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Cash and his BloodyW Work.
HOW OUR NORTH CAROLINA NEIGH
BORIS TALK OF THE CRIME.

between Began Cash, the outlaw, aud Mr.. W
II. Fl. Richards. marshal of Chcrnw, which
| had its origin in the attempt Of the marsha
to arrest Cash for drunkenness and disorder
~ conduct on the streets OF Cher:tw, saturday
night, February 10th. When we bur eSIuet
tn" combat In our last Issue we little Though
the affair would terminate in ST. deplornhlG Il
manner. for We deemed Cash & man oil cn0r
a.r. and could not believe he would take an!
undue advantage Of n man whose on!y oncnc'
WIS the faithful discharge Of his duty aid thu
possession OF courage superior ~ his own
We believed Cash, were he disposed To- pursue
tho matter further. would faro his ndrcrsar.
as becomes II brave man, first warning MIN
ami In this event We had no fear OF Marsha
Richards ability to defend himself. Inc &c
. uuel, however. shows that Began Cash Is no
only Il .r"ccieSs rcrruhat", a bully, i huliioZe1
OF timid p"apt, q villain, IL cruel. hrutn
wretch, but that he is will.al Il consuinmat,
coward.
On saturday las; he went to Chcraw, Sub
mittci AMI paid his finc-IOrty dollars. I'M
marshal, being just, AZ we'll AS brave, WAS sat
iSfi"d, declined to prosecute Cash. and ex'
pressed himself rs willing to let the matter
drop. And So It did drop. Cash remained ~
town several hours, attending +" certain huSl
and cilcumspcct. lie passed the marsha
. several times during the dmy. but made ~
hostile dcmOnst ra' ION, nnl this trcacherS
led the marshal to 6eIievc that nc had moth
aftrrnnun he wGs standing on n corner. icah
Ing up against u tree summing iiin>cii ant
conrcrSing with Il friend. and Thinking, per
llaps, less of Began Cash than OF anybody
else in the world. while he thus stool Will
. his hack to the sidewalk, Cash walked mp un,
needed If not unob>crrcd. When n. h.Hi
passed some three or tour steps. II" suddenly
wheeled aad ~culnmcrcrd dicll:tr.ilS 4 No. Is
Smith e. W'e>Son pistol. The first shot missed
the marshal two feet, and struck Mr.: James
Coward in one side. penetrating ms oody &c
the other side, within q short distance OF the
surface. where 1t was cut out by the surgeon,
When the marshal heard the explosion o.
the pistol he turned 10 scc what was the mat
ter, and rs he turned Cash nreu again. IN
second >ho struck the marshal In the breast
pierced one lung and lodged In the region q
the spine. in about the position that Guitran,'
ball found q lodVmcnt in the body ol tfarnc:d
A third time Cash fired and missed again. ;ht
ball grazing the marshall = cloIhlhS anu purS
ing Itself in II tree.
Then there appeared q scene well calculatc,
to beSnlcar the reputation for courage wr1rf
the Cnshes have acquired among .tiinid Fco
pie, and to establish the fact that the yonnSrl
Cash, at least. Is n craven-hcnrted, black
hearted. sncakine coward: even II his misera
bic shooting were not Suilicieni TO P ba seo INA u,
the brave man whom he feared to fcce.. Al
the third shot Cash ran with all ms mlGht
for one block-rnn as hcromesa coward. viii
a hundred yards. he turned, and seeing. that
he was not pursued, bravely rctrcatcd back
wards. brandishlng his pistol and calling, FOL
his boy to bring his horse, which the boy
| IallCu 10 no. l1S ohNn y
brave indeed, as there was no one following
him-to where the animal was standing. He
leaped upon his horse and gallopcd away NJ
full speed homcward.
Cash the younger, was standing on the plat
form, armed with 4 WINCHESTER rifle, and
putting on q great many airs. II OLD man
Cash was also with him, but quiet. he pre-
tended to I've defying everybody. but when u
is remembered that the train had left Darling
ton before the shooting occurred, and ilhat thG
people ut Doves and Society HUI, ifthey mad
heard of the shooting, had no TIME to prepare
themselves, aside from having no authority
to arrest him, even If they had the inclina
ton TO do so.
When the train reached Cash's Depot no
body on bonrd had heard Of the shooting, and
they did not hear of II until the train reached
Cheraw. Cash had calculated on this. he
knew that no attempt would be nnde 10 ar,
rest him, and his valiant strntting up and
down the depot platform was nothing more
tina the meaningless bravado Of a coward
towards are always brave when they knoW
there Is no danger. Why Is It he has not
evening in question? Why is he not so brave
and defiant now rs he was then?
Immediately after the shooting, and before
Cash had got half way home. j. I. McNhtr
Esu., the mayor, volunteered to be one OF Il
party who should pursue Cash and arrest him,
Others quickly volunteered. and the assassin
might have been caught. but when they asked
Deputy sheriff Wells to lead them he moi
| OILY TSlUSSu, DuI StCluhlS 6oC WV vi "te
knees and prayed them mol TO do anything
20 resh. Without q leader and without au'
thority the citizens cared not TO act. but pre-
ierred waiting till the sheriff should execute
tho law. 1t was confidently believed that tho
sheriff would do his duty, and 1t was time
and again asserted, When SpOtf0rd come
well have him. but when Spoftord ca'ne and
went out to arrest Cash 1t would appear that
unlike Cesar, he simply went, was seen and
was conquered.
