The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1884-08-23

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n vas learned saturday ihii Aalr
and Omges, uhp escaped from Che 's1l.
tent.afy n rmn ioft inn1a tb1 hta re.
tult, hai been seen la WHudium tHaaly
tniulna westward Notice was cent al
around ihe county 10 watch Tor them
On ltldaf wHfd was brought ~ thls tiiY
That they had demanded dinner M Tom
Mulf's house, about seven miles from
town. and had forced four 40 Infs from q
man named Reagan No thht nrlghbufhpud,
on Tnio'4 Crook l1ko.
\ Hhcfn'a posse was quickly made
up aud stated yistardif th sheriff
asArd stephen a. shafn, County Attpt
ucy, aud George tatWnIndcf 10 iUln
| the posse and 90 dOWu lackH Cfeek
rikr, and Join him at his house us
miles from the city. Reagan Hives
about mile from tbr sheriff
sharp aud Cadwalader went down
Walnut HI l1kc, which the conylrts bad
| attempted 90 get across, nnd proceeded
bali mile beyond the to..glto o that
road, took the horse out VI the buggy md
| hid NJ place commanding Il View OF thy
| country some distance both ways,
They soon saw two men pass some
straw stacks down toward the toll gate,
The purfucrs searched through the
churchyard, and were informed by W
Estill that lady had seen two armed
men pass back ol the Mctndden place.
sharp took Estlll's horse aud Cadwlla.
der drove the buggy, both turn
ing into Walter Scotts front
gate on the Richmond Pike. There on,
went en- h side Of the house. They saw
two men going through the hemp field
and Sharp galopcd after them, Wher
he got within about sixty yarls OF them
both levelcd their guns at him, SharT
slipped off his horse and took tree. tn,
convlcts also sought trees
A running fight opened, Sharp fired nj
Graves, then tried to get a shot at Alsop
who followed Graves across the stubhl,
toward George Casscls woods. As AlsoI
rau, Sharp rested his gun on the fence
fred and hit Alsop In the left shou der
Tho posse now came up, SharI
galloped round through the wood
aud agaln sighted the iugi
tlvcs going through the stubblc m,
into a corn field. lie rode along by th
corner Of Tom Shelby's house on TO tn,
next corn.tleld and all around II, aud see
Ing no tracks coming out reported TO th,
posse that the convlcts were still In tn
corn. The men were posted al roun'
the field, and the party went Ia on tn
track Of the fugitIvcs.
George Cassell and James Veal her
Joining the posse, Sharp, Cassell an,
Veal followed the tracks In the cor
across the raylne, and struck the tracI
agalu.
Their lrst intlmatlon Of tho where
abouts OF the cOnyicts was couple o
shots, and Cassell fell saying TO Sharp
"Oh, Steyel oh, Sleyel" As he feI
another bullet passed through his head
Veal fired on the conylcts. Sharp fel
Ia the corn, aud Veal went back aud re
ported both killed.
Sharp remained quiet and listened, an,
heard Que Of the conyicts say he ha'
Killed the id dog. Sharp getting sigh
OF one, who proved 10 be Graves, fired
dropped and reloaded, and everything re
mained quiet. Sharp now crawed on
OF the corn 10 the raylne and waved III
hat TO the posse, but receiving no re
sponse, erawlcd through the rayluc to
wa d, aud Joined the posse.
The whole party now took the row
through the corn toward the bodlei
sharp ct0sslng the rows, saw the cor
vet raised Oh his arm with pistol pr,
scntcd at Deputy Sheriff Roger
The weapon snapped; then N
posse fired volley aud rushing U
found Graves dead and Alsop dylnl
Each Of the conyicts had had a need
gun and five pistols between them-fou
Colts and one Smith & Wes.on In
proved.