The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-10-22
ALL THE DETAILS.
THE FULL STORY OF THE CAPTURE
AND KILLING OF BURROWS.

Jackson-Truth Stranger than Fiction-'
The Eody Unidentified.
DEMoPoLIS, Ala. Oct. 12.-Ai-
though the excitement over the Bar
rows tragedy has in measure subsidized,
the people of this city andcounty can
talk or think Of nothing else. The SEN
sationaI finale Of the outlaws lie, the
ringing down OF the curtain, is now en-
event Of yesterday, however, and MI
soon be tradition merely. Yesterday
all Demopolis quit business TO discuss
the tragic event; today they are up and
about as usual and discussing yesterdays
occurrence only casually.
Amidst the turmoil and dconfusion yes
terday, much garbling was done III CIV
ing out the accounts, and necessarily
some of this disjointed work is more or
less visible in every paper.
The story of the capture OF Burrows
on Tuesday evening, You are ali familiar
with. On the arrival Of AIcDut1ie and
Burrows at Linden, the former.
ACTED IN A STRANGE MANNER.
Instead of delivering his prisoner to
the shelf af MarenSo county, McDutsie
with the assistance ofhls two negroes,
retained custody Of the prisoner. Nj
Duties course is explained by the fact
that he was not inclined to turn Burrows
over to the sheriff because the latermisht
claim the reward or portion OF for the
delivery Of Burrows to the Express
company. And so on account OF tins
idea of McDufie's, Burrows was lett in
a room Of the jail building, McDuthe
and the two negroes al heavily armed
kept guard over the prisoner until mid
night, when one of the negroes went to
sleep. McDufie and the other negro
remained on duty.
BURROWS HANDS WERE NEVER TIED.
or handcufed after the jail was reached,
as has been stated in almost every &C
count have seen or heard. His teet
were chained together, but bya piece OF
inexcusable carelessness his hands were
left free. The outlaw was silent fora
long time after he enterd the room, but
finally this sullennass wore away ana he
had cutie a conversation with McDuifie
on the chase after him. Burrows was
especially bitter against Detective Thos..
Jackson. He said he was glad Jackson
had missed him. He had over a hun
dred opportunities ofkilling Jackson, but
he had never done so. He had made
up his MUD now to kill Jackson. and he
wanted him to know it.
McDufie, among other things, asked
Burrows if it was he who robbed tue
train at Flomaton. Burrows said
MAY BE HE DID
and may be he didn't. The epeople would
hear more of later.
It must have been along about 5
O'Clock, says McDudie, when his prison.
er asked him for something to eat, saying
he was hungry and had not tasted food
since the morning. McDufie replied
that he was in similar condition, but
there was no help for it, and they must
stick 1t out togetherr Burrows then said
he had some candy and corn bread and
bacon in his saddle-bags. and he desired
to get the food.
Almost before he was awere Of it, says
McDufie, the negro got up. walked to
the door, picked up the leather cavalry
sandle-bags aud tossed them over to
Burrows. The latter reached his hand
down into one OF the partitions, and pro-
duced some candy, giving some TO Nc
Dufie and some to the negro, who had
given him the saddlebags. They all sat
there eating and talking for some four
or FIVE minutes, Burrows seeming to be
in unusually good spirits.
Suddenly, without WORD otwarning
or preliminary motion indicative OF
what was to follow,
BURROWS DREW TWO BIG PISTOLS
from the saddlebags, and covering each
of his guards he ordered the CHAINS
stricken from his legs. The negro COM
menced the work while McDufie moved
slowly nearer to Burrows, with the lnten-
ton. he says, of overpowering him with
the assistance ofthe other negro guard.
who had by this time awakeGed. When
he had approached very near to the out
law the latter said: That will do. You
had better keep your distance or some
thing might happen" McDufie obeyed,
saying: ''Ruhe, the cake is yours" Bur
rows was soon unclaimed. Then, with
his pistols still drawn, be made one Of
the negroes chain Me Duffie, and tied the
other negro to him, He then locked the
door, saying: Ppm Rube Burrows, and
Pm
GOING TO PAINT THIS TOWN RED.
IT want to know where the fellow is
that's got my money. am going to kill
him." Bidding McDufie goodbye. Bur-
rows, with the negro in trount Of him.
started out to find Mr.. J. R. Carter, with
whom the money found on HIM the eve
ming before had been deposited. The
negro did not exactly know where Car
tel lived, but knew the nighborhood
of his room. The bandit king telling
the poor negro that every next minute
would be his last, stopped at one or two
residences. but failed in his search.
Then they learned that Carter had a
room over Glass store. and thither Bur-
rows and the negro went at a trot, Tor 1t
was fast approaching the tlme lor the
dawn to come. Carter was aroused by
loud cries below, and when he asked who
wanted him, he could get no reply. De
termined to know who twas that called.
he dressed, taking care toput his pistol, a
Smith & Wesson doublc-astion, OF
32-cali5est, in his pocket.
a moment later he appeared al the
entrance. When he opened the door and
stepped out, Burrows Instantly covered
him with two pistols, saying: ''Gire me
my money.
DRILL KILLYOU,
Carter looked at
his opponent and bis expression was Sc
rene, He looked at Rube possibly Sec
ond, and then two pistol shots rang out,
the one seeming but an echo shot Of the