The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1901-02-27

! fellow had been shot.
We all da he'd up the lane; | was
heavily armed, having two ten inch
rcvolvcrs in my belt, and Burnside
repeating rifle slung ovc. ny shou !Ier.
The three remaining boys a,,cd and
also the loose horse. began dis
charging my revolvcrs at the charging
'ot, ani they sipwc,i up somewhat
We kept this up for hAi mile, when
my horse wa shot and frl In the
fall caught on M feet, unslnng my
rifle, AMI VA taking deliberate aim at
the nearest man. when my horse rose
t. his feet with staggcr, and my
right foot having become in some
mysterious way cntauglcd in the hal
ter rein, caused me to fall before
could cxtricatc myself, and was sur
rounded by tho enemy before could
regain my feet. One man dismountcd
and showed pistol on me, and asked
it surrendered, and said "of co ursc
[ will. After q little extricatcd
myself from the halter rein and rose
to my feet. | had been sick for some
time, and had chill that morning.
and had fever on me at this time.
This little "yank,' who was an off.
Ger, ordered me to hand him my pis-
tolls. then unbucklcd the belt aud
handed 1T over to him; he gave it a
sling with one hand aud tried to catch
and fastcn it; made several attcmpts,
but failed each time All this time
the other hand held revolver pointed
st.a'sht at my head, and noticed
that it was empty. lie cxcitcdy and
suddenly gave orders to The others to
pursue the fleeing boys, who were
scanprring away through an old field.
Nhalt the same time he lowered his
pistol hand to catch ard fastc, the
belt. The moment that had awaited
with awful fnlcrrs: came. felt that
ny li'f MAS III tilS movement tt his,
and with ali the strength could com
mand, | struck him with my right
hand Just below the chin, hoping to
break his neck, AMI kicked him with
Que foot, at the same time Keeping IN
with him. | landed him at least Gr-
teen feet away in IA dense briar patch.
and dashed over his PROSTATE form
through the bricrs into the thickct,
In two seconds time. I was complete
ly hidden from The balance of the
Federal cavalry when struck this
fellow, and he squallcd out: ;'Mur-
der! llclp! don't know, but i'm
aginc those who were mounted were
too much ratified and completely taken
by surprise to shoot promptly; any
way ran some distance in the brush
before they began to shoot; then there
was regular fusiladc and the leaves
cut by the bullets fell all around and
about me. They also charged their
horses through the woods, shouting
and shouting: Haiti" all tho time
But had made safe my escape so far
without a scratch, and proposed going
on. After running several hundred
yards, | stopped and listened at their
confusion. l had on a very heavy
and large set Of spurs that made lots
of noise, so I slipped them off, also tax
ing from my pants pocket large lot of
cartridges, and then I went on to the
road and crossed and stopped to rest.
They came through to the road hud-
died up together, consulted for few
minutes, and then abandoned the
chase to my great relief.
| then at once rctraccd my steps to
where hoped to fnd either a gun or
pistol, left in tho excitement of the
fight, but they were all gone, as we'll
as my horse and coat.
I'then went around to an old mill,
and asked Mr.. Hopkins, who was its
keeper, to run over to my father
house and find out what had happen
ed. lie did so, and returned in q
short time bringing nc the sad news
Of my little brothers death He had
been shot through the head and killed
Instantly, while running from tho
gate to the house, and it was this that
caused my mother to scream at the
beginning Of the attack. was never
so grieved in all my life. 1 sat down
on the steps and cried like a child:
sorrow and thoughts Of revenge surg
ing through my mind, and before get
ting up from my scat had made up
my mind what to do, and what follow
ed is unwritten history, and will al
ways be. This little brother was
about eleven years of age, u bright,