Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1882-04-20

AOoue q CiOcA ta&6 evening 11F. 4.
A. Harley, deputy sheriff in charge
Of the Office in the absence of Sheriff
Behan, received word that two no
torious characters for whom war
rants were lying in the sherifFs Office,
named Billy Grounds. alias BILLY the
Kid" and Ewing Hunt, would be
within eight or ten miles Of town dur
ing the night or early this morning.
Upon receipt Of this information Mr..
Harley ordered Deputy Sheriff Break
enridge to organize . posse and to
start about one or two o'clock, 90 as
TO be on the ground ct an early hour
in the morning in order to make the
arrests, whicla Mr.. Harley thought
might be done by four men without
resistance. BY 8 o'clock Deputy
Sheriff Breaksnbridge had his posse,
consisting Of Jack Young. E. H. Allen.
and John A. Gillespie, ready for
action. and at the appointed hour
they started on their mission.
THE FIRST NEWS.
Early in the morning. probably
about $50 i messenger arrived in
town and reported to Chief Of Police
Naele that . fight had taken place at
ChandIeFs ranch, and that one man
was dead and several others wounded.
Mr.. Nagle immediately got an ambu-
lance and took DR.. j. GoodfeIlow with
him and started for theseene Of action.
About 7 o'clock another messenger
arrived with note for Mr.. Harley,
which read as follows: Harley, send
coroner ont TO Jack Chambers ranch:
one Of our men dead. Billy Grounds
dying and Hunt also: Jack Young
shot through the thigh. got creased
in the neck. Signed
z. Fl. ALLEN"
Immediately the newsspread through
the town that Deputy Sheriff Break
enridge had been
KILLED BY THE COWBOYS
whom he was sent out to arrest, and
there was great deal Of excitement,
which was naturally intensified by.
the absence Of definite news Of the en-
counter, and the further fact that
Mr.. Breckenridge Is a general favor
ite with all classes of the people. He
is genial and social in private life and
prompt but courteous in the discharge
OF his official duty. The parties
whom he was sent out to arrest were
notoriously hard cases-the worst of
the type Of cowboy rustlers. For this
reason Mr. Harley very wisely decid-
ed to sent out what he considered
sufficiently large force to insure their
arrest without resistance, but careful
as ne was. and as well as he thought
he knew
THE DESPERATE MEN
he had TO deal with, he was mistaken.
as the sequel shows. The man Ewing
hunt was young man, tall and slim,
quite sandy complexioned, sandy mns-
tache, and bis face, neck aud hands
badly freckled. Il is said there had
been warrant out FOR his arrest for
nearly or quite year. bat he had
never been captured. The last grand
jury brought in three or four indict-
ments against him, it is reported.
for cattle stealing. The .sKid." or
Grounds. Is said TO be quite q Young
man. with q round, red face, and Of
shorter stature than his companion in
crime, Hunt. He is also under in
dictment for cattle stealing. having
been engaged in the same thefts with
Hunt.
MR. EAGLE,s RETURN.
About half past eleven Chief Of
Police ID. Nagle. returned to town
bringing Mr.. Young. whose wound
admitted Of his being brought in with
out serious inconvience, and also bring
ing the FIRST authentic details Of the
lamentable affair. Mr.. Nagle arrived
at the ranch about s o'clock in the
morning and found Gillespie Zone Of
the special officers who accompanied
Mr: breckenridge dead on the ground.
and Hunt shot through the breast
the ball coming out through the back
the wound supposed to- be mortal
Grounds was placed kors da cOmbuf
by = charge Of buck shot received full
n the face and upper part Of the
head. and life was slowly but surely
ebblng away. Mr.. Young was wound
ed through the front Of the thigh.
the ball having entered the right sids
OF bis pants about six inches below
the waiztband. ranging downward
across the groin, cutting into the