Morning journal and courier., 1884-08-18
THE VICTIM OF VIGILANTEs.
A Hero of Eight Murders Dies H
 Judge Lynch's Hand.


 Judge Lynch's Hand.
 CosTELLA, Texas, Aug. 17.-Inquiry into the history of Green Mccullough, who was hanged by vigilantes on the night of the 18th, reveals @ record of series of eight bloody murders in which Mccullough has figured as getting the drop on his victims in the same way as he did on Charley Bragg, his last man. The first knowledge of him dates from Antrascora county, where he laid out his eighth man and had so terrorized the people that he did very much as he pleased. Con- ing to this county he made his debut about a year ago in an encounter with Bragg growing out of political differences. Bragg knew his man and opened on him by shooting off three of his fingers, defecting his aim so that Me Cullough's return fire missing Bragg acci- dental1y killed County Judge Williams. Since then Mccullough had gone his way until meeting Bragg again, he renewed the trouble by shooting him down with rifle.
 CONNECTS HUNTED DOWN.
 Two Escaped Prisoners Trailed by a
 Posse and 10th Killed After a Des-
 perate Battle in Which They S1ay
 One of the Pursuers.
 LEXINGTON, Ky, Aug. 17.-It was learned yesterday that Alsop and Graves, the con victs who escaped from the penitentiary at Frankfort during the late revolt, 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 the city that they had demanded dinner at Tom Winn's house, seven miles from town, Began in that neighborhood on Tails creek pike. A sherifFs posse was quickly made up and started. The sheriff asked Stephen G. Sharpe, county attorney, and George Cad wallader to join the party and go down Jacks creek pike and then join him at his house, six miles from the city. Began lives about a mile from the sheriff. Sharpe and Cadwallader went down Walnut Hill pike as the convicts had attempted to get across and proceeded half mile beyond the toll gate on that road, taken a horse and buggy and hid at 8 place commanding view of the country some distance both ways. They soon saw two men pass some straw stocks down to- ward the toll gate. The pursuers searched through the church yard and were informed by w. Estill that Q lady had seen two. armed men pass back of the Me Fadden place. Sharpe took Estills horse and Cadwallader drove the buggy, both turning into Walter Scott's front gate on the Richmond pike. Then one went each side of the house. They saw two men going through the hemp field and Sharpe galloped after them. When he got within about sixty yards of them both leveled their guns at him. Sharpe slipped off his horse and took to tree. The convicts also sought trees A running fight opened. ! Sharpe fired at Graves and then tried to get a shot at Alsop, who followed Graves across ! As Alsop ran Sharpe rested his gun on the 1 fence, fired and hit Alsop in the ! left shoulder. The posse now came up. | Sharpe galloped round through the woods and again sighted the fugitives going through l the stable and into cornfeld. He rode along by the corner of Shelby's house into | the cornfield and all around and seeing no | tracks coming out reported to the posse that l the convicts were still in the cornfield. The | men were posted all around the field and the | party went in on the track of the fugitives Cassel and James Veal joined the posse 1 here. Sharpe, Cassen and Veal followed 1 the track in the corn across ravine | and struck the track again. Their l first intination of the whereabouts | of the convicts was a couple of l shots and Cassel fell, saying to Sharpe, ''Oh, Steve, oh Steve" Veal fired on the eonvicts. Sharpe fell in the corn and Veal went back and reported both killed. Sharpe, who was playing ''possum," !" getting sight of one who 1 proved to be Graves, fired, dropped, reloaded and everything again remained quiet. Sharpe now crawled out of the corn to the ravine and waved his hat to the posse, but receiving no response crawled through the ravine and l joined the posse. The whole party now took the rows through the corn toward the bodies. Sharpe crossing the rows saw the convict raised on his arm with pistol pre- sented at Deputy Sheriff Rogers. The weac pon snapped and the posse fired volley and rushing up found Graves dead and AlsoI dying Each of the eonvicts had 8 needle gun and five pistols between them, foul Colts and one Smith & Wesson. George Cassell, the man killed, leaves window and nine children. He was highly respected