The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1881-04-20
A Strange Eventful History "A Bloody
Vendetta.

VtuubJJd,
Arkansas Gazette
A Gdzette representative was at the
Union depot yesterday when the day
train from Texas came in, and was in-
formed that an officer was on board who
had with him prisoner whose history
was quite remarkable. After short
search the men were found in for
ward car. The prisoner was an old
man, who sat very quietly in his seat.
and did not seem to have much inter-
est in the world or the development Of
Arkansas. He was handcuiled and did
not care to talk. From the officer,
however, and himself, the events Of
his strange history were drawn forth,
and having been patched up made the
following;
The old mans name is Dahlgreen,
and he lived before the war in the north
ern part Of Tennessee. His home was
pleasant one, and with his wife and
two sons he lived very happily on his
farm until Il quarrel arose between
neighbors, The difficulty was patched,
but one of the sons Il both of whom had
grown to man estate--conceiyed that
he had been wronged, and one day
while he and his brother were passing
along the road in wagon they came
up with five men, their neighbors, and
the quarrel broke out afresh. The young
men were courageous and would not be-
inundated 10y their opponents. Hot
words led 10 blows and the five men,
pulling pistols, fired upon the Dahl
green boys and killed them. They then
ran away, and, fearing the vengeance
OF old man Dahlgreen, for he was even
then considered quite an old man, dis
appeared from the community. OF
course Dahlgreen and his wife were
nearly distracted at the sad death Of
their "boys," of whom they were very
proud, and Mrs Dahlgreen never re-
covered from the blow, but about the
time the war broke out died, and the
husband was left to lament the separa-
ton of his family.
He conceived the idea that nothing
was left in this life for him, except to
obtain vengeance on the men who had
robbed him of his sons. He devoted
the remainder Of his life TO this purpose.
lie began scientifically to search for
the five men, whose names were Grid
ley, Black, Hewitt, Meyers and a man
called "Black Tom,n but whose true
name was Lurdy, and one after another
was met and killed He had no scru-
pies, no conscience. His sole object was
to put the villains who had made life
no object to him out of the way. He
800 IL, 7,
tered not whether the North or South
were victors. He shot Meyers and Lur-
dy in Tennessee. and escaped the Off
GERS who were set upon his track. The
old man disappeared from his county
and no traces Of him were heard for
several years. The man Gridley died
of pneumonia in Cincinnati, and Black
is serving ont term in the State Peni-
Tertiary at Columbus, Ohio, for burg
larry.
The last of these men, Hewitt, was
slowly but surely tracked by Dahlgreen
| to Colorado, and it was there, in little
town on the frontier of the State, at
Coyote, he came up with him and shot
him in cold blood, after he had thrown
up his hands and asked for mercy. The
little community was terribly excited
about the murder, and started officers
on the track of Dahlgreen, who threw
them off the scent. No more was heard
of him until last month, when informa-
ton was received that he was in Hous-
ton, Texas, and there he was arrested.
As the prisoner concluded what he
had to say, he remarked:
81 am satisfied; have had my re-
vengc, and | do not care what becomes
of me. have nothing more to live for,
and would rather hang than not have
'IiXed' the men who killed my boys"
About this time the train moved of
and the interview closed.