The Irish standard., 1891-03-21
I. AN Old GUN. !.
Wartime Outlaws Story allied by
4 Revolutionary Relic.

4 wartime Outlaws Story Recalled by
i. Revolutionary Relic.
It is more than six feet long six feet
seven inches. Pretty good length Tor
a gun barrel? And a shotgun at that!
Standing in the corner of McQueens
restaurant on Decatur street is this old,
revolutionary relic, says the Atlanta
Constitution. There is no such shotgun
in Atlanta as that 1t was purchased by
Mr.. Donald Mcqueen in Charleston, ).
c., in 1922 It was pretty well worn
when he purchased it, having seen serv-
ice In the revolutionary war
It was a fine gun in it's day, finished
with the finest of flint and steel locks.
and besides the Tories that it had
slain, deer turkeys, squirrels ana plfds
turned their toes heavenward when the
old blunderbuss was brought to bear
upon them.
During the last days Of the late war
there existed a gang of notorious outlaws
in Robinson County, n. g., known as
the :'Lowry gang" One of the mem
bars of this band of bushwhache was
Henry Berry. He was as brave as a
lion and as reckless as--weli, lac was an
out-and-out freebooter, who regarded
neither God nor man
he got on IL spree one night, and III
his marauding around the country nc
came in contact with party Of sol
diers. He retreated at once TO his
stronghold, but carried with him this
CID gun. which he had rilfered from the
! MCQUEEN homestead. Fearing ttlal ne
would be overtaken and captured, he
nrepared to defend himself. Placing
his foot on the hammer, he blew III ,hr
muzzle CT the gun to see II 1t was load
ed. AS Il matter OF coarse lt'was, M
teen blue whistlers went crushing
through Berry's skull and the country
was well rid of one daredevil outlaw.
The cid gun had nothing to do with
the next tragedy, but there was close
connection between it and the case. 4
little tallow-faced fellow named JANA
Donehoo read in the newspapers the
offer of a reward for the capture OF
Steve Lowry, who became CHIEF OF the
| band of outlaws after Berry, death. lie
tra1i1ped all the way from his plantation
home In Alabama to North Carolina.
The reward Offered was SIX Thousand
dollars. Douehoo learned OF the where
| aloout, of Lowry and effected the capt
,,re Of the outlaw by deliberately shoot
| mo him. Donehoo drew the reward
from the State; the Lowry gang became
a thing of the past, and Donehoo, tti,
little Albanian, purchased farm III
North Carolina with the money that
was awarded him for killing Lowry.
! He settled down to lead Quiet and
Deaceable life. But he was not dc$'-
tined to enjoy the fruits of his labor I'M
i11terruptedly.
Steve Lowry left a little boy, who
was inbued with his fathers fearless
ana undauhted spirit. This boy,
even though he was but child at the
time of the tragedy, sWore 90 avenge
his fathers death. He endeaYored to
keep his word, but was unfortunate
Donehoo was justified. He killed the
father drew the reward and killed the
son twenty ye;rs after III seH-defense.
That is what the coroner's jury SAFE
The Old gun, which is only Link II
Che chain OF circumstances that make
up this strange story, is now bfaeci''
leader, with several inches Of the oTigl~
nal barrel cut Off. And it is still six feet
seven inches long