Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1881-01-06

HISTORY OF THEIR
CAREER.
Three officers from Summers county, West
Virginia, came here last Friday and blred
| team to go to Floyd county, engaging the SER
| vices of Messrs. 2. G. kefauver and Ed. Fer
guson as guides to accompany them. Sun
day evening they returned with two men who
are wanted in Hinton on several counts and
who tell q rather remarkable story OF their
adventures iu Floyd.
Last spring John D. Glass and Henry
| Clark were arrested in summers county, w.
Va, one for forgery and larceny, the other
| for burglary and other misdcmeaOors. Each
had several counts against him. They were
lodged in iail at LewisburC for trial. Glass
was convicted of forgery and sentenced 10
three years in the pcnitentiary, but was held
! for trial on other counts. Clark was held Us
| States evidence 10 an important burglary case
in which several others were implicated. In
| June both men made their escape, Glass
! jumping out Of second story window with
his irons Oh. which were quickly broken of.
he says, BY striking them across his knee. and
then they hastily made their way out of reach.
Knowing no one and being entirely without
money they continued on foot, in soulhernly
direction across the country until they reached
| Sno"vllie, Montgomery county, where they
stopped aud asked ltr food. Meanwhile they
be!hought them ~ receipts for com.
| pounding from bS prtaiu alleged remedies
for several disef hich were derived from
book pnhllshe bic King. who claiws
many wonderJ ttlpg properties for the
compounds ~ - 10y They borrowed an
old pot aud made some of this-medicine we
will call it for want Of u better name. After
| breakfast they asked their host what they
owed for the meal. He said he charged moth.
| ing, but thuy could give whatever they
| pleased. They gave him q bottle of their
medicine, describing lis uses and giving direc
tons for taxing. Next they began tn look
around Tor walls, and inquired for them al
every house. When enough had been col.
lected they began bUttling their medicine and
started out to sceG their fortune. At the first
! house they tried Il bottle of The detection
was disposed OF for p cents at the expense
Of only short walk and a little CAB. This
was ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS paid for, aud 4
sale at The first house, and no outlay TO speak
of. Success seemed imminent. Thinking
thus they proceeded on their way castwar!
until they came to Copper HILL Floyd county.
AT John o. Jacks mill they stopped, held
forth awhile, made some experiments. talked
| much, and aatoDishtd the natives by telling
them they (thc frauds) had been captured hy
the Indians when children. aud only recently
made their escape, hut while in bondage they
had made many wonderful discoveries in
medicine, which they learned from the great
| Medicine Man Of the tribe. and Of course
now that they had escaped, they wanted to
benefit their !cllow-men, (what Indian doctor
doesn't?l for - cents bottle. All OF that
yarn was uuquestionably absorbed by those
guilcless inuoccnts as if it had been an cX-
tract from tho Mosaic laws, and their dimes
were readily passa,t~in Tor n trial bottle Of
this magic pauacea lor all Ills Finding bust.
ness brisk and the locality favorable they
| located in Il stDa!l roam near The mill, and set
to work making mcdcne" by the wholesale,
which they readily disposed OF to the sur.
rounding country folks at - cents bottle.
! What is most strange they have several GER
| titicates Of cures from patients--mos!ly iguo.
rant people, however, as the spclliug and die.
tation attest. From mouth to mouth the
news Of their presence and cXtravagant pre-.
teniinus spread over the whole countryside,
| and the uns0phisti tic. &cL children Of the noun
,ains went in shoa!s.l from every direction. TO
see tie wonderful . Indian Doctors" They
toast Chat thty Sic'1 p:zad ,4eryhoGy in the
DClpllUOl 'OoNs VAIL ~ EiE luiiC, ull'i IC va
q httle too >f!arp. >hlt they say they'd have
GET him too II th9y had had time enough.
Concluding their "reminiscences Of life in
Floyd they said thatlf the law had only left
them alone awhile longer they would have
made a fortune.
Some OF thclS remedies" were absurd in
the extreme, as for instance, curing" rheu.
matism with Indian turnip. and others equally
ridiculous. When captured they were laugh
ing over an absurd Lccoction they had Just
given Il negro Tor some chronic complaint
! Upon the entrance OF the officers they at
tempted 10 escape but were quickly SilcuccI
with cooked pistoi5. end secured before they
had time 10 rcs:s:, and the job Was done very
han ds0mely. After tiDding out where they
lived the officers found Il negro who had an
appointment with them for medicine. One
Of the men had been staying al another place,
and they didn't care to take one without the
other. So the negro was sent to the house.
oslcnsih!y 20 get his medicine. but really to
sec il both were there. His answer being
satisfactory the officers entered and found
them laughing over what they had given the
Eccro. Alter being secured they made no
further attempts To escape. hui both frankly
arowcd their intention to DO so al the first
opportunity. Coming down The mountain
they chatlcd eailr with their captors. telling
their adventures with great gu>tn, and laugh
ing heartily at the impOsltOnS they had pTac.
t:ccn At the Trout House. where they were
seen By 4 representative Of TIC -NcwS. they
took everything very philosoph;caily. and al'.
pcarcd 10 be III good spirits.
Glass, The leader. IS cnmrac;iy built man,
o: medium height. light hair and mustachr.
sharp features, cunning. crafty expression.
and has sharp eye 10 the main Glance, :"7
he wouldn't talk VIXEN the .Ncrs reporter lis {
entered the room, expecting to get paid :''r
tho recital Of bis exSDericncc. (ihc idea y But
with all his cunning he hadn't sense enough
10 know that he couldn't make any money
out o! country newspaper. II he d:i IT'S
more than the publishers usually do.
He speaks Of writing his autobiography for
the Police Ns1cS. ard also thDHS 81 manu-
featuring it into boaGs-largc IDEAS. YOU see,
He speaks of .!,isH1r patients after this fash.
loo: I've iravcictrurcr Il goo" hi Of this
country, but them people we're the darn':c't
than G1aSs! 1.215f:s ssic, no beard, and a
villanous face Bot. were shabbily dressed
perfectly cool, and seemed rather proud o.:
their exploits.
In charge Of Sac:;if N. V. Galloway.
! Squire T.. NJ. Dunu and Mr. Bu7k Prince. Of
Summers county. ". Va. t"cy i":t nn the
ll:30 train Monday morning for l.ewis5u?g.
where they will be ;rsd in The srr;n- Rig
L'ck l'a.l Ncrs.