Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1892-08-27
EUGENE BUNCH KILLED.
HOPG00D1N Hoe.
The Colonel is Enteryiewd En-
P0cte.

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lie saws that his relations with
Bunch began last spClug when be re-
ceived letter tom the noted bandit,
asking him to com1 Ia Pearl river.
lie romplind and On March list met
Bunch at the appointed place The
result Of the conference was an agree
meNt 70 50 into partnership and when
iiopgool returned Bunch went with
him,
The few people IN Tho neighhorhood
knew that the stranger had not come
among them for any good. II was not
long before they learned that K Was
ihe notorious Captain Euhch. But he
was perfectly safe among 'iopgood'e
ne;ghhors aud being over forty miles
FROM the railroad lie had nothing 10
fear from outside sources Bunch had
not been in the naighbOrh0od long be
fore he formulated the plan Of the
Tauginahan robbery C~arneSHay the
boy who was made . tool Of oD ilat
occasion aud who started y few days
ago to serve q i've yeErs' sentence in
lie DcNitcntiarr Cor the services he
rendered, has toll how .hc daring
deed was accomplished.
tlraegC&y received G silver watch
ior his services, ANA nov Cot, hop
good says tina, linnch only gave him
%l00 as his share OF the booty Both
claim ,Nat they DO not know how
much Bunch realized, but both -av
him barn d number 81 lottery tickets.
chccfs ard drafts i~jopgood sYys, af-
ter they left the train thep rode all
night, QnG upon reaching Newsom's
mills Nunch left Carnesnay aud him.
sr,t, telling them that he would return
again in three months,
II never saw him again until u
O'Clock saturday morning, when lie
sent for ne and | met him in the
woods, three miles from home, nev.
err left Tim from that hour until he
WIS killed." said the Colonel.
While coming 10 tho city Iopgood
was Questioned as to what Bunch told
him of his movements whi'o away
He cmphnticaily stated that Bunch
never 'Jld him anything, aud That the
baH'lik htNCi NiiOht Va 'htA I@S' INV Va
prcyioua robbcyies.
Al the station last night, however,
he said that Bunch .o!d him that io
md spout three months travelling
through Mississippi, Aomama, Geor.
| gin, Tennessee, Texas, heuilokg and
Missouri. These slight disGre pancies
frequently Crept into ,is statements.
The Colonel says That Bunch and him
self had gone TO the muster-Eroubd,
or Old Stirling place, when the Off
GERS carNo upon them. They were il
the center of the clearing, which Td9
skirtcd with trees and uuderbrush aud
q house taeea 1t from the southwark
The house ahioidcd the officers from
view uu.iI they hat crcpt within pis.
tnl shot. Runch was the first to rec
ogDige their presence aud he opened
fire On thom Immediately, rctrtating
! rs he did. lie only fired two shots
! before Icing killed, The Colonel says
that when he first saw the officers they
had opened fire and, seeing that resis-
lance s07 useles, he threw up his
hRnda.
liopgood claims that he hob nov1y
hj!Iod q man in his life, but says he
WAS present when his brother shot a
man uHmed Terry
lie says that liHuch shot Shirljng
from ambush, claiming hat Stirling
was trying TO get the price on.his
tDunch's) head AMI that he committed
tho deed for self protection.
ii BgUch amhUsrhed Shiri,Hg he
mnst navt returned to the locality DO.
tore Saturday last ~ Shirlipg was
Killed some time previous. That is
another Jaw in i'opgood's statement.
Ihe C0!o1cI told one Of the train hands
iiAt Dunch had once coniided to him
the fact sLat hq had killed dhy-tVo
men.
Mr.. Snmm.ora says tlnt some MONTE
ago il Was learned that Bunch was
hiding III the interior, aud Shirliug,
who was Il ~dCsppvndo himsii ana life
'0ng acquaintance Of IlopgoG@, but no
thjet, was induced 10 ret lnto the con.
fdonce o. BJuch,
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