Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-08-16
SHALL HALL HANG +?
kENTucklANS PATIENTLY AWAITING
THE GOVERNORS ACTION.
They "wsii Have Him or Burn Wise q. H."
cIaib. Joues's Arsenai-Bsiied by Halls
Brother-Pickets and scouts.
lcOrresponaence Of The Richmond DIspa,ch.l

Correspondents OF the Richmond Dispatch.l
WISE COURTHOUSE, Va, August IA
fortnight Of Talt Halls death-watch il
over, and there is the lull now which pre-
cedes very probable storm. The Ken
tuckisns arc waiting the result of the
petition for change OF sentence, and John
Wright is away for a fortnight on business
for big land company. The people who
know say that Is Johns way when
he does not care TO take a hand
himself. They say he gives orders
and leaves home, and that his henohnen
do the rest, all of which may be unjust to
John, as far as II bears on Halls release.
Two women came over from Kentucky
yesterday. They say that Halls release IS
tho talk of every tongue aud that every
one believes a rescue will DO attempted II
the petition fails. man from Kentucky
also brought significant news.
HIS ARSENAL.
Claib. Jones is mortal enemy of Wright
and Hall, and long and bloody feud was
fought between them. Claib. was IN Jail
on charge OF many murders and burning
one town. He was released three days
ago on q bond of $4,000, and tins man
says hls bondsman is no other man than
Bill Hall, Iait's brother. Claib. has q
Calling gun, n cannon, and desperate
following OF his own, and the conclusion
~ irresisi able that Talt's brother has balled
Clalb. out on condition that Cla!6. shail
turn his artillery ON the walls OF this jail.
PROBABLE COALITION.
Inasmuch as the Kentuckians say that
they mean 10 have Talt If they have 10
burn the town and batter down the Jail,
many actually believe that such cOali-
ton has been made. Clalb got his guns
in rather an odd way. He was Iailer once
at Hindman, over III Kentucky. lie had
some bad prisoners of his own who were
about to be rescued, and the Governor sent
him cannon and Gatling gun. When
Claib threw of the robes of office he iln-
pressed the guns into service for his own
war.
LAYING FOR "TALr.
Claib. tells this story of the time when
he and Ialt were "waltin' In the nome
for each other' p" come nigh gIttn' lat
once. A little shower of rain wuz all that
saved him. had been laywayin' him n
wuz watchin' his house. had been thar
two DAYS without bite ter eat. AT last
Jat came out with Il paper n sat us
chair back agin the house n begun TO
.read. TUX aim at him, but j had been
lookln' so long that my eyes Wuz weak n
took of my glasses ter wipe 'eIn. While
| wuZ a-rubbin' EN- a shower OF rain be-
gun a-drappin, m Talt picked up his char
md went into the house before could
shoot"
Such an enemy Talt's brother has baled
out of jail.
SCOUTS WORK.
II ia said that the Kentuckians know the
exact number of the guard and who they
are personally, and every detail OF the
watch, where the attachments sleep, and
how many are in each, and where the
pickets are posted. SO changes are made
constantly. During the last day or two
three or four strange men have been seen
on the hill-tOps about the town and
moving mysteriously about through the
woods and eorn-helds, and an unsuccessiui
attempt was made yesterday 10 capture
them. That night picket halted three
men, supposed to be the same ones, aud
they dropped to their knees, crawled
through fence, and scuttled away through
q corD-6eld. These men are undoubta0le
spies sent over to study the situation. IL
is said, too, that Hall has friends right
here in town who give information about
the guard.
II IS claimed that Halls Jealous friends
are forging names to the petition over IN
Kentucky. The lists are not shown with
great Openness, and one OF the guards
who saw one. says that the slgners were
men of little advantage TO any community.
One member Of the guard signed the
petition, and the feeling among the rest
was 80 strong that he was forced 10 resign.
KEEN HEARING.
The guard will be increased when the
fnai word comes from the Governor,
MANY of them are new to such duty and
for them the nights are tremor of excite
ment. The strain of the watch makes the
senses abnJrmally acute. One man, dis
tingulshed young NirgInian, claims that
on mis- first watch he heard every football
of a cat walking III the sand a hundred
yards away.