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Courier, and was directed to q gentleman VINO
was IN friend Of Col. Cash. and with whom
he had formed Il speaking Acquaintance on the
tourney, and whose name for obvious reasons
i m's Int I Iess" =, &c rsp niiiap' the friend Of the
Castles. "lIe lives below there" ana thsn
nv informant went on TO tell what he Knew
uGout the movements ana sayiIss ~ o
Iheruw WE. Cash Ind been staying al u
house which he pointed out to me anu wnicn
il about wv or 9W ynrdS sonth OF Inc 'asi
! mansion, on the line Of the railroad, Ahd - IN
strongly and evidently recently bullt IN u
clearil 4, and enclosed with the cfarncterisllc
worm fence OF pine rails. Inside Inc iiiGios-
ure arc Two stout barns built close tosether'
and In one of these, he informed me, W. ..
Cash lakes refuge when any one approaches
the depot.
THE OUTLAWS ATTITUDE.
Ny informant said that he had convcrsed
with both Col. Cash anu his son since tue me
raw affair. Col. Cash, he said, had told hun
that neither he nor his son Began ~oulu nie
uron any officer OF tho law who attempted 10
arrest him. The persons iur whose niooo Coi,
asn is reported to be tlIirsting arc the posse
who, IL IL alleged, volunteered To capture 80
.nn Immediately after the murder. MY inior
munt stntes, and his Information Is suoSta.ti.
ated by the reports OF eyewitness, that 20
gan Cash was badly brHtrn In the light with
IDwm marshal richards which proceeded the
shooting. he added, that Coz: Cash had tod
him he didn't intend to hive his son lynchcd,
but at he would see To II that he gave him
self up and stood his trial like II man. lie
Said, ton, thnt while he would not submit 10
an arrest by q posse OF volunteers, ne would
not resist the attempt OF any officer to arrest
him, may rs well state right here that In
the event Of Cash's arrest there Is not Tho
slightest probability Of his being lynched.
such is my impression after cOnverslng with
| =, ,,tp,hnr ri the leading citizens OF lnerlW
who have muSt cause to be outraged at the
lnwlessness Of the Cashes. My iniorTnntalSo
tod me that Began Cash has a following AMI
That his hiding place IL thoroughly picketcd
by scouts, who carefully watch the surrounds
Ing country. and by others who live IN Che.
raw and vino promptly bring him Intelligence
OF anything that lralSpircs IN lie village.
VILLAGE GOSSIP.
On the streets of Cheraw, In the sitting room
OF The hOteI and In the pubic places, Tie SUI
Irct of con ye: sttion Is Sllli Cash. To shy thai
the Cushcs have tcrrorizcd the entire sur
rounding country would perhaps be nm cxag'
gcrulion, but It's painfully apparent that they
arc looked upon with dread by al who do not
affiliate with them. In the sitting room VI
the hotel Il mot OF Il half dozen or more per
sons were seated around IL fire discussing
Cash. One man was reading from tile -NcHa
amt Courier Of Wednesday tho special telegram
from Washington In which Rollin H.. KIRK Is
reported to have given the substance OF ltt'
ter from Col. Cash. and in which col. Cash is
reported rs threatening 10 oiler a reward M
Sl,lOJ Tor the head of the lntcndant OF CheraW
II that Otficia. offers a reward for the arrest o.
his son. Tn opinions expressed were vari
GUS.
"Cash can be taken easily enough" said one
of the group, 'but there IRE some MEL IN OF
flee here who are afraid OF him. .
"iOI want u regiment Ol IexaS Cowboys,
suggested another. -,
"I know one man In Darlington who would
arrest him In fifteen minutes said O gentle
man who had arrived on the train that eve
Nv ell, didn't he go down to Darlington and
clean out the town once SAID ~ siilall boy
who was hunging on the outskirts of the
crowd: :" seed hila once on a bender at 80
ciety Hill. He shot at Il niggcr-not to XII
him, you know, only Jest to scare him n little
The niger boIted, | tell you, In y hurry. ,Bo
lie gifts ON a bender lie makes things howl
'.The killing oI lliclIa rds seems to- me from
all I've heard OF it, said nj old gentleman
ito have been q cool, deliberate murder" .
dcfeace,'' said another one of the crowd. &c
which answered still another, ~ don't douh,
tllat you could get u dozen TO Say 50. They are
afraid of him."
THE CONDITION OF COWARD.
Tint small boy here volunteered the infor.
nation that Col. Cash hud sent word 10 Cow
ard, the bystander who was shot by w. B.
Cash. that he would pay all his debts and the
expenses Of his sickness and 81 a day during
the time of his sickness. Coward, II may he
stated, In the opinion OF his physicians. Will
never recover. He is said TO lie hopelessly
and fatally wounded. In - conversation
which | subsequently, had with IL prominent
citizen, he said to me that 1t was not true TINT
Cash had the whole place In n state Of terror.
Fifty men, he said, could be obtained to un'
dertake the execution Of the warrant fol
Cash's arrest II the sheriff called upon them
and authorized them 10 do 1t. But without
the sherill's order they could do nothing
Cash, he admitted, was not Il pleasant man t.
deal with. If any man attempted to injure
49, L. 80, ,,,,. ln tn,1t Nf,h. ~ GhNNf hI ~
in the back. and no man wanted 10 lender
/ himself liable to this kind OF thing.
