The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-27

| ing bands Of desperadoes, and matters
Quieted down somewhat. The Rowseys
then satisfied themselves by getting
drunk singly now and then and tax
| ing" town by themselves. Arch, Cam
and Gage" of the old lighting stock
remained. Arch one day rode his horse
| down the Louisville &, Nashville rail-
road track in the wake of an advance
| Ing freight train. which was heavy and
| going slowly. Stopping his animal and
| drawing two revolvers. he pointed them
| at the cab on the locomotive and yelled
| to the engineer to halt. After a pleas
| ant conversation, during which the en-
| g1neer and fireman were invited to
drink out of the Rowsey bottle, the
| train was permitted to go on in peace.
The Rowseys did not conflne their OPP
| erations to Milledgeville, but attempt
| ed to terrorize Danville, Stanford and
other places. defied arrest, rode through
| the streets at break-neck speed, yell
| ing. firing their pistols, etc. One day
Cam came to Danville and got on a
tear" but, much to his surprise, was
arrested by "Huck'' Harness, a printer.
| He had declared that he was the best
man in Kentucky and defied arrest.
Harness asked the marshal to SUMMON
him to arrest the desperado The mar
| shall did so, and Harness pulled pistol
|
to Rowsey, and told him that if he did
not go with him to the police court
| he would blow all the top of his head
| off. Cam looked at the printer for a
moment, but Harness quietly held the
pistol pointed at Rowsey's head his
hand as steady as an oak. Rowsey
went to court He was fined $25 and
costs for disorderly conduct He hand
ed the judge $50, saying:
| "JuSt keen the change judoa r nav
want to have little more fun before
I leave town."
Arch was killed in 1879 and Cam in
| 1881. Arch was shot in a desperate
| fight with Clay Powell and Sam Will
| Jams at Hustonville. Powell and Will
Jams were in the country looking for a
missing horse. On their return home
in the dark they overlook two men. one
of whom appeared to be riding the
horse which they had been seeking.
They asked the strangers for their
| names, which they refused to give
Powell and Williams passed them and
proceeded to Hustonville, stopping at
the hotel which Powell was keeping.
They awaited the coming of the two
horsemen, who arrived in a short time
and when they had reached a place in
the road opposite the hotel Powell and
Williams stepped out and halted them,
telling them they were officers Just
then the strangers opened fire with pis-
tolls. Powell and Williams answering
with rifles.
DUEL IN HUSTONVILLE STREETS.
After the midnight street duel was
over and the smoke had cleared away
1t was found that Powell was seriously
wounded and Williams slightly so. It
was Christmas night, and the people,
bo
some of the boys" who were jollifying.
paid no attention to it. Thus the two
strangers We're permitted to get out of
town without their identity being dis
closed. The next day, however, a ply
s1clan was called into the country TO
see wounded man, who proved to be
Arch Rowsey. 1t turned out that his
apoomen mad been perforated in the
hght with Powell and Williams. and
that he had actually walked four miles
into the country While suffering thus.
He lived only short time His COM
panion in the fight, a lzinsman named
Curry, was uninjured
cam RoWsey was magnificent spec
lmen of manhood. tall, well-propor-
TONED and handsome. He was careful
TOO, OF his personal appearance. and
always wore good clothes. He was
successful in business, and when killsd
was running store at Milledgeyille
cam was also married man of fam
| lily, but very free in his attentions t.
women, and in 1881 was accused of
improper relations with a young wom-
an named BraXdale. She was a sister,
1n-law of William Gresham. and q
sweetheart of John Reid. Gresham
| and Reid sought revenge, met Rowsev
one day, and emptied into his body
two shotguns loaded with buckshot.
His head was blown to pieces Gresh-
am and Reid were tried and acquitted.
and Reid married the young woman.
seven years afterward Reid and
Gresham, then brothers-in-law, were
playing cards, had dispute over some
trivial affair, and Reid gave Gresham
the lie. Gresham attempted to pull his
pistol, but Reid was too quick for him.
drew his own and shot Gresham dead.
LAST OF BAD BROTHERS.
The last of the bad brothers to die
was Micajah, or Gage" as he was IA
miliarly known. He was shot and kill
ed two years ago by Marshal Ellis, of
Junction City, while he was resisting
arrest. Cage was in many respects
the most remarkable member of the
family. A relentless foe. and aver
ready to meet all corners, any rules TO
govern, he was, in matters of busines So
ana legal relations, the very soul of
honor. He would tell the truth though
the telling Of it brought hardships. and
he was thoroughly trustworthy in mat
tiers of credit. He cut a man named
Phillips with penknife The wound
was not necessarily fatal, but Phillips
was drunk, and, going to sleep, bled
to death. Cage was tried for the kill
ing, and, on his own admissions. was
sentenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary His lawyers got him a new
trial, and on the second hearing he
was acquitted.
Cage was wounded many times.
Once he was shot in the mouth and the
bullet lodged in the back of his neck.
where 1t remained. Micajah Rowsey's
favorfte weapon was a long bowie
knife, and he was never known to car
ry pistol until his difficulty with
Ellis.
How many persons met death at
the hands Of different members Of the
Rowsey- family, and how many deaths
We're incident 70 the cutting and shoot
ing scrapes that grew out of affairs
with which they were connected one
way or another, will never be known.
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