The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1898-08-10
WORKED TWO GUNS AT A TINE
PETERS, THE CONVICT.BURGLAR,
AN AMBIDEXTROUS FELLOW.
The Experience of Quitman Countyites
With the Negro Who BurgIarized
Dawson Stores. An Excit-
ing Time.

Dawson Stores. An Excit-
ing Time.
The Eufaula Times gives the follow
ing interesting account of the expe-
rience of some QuiUman county gen
tlemen with Oscar Peters, the escaped
negro convict who burglarized tn
stores of McLain Bros. and j. L. Nc
Gill and stole a buggy and harness in
Dawson, an account of which was
printed in last weeks News:
A colored person, young man, clean
shaven, was on the rampage over IN
Quitman county yesterday morning.
He was camped out near Mr.. divers
place, and that gentleman hearing that
horse was probably abandoned near
his house went down to look after it,
The cOlored person told Mr.. Oliver a
plausible story, but the old man said
he thought 1t best that he stay about
until he could investigate the tale he
unfolded. This the colored person de-
clined to do, and said he would move on
when the idea seized him. Ounce
Stanford, hearing about the cOlored
mans resolve, thought he knew
thing or two and went down TO remon-
strate with him and to point out the
wickedness of his going away without
waiting, at least, until he could get
lock of his hair. But the colored per-
son was most Obdurate and refused to
remain, even going so far as to show
Ounce couple of ugly looking shoot
ing irons. The young man went away,
and finding AIr. Lexis Couric, the
younger, in buggy coming to town,
Ounce unfolded scheme of capturing
the colored person, which scheme had
Lexis cordial endorsementand sympa-
thy. Both then tore out up the road
behind the fleeing colored person,
making as many tracks as he could.
They overlook him. Lex inquired if
Mr.. Hill lived up the hill. The coloreu
person said: "You don't want Mr.
Hill. You want me, but you can't get
me" and he turned the barrels of two
forty-fOurs in the direction of Ounce
and Lex, who, by the way, had no gun
did not want to be made pepper stands
for a feast the very best thing they
could do would be to turn in an OPP
posite direction. which, being over
persuaded, the boys did. Then they
divided up. The negro had unhitched
his horse an when the boys were gone
went into the woods. Lex went after
Albert Hill, where he got a Win
chester and a shotgun, Hill and Lex
returning to the hunt, Lex saying he
could pick outa squirrels eye at any
distance and Albert agreeing to fill
the hide OF the coored thief full of
holes, if necessary.
While Ounce hunted for help Hill
and Lex hunted the negro. They
found him in the swamp with the
horses rein in his hand and asleep on
the ground. Lex told Mr.. Hill that was
the time to take him. "Lets shoot him
before we wake him." said Lex. 'Lets
wound him a bit anyhow" Mr.. Hill
said he would wake him first and he
would surrender. So the boys drew
near and tried to flush him at first by a
mild little noise and then by yell.
Whereupon the colored person leaped
to his feet with two gans, one in each
hand, letting them go at laundering
rate In the meantime Lex was pull
ing away at his Winchester and Hill,
was tprrify ing the woods with the
bark Of his shot gun. 1t Is funny
story as Lex tells it, The colo red per-
son dropped on the ground several
times, but each time got up and went
further into The woods. Then Lex
and Albert concluded they had killed
him enough and went for help to
to carry him IN. When they got back
the dogs even could not find him.
The stolen buggy was recovered, as
was also the stolen horse, two or three
pistols, the colored person had four,
two sets of harness, a saddle, six pairs
of trousers, two hats and some other
things. The horse belonged to Ben
Eley Of Union Springs, and reward
of $40 90 was paid by party who came
for him. The other property belongs
to parties unknown.