Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-10-03
A SWAMP ANGEL CAPTUREI.
The Terror on Wheels" OF Arkansas
Behind the Bars.
Thrilling Narratss Of ihs 0a'csr Who Bassed
the Game.

Little Rock special: Angels Meet Me
on the Cross Roads," is the title of song
much sung in the South, but Deputy United
Marshal Faulkinbury tackled an Arkansas
''swamp angel" the other day as different In
character from that depicted in the song as
could possibly be imagined. The real name
of the man, who has, by his daredevil
career since the war. Justly earned the po-
etical sobriquet of swamp angel, "isNariin
Mitchell of st. Francis county, Arkansas:
His career is made up of series OF adNefl-
lures that would do credit to the Imaginative
brain of dime novel writer, and the beauty
of it is, his experiences since the war, con-
tanning as they do, long list of crimes, are
all fact. He has been living for several
years past in the Black Fish bottoms of St.
Francis county, but has for some time at
tended to the clubhouse of the Memphis
Gun club. but his home, as stated above, is
out i'm the swamps, and il is said the people
I'm his neighborhoOd "hide out" when
Mitchell is at home, he being considered a
terror on wheels" Deputy Marshal Faulk-
injury wanted Mitchell for selling liquor
without government license, but this official
undertook the task of capturing his game
| with feeling of considerable uncertainty.
| But We will let the deputy marshal tell the
story of how he cOrraled the prisoner IN his
| own language.
THE STORY.
Il determined said Mr.. Faulkinbury,
ito 90 to Memphis first and make arrange.
mentS there for his arrest If he should gel
| away from me in Arkansas, because knew
| he had been in the habit of going there fre
quently. On Thursday night l left Little
Rock for Memphis, and was comfortably : Sc Sc
| creted in one of the passenger coaches whel
we passed Black Fish. was thinking OF
the dangers / might have TO undergo wheT
| I came back and went out into the Swamp'
for the Swamp Angel While was think
ing of these things a man entered the coacl
and took a seat. He had dOuble-barrelet
shotgun and two revOlvers, and l had
curious sensation, when it dawned on M
that he was the man had been thinkin:
about. had never seen hiih, but kLev
from his appearance and the descriptions
had of him that Martin Mitchell the notori
Ous, sat before me. We were about twenty
five miles from Memphis, and ! had to thin
quick about what to 90. did not like 10 le
him go out of my district, but hesitated t
take him on the train. The drop with
man like that meant nothing. had
EITHER TO KILL HIM
or be killed. and did not want either /
happen. had started to bring him to l.ittl
Rock, and not to have tragedy. spoke |
two or three men on the train knew, al.
, asked them to help Inc to arrest him. Bt
when told them il was Mitchell. the swan
: angel, they begged to be excused and sal
they wouldn't help unless they were o
dered to. There he sat. with his sh0lgu
! and pistols and did not know how man
friends he had on the train. We soon got
| Memphis and saw Mitchell hand his sho
gun TO man as he got off the tram; tel
phoned police headquarters, and went the
4 rapidlv. and Capt. Uackett and Sergeal
Scott at once started with me TO. get O'
= man. We came down from headquarter
and had gone scarcely block when Mite
!, eli came out of a saloon in front OF us.
u was on Adams street.
}, THE CAPTURE.
t I'VE all recognized him, and the 10
# said: ,ou,h,o,, ,,o, -,
u II then proceeded TO tackle MIN. v
It were.c close behind him by this tiue,l lant
said in a loud voice:
"tNitche |, I've got warrant fOr..yC
s. and YOU are my prisoners!
r sHe whirled. and went for mis- revOlV'
:, but I grabbed his hand with my left a
. ierked the pistol out myself.
D. "'Have YOU got anything else" | asked
IS mo, that's all, he replied, and accept
pr the situation. When we got MN 10 ihe
20 toni house he was searched, put no I OIl
e. before Judge Douglass next morning,
T. carving a pistol, and his case continued,
m hoinp turned over to me. That's about
III there is of the story, except that DrOiis
u him to Little Rock. He was examined
fore commissioner Hampstead and bou
over in default of $500 bail, and Is now
ct the penitentiary.