New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-06

T., !. -ronld co away He refused. He did not
- tbo money but the food for which he had
"o,d with IT, A couple of shots from his rifle
,n.o tho around cleared the place. lie hnlsneu.
eating his quarters worth, unmoested; then
u,ronned up another like quantity OF bread ana
meat for his next meal, laid down another
ouarterdollar TO pay for it, and went away
| once aqoin, he went into a store TO buy car
tridoes The storekeeper hesitated TO sell them
% him. and tried TO get the drop on him Win
, \ pun. But Murray got the drop" on him IN
stcad, forced him to hand over the cartridges, and
than repocketing the money he had at first laid
| down. said II you had sold them TO me ike
a gentleman. ! should have paid you for them
but you've acted so mean that. curse You. you
sbon't have cent" That was almost the only
time that Murray took property without paying
| for 1t.
Many vain attempts were made, officially AMI
unoalolally. to capture or to kill him. One mon
boasted that he would give $50 just to see Murray,
60 that he could shoot him as he stood. There
| unon Murray visited him at his home In daylight,
| and said Now you see me, don't you? Well,
| hand out the $50" And he made nm do it, too,
| and went away unframed. Once the sheriff and
an armed posse surrounded him in cabin to
which he had been lured by a treacherous friend ;
Int they fed like ours before lion WHEEL the
desperate fellow came rushing out Of the door
| way upon them. Man after man set out TO shoot
him unawares only to get shot himself, or 10
come back quicker than he went. Murray never
| sought immunity in fight or c0nccalmcht. He
went about the country and in the towns in
broad daylight without fear Fe seemed TO be
n fatallst. believing that he could not lose his
life until his mission Of vengeance was complete.
One white man brutally shot and nearly killed
negro woman for no other cause than that she
had asked him to pay the wages he owed her.
Murray swore he would kill him, and said " 1
shan't die till I've done it," The man fed from
tha5 part OF tile State and has since been IN
F, exile. Now he may return
The most scandalous feature OF the whole husi
ness however, has been the conduct of those who
pretended 10 he trying to capture the desperado.
They practically made desperadoes Of themselves
and reduced the whole country to q state OF
terror. They broke into negroes houses every
where, shot AMI logged the inmates, and despoiled
their property without shadow of legal authority.
When Murray himself was known to be at some
place these chivalrc champions Of law and order
would rush frantically off to some other place and
horsewhip q negro woman two. Said promi-
nent Democratic oflice-hoder OF Gainesville fort
night ago The crowd of outlaws who are pretend
ing to be trying to capture Murray doing more
to keep the country in ferment and TO lnclte
the negroes TO riot than half dozen Murrays."
And the number of innocent negroes killed by
these raiders probably fully equals the number Of
Alurray's victims AS a matter Of fact the negroes
for obvious reasons have been as anxious any
one for the ending of Muray's career; and it is
| not therefore surprising that negro eventually
fired the fatal shot, and that his race are joining
heartily in the CHASTITY jubilation over the out
| laws corpSe,