St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1895-02-09

aslana, nau diligently searched hia
promises Sse stokes goods. bu.
failed to lind anything. Young b.
4agee Vas arrested, but. fearing
they had not sufficient evidence to
convict him, tie officers released
him. Deputy Wesley Holmes,
who shot Dr.. James Grady, Wed.
nesday night u 0rimsby's house,
will leave tonight with three war
rants issued for b. Magee's arrest.
They are for robbing Hampton
Bros store, ut Magnolia, With
Barney Lewis; shooting . negro
last summer, and holding and rob
bing John Ryals in company with
both Grady and Lewis. II Ma9ea
consents, Holmes will imprison
him 1t Magnolia. Otherwise he
will be carried to Jail in Frauklintou.
La, and . requisit,on secured from
the Governor 70 bring him TO THE
State for trial. DR.. Grady 10 now
under medical treatment In Colum-
bia, Miss.
Franklinton, La.,- Feb. 3.-The
PARTY Of citizens Of Washington
parish who visited Ben Magee's
house in search OF stolen goods,
supposed to have been secreted
there BY the Grady band Of robbers,
- mentioned In the Times. Demo-
Graf. Of yesterday in . dispatch
from Magnolia, Miss, failed to lind
anything or make any arrests. The
following day, however. . large
posse Was organized, headed BY
Sheri6 Burkhalter. with +. ].
Graves, justice Of the. peace, and
Lawyer r. b. Carter, Of this town,
went to make . thorough invssti-
CATION and search for stolen goods.
The party separated. One part
went to arrest Tom Magee and b..
Aagee, sons Of old man Hen Nagee
and brothers-in-law Of Dr.. ]. b.
Grady. Tom Aagee was found
splitting rails in the woods and was
arrested and lodged in Jail. b.
Magee vas with his brother only
. few minutes before the arrival Ut
the posse, but up to this time has
not been found.
The other party then visited sew
eral houses without result. Then
they called ut the house Of w. L.
Payne, where their entrance was at
once resisted. Here they found
Walter and Bud Payne. sons OF w.
L. Payne, and young Marcus Dun
can and young Bob Duncan, sons
Of Bob Duncan, who were heavily
armed, having two 44-calibre Colts
pistols, and one 80 calibrs Smith 4
Wesson, one bulldog revolver and
another small pistol, one Winches-
ter ride aud one shot gun. It
was with difficulty these parties
we're disarmed without shooting
them. They were It once arrested
and are now In jail. At Payne's
house three well-lilled trunks we're
found, containing 16 pairs Of trons-
ers, 9 pairs Of shoes. 48 pairs Of
socks 50 pairs suspenders, II fine
shirts, three fine hats, neckwear. cuff
buttons. collars, pocket-knives, gun
tubes. gAuntlets and other articles,
all Of which were identified ~ the
property Of Aessrs. Pittmam Bick.
ham 4 Son, mercl,snts Of Bickham,
La. The Payne and Duncan boys
are supposed to be . gang separate
from the Grady crowd. The Sec
ton Of the country where these
gangs Of thieves and robbers are
located ie in . corner Of Washington
parish, twenty miles northeast Of
this town, bounded jn the eas. and
near the junction Of the line between
north BY the Mississippi line, and
Marion and Pike counties, Miss,
with Washington parish It is .
wild aud unsettled section and is
conveniently situated - . tempo
rary home for criminals escaping to
the east. being near Mississippi
A ALBANIA and Florida, and not more
than the width of one State from
Georgia, from whence DR.. J. d.
Grady halls, and Texas il easily
accessible by way Of the Gulf.
This wild section and Honey leland,
which il also near by, WAS the home
Of the great express and train rob-
Der, Eu. enc Bunch. It is believed
that the native clan OF robbers now
operating was organized by an es-
capped criminal from another State.
Magnolia, Miss. Feb. J. A
telephone message from, Tvlertown,
Miss, states that ever since the ar.
rest III Barney Lewis and the shoot
ing 1T DR.. Grady at Gri,nsl,y's, in
Marion county, Wednesday night,
great excitement: has prevailed IN
the Col. Hopgod neighl,orls,Dd,
which il located around the State
line which divides Marion county,
Miss. from Washington parish,
La, aud every effort Is being made
70 capture the remainder Of GrAdy's
gang and recover the rest OF the
gsN'ds that have been stolen from
different stores over the country.
Deputy H"lncs, Col .Hopx.,od
and two other De .rii~s are still
after Magee with three warrants,
aud will capture him il he has not
already. left the parish. He is
described as being twenty -four
years old, five feet seven inches tall,
weighs lao pounds, has sandy hair
s"d Inous,acl,c, blue eyes, high
check b'nss anil ruddy cnD'-
plcxi.,n.
4 movement has been inaugura-
led among farmers and planters at
The Mississippi delta In secure lower