The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-04-09
TIE FATE OF FIFTY GAMBLERS.
Remarkable Story Concerning the Res
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A Remarkable ssory Concerning the Res
cue ri uln1nl . ~
Il is because was in Vicksburg when
tbc event which am aboutlto Describe
ocrurred that I am able to give the ex- |
act facts of-wbss was the most exciting
epoch in the history OF that city Up tql
the war. This occurrence, l believe |
has never been descrbed-at least l
have never seen it-anl. it furnishes per-
haps be,tssfHApffng g: ss e an y, de-.
period in ,h1MA SbdhshAw On hthe
Fourth of July, 1885, there was a grand
celebration in honor OF the national hob
idav. The town was gay!y decorated,
bands were on the streets, and there
were evidences on every hand that the
day was one of general rejoicing. A
barb ecu fas5fkS ieasifre 'df the
Fourth of July celebrations jn the South |
was the event OF the day. and to this !
everybody was invited. For the time,
the utmost good feeling reigned: Eve"
the Veugeance sworn against the gam
blprs Wa i.DpQ39l 'rt1fergo'ten!,
at least sus pended. Eminent speakers
ann nee" tt39i thcfe NEon 7 that day
were Observation-Disclosures OF Kentucky,
e eSa wea!AgS5sl II tha3 al}, Il iot 50
wen remembered in this. One table had
been reservation invited guests and the
t o,her 1o eminent. .ns'sd snme for
men. In such mixed g. as
tie barbecua 47cfa t49 Eas Not
unnaturaly tl9het of9ambtsr
--profes,ice al' glmbM@m ~hom'"T
was e,timated there We're not less than
250 in the city at the time. These gam
blers had their headquarters in a colony
OF their own, or rather in three hnuses,
known IS the "kanGaroos, Nos. |, 4
and g." With them were associatcd
the most abandoned wretches OF both
sexes to he found in the whole South
west. Some of the notorious among
these gamblers were known in every,
State along the Mississippi, among them
being George Blackburn, FrdYk yanSH
Bill Esken, Alexander NkNSH sUhn
Hood and Tom Carr. The military had
turned out and were under arnledS pegt
of the attractions of the day. While the
speech.masAHfassS)g sinE Oh tine iehf1 )
bier blackburn, wh9, was present IN
S Senp :ysa W%sR y {t9sBa apaft From
the speakers, began an Interruption.
Blackburn remarking that he was GO
ing to have some fun, if he cleaned out
the whole table, Somebody S4nAtcd
to blackburn to sit down aah botVGuf
a disturbance. 1t was no u\e. IA was
bound, he said, to start tho fun, and, SO
saying, he jumped on the table. VI =
THE FUN STARTED IN EARNEST.
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RiackbnrnS refused and delied them.
Presenting their guns, the soldfH Nfr
med them against Blackburn aid pushed
him off the table. He struggled fiercely,
but was finally overpowered and cut in
tn the ,, sissf mn G2Gk,3sf2a 3jf4g.S VIII
men, bleeding but still defiant, were
then OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, and they
.oye p9ish a&8 $pS rs, Itf% a re
floating down the Mississippi, being
rescued by their fellows some half mile
below. The gamh)ers were furious and
threatened reveng pal ing DO Sex& 8
town down dqrilg thgh h@lg&aE. nTthe me baE
s ssa, ts sIe i s, sex
ness and la u lives and property o
all respec, |b |eople were in the p9s
imminent I'd Ter when night earfe
Nobody tho & of anything but safety
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heads: One of these was DR.. William
B 'ss'ed a of Ss!i i Re-! %ss sss
, ,s;;i, i s;laHA LTD 1lME Ri s;it (
sive and sent word to the gamblers tina
they only had five hours to leave Ncks
E E; { &; !; + Hll,aHIlFgfE;aEl
Dutch Bill Hsines, John A. Murrell an
another man whose name l have forgot
gambling 7v5ng, h1ei tie l11et!I HeA
they barricaded themselves, anti b. til
command to leave, .swore that the
would noq ~ 40 d9bf itfgF @a
e esssDs :. # +. 'a is ssEs ~ s Ae s5
1; he ss pssais' ! Gkk9f3aalff"
he had hardly got within speaking di
lance when shot frp& 1le>1f 04a$g
b,ers was fired and Dr.. Bodley fell dea
in his trao11A1& Aees DaAthMak1a
peace.lovrg citQa1 ElQ&MIt3
before were simply bent on Self-prote
ton, were trsAs3ort jbd ND tiaH In
. bload-,hirstY mob. and reckless
danger they charged on tAa house, ~
the i've gamblers.
A TERRIBLE RETRIBUTION.
The "Ksngar1oRtNwere neparat'
from the city 4yoavhich J
crossed bv 4 vodd &ru0ts| kD1H
by the suggestive name of the "Brid!
OF Signs. o0G,A Ak1A Iae A6k Irerzl
people hurried the captive gambler
On the other side trees yere, seleete
and in less than an hOur a1EAH1Aa hM