The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1882-12-13
n Slayer Slain!

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The Slayer Slain!
The party of searcherS. twenty-five in
al. after failing TO come up with Ross IN
! r about Charlotte, turned Their steps tn
tr, direction of South Carolina. almost
giving up all hope OF capturing him
..-t after entering Lancaster county, and
o.. what i, known a. the SIX mile church,
,.- saw a party Of toned people pick
cotton in "a field ueay by. and, with
..e!y a hope OF hearing ary tlijEg> OF
--. they called the colbrcd people and
4 stoned them. III + it was tnar they
samuel. IA hot trail. RI : had passed there
mort time before, ami with this Initr~
a...lB the party hurried on At ne
.-, cabin, a little distance further. they
| l.aul several cnIldgeu, who told them
thar a mdu answering TO their description
had stopped there Il short time before
ami ASKED for a piece of bread, which
-y.gr Ease him, and getting a chunk from
Tie ire, he had gone In the direction oi
Igy's mill.
The pursuing party knew that their
came was near at hand. and would soon
b. driven at hay on the LaEka of the Ca
tasba river. Ro-s knew, toe, that I'll.
agenging band was behind him. 10 re
treat was impossible. Sugar Greek
hemmed hiu in on the right, aud I'll,
r.Iug CaIa. ga checked h III IN front
Realizing that the ferry was his ouiN
chance of his escape, he called the ferry
Ian. Mr.. Aionz1 Huntley, and asked to
he carried over. The ferryman knew
Ross at once and asked him to have a
seat at the lire and warm, and as Ross
sat down, M. Huutley picked up a mus
set and told r ~ To consider himself
u.ier arrest. RoSs, with d S!eam OF
re daIur- from his eyes, sprang Tor
N ID t. grasp he gun, but failed lie
ms4ht the ramrod aud drew IT out, out
D. Ire e could make his onslaught Ar
.-..l.eF Hfcl. and Ross Eel. u tie floor
-.. iii lhe back, just b" the thl-E-
vas tied securely aud Mr.. Huattey
..r on go cali ~ tie Zen. Who lie
3D.. 8 u-l. IL, ar. " hen they ali arrived
..- --eu.. the Negro was placed IN a
.ra anu carried to the old hagan
where Z bed It straw was pre-
r..e5 lr HIM. Upon thI- he was lali
....t.a aa gathered vtawd he prOceedc!
..se nl, couiesSIuu. Al > O'Clock in
uarulug. lie died. He was shot al
.U sUc PREVIOUS cnlng
THE TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
3.e o5 the party drew out paper and
... md seated himself beside the dying
ar-ro ID take down his last words, being
-gl.ession, told in a broken voice, OF
FL. savage murders which he had com
-steI and Tor which he was soon to ac-
a.u4t before the Judge of all. He was
>4ttaliug considerable pain and talked
R-h considerable difficulty. He fist
c.uies.ed ~ the murder of Mr.. +. y.
Mcdowell. at Camden. and then told a
.ae murder Of tie old negro Bob Henne
gan. IN this county, two years ago. Hl>
brstEerin Jaw, he said, helped him tt
A.I Nj. Mcdowell. He did the killing.
but hi. brother dragged the body away
tArrw i IL a d.tcr and covered 1t witt
brush. lie stated in detail that on the
mJruius Of last Thanksgiving day, MIR
NcDu@..i rode up TO his cabin and asked
tor hlm. Il was not In the house at tn
time. ba- soon came up and found MIR,
Mcdowell standing by his horse, buck
l.l.Jhe saddle gIrth. He SAID, hello
jus. whats the matter with you!
ue- answer llm, uut went in the doc
....a4 Gss back, picked up my axe an(
.s was bent down at the saddle,
... I'D nim III the head. / did not hi
.. bic, once, but that lick broke III
...l All TO pieces My brother the
a.-el the body to 4 ditch near 10y
.a..sI. ii and covered it with brush, an
...l e-me back and scraped up the bloo'
...u ls- Ground" Ross then fed, cam
.cls Charlotte. lodged about from
a3- IS place uutii he got TO ivy ; mil
I.I- pace, he said, was where he con
..gI himself after he had killed BoI
li..leuan. 1t Is =. wild, rugged piece Z
e~lu-rfy, and sale hiding place, and Du
--r the party accidentally discovering III
rI4ll, ua might now be hiding there l
perfect safety.
The negro continuing his confession
told how ne wayiald Bob Hennegan, II
t.i, county ADO 1t two years ago and wit
t4c assistance OF two negroes, Marshal
Baxter aud Ell Harriss. beat his head t
q pulp aud threw the ~liieless body in tn
e.=ek. FL Harriss, he said, had NOR
90 do with Ii than Baxter did. Harrlss
j viii be remembered, turned State eV
Hsencc aud was released. Baxter wa
uTei aud hung. Ross escaped and trol
that day TO TIN. has succeeded in outwlt
ting the officers IN their every effort t
capture him.
WHY HE KILLED MCDOWELL.
Ross said he killed Mr, Mcdowell be
.--e elat gentleman, for whom he ha
Do waTAiug, mai jailed him for sell N
uy.s-agad property. 1t seems that Tor
q. d brother Of the murderer. va
a- "a Nr. &. J. McDowells farm, an,
ta tins brothers. house Joe Ros
-a- about d year ago, aud hired HIM
-e. y4l 10 work for Dir. Mcdowell, CIV
mortgage "a sone hogs, etc, ID
4#y traWn. When settling came
III tagged property was not forth
g and Ross vas sent to jail. In
Lad. iced man, NJ. /. \. Mcdowell
"alt 10 ms brother, MIR. G.. j. Mcdowell
alb. arranged to take Ross out of jal
oh ltys> promising that he would Wor
ir the former. Ross was glad to acceI
t-ise terms and was put to work on MI
Fred McDowell's farm. He soon marie
ami took the name Of Joe Wilson. In
seltement with Mr.. r. n. Mcdowell, b
Was again found minus the mort2 age
property and WAS sent to jail, but Wa
soon taken out on promise that he WOul