St. Landry democrat., 1884-08-30
LEXINGTON. Ky. August IS.

One of the Posse Before Yielding Their
Lives.
LEXINGTON, KY, Augustus
It was learned Saturday that Alsop
and Graves, who escaped from the Peni~
Tertiary at Fran fort during the late re-
volt, had been seen in Woodford County
coming westward. Notice was sent all
around the country to watch for them.
On Friday word was brought to this city
that they had demanded dinner at Tom
Muir's house, about seven miles from
man named Reagan in that neighborhoods
on Tate's Creek Pike.
A Sheriff's posse was quickly made
up and started yesterday. The Sheriff
asked Stephen G. Sharp, County Attor-
ney, and George Cadwallader to join.
the posse and go down JACKS Greek
miles from the city. Reagan lives.
about mile from the Sheriff.
Sharp and Cadwallader went down
Walnut Hill Pike, which the convicts had
attempted to get across, and proceeded
half mile beyond the toll-gate o that.
road, took the horse out of the buggy and
hid at a place commanding view of the.
country some distance both ways.
They soon saw two men pass some
straw stacks down toward the toll gate.
The pursuers searched through the;
churchyard, and were informed by w.
Estill that lady had seen two armed
men pass back Of the McFadden place.
Sharp took Estill's horse and CadwAl,a-
der drove the buggy, both turn
ing into Walter SCOTS front
gate ON the r chmond Pike. There one,
went ca h side of the house. They saw
two men going through the hemp field
and Sharp galoped after them. When
he got within about sixty var s of them
both Ieveled their guns at him. Sharp
slipped off his horse and took tree. The
convicts also sought trees.
A running fight opened, Sharp fired at,
Graves, then tried to get a shot at Alsop,
who followed Graves across the stubble
toward George Cassel's woods. AS Asop'
ran, Sharp rested his gun on the fencey
fired and hit AlSop in the left shou der.
The posse now came up. Sharp
galloped round through the woods
aid again sighted the fugi-
tives going through the slubbje and
into corn field. He rode along by tha
corner of Tom Shelby's house on to the
next corn-fie d and all around it, and see+
ing no tracks coming out reported to the;
posse that the conyicts were still in the
corn. The men were posted ali round
the field, and the party went in on the
track of the fugtiVes.
George Cassel and James Veal hero
joining the posse, Sharp, CasselI and
Veal followed the tracks in the corn
across the ravine, and struck the track
again.
Their first intimation of the where
abouts of the conyicts was coupe OF
shots, and Cassell fell saying to Sharp
''Oh, Steve! Oh, Steyem As he fell
another bullet passed through his head.
Veal fired on the conyicts. Sharp fell
in the corn, aud Veal went back and re-
ported both killed.
Sharp remained quiet and listened, and
heard one of the conv cts say he had
killed the id dog. Sharp getting sight
of one, who proved to be Graves, fired,
dropped and reloaded, and everything re-
NAMED quiet Sharp now craW;ed out
OF the corn to the raVine and waved his,
hat to the posse, but receiving no re-
SnonSe, crawled through the raVfne to-
W.: d, and Joined the possr
The whole party now took the rows
through the corn toward the bodies.
Sharp c:ossipg the rows, saw the con"
ct raised on uI- arm y tn a histol pre-
scented at Deputy Snerlf Rogers.
The weapon snapped; then the
posse fired a Yoliey and cushing up
found Graves dead and Alsop dying.
Each OF the convicts had had a needle
aun and five pisto.s between them-four
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