The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1881-05-11
REDMOND THE TILAV',
Il Brief Story Of Ills life, with Some Ac-
count of Ills Recent Capture.

Correspondence or the Grcenvi:lc News.
ASIEvILLE, N. c., April 29.-At
last Redmond is captured and is now
confined in Blncombe county jail.
lie was brought here on tic oath Of
April, and your correspondent has
just interviewed him, His suffering
has been 50 intense from his wounds
that he declined to say anything about
himsclfuntil now. lie is comparative
ly comfortable and very commuuica-
tive. On couch, in front Of his cell
window, lay boyish figure whom the
sheriff called ''Maior Redmond" lie
has an intelligent face, though he is Il
man Of no education. lie has IL good
, forehead, mild blue eye, thin COM
pressed lips. plainly bcspcaking deter
mination- dark "shnelcd" hair and
noustache--no beard and p mellow
voice.
"Well, Major, I suppose YOU have
read the book that purports to be yout,
| ltrH
"I read, said he, "a few pages Of it
and saw what pack O lies it was and
throwcd it down. ! amt much of Il
hand at reading no way"
! history. ?"
81 was born near where Atlanta is
now. in 1851. When ] was very
young my father moved to Transvlva
mia county. We lived there tin the
war begun and then we went to Swain
county. After the war was over we
moved back to Transylvania. Some
Rcvenu1rs came foolin' round us and
! tried to make out like we were stillin'.
! rented land and tarmcd it. But the
Rcvcnucrs kept on trying to get some
charge agin me. But last got into n
Kind OF Il scrimmagc with 'cm, and
then thought | would feel safer over
III South Carolina. In the fall of'77 |
married III Pickcns county; married
old man Ladd's daughter. Adcimc.
In 1879 my same old enemies tlc Rev
cnucrs begun to trouble me again.
knOwcd ! must move. So after think
ing 1t over concluded to 90 to Swain
county in this State. | leased lands
ON the Tennessee River and built me a
lo@ cabin and was living happy and
pcaccablc when ihc revenue officers
Just ruined everything bv all this mn
necessary work of theirs"
"Irl nc how they captured vou?"
"WclI, | was there at home. and nv
Wite asked me togo ont aud kill her !;
squirrel or two. Iii lhc ridge above
the house heard my dogs and went
up that way. bui when came in about
Fl ~ steps Of where The dogs were n
barking somebody holicrcd halt"
ana crowd of men rushed out o the
woods, and turned to run as they
lcvclc'l their guns at me. They fol
lowed me firing rapidly. When | had
gone about hundred and fiftv wards
gave out and they come ND and ar:
rested me. They took Inc to the house
and found was wounded in scvc,
places, and am suffering from them
to-day very painfully"
The Major declined 10 say ANYTHING
in regard to the most serious charge
against him, namely the killing OF
Deputy Marshal Duckworth in fran.
sylvania scvcry years ago. You: cor.
respondent is reliably Informed tha,
the circumstances were about these
DuckWorth had a warrant for Red
mond for alleged violations of the
revenue law. Collector J. j. Mott. OF
the Western District Of North Carroll.
m, instructed Capt. Cobb Of The spt cia]
force, in the western counties OF thi.
otote, to six Of his best men and %
ana make an effort to arrest the ont
law. lic went and failed. AS his
crowd clolcd in on the cabin, rushing
III 1T each door, Redmond cscapcd by
climbing out Of the wide fuc of thC
chimney.