Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-09-09
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.BuILEr TORN REMAINS OBJ rwa
y1Hers1A DEsrEnA
DOES.
HAULED IN CART TO GATE CITY
old Jim wright. Long and BLOODY
Career Ended.
HUNTED down Br a rossE
way1aId in the Mountain. hy nen
whose Live. They Had Threaten
ed-JIm Wright and remp1etoa
were shot-rhe Gang Broken Up-
Part Captured ana Part shot to
Death.
old Jim wright. Long and bloody
Career Ended.

ManSled and bloody. and lying side by
side in common farm-wagon, the dead
bodies of jim Wright and John Temples
cock county. were viewed by hundreds Of
people here this afternoon.
1t was court day and many people were
in town. The wagon containing the bodies
was driven into a narrow alley between
the courthouse and Jail. and the people
permitted to pass on by. on either side.
and view the pulseless forms that have
SO long held in terror large community.
Wright was a small man. with sallow,
sunken cheeks; a heavy moustache. slight
ly tnged with gray: deep-set eyes. over
hung by shaggy brows. He was past 90
years old.
Templeton was a muscular young man,
evidently about IS years old. though said
to be only 20. at the feet of the dead men
lay two of the immense guns which they
carried.
The posse of nine Scott-county citizens
were on the outlook for the outlaws at
Piney Grove. Hawkins county. Tenn.
twenty miles southwest of Gate City.
Last night, when Templeton and Wrights
sons came along the road they were or
dered to halt. but, instead. fired on the
posse. woundng j. G.. Rogers in the arm.
The fire was vigorously returned. and
Templeton fell. He lived about an hour.
but was unconscious.
Young Wright arrested later. Old
Jim Wright was soon located at a housa
near by.
Soon after daylight this morning the
men charged the house. and George WoIfa
entered the door and was shot by the
desperate. The ball. shattering the ham
die of a Smith &. Wesson pistol. entered
Mr.. Wolfe's side, and. glaneing around
the ribs, lodged in his back. It was ex-
tracted to-day, and the wound is not con-
Sidered serious.
Wright dashed out at the door. firing
at the men as he went. He ran about
fifty yards. under the fire of the wfota
posse. and fell. Owing to the press around
the bodies 1t cannot be ascertained how
many shots took effect III his body. bur
his riddled clothing show that there were
many-perhaps fifty He was quiyering
in the throes of death when the men
reached him.
The lives of all the men IN the citizens
posse had been threatened by the OUT
laws They are among the most pro-
gressve and substantial men in the coun-5
ty. j.. C. Rogers is a teacher OF the colln-
ty. and Is very popular Mr.. Wolfe is a
large property owner. and is 4 very pro-
minent citizen.
The bodies of the outlaws have not yet
been claimed by their friends. They will
probably be buried by the county officials.
The scene OF the killing is south Of
Clinch mountain. about ten miles from
the home of Wright which is in Hawkins
county. near the Hancock line. Temples
toms mother, who is a sister of WriSht's.
lives in Hancock county
Wright has been implicated in the n1nr-
der OF more than dozen men and the
direct cause of many other deaths In Vir-
ginia, Tennessee, Kentucky. and Texas.
Two years ago he escaped from the Ten
nesSee penitentiary, where he was serv-
ing a life sentence for the murder OF
Joseph Owens. Since then he has led the
life of desperado. In attempting to arr
rest him in Hancock county, more than
year ago. a deputy sheriff was killed by
his companions on being mistaken in the
darkness for Wright Out of revenge for
this, John Templeton's fa ather was shot 70
pieces by the officers. he having lied .
them about Wright's being concealed ta
his house. and caused the young officers
death.
Last spring the outlaws were induced
by Fillmore Fields. of Scott county. TO Kilt
jefferson Roberts. Because Fields de-
ceived them they secretly murdered him
several weeks ago.
The men who killed the outlaws were
not working for the reward. but to rid
the country of the dangerous men. The
reward offered by Virginia is $500. Tho
total reward by Virginia, Tennessee, and
Driyate citizens, is 81, ,1J0.