The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-05-12
a Band of Outlaws.

A graphic picture Of life IN the remote
neighbOrhOOds of Kentucky has been lln-
veicd recently III the accounts of tho ex-
ecutlOn, without tho f0rmality st Jury
trial. Of the leaders of band of outlaws
who have kept three counties in a state of
excitement for long term of years. The
nineteenth century Was but three years
old when band of intrepid settlers built
rude cabins nnd founded q village On the
banks OF the Donaldson river, in Caldwell
county, Kentucky. The village grew and
| thrlved; a rude meeting house was sue
ceeded by painted church with an unde-
Voloped spire. and post office and q large
number of "saloons" came into existence.
Hardy people from afar iOlnel their tor.
tunes to those OF the new settlers, and the
| community was made up Of Contentcd and
peaceful folks, who found their living IN
the fertile earth. Among the later settlers
was family named Campbell, the head
| OF which was a brawny, long limbed
man, OF harmless aspect, whose honesty
| at first was not doubted. This man had Il
sister, Jane, smart and comely Wom,n
who attracted many Of the younger men
| OF the community. Her influence over
these fellows was remarkable, and 1t was
wholly for the bad. Thefts inuumer-
| able awakened the settlers to q feeling of
insecurity; shot guns were kept ready for
use and valuable property was watched
by night. At last suspicion began to
point TO Campbell and his sister, al.
| though no proof of their guilt could be
obtained, Once or twice when the VIC
Tins OF the robbers grew angry and made
threhte, Campbell and his sister went
away, and after one Of their trips the
| woman returned bringing with her q
strapplng fellow named Sullivan, with
whom she set up All establishment sepa.
rate from her brothers. Tho robber.es
now became more general and more open
than before. and there was no longer any
doubt abtut the guilty persons. a for
mldable baud Of outlaws was organized,
with Campbell, his sister, and Sullivan as
the leaders, and the settlers appar.
emily feared them 100 much to take
action against them. Years passed on,
Sullivan disappeared, leaving Jane Sulli-
van, as she called herself, with three
children. and the robberles were as irc-
quent as over. Jane died, but left o
daughter, Mary, quite as wild and un-
scrupulous as her mother. Campbell's g
sons were this woman 9 associates, and the
generation OF thieves was bolder than the
old. They proclaimed their calling with
pride, aid their cabins, filled with stacks
Of murdcrous weapons, rescmbled armor.
les. They stole anything they fancied;
cattle and horses household goods, silver
and money. Within the last few years
the citizens OF Caldwell, Hopklns and
Webstor counties formed bands of "regu-
lators' TO conquer tho thieves, who defled
them by posting notices that any citizens
who accused one of the band OF theft
would be killed. Bloodshcd became fre-
quent, and for a time the thieves ap-
pared to be the vlctors, but recently
their good luck deserted thcm and one
by ono the boldest of them were found
hanging TO trees OF lying dead by the
roadside. One morning the dead b. ody OF
Merry Sullivan was discovered suspended
from the limb Of tree that a few days
before had borne the body Of her lover,
The settlers have since lived In, security,
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