The Banner-Democrat., 1893-11-04

family found the mangled remains OF
John and his driver in the bottom of
he wagon.
The officers telegraphed for blood
hounds, and on search found the regu-
lation blind The ASSASSIN had dis
guised his footprints by mailing pieces
of boards to the bottom of his shoes.
The bloodhounds came, but the trail
was so old when they arrived they could
not follow it. 1t was impossible to
apprehend the assassin, bat the murder
was believed to be the work of Hamp
ruggle.
AS soon as the Ramseys could make
arrangements 10 move they left the
parish, and again the hope was enter
tanned that all the bad blood was
emptied.
Some months passed and nothing was
heard of IIamp Tuggle. His brother
Henry was peaceful and industrious
citizen One morning he was picking
cotton in his field when sho. from the
woods near by mortally wounded him.
He lived long enough to say that be
saw Tom Kinder shoot him.
Kinder got wind of the statement,
and when The officers went after him he
had disappeared. Soon after Mrs. HamT
Tuggle began receiving anonymous
letters telling her to leave the parish
or ber sons would be killed. They were
boys 10 and Is years. Her husband,
Hamp. had never been seen since the
murder of John Ramsey.
Murray Tuggle. the younger son. was
shot in the leg one night as he was re.
turning to the house from the stable
| Afraid to expose her elder son to the
| assassin the mother mounted planta-
ton mule and rode to Homer for sur.
geon and officers. The bloodhounds
were brought, but again refused to fol.
low the trail.
Public Indignation had another spasm
at this outrageous attack on boy, and
the local papers printed scathing edito-
rails on the weakness of the Jaw.
This seemed to have no fleet, as not
more than three days after John Fer
guson. friend an neighbor of the Tug.
giles, was shot from ambush. and two
letters he had on his person for Mrs,
Hamp Tuggle were taken. He was
returning from Homer. where had
called tor the Tuggie mail. 1t is be-
lieved that Tom Kinder killed him to
get the letters by which he hoped te
locate Hamp ruggle.
The coroner's jury returned verdict
that John Ferguson came to his death
from gun in the hands of Thomas D
Kinder. This murder occurred the last
of August.
| Kinder is the last of the Ramsey
faction, and is said to be the most cum
ming. He is IA dead shot and perfectly
desperate. Hamp Tuggle is equally
as good shot, and. if possible, more
desperate.
These two men are fugitives from
the law, and each stalking the other in
the swamps.
Says the Shreveport Times: "From
all information that can be obtained
the notorious outlaw. Tom d. Kinder,
is still at large in Claiborne parish.
Notwithstanding the fact that the
officers, assisted by large lose OF
citizens. am aided by bloodhocIls,
have tried to run him down. Worse
than that. it is claimed that he not
only went to his own house (Which was
left uneuarded b, the ofiicers) since
he made his assault on MIR. A. X.
Clingman last Saturday, but ne has
also been in the very town of Homer
on at least one occasion since that
event. 1t seems. to be conceded by
those who are best informed that
Kinder has at no time been many miles
away from his home. either before or
since his attempt to kill Mr.. Clingman.