Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-11

LuiuuteS HIS uouy was - Ing pcSiuS
that of his cousins
Public sympathy was with the
Dentons, but Tom Courcel, Framp's
tyeaHger brother Lot it be-kaowa
that he would avenge his brothers
death sooneror fater-Hew known
to be treacherous., bad man and his
cousins st&fted to hunt Nina out of,
the parishEwhen he -saad denly disap-
peared. much to the satisfaction of
the family. X +! p
About year afterwards the Dem
tons were assembled on the porch of
their dwelling njoying the, lovely
twilight that is one of the charms
of this climate. Ellen Denton was
talking gaily to a-visitor and in ex-
cellent7 spirits, her sbrother and,
parents present Suddenly the crack
of gun was heard. For an instant
, every one wondered and then to 'the
horror Of the patty poor Ellen fell
forward 'on her face, stream; 81
! blood staining the boards. Aiii'ife
ball had passed through her head,
killing her at once. Instant pursuit
was made for the assassin, and in a
few days it was known beyond a
doubt that Tom Courcel had firedathe-
coward,y shot ~ asa 81 ~ +,
The effect, on the. family was terri,
ble.t Eight months after both the
majer and his wife were dead, the
eldest son Royal had disappeared,
but ii was known that he had madera
VOW; to find the murd erer or never re-l
turn This was in 1852, and it was,
not until 1851 that he returned to his
sad home, so altered and worn that
his relatives did not at first recognize
him,,-&He told his, brothers briefly
that hisivengeanee had been aceomp,
lishedi and babe them speak of it no,
morec Is p .5-u.. D.. :tc ..i- fs . =, ~
Tive years after thissthe Indian
police were in pursuit of band of
horse and cattle thieves, in Indian
territory near Fort Arbuckle.
Towards. night they came. to a-dense
thicket of pawpaw and oak trees,
and seeing horse track followed it
and at length came to a, cabin on the
bank of a small creek. From, the
description it was, recognized as one
of the rendezvous. of,sethe outlaws
known as the Starr gang. then as
nova terror to the people of the
territory. 5' Yaf aa..r.
Cautiously approaching the place
they found it empty, and from the
looks it had held no tenant for a long
time. but by the fading light they
found evidences of the former occu-
pants. the bones of at least three
human beings, and further search
told the terrible story. ,t siit4 =, =
An Vold-fashioned copy-book was
sticking in a crevice Of the logs, and
herein was written the secret, signed
DR. Royal Denton, Rapides parish.
Louisiana. -,
For four years he had without rest
pursued his sisters murderer into
Texas and Mexico. and the villain
knew that his enemy was on his
tracks, and finally made for Indian
Territory, hoping for protection from
the outlaws that infested that region.
Denton followed. and when Coureel
joined the Starr gang the doctor con-
nected himself with the Indian police
under an assumed name. For six
months he watched almost without
sleep, and at last discovered the
cabin in the Pawpaws, and, concealed
in the bush. saw a man ioome to the
| door in the early morning. Denton
knew him at once. He went towards
thes crtek. The doctor got to the
| cabin. and as Courcel came back
| and turned the corner he met his
! enemy, and the next instant was on
his back, pewerless. And now comes
the horrcr of the narrative. Bound
| hand and foot, the villain was taken
i inside, and for. thirty-eight days the
doctor watched +, him, No food OF!
drink was given him, and under the
torture :he went mad and died Two
of his associates came to the place at
different times and were shot down!
| by Denton and their bones left with
| CoGrcelisn q I"t"'D- u. . ~ s'ori' .
The narrative was given to doc
| tor at Fort Arbuckfe By the United
States marshal at Fort Smith, and it
| is still in existence somewhere in
| Texas. so -,l o. . -E u ~ IA ~.
When the war begun all the Den
tons entered the Confederate service,
and inside OF two years were dead,
None of the family survive and the
desolate ruin alone perpetuates their
name. -Philadelphia Times let
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