Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-04-27
The LAST of His Race.

The prisoner was an old man, who sat
very quietly In his seat, and did not seem
to have much interest in the world or the
development of Arkansas. He was hand
cutfed, and did not care to talk. From
the officer, however, an / 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 northern
part of Tennessee. His home was plea
SAINT one; with his wife and two sons he
lived very happily ON his farm until quar-
rel arose between neighbors. The diff
Guilty was patched, but one of the sons
both of whom bad grown to mans estate
conceived that he had been wronged, and
one day, while he and mis- brother were
passing along the road in a wagon. they
came up with five men, their neighbors,
AMI the quarrel broke out afresh. The
young men were courageous, and would
not be intimidated by their opponents. Hot
words led to blows, and the five men, pull
ing pistols, fired upon the two Dahlgreen
boys and killed them. They then ran
away, and fearing the vengeance of old
man Dahlgreen, for he was even then con-
sidered quite an old man, disappeared 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
recovered from the blow, but about the
time the war broke out died, and the hus-
band was left to lament the separation 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. He
began Systematically to search for the five
men, whose names were Gridly, Black,
Hewitt, Meyers and man called BLACK
Tom,' but whose true name was Lurdy,
and one after another was met and killed. |
He had no scruples, no conscience. HIS
sole object was to put the villains who had
made life no object to him out of the way.
He took no interest in the war. 1t mat |
tered not whether the North or South were
victors. He shot Meyers and Luriy in
Tennessee, and escaped the officers who
were set upon his track. The old man dis
appeared from his county and no traces of |
him were heard forseveral years. The |
man Gridley died of pneumonia in Gin
cinnati, and Black is serving out a term
IN the State Penitentiary at Columbus,
Ohio. for burglary.
The last of these men, Hewitt, was slowly |
but surely tracked by Dahlgreen to Cole /
RADIO; 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 commu-
nifty was terribly excited about the murder,
and started officers on the track of Dahl |
green, who threw them oft the scent. No |
more was heard of him until last month, !
when information was received that he |
was in Houston, Texas, and there he was
arrested.
As the prisoner concluded what he had
to say he remarked:
81 am satisfied have had my revenge,
and do not care what becomes of me. l
have 1othing more to live for. and would
rather hang than not have fixed the men
who killed my boys
About this time the tram moved of, and
the interview closed