The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-07-22

Il the summer Of 1852 James Hsd..,...
n.aa abou, thirty years Of eye, dark cono,...
tnsHl eyes an hair. fully 80 feet hish a.
iog shout two hundred pounds. came to ~
hasese to work on the 81. James Hotel ~. -a'
his wifs and two little girls with him 's
bS!tN here . month or two he hired or 49, -
a-xAeon from Jss- Jefferson. City Tax 49,
andr 6ne mule from D lrrer Daniel . -.
c.slond man on the Live Oak place -:.s
prem se that he would return them N. -. sss
prtf the week. The wagon and mule n, =
peAsiIg according 10 promise, ye6sr,o, "
Q aekis went 10 Sheriff Moseley and ..k.a ~
TO w and catch the thief A warrant Va. -. !.
| sof Hedgepe,h, but Captain Moseley. &c..
hA ne had passed through Bainbrids. -
sqTfd requisition On the Governor Of G..
| os him. This was placed in the hands Of =.
P. D Demilly, deputy sheriff, who o,lo...
/ ardgpeth TO Fort Gaiues There learulD. ~.
!. bad crossed into Alabama, Mr.. DENIM, -
utseI. ~
4bsut two weeks ago Mr. B p. Crensh.x
W@td's Station, Randolph county, Ga, cam. =
c"psain MoseIey, and told him that one He'd.
/ peth, alias Thompson, a man of dark como,.r
oE3 b ack eyes and hair, six Tee, high and rs;..
nE About two hundred pounds. with geod lool,..
wEt nd three children. had borrowed mu,e r.
hinttO 90 into business in his county C.n,..
M.sf icy had told, among others. Mr.. John I'm
theti I've vas looking for the man, giving hi, A.
scEip ion.
Nht long ago Hedgepeth went to CravS,.
EiRei Last Friday he there hired or borrox.A
| from Monroe Gavin, colored man, ,woho,.
testn ~ come TO Tallahassee 10 make some nm.
cha .. Gavin sent his son along to look a..
the lam. but when they arrived here Hedsen.,h
tmlNs eh upon the Buys good nature and nav.
bin, he sIip Mr.. John Hall being in tile c,,v
Na~ lbe man and at once spotted him =, ~.
man wanted by Capt Moseley Mr.. Hall .h,d
pwF-t, him until be learned that Hedgepetb .,;a
be would camp out ON the Quincy road Tia,
higai and return TO the city in the NORMA,
But pc did not return. Mr.. Hall apprised Sheriff
hoSley of these facts SATURDAY. morning, and
4b4at eight O'Clock they started in purun If
He'd sepeth They heard nothing of him until
they got within few miles Of Quincy When.
shoF!; distance beyond Quincy they met N,
Tsai' b Smith. Constable Of Leon county vho
[ jpinia them in the chase Further on tb.v
vef sbOined by two Of Mr.. Smiths relslives and
the party followed his trail dow into Liberty
tsacl, into Gadsden county. and then to the ferry
| vmr< he crossed the Apalachicola rive. a, dark
sat!fiay night The pursuing party reached
the teFTy about midnight, and, crossing in small
boaa they soon came upon Hedgepe,h, 6udus
bin his wife and three children sleeping souudly
ir fiwagOn without bedding or cover.
:Cant. Moseley aroused him. called him BY bis
right pane and all his aliases, and told him be
wA',slte man he wanted. "All right, Captain I"
wal Hedgepeth's prompt response The prisoner
wsHl pcureIy tel, and the party recrossed the
riycr fnd were soon on their way TO Tallahassee.
VIII ere they arrived yesterday morning, and
HelgePeth and his family were placed in Jail
lfhdn Captain Moseley starts for a man he's
mis htv apt TO come back with him