The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1898-01-06
RIvIR DAYS BEFORE THE WAR


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the gisustrs o. be Proissstou.
Matt Team 10 tie Lite ou ths Mise
sirpj, csils Mufreii sbolrssie rasosI
iisu suish bin ''am ss James rata
rsscsliy deeds Whist sto The Jsmss at
biz bell o asa Vulgar seals campar
srtL thi stately OLD euutn.l With bl
strmpus, bis medit,tri tnsurset0us 40,
~sty c.plures, SOD hts mel sltc iolloWiu,
Of 900 men, ssoro To- DO bis evil uilt
Marcel seems 20 h,ye been most de-
ferrous. ss sell .s coosgmuate yllsu
When be ttsAsled bis disgulsr as tbs' o
a. intrsut preacher SuG II - said tbs
bic dteourses we're very sui stlfrluI
sud 90 Interesting 10 hearers that tbel
forgot TO look siter their horses, wbiot
we're carried away by bis oouiedefsts
shile be was preaching, Bot Muna,,
most lucrative occupation was stealul
slaves to sell them 10 smother quarter
Tie bad peculiar way OF managing that
part OF bis business Oue Of bls men
would tell q negro, for ersmpls, and allow
bin 10 cell tim TO smother, whereby be
could secure hall Of the money paid for
blm. Then the negro was advised TO run
away the second time, return TO the gang
and be sent to d free state by them, where
he would be sale. Many poor wretches
compiled With this reqnest, hoping TO ob
tain money and freedom They would be
sold 10 this manner three or ionr umes,
until the MurreIIs had reslizsd 81 900 or
81, 900 from the repeated sale OF one man.
After this, itr fear OF detection, the
method would be TO get rid OF the only
witness against them, which was the
negro himself He vas murdered and bis
body thrown into the Ml,Si sipGl river.
The general rendoz ol' OF this gang
Was on the Arkansas lite Of the river.
where they ct ncesled their negroes 10 the
norasses and osDebrskes. Though 1t was
well knosn that Mu'reII was the head OF
this gsng Of outlaws, 1t was difficult to ob
tain proof sRair 81 bin. A young man
med Stewart iOally gslned his conf
deDce, turned trs or aud exposed the
whole concern, bringing home sufficient
evidence against Murrell to send lin 10
the penitentisry for II years.
1t was iouud that good many men
who bore respectable names 10 the sec
tIons 10 which they lived were connected
With Murrel's gang and every effort was
made to discredit Stewards statements.
He was obliged to leave the southern
states in consequence.
One OF the most daring deeds Of the
notorious outlaw was the rebellion he
melted in New Orleans, bis object being
10 raise the blacks against the whites, tax
ng possession Of the csty 10 the melee and
.old by Csptoin L W. Gould, one Of the
oldest rlver captains, now living in New
York. Cap, Gould collected it from &C
counts furnished by the man Stewart.
y ho vouched for its correctness, and de
Jared that it was told him by Muuell
himself at the time be was 10 bis conf
lence.
| collected all my friends about New
orleans. said Muirell, at one Of our
riends honses at thai place. We sat 10 I
ounci three days before we got all our
,lsns 10 our notion. We then determined Q
o undertake the rebellion at all bsz,rds,
nd make ss many friends az we could
or that purpose. Every mans business
las sssl1ned to him, aud when all v
Iss ready the signal was given Tor the re o
elion to break loose. The history OF 1t
well known Suffice it to say that We Y
stried IF thousands OF dollars 10 horses,
,ttIe and other movable property, and
illed people without number who were O.
] our way. .
Another noted outlaw 10 the early part
the century was M.son, the highway u
.an Of the Natcht2 Tsace, who Infested e'
le csnebrakes near Walnut hllls, from d
here they boarded many boat, killing d
le crew and carrying oH the cargo y
A story well mbered by old time u
|. Louissns i that Of the murder OF
1ung Mcket zie 90 the steamer Nellie u
Js,rs Young MCkrl2 g was the son OF n
prominent merchant OF st. Lonis, most s'
timsble gentleman. who was at one time b
Indlen trader on the upper Missouri u
be elder Mcket zle bad married squsw, NJ
ldsn fashion. aid raised family OF st
III breeds, part OF which he took to sh
% ststes snd educsted. th
Young McKeL zie, thea about 30 years oe
d. had returned to bits tribe, the Grows, sl'
srried and vss living It Fort Peck, He, 'u
th bis wife sud young child, together Sc
th large uumber Of lndisas Of both 'u
rrs and Of all ages, bad eucamped 90 the III
Iuk opposite where tie boat vas dis ~
srelpg. They sll hsd access 10 the
at, sod we're constantly pa eng TO aud %
The bar on the boat bad been closed by 10
g order Of Charles +, Choute.u, the own th'
Of the line, and no eIcessive drinking Do
- sloued. They bad 90 board s. be-
.seneer all the ~sy from st Louis 'h'
/. CLARK, formerly OF Philsdelphis, to'
let. sentlemsuly m.n Of education, who Of
ten or tueIye years bad been living Gu
org the lpdi.ns st Bett q. After the 'iu
st hsd been lJiug th re for several
urs Mr.. Nj K-t zie cane sbOsrd With ''n
ere snd stepped into the csbi9. Jast 81
be got stresst Of The stove 10 the hall DIE
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