Arriving at Cash's residence, accompanied
by only one man king Timm0ns, one Of
Perkins pals and a hencllman Of CAST -ht
was cordially met at the door by the Colonel
who extended bis hand, Invited him In, and
expressed himself rs Overjoyed to see Sheriff
| SpOtiOrd. Timmons remained on his horse al
the front gate. but tie Colonel waved him tc
partnke Of his hospitality. He did so. U
coarse, for how could n gentleman OF King
1lmmons's cali6re be SO rude as to refuse sc
! old gentleman as Col. Cash?
On the inside the sheriff and Timmons Jared
well. The noble old fcudal lord set outa &c
canter, and with his own royal hands pre-
smacking their lips and putting their stom'
nchs In ccstncy. they sat down to discuss the
passing events OF the period. The Colonel
led the conversation. and by n mnsterly flank
movement quickly came 10 the topic nearest
his hoart-tle heroic action OF his son In Che
raw the day before. He spoke ut length upon
the subject. declaring himself we'll pleased
with the deed, but expressing sincere rcgre,
that Bognn should havcdone such poor shoot
ing. Said he: IL just ought TO have been
there; aud. by the way, If Richards don't die
he had better die; It lie gets we'll l shall Kill
him myself"
Col. Cash then conrteously informed the
sheriff that he could not see Began. but init
mated that Tinimons could see him If he sc
desired. All that pissed is not known, but |,
ID known that the sheriff returned to Cheraw
without making the arrest, and that he re-
fuses to render any sort of an explanation fol
his non performance OF duty.
Thus the matter rests. Thus II will rest; fol-
corpse in Chesterfield County. We will moi
too readily censure Sheriff SpOfford. Per-
haps he may know what lie Is doing, but we
venture to say were Began Cash a poor man,
nifty indeed does wealth give. II It's possessor
may murder poor mel Mt will aud then defy
the law. We hear thai Col. Cash is one OF
Spofford's bondSmen. We do not know ifthis
Is trle, but If 1t Is true It, may explain the
mystery of brave Spnfford's on-prriurmance
OF duty. for he Is known to he Il courageous
man, who has never before shrank from duty
or quailed in the face Of danger.
We go so tar as u say, however, that Cash
will not be arrested. Alter q while he Will
name the terms OF his surrender, will be al.
lowed bnil and will 90 unwhipped OF justice.
Ir lie ever has u trial 1t Will be but n shame.
quilted with honor. and will be tur ed loose
like II mad bull nUOn the community, to mur.
der other u~noffendirg men unawarcs,a and to
make widows md orphans at his brutal
pleasure.
We have Away denounced the Northern
cutlery, "LawlesSncss In the South" NJ q
shame, an imposition. n wrong; but we are
ut last forced to admit that IT Is not altogether
and in Chesterfield County, South Carolina,
especially. III that county IL man who ha.
lived In open defiance Of the law for years Is
| allowed 10 enter the principal town In broad
| omen dnNlipht. walk m hrhlnn tho chIof III
police and shoot him down like q dog. while
a private citizen falls pierced through and
through by u random shot. In his flight he
passes three sworn policemen. who make no
effort To arrest. When Il few brave, law.abid.
ing citizens desire to pursue and capture thu
assassin. the deputy sheriff refuses to lead
TO do nothing so rash. The sheriff OF the
county, with a warrant In his pocket. goes Ia
the house where the fugitive Is secretcd, but
instead Of arrestinS the OUTLAW drinks with
and, coming away, refuses 10 speak upon the
subject,
This is the state Of affairs In Chesterfield
County. and it is n blackcning. dainnine
shame uron tho county whose proud bonst Il
Its rhivalry.
The truth of the matter Is that ZONES
praccabie: law-obserying mon are In Il minor.
iiy In that county. There Is o prrdominating
element, naturally lnwless In spirit, whose
desire is to live unrestricted and to TO gov.
erncd only BY the bent of Its own inclina
ions. his element Is proud or The CaShcS
and prefers 10 be subject to their imperial
will rather than - recognize The majesty o.
the law and to see that the law Is ell forced,
Were this not true the Cnshes could not be
have rs They do. and the last outrage wuulC
not be permitted 10 pass without nm effort
being made to bring the guilty to Justice.
Two thirds OF the Peep t in Chesterfield
County are in sympathy with the Cashes
Z very half hour, day and night, a runner
posts from Cheraw to their rendezvous to in,
form them OF what IL said and done. Every
change III the condition Of the wounded men
Is promptly reported, and they nrc Informed
from day to day of every shade Of public sen
timent better than any two men in the coun
~. Those who would execute Justice are 81
fenced, II not inundated, and while It Il
inllmated that there Is n deep rooted deter
mipaliOn among the good people OF that out
ragged community not to let the crime go un
punished, yet we fenr their numbers are toe
limited for them to do anything.
THIRSTING FOR MORE GORE.
Cash, we hear from good authority, swears
to have the blood Of the editor Of the Inteiii
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