The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1896-10-07
Barnum Jones Accompiices be
trayed Him TO the officers.
PARTICULARS OF THE FIGHT
The Notorious Outlaw He'd
His Pursuers at Bay.
SURRENDERED ONLY IN DEATH
He Belonged to a Good Family and
Died a Rich Man--One of The
Wounded Officers May
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F,.tt.f II The killing of BarnHm Jones by the
- fa revenue officers in Bladen county last
.as Friday was "a most tragic attain, and
.eaEgltliss still much discussed as theapaftieu-1
sa11 lars become better known to the pub
sra,8 lie - The character of the man AND THE
&eal manner of his death form most IN
So teresting ehapler and 'Teafsslike q
page torn from a dime novel OF the
Il most sensational type II fa1 .sefr
Barnum Jones was at the same time
a. ,,,o,t ,,otor.ious moonshiner. and
ke one of the brayest men in the state.
A dutiful son, a kind father and atfec--
r tionate husband, he was a terror TO the
n community in which he lived CAST
in heroic mould he was devil incafn7.
ate and for wears ruled those about
him with will and fear that brookede.
no opposition. until AZ las% Two men
4 who had been his willing tools in evil
as deeds turned and betrayed him, as
tr8 with a kiss But even them when he
saw himself surrounded by armed
men, he refused to surrender, andiwlth-
ont 1Ittering a word or faltering for
4 moment he reiterated, fighting his
yvould-be captors every step of the
ground. And never did he yield up his
liberty to mortal man, but only lard
80 down his arms when grim death com
smanded him to halt; So.
Deputy Collector w. T. Gibson, OF
Gibson, N. G., and Deputy Marshal d.
w Parrish, of Maxton, were in the
CITY Yesterday and gave further partlc-
ulars in regard to the bloody affair.
Speaking of it, Mr.. Gibson expressed
sass great regret that his men had been
Aslz compelled to take human life, but,
ss1 q he said Jones had become a terror to
o-a5 the Whole county, openly defed all law
and had time and again sworn that he,
aaEA would never be taken alive ef4fsg
800 Mr.. Gibson said that the posse, con-
s2t sisting of ten white men and negro
t1tss driver, left the little village of Hub,
in Bladen county about 10 O'clock
Thursday night in a two horse wagon
They camped that night in the woods
within 1A miles of Jones' home. s.aser
In the party was Chief of Police Tur-
berville of Florence, S. c., swithstwe
blood hounds. With these they intend
ed to track their man in case they fall-
ed to find him at home next morning.
These, however, were never used. Next
morning, after leaving two men at the
wagon with the dogs, the posse dlEld-
ed into three squads and approached
the Jones store in different directions
Here they found their man. The fatal
result is already known.
The three squads of the men APP
preached the house under cover of the
woods and the squad which was first
engaged in the shooting crept up be-
hind an old government still house in
the edge of the woods and some 20
wards from the storel As they stepped
s out from behind this Jones saw them.
seized his gun and the shooting began
The rest Of the story, which is sub
stantially the same as that already
printed in the News and Observer, is
told in the following letter, written
under date of October 5, by Mr.. Glib
fas son to the Revenuezdepartment in this
CITY, s ssgss
49, Eve captured his fJones'l still last
week and six of his men.sVYe then went
- ~ to work tozget him. Deputy Marshal
J. C. Parrish, in charge of "a posse OF
- ssis eleven men. went to arrest him. They
;stsas found him at the ftail liquor dealer
house of y. c. Davis, in Bladen county,
ssfSgs Friday Oct. 2. He was standing on the
A11 ground in front of the house, his gun
aaf g near him. He was alone with the ex-
ception of one man in the house. Par
= IRISH was in front with three other men
-a&S near him Jones did not see them un-
til they were in II feet of him. Jones
then picked up a gun which was
- z double-baFrel hreechdoadings shot gun
- g and fired at d. NJ Parrish One buck
shot struck him on the head making
-.e91 a scalp wound, which bled freely. He
l28 then Shot Turberville with the other
@oe1 barrel, wounding him badly in the left
arm and shoulder. Jones fred these
two shots first, before speaking.
Parrish then shot at him four times.
s@ sa Jones then jumped off and crossed the
fence and got in the corn field, reload
30 ing his gun, and shot twice more. By
that time the two relief came up with
- three rifles. Jones reloaded again and
shot the third round which made six
shots for him. The posse kept shoot
ing at him; he fell several times but
got. up He got off 81 yards from where
he fired the first shot before he was
killed.
.ITe was hit with three large. rife
balls: One near his eye, that went
49, through his head; one went through
his heart, and one through his bowels.
AL three balls passed through him. He
was also hit with several buck-shot
and small balls DIR. Lewis said either
one of the three balls would have killed
4 him. DIR. Lewis helped the coroner at
the inquest Saturday.
"The killing occurred Friday about
~ o'clock. We had the body guarded
that night and sent for the coroner of
Bladen county. Ed Proctor from Lum-
berton came over and managed the
case, George Mcleod and I went on
the stand and several others. The
jury's verdict was that Jones came to
his death by Deputy Marshall d. M
Parrish and posse of men summoned
by him. and they were justifable in the
killing of Barnum Jones. They would
not use the word self-defense. J. r.
Rosser, of Elizabeth, was the coroner's
secretary.
s'No one seems to regret the killing
except Jones' own immediate family.
This will prove a blessing to the whole
community and will, / hope, put a stop
to the illicit work in this part of the
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