St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-02

DlAEs. ately diminishing
the patience Of the clients. Affairs
finally became so bad that justice could
not be had by any one outside the Cory
don ring. Thereupon arose the first
srumbling of the citizens.
One spring morning neighbor of
Long, named Smith, looked out upon
hig farm and discovered Long and
team of mules engaged in plOughing up
lis best lot. In reply to Smiths eX-
cited inquiries Long stated that he did
not care copper who owned the land,
he was going to raise crop on it. And
he not only raised the crop, but he har-
vested it, and was not even arrested.
Long was holy terror. After he had
safely harvested his ill-gOtten crops he
conceived the scheme of stealing the
saw mill. Alone and unaided he stole
the hand ferry which ran across the
IOhio river at COrydon, crossed the river,
land in the dead of night loaded the
mill; recrOSSed the stream, and in the
morning was far away IN Blue River
township. OF course, great hue and
CRY was raised, but the injustice of the
EOTydOn courts was so well known that
Long was not prosecuted.
By his cruel proves he had so I'M
mercifully beaten several of his neigh
bOrs that they had disposed of their
possessions at great sacrifice and fed
the county, One of his victims was
Charles DinklOckeT, now a respected
resident of Now Albany, Ind. Finally
Longs neighbOrS came to the conclusion
that there was one citizen too many in
their midst. Over one hundred of them
banded together, and agreed to rid the
county of the monster by fair or foul
means. They tried fair means first. He
was arrested and taken before Justice
BastOn, of Blue River, on the charge of
assault. Knowing full well the devious
methods Of justice, he did not resist.
The court was held in the Justices house
after dark, and the room was filled with
Longs enemies. On his arrival he was
at once searched. Two ugly navy revol-
YerS were taken from his pockets. and a
raZOr-edged bowie-knife from his boot.
The trial proceeded. Justice Baston
rendered all his decisions in favor of
the prisoner, and he was about to be dis
charged, when an unusual disturbance
was heard OntSide. 1t wSs the tramping
Of hoOfS.
THE REGULATORS HAD ARRIVED
Long grew pale and realized he had
reached the end of his rope. The regu-
latOrs approached the door in body, all
heavily armed. The scene was intensely
reSOlute with his eye upon the pistols
which had been taken from him. The
door was flung open with crash and a
score e men, led by Henry Allen,
pressed in with drawn revOlvers.
Quick as fash Long leaped from his
guards, graSped one of his pistols and
sent ball crashing through the brain
of poor Henry Allen. Turning like a
Gagged tiger he fed through rear door.
The mob pursued, shooting vOlleys at
the fugitive. Long miraculously gained
the shelter of the woods, but saw the
game was up. He went at once to a
friends house and had himself conveyed
TO COTydon, where he gave himself up.
In the fight he had been wounded three
times, once through the body, once
through the leg, and a third ball had
entered the back of his head and
emerged through his mouth. After
eight days he died in the county jail.
The county was well rid of an extra
ordinary outlaw, and the regulators
were consequently elated. Immediately,
all over Harrison county. there sprang
up similar organizations known as
"WhipperS Ups" and finally as ''White
Caps" They constituted themselves
the cOnservatOTS OF the morals of their
INSCRIPTIONS neighbOTS. Notorious
women, drunken lOafers, and shiftless
sons OF worthy widows received special
attention. Twenty-Five to $50 lashes
were given to each victim across the
bare back. The raids of the regulators
always occurred at night, were can
Quoted with great secrecy, and no one
knew who the members were.
In 1882 the COrydon ring of county
officials became more corrupt than ever.
1t was alleged that County Treasurer
Bowling was short in his accounts,
and the people demanded that an
investigation be made. This was re-
fused, and one night the town of
CorydOn was raided by 200 of the
White Caps. They were dressed in suits
more grOtesque than elegant. Each
face was concealed by a large black
mask and was surmounted by peaked
white cap. The captain was enveloped
in long white garment from his head
to his heels. AS the procession entered
the town the vigilants fired off their
pistols. They paraded the streets for
two hours, announcing at each corner
that if the county commissioners did