Everybody seems to unite In the opinion
that anybody can go pehceably to COZ. Cash.
house and that the Colonel Will receive them
and entertain them In the old.laShioned stylt
of the old-fasl,ioncd southern ""ntlcman, %
whom Col. Cash IL supposed to be a rcpreScn'
sentative. But l have not heard OF Anybody
who has vcntured to 70 to look for W. Is
Cash. although 1t seems TO be pretty wei
known that he Is ut home.
CHANGE OF TACTICS.
Mr.. Tlnmons, the deputy sheriff, who wen
; down to Col. Cash's on Wednesday to serve
the warrant, Is reported to Ic 4 brave man
and 10 be one who Is willing to make tho
arrest. The result Of his visit have already
tclesrapheu. Since his return to Ciierlw thu
Impression seems To have got abroad that the
Cnshes have changed their Tactics; that they
will not resist the service of n warrant. pro
vided the officer who has 1t can come up
with Began, or. In the words OF the Colonel
can 'outrun him and bring him NJ I'm
told by a friend who Is also "a friend OF The
Cashes," that The Colonel has directed Bogai
TO Look out for himself, not to fire upon any
officer. but 10 outrun him and get way flon
him II he can. The swamp lands OF Ihe Pee
Dee, where Began Cash. 1t Is said, has spcnj
the best part OF his life III hunting. agord hin
Il safe retrcnt-a safer retreat probably thar
he could secure by leaving the State. II lt
E nntrsge to elect tr!s Ris sSrc It T re IS p %s i s,i'' @i'l
the Il, ctast of blood horses, knows every foot
OF the vast swamp, and Is said to bc surround
cd by stauncl adhercntS who VIII give hin
any assistance he needs.
THE sToRY OF TIE MURDER.
The inquest over the body of the murdered
marshal was held as already published In TIT
telrgraphic columns Of the NcVs and Courier
ON the 10Th nit. The testimony has been for
wurded to Chesterfield Courthouse and Is no
accessible. From what | CAN gatntr here from
eye-wltneSScSO of the affair there does not seen
tH be much doubt rs to the character of Thu
homicide. II what these witnesses say Is Il
be relied upon,, II was q cruel, withton murder
Cash 1t seems had been in town some day
previous to the shooting, and had had a figh'
with the town marshal. One nf Cash's friends
told me that he had snid that he was drunk
on that occasion and that richards had heater
him pretty badly al any rate the matter WI!
thought TO have been settled. Cash promised
MIR. McNair, the 1ntcndnnt Of Cheraw tina
he would moi modest Richards. and Mr.. Nc
Nair had told Richards That Cash had pledged
his 'word OF honOr'not to take any urfaiI
:. advantage III him CRicIards) and that he (tht
intendant) had every condolences In his keep
that W. j.. Cash fully intended to keep IN
word, Col. Cash was in Columbia at the tiint
of the fight between Richards and his son
ind only returned home on the saturday q
the shooting. 1t Is said that upon finding
W. Is. Cash had been bc' ten he started Il
clean up his gun and announced his intention
of coming to CllerHw to kill Richards, uId |
is believed that In order to prevent his father
trntp rlrr>iIp titlt his fhrpnt RDpun tQSb thor
took the job into his W hands. He reached
+ Cheruw about 1 O'clock on the fatal afternoon
and announced his intention 10 Il gentleman
whose maine for obvious reasons IS suppressed
, He brought three horses with bin and lint
them hitchcd conveniently for use. Then h,
uent out cunning. Richards WIS standing ncaI
the corner of Front street leaning against I
twice, went to the telegraph office on Marke,
street, sent OF Il dispatch and then returned
Upon passing his victim the third time hi
ards, ure you watching ME p To this Rich
ards replied that lie was only ON duty. Turn
Ing to Coward Cash said: damn 1t, are you
watching Inc, too - to which no answer wat
returned. Cash tllereupon Started 10 walk OF
and Richards, In his ante-mortem statement
says he thought he was going away. Not so
Quickly pulling out a sclfcocking smith &
Wcssnli, pistol. Cash fired, the ball hitting
Richurds In the arm and giving Coward hi,
death wound. a second shot gave Richard:
his death wound and a third missed both
men. Cash then ran OIL, MOUNTED one OF his
three horses nnd started for the cnstle OF I'M
family. In the mcuntimc he lugged out u
fresh pistol which he probably lMd or his
person. Passing the railroad station, which
IS on the outskirts OF the town, he shouted u
the agent: 'I've got two OF them. and an
ready for as many more OF them as may
come" ! am Informed that there were from
fifty to seventy-ive persons In the vicinity d
the place when the shooting occurred.
1t Is also said that when W. Is. Cash reach
ed his homo Cash senior was standing upon
the platform armed with his gun, and that
upon the arrival Of his son., he embraced him
and told him that 1t was the best deed he had
ever done. 1t is said that tile Colonel was
ready to start for Cheraw himself on the mex
train, In order TO take a hand in the hunt
OFFICIAL LUKEwARMNESS.
These are the details OF the crime, MS far ne
l have been able " gather them. AS to Cush's
subsequent movements nothing cnn be learn
Ell, except Ivy report 1t iS,cOnceded here that
he might have been arrested Ii prompt meas.