Asheville daily citizen., 1893-11-27

anu iDOD NlOITlS WdS 1iililIN coming up
with drawn pistol. The old man fell
on his knees before Lamb and putting
up his hands plead for protection with
heartrending means. Morris presented
the pistol at the Chinaman, saying he
was going to kill the -
- for soaring his wife.
Mrs. Lamb prevented Morris from
carrying out his threat. Ling Gun
started off and L ". Morris, the father
Of Bob, and Lamb followed down the
road aud caught up with him in a field
not far away, where he had sat down to
rest. Mrs. Lamb took down some food
and her husband bathed his wounds
with liniment while Ling ate and
gave the people 10 cents. Night was
! fully on by this time and the refugee
thanked his helpers and with good
bye" WAS gone.
Nancy Williams told Jones Atwood
| and Mark Cutshall late on Sunday after
noon about "Chiuy" and his money.
Ese1urus TO Nancy williams.
The whereabouts of the Chinaman all
| day Sunday are not accounted for. A
little after dark on Sunday night knock
at Nancy Williams door was followed by
the cntrauce of the head Of Ling Gun
| who asked is this kuocky :" Knox
recognized and lie moved away, saying
| that he would Don return. In 5 minutes
| he came into the house without shoes and
| his feet were blue with cold and muddy
| His arm had marks of dogs bite; he
| sho we'd knot on his head as big as a
hens egg, and op9ned his shirts and cx-
hibited bad bruisc on his breast which
he said had been made by IN axe handle
| His ankles and feet were badly swollen
| and he fold hn,,. ln h1I haep Ia1 i
robbed by man and Il woman. Nance
| says she knew that woman was III il
| because of tic way Ling told it. He
Staid i'll the house half an hour and went
away. About midnight the women were
reused by the noise of the rattlng of he
| door and groans, The door was opened
and i'll came the old fellow dripping wet,
| with his outside trousers i'll his hands.
He as shivCring and seemed to be about
| frozen. While drying his clothes he took
off a black cloth belt and put So 80 in it
out of a leather belt, also worn. Nancy
said she thought this money was all that
| he had left. After he got warm and dry
he got into bed and staid till just day
light when he left going up the track.
An hour after Gun lett, Atwood and
| Cutshall passed along i'll the same drcc
! ton. At . o'clock the same morning
| these two came to Nancy's cabin and
snuff, several apples and some candy.
| TheY all stayed together till Tuesday
morning when the men left for good.
| Atwood was nearly naked from the rag
| Ecd condition of his clothes. Cutshall WI as
comfortably dressed. Nancy told THE
CITIZEN that Lille and Cutshall had hr-
come lovers in the dav and a half
| Again Among our Friends.
Two o'clock Tuesday morning. AT
that hGu. Tom Lamb, who lives on the
Grassy creek road 3a, miles from Paint
Rock, was awakened by his wife who
| said somebody was grOaning outside.
Tom opened the door and Ling Gun was
found "hunkcd" on the step. He was
helped inside, put in chair and a roar
ing fire was built which soon thawed
him. His ptiah!e condition awakened
the sympathy oi the kind hearted people
and Mrs. Lamb cooked some food and
gave it to the sufferer. but the latter
refused to touch it until he had offered
money for its pay. The money was not
taken and the Chinaman put it in the
hand of one of the children in its father S
arms and said "caniv." The food was
eaten and Ling got sleepy. He said he
| wanted to go to "knoCky" and Lamb
told him to say with him till daylight
and he would 10 to the station with
| IIllli Dul lllC ')Ib Dit'i CtbSOluLCIS ICiISSt
| to go toward the railroad any more anC
motioncd through the mountains. He
continued to doze until +:3O O'Clock arC
theu said he must so, which hc did.
| While doing, the slightest noise would
cause the old fellow to jump almost out
of his chair. Mr.. and Mrs. Lamb sail
that Ling Gun was polite and seemed
very grateful for their kindness. II,
PLAYED with the baby and touched thcir
L.. |, 1 H.. III
where
Under the mountain called the Stat
Line Ridge, few minutes walk from
where the Grassy creek road stops
Jasper Williams livcs. AS near as Mr.
Williams can tell it was Q O'Clock Tues
day morning when Ling Gun came t'
) his house, barcfooted, i'll the rain, ant
pointing to the northwest tried to sa'
Knox vile" His face was dirty an,
, his clothing appeared much worn. Viii
lIams asked the Chinaman to accept
: pair of shoes and food, but Ling shOol
his head and kept on muttering Knox
= vile" and moving in its direction. IL
| WAS watched until he crawled slowl,
over fence on a ridge and went out Q
- sight, in teeblest efforts, in the edge q
/ woods which, if followed, are almost i'm
|
e And Ling Gun is-where?
' Frank Lamb and vile made hunts 70
/ che missing man several days, but foun
4 no trace from Jasper Williams.
I Newsom Mace, while hunting in th
Brushy mountains last week hear
/ screams that led him to believe they ha
n been made by a human being, but til
e hunter was unable to definitely ascei
II tain the source OF the cries.
c Pete Ellenberg, halt-witted boy uea
Paint Rock. saw Nancy Williams TAX
d money out of a sate-lke contriyance o
a belt last Saturday, and says he wi
b swear to the statement.
S THE CITIZEN in it's wanderinGs aftI
o Gun came upon a closed still and il
r warehouse i'll the mountains where
a was possible for the wandercr to ha
&c got i'll out OF the weather as both ha
V open doors.
o Dan Wills found human foot tracks
t soft ground on the banks of Bear branC
K last week as he was going through I'll
e woods to Wolf Creek.
} Bob Morris told Newsom Mace th;
It he was sorry he had not killed the -
], - who had scared his wife, ar
l. that If he run upon him again he wou
Is kill him. Morris tried to borrow bull
le mouds and bullets from Mace.
le Stewart Lamb, a witness in the cas-
d was taken suddenly i'll on Monday la
It and died in two hours. His sister, MI
.c Wills, living three miles distant, heard
d the death and in few hours, on
r. same dav, she too died.
ID The pcope generally deprecatc t
fiendish treatment of the Chinaman al
a are hoping that alive or dead he may
81 found. Randolph