Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1893-11-08
CAPTURED AT LAST.
JOhnC. Upton, Murderer, RObber, Big
amist, Horse Thief, Burglar, etc.
lCONClUDED, |

CoNCLUDED.
Upton next shows up in Hawkins
County, Tennessee, where he was rear
rested for killing Howard. He was ia
ken back to Kentucky and kept in Jail
for some time, but through the instru-
mentality of friends and money and
some tecnicality in the law, he was ac-
quilted, his uncle in Floyd County re-
fusing to prosecute him for the robbery.
After scouting about there for some
time, with about the third woman since
he first m arried, he again turns up in
Tennessee, making his headquarters in
Hawkins County, about Thorny Point,
and in Washington County, near Jones
boro, with cousin, Nc, Upton, wi no
lived on the farm of A. B. Cummings,
from whom he stole two valuable mules
on the night of August %, lS9i and
again fled to Kentucky, passing thi Ugh
Jonesboro, and within one hundred
yards of Cummings house, in company
with another of his pals who went by
the name of Will Miller, (which is fc-
titious, whose name is we'll known but
is suppressed for the present.. They
passed through town and struck for
Hawkins County. About eight miles
from Jonesboro they stole two saddles
and gum coat. They then started for
a high knob, near Wells Cross Roads,
a celebrated retreat for horse thieves,
and lay in the brush during the day,
and that night made their way to Haw-
kins County, through which they passed
by way of Big Sandy to Carter Coun-
ty, Kentucky, having been seen by sew
eral parties as they passed through.
Mr. Cummings having good and suf-
ficient reasons to believe Upton had
stolen his mules, had handbills print
ed, describing the mules and offering
fifty dollars reward for the mules and
thief, and sent them, broadcast over the
country, and especially to Carter Coun
ty, KY. In few weeks Mr.. Cummings
got a letter from Constable VIM. NJ.
Brown, of Carter County, KY, who
stated he thought the mules could be
found if sufficient money would be paid.
MIR. Cummings wrote Brown he would
give him Brown 500 if he would
hunt up the mules and deliver to him
at a convenient point on the railroad.
In the meantime Upton an Miller,
80 called, took the mules from Carter
County, about forty miles down into
Fleming County, near the Ohio river,
and traded one of them to A. G. Car
penter, near Flemingsburg, and the
other to Squire Gulley. in the same
neighbOrhood, where Mr.. Brown found
them.
Brown telegraphed Cummings he had
the mules, and he, Cummings tele-
graphed to Brown to hold them until he
could get there.
The next morning Cummings left for
Kentucky by rail, and reached Lexing-
ton the next morning at daylight. On
going to the hotel he made inquiry of
the clerk how he could get to Ent
prise in Carter County, but no one
seemed able to give him any informa-
tion. At the breakfast table he informs
us, he set opposite quite handsome
young Kentuckian of whom he asked
If he could give him any information
in regard to the route, the young man
told him he could not, but looking Cum.
mings square in the face and said
"Old man what are you going up
there for?"
Cummings answered, ''he was in
pursuit of pair of stolen mules"
The young man then stated he would
give him some advice if it would not
offend him. Cummings told him to
proceed. The Kentuckian said: "now,
old man, when they tell you to ''git, )
you git and that id quick, or they
will kill you sure as HI" Cummings
says he remarked to the young man
Probably you don't know where
come from. l came from the noun
tains of East Tennessee. We are moi
much for getting over there, do you
know that"
The old man says it raised quite q
laugh at the young mans expense
but he took it all in a good humor.
After breakfast Cummings got the
desired information and arrived at En-
terprise about II o'clock, found Mr.
Brown and the mules, paid Brown 500
and next morning started Tor home
He came via Mt. Sterling, crossed
every mountain from Mt. Sterling te