpasseas
against him were tho ihent. from whom he
Ind stolon tho train, though his Bwh adhis
sions were hold to be suifoiept 10 oonviot
him. q A,scaffold was prepared for him at
Chattanooga, but the near approach Of the
Federal troops oaused his removal to Atlanta.
Just before his death he made daring
attempt to. escape, and succeeded in making
his way nearly through the lites: .sHeWas
Gnally discovered, naked and nearly starved,
IN tree, by some little ohildron who were
playing in the woods. They reported his
presence, and he was speedily surrounded
and captured. lie was thon hanged
almost imr.Sdiately. His scaffold was
erected shot distance outside of Atlanta,
about the centre Of what is. row cotton
field, Ho died very ;braYely, protesting
against the manner of his death, and claim
ing that he was executed in violation of
law: ->IIc was a magnificent specimonG Of
msqhood, aud was engaged to be married
to d beautiful young kentucky giytwithiu
q fow days of tho date Of bis hanging
There were no rnpsual circumstances at
tepdilg hiS execution, tie died quickly,
and apparently without hiHot Suffering
sEyEN~aIEN HANGED ON ONE sqArroLD.
When the trial Of the rest of the band
had begun, it wss discovered that the court
martial had determined to mako difference
between the men who had been pTomiscc ..
share of the $50 0CO, to be given at the
simply det,iled' for service without. knowing
tho precise nature Of the expedition The
prisoners relied upon the fact thut the whole
twenty hicn were detached for this service
from the same brigade, and that their raid
was hence q military expedition, and not t,c
work of spies. They defended, their having
adopted .otigens' dress by citing instunces
where Alorgan's raiders having been Gap
.tured in squadrons in civilians clothes wcro
treated by the Federals as prisoners of war
The trial was lengthy, tedious one. .fand
the decision was reserved for some days
One day the men were in theic prison
playing checkers upon tho floor and singing
quite mcrrly, whom some one called attenl.
ton to the fact that largo body of horse.
men had halted 10 front of the Jail door. It
was noticed that an immense mass Of people
was collected in the streets near the prison
Tho door was thrown open and an officer
slanding in tho doorway called for Willialp
Campbell, of Kentucky, George d Wilson,
Narion, A.. Ross, Perry G. Shadrack,
Samuel Slavens, Samuel Robinson and John
Scott, of Ohio. The men arose as they
were called, except Robinson, who was i'll