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

kobber tang Broken
Up.
Orr or 1ns NUnDss DAHGEs-
ousLY WOUNDED
TAE WELL-Kxowx Col. H0PGOoE
PLAYs DsfHcrsvR WITH GRsAr
SUccRsa-A DExrlsr ONE or
faE BURGLARS.
We copy de following special
dispatches from she Times-Demo.
crat:
Magnolia, Miss. Jan. SILL,
woaid seem that the good citizens
Of washingtos parish, L., and
Marion county, Miss, are deter.
mined - purge this section OF the
country OF Ill it. rascality before
they ever relax in their efforts. A
little over . year ago almost every
issue Of this paper contained some
thing relative TO- this locality, and
something about one or the other
Of the following 6ve notorious
characters, viz: Brave Eugene
Bunch, tie noted express robber,
who had the nerve 70 hold . train
on the Queen and Crescent route
sing e-handed. and steal about &C.,.
600, but finally met his doom in
the woods In = way that win prob
ably never be known to the gener-
d reading public.
Notorious Col. Hopgoed, who
was tried for The murder Of Bunch
aad old man Terrell, - we'll - for
IN express robbery, and many other
smaller o6enses, yet, after Ill, was
released, aud now lives on his little
farm, where he and Bunch used to
enjoy the compan,onship OF each
other.
Old man Ben Duncan, who was
arrested By Detective Jackson, and
afterward got . thousand dollars
from the express company il .
damage suit agaisst them. but un-
fortunate for him this past week
death called him away from the en-
joJm Of bio great reward.
Henry Cornegia Who was sent 70
the State penitentiary, bat has since
been pardoned, and Henry Shsrl-
Ing, Who lost HE lie in doing detec-
tive work under the direction Of
Jackson.
Out Of this number Of i've des-
perate men, Who had from time to
time kept the surrounding country
10 constant fear, Col Hopgoo,l
alone 10 left, and now, with bio A.
. regular organized band
Of White Caps and thieves are
brought 70 justice. The story in
detail runs about this way: Dur
ing the past six months Pitman
Bickham 4 SONS store, near
Fraaklinton. La, had been robbed
two OF three times, and the stores
Of Hampton Bsothers, 1t Magnolia;
3. Murray, China Grove, and
others have been entered, and each
time lot Ut dry goods, clothing,
shoes and some money taken. The
matter became 20 serious that Col.
Hopgood was employed to work
The case up, and be has done It ex-
oellently. He coon got into the
confidence Of Dr.. James Grady. Of
Franklintoa, La, whom be sssp;c-
iooed = the ring leader. AID learn
Cd fro@ hin what they had stolen,
how they masked aud held up John
Ryals, . merchant Of Dexter.
Miss, . few nights ago. and made
him give Up his valuables, and that
next in order they had planned to
rob stores and houses belonging
70 the following. Wig: William
Grimsby, in Marion county; Bab-
tngton Brothers. aud n. Wilson,
Of Oyska. Miss. HopEood agreed
to join them in robbiag Grimsby
Tuesday night, the ED instant and
had four armed deputies secreted
1t Grimsbys premises to await their
but the death Of . Mr..
Zach Magee in the aeighborIsood
caused them to postpone the mat
ter until Wednesday night. Hop
good managed to appris- hi. d-pu-
ties, YVES Holmes. Frank Davis,
Hib Holmes aud Walter Johnson.
Of the new arrangements, aud ut
The appointed hour Grady, having
to Hopyn,d that they
do this little job alone, the two
men appeared ON the scene, masked
and armed. for business. Grady
broke the door dom, drew his gun
N Mrs. GrimsLy, and H"pxa,od
guarded the husband Grady toll
Owed the wife To her trunk in .
back rsOm to get the las.ney. At
his moment Deputy ives Holmes
vprang In the entrance ri the room
With . command II s.harla up,"
md - Grady turned 10 Ore on
rim With pistol be slot him IN the
,owels with . load Ut bucksls.,t.
r~o other shots vers fired hy
Davis and HOlmes, ore taking e.
ect In Grsdy's ae,a and the other
a he ceiling over h,s head. 4
tray bullet also struck Mrs.
3rimsby ON the kesd. bot inflicted
My ; slight wound. Grady ID in
ed at Grimsby's and from reports
} dangerously wouaded. =
The news vas telsplH'Msd rom
rylertown, Miss, 1t ) o'ci,ck thiA
aorning BY the deputies, WIN had
ust returned there, ard found On |
heir arrival Barney Lewis, IT
Nina 0V0vo Mia ~,s1,.. 80 a.