The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-03-13
BLOODY B0GaN's CASTLE.
A Picture OF Cash's Home AMI It's
Surroundings.
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CHERAw, March 7.-IIenry Berry
Lowery in the palmy days Df bis out
lawry scarcely attained more notoriety
than the persons who rejoice in the name
of Cash have managed to secure FOR
themselves within the past fortnight.
The traveller who journeys by rail over
any portion Of Eastern South Carolina
aud the Southern portion Of North Caro-.
lima hears little else on the way of talk
aud gossip except anent Cash, father
and son. AS .,Ie train leaves Florence,
the thriving town nj the junction Of the
several roads which connect there and
strikes out in the direction Of the fertile
fields of the Pee. Dee section. the talk
becomes intensified, and pretty soun the
entire company in the coach il engaged
in il. The conversation is invariably
carried on in n subducd tone Of voice,
and very much in the style in which a
nurse relates ghost or goblin story 10
her appalled, and frightened child. If
AN unusually large stranger enters the
coach at any Of the stations along the
line the talk is hushed altogether aud
there is 4 general feeling Of uncasIncss
until il leaks out that the stranger is not
Cash. Those who live within the
reach Of the nimblc pistol and deadly
rifle Of Cash Castle are fond Of relating
anecdotes illustrative OF the desperate
deeds Of the Cashcs. Most Of them pre-.
face their stories and incidents with the
remark "i'm friend Of Col. Cash,
although don't uphold him and Hogan
| in this thing referring Of course to Mr..
Began Cash's latc., bloody exploit ri
| Cheraw and hi. subsequent defiance OF
| arrest.
At Cashs Depot, the abiding place Of
| Col. Cash and his son, there i. a general
throwing up Of windows and 4 crAn"g
| Of necks with anxious inquiries from
the strangers on the train: "l5 tha,
where they live?' ''Is either Of them
thcfc?" where's the Depot &r.
THE CASH CASTLE.
Cs:h's Depot viewed from the railroad
is dreary enough place. a low, hal;.
decayed platform constitute. the Depot
About hundred yards to the South 81
| this is MI old riCke;y one story buiidin"
in an oak thicket near the railroad ,rHck:
This il the store known rs "Latkins.
The Cash mansion stands on knoll
about 500 yards TO the rigL, Of The rail
road track. 1t isa substantial two and
a hnlf story frame residence With {"
double piazza, aud surrounded by grove
of majestic pines. Few outbuldngs arc
near it, and the usual enclosure of park
partially hides The noble proportions OF
the mansion. The place has peculiarly
drcary look. 1t is q fine residence set
down in the midst Of barren pine for
est. This is where Col. l.. Il. &. Cash il
residing at present. 1t used To be his
own property, am told, but now be-
longs To Dr. Larkins, OF Lancaster, to
whom Col. Cash has sold it, together
with the demesne, which consists OF
nearly 5000 acres Of The richest cotton
land of this rich and fertile section
The price paid for it is said to have been
$G0,0O0.
Does q. Cash live there?" The
inquiry ..me from the correspondent o
The Nc,c5 end Courier, and wns directed
to y gentleman who was n friend of Col
Cash" and with whom ho had formed ,
speaking acquaintance on the journey
ana whose name for obvious reasons i
might perhaps be injudicious to publish
NO, he doesn't; replied the friend o
the Cashes. HE lives below there.
And then my informant went ON TO tel
what he knew about the movements nnt
sayings Of the Cashes. He said thu
since the shooting in Cheraw w. B Cast
had been staying ut q house which ht
pointed out to me and which is abou
500 or 800 yards South of the Cash man
sion, on the line of the railroad, md il
in sight Of the track. 1t is Il plain log
house, strongly and evidently recently
built in clearing, and enclosed with th
characteristic worm fence Of pine raj
Inside the enclosure are two stout bar
built close together, and in one Of tn,
he informed me, W. Is. Cash takes f.
uge when anyone approaches the d''t.
THE OUTLAWS ATTITUDE.
My informant said that he bacon.
versed with both Col. Cash and son
since the Chcraw affair. Col. Ch, he
; said, had told him that neitherie nor
his son Began would fire upon ~ Off
Ger of the law who attempted arrest
him. The persons for whose bod Col.
Cash is reported to be thirstj are the
posse who, it is alleged, vohlecred to
capture Began immediatel' after the |
murder. My Informant stes, and his
information is substantial by the re-
ports Of eye. witnesses, the Began Cash
was badly beaten in theght with the
town marshal Richards hich preceded
the shooting. lie adde.hat Col. Cash
had told him that he .dn't intend to
have his son lynched, 7 that he would
zee to it that he go himself up and
stood his trial like q An. He said, too,
that while he wou) not submit to an
arrest by posse ofoluntcers, he would
not resis. the as.ept of any officer to
arrest him. l m, as we'll state right |
here that in the vent of Cash's arrest
there is not the .ightest probability Of
his being lynche Such is my impress
sion after CONVEYING with 4 number of
the leading citens Of Chefaw who have
most cause to outraged At tho lawless-
ness of the CAFES. My inftmant also told
me that Boga Bash has q following and
that hi, hing place }is thoroughly
picketed bycouts, who Carefully watch
the surrounding country and by others
who live j. Cheraw AID who promptly
bring hiuintelligencejof anything that
transpire in the VILLAGE.
VILLAGE |oossIr.
os be streets of 9heraw. in the sitting
room OF the not ifand in the public
place, the subjef of conversation is
still lash. To saJ that the Cashes have
terrrized the entHe surrounding country
void perhaps bgan exaggeration, but it
is Iainfully appaent that they are looked
uon with dreh by all who do not
pfiliate with tbem. In the sitting room
t the hotel sfknot Of half dozen or
more persons fere seated around fire
discussing Cab. One man was reading
from The NesS and Courier of Wednes.