The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-16
TALE: OF
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3I'lic I'ruc Account Of on How C ~.
clone Sal1luels Made al; Is,
n. Y Arrest. " Ss
TWAS Wild. AND i'rUR {: e.
sA Cow Stepped on One .s s ofs@. Bt|El I
Deputies and Mashed His: Ills
!. .s Face Into The Mud. i..l8gl

MA Wild and turbulent tale Of three
COVE aid four officers, q !, y ert'irou Y!
and exciting beginning and nf dismal and
sduIl ,lcflouemeft. Ii now splitting the
\ sides 81 s1Ienrlco's staid and stately
i5nagstctinl and official cops. 55
s8}tyvhen Constable Cyclone Samuel Of
fame far, spread, finally arose from his
bed with Il leg considerably stlffened
4 nud bruised by rather rougl, With
an electric car soIiie three weeks q go
n Iin a t. once set out u servo d civil war.
rant that had been waiting for him
Il through, the long days 4. 35F3 II n
llia doughty constable provided " him.
+ self With three dcput es-two on foot ard
y ono ina jumper with him. rho mans
ratne was Longest. and he lives at
i Dumbarton, eight or nine or more miles
from tho courthouse. The 8 quartettes
started out about 4 Q #A. NJ, but It was
dark night Or close thereto before they!
showed their mud-spattercd faces "a the
courthouse again AZ great clatter and an.
unusual hubbub accom- panied them They
had chased three COWS all the way from
/. puinbartpn To the courthouse. 81
5sss In the heroic records Of tho conslabli-3
equals this wild and tuniultuouA descent
Upon three cows. "a The posse levied L on
Iyongest and took the COWS and started
H back. ts Tha n mud was decp.-very deep
The animals were yoked together first.
Z ard then, when all three started OF in
different directions. they were united.
a n hen the trouble began 9 break out In
&all three spots at once The COWS began
H 10 hellowSand kicls..sand finally stirred up
( a srampefs that dragged the coat sleeves
8eiit OF the$Hrma Of ono ~ the deputies
u md landed arother5 face-d1wn Ii, b pool
4 OF long standing wat err Cyclones IN his
( jumper, sWpri, n great on til at a curveting
SJcrsey and fairly roarcd IN his impa-a
stieifcc. He dashed Sup his horse and
iSjstaftcd In the dircctlonsofI he nyirg AMI
imal. but he COW saimiy scrambled
tnsoughsa DITCH. ard from the other side
sazed back a he constable}otit OF large,
!sal eyes. II ~
More trouble was brewing elsewhere.
s. The four had stoned the other cows, and
they began. TO kick and squirm. he
Cyclone was travelling rom post 70 pest.
i like q general a bay. issuing commands
Il iha tlls.1Yere OF no avail In a the face Of
superior forces. Il Is Sf.:
:ilnk?"a yelled lilo, constable. who is a
member OF tho Four 81 ie Creek Ba pttst
q Church II Sa 3{8
b n Don't you see the COW on to-, o me q,
\ BOWED MIG from his lodgment in the
4 mud .is }ssS - t's Y,
;s5 'lts cow after ii littlo stepped Off OF
4 Nick and started on a trot down the road
eafter the other two. The posse gathered
Itself together and followed In pursuit. t
After about eight hours hard work tho
\ turbulent trio were landed q Il the court
house and tied up In tho ya I'd. Il Ono Of
Them escaped during the night. An old
negro man told Cyclone where The COW
was, and charged him fifteen cents for
The nforrnu t!on. The man who had
caught the COW charged fifty cents for;
keeping t. and tho man who brought the
animal back TO the courthouse refused TO
give II UP until he too got fifty cents.
1T was necessary 49 to purchase several
bales OF hay to keep the young things
from starving to Death
Then Longest appeared on the scene.
lie claimed all three cows under the
homestead exemption. He wrote their
names among the list OF homestead arr
ticies. The Cyclone blew, but to no CT
feet. Longest threatened to- make the
8coustablaeand his deputies bring the cows
4 back along the nine miles to gDumbarton.
but he forhorc. and marched off with
them himself. 1t Is said that he Is going
to sue the firm, who levied on him. III