The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-11-08

fore the ostbreak q ihs var MAJ
his event occurred
The hm g. not steep but f. rather
p mild enrincnce uhich the road
gradually msceuds and deucarfa
Noar fhe highest poiut and nos ar
from Tbs highway IS e rev god
spring D. vas here one night in g
tta1 al ogcrEeer ore Vea1eT who
was travelling wlth q land ~ saves
concluded 10 make camp VezzeT
wag a cruel man and his excessively
brutal treatment o. bis charges had
Jed them 70 e state 81 deeperulen
After finishing his evening neal be
saw that al were csre7ully mauzcled
and sbacklef and lay down Tor ha
nights rest u was fcr the last tire
IN the might o u the slaves a yor
woman. rose stealthily and with q
heavy stone Drained him as he hy.
By his keys she released the party
and they separated and sought % e.
cape.
No inquiry can ascertain what BE-
came Of this unfortEuate party. E9ue
Of the old residents say the Ed made
her way successfully % freedom
There Is another story that she was
( captured and made an example o.
We a wei imagine what this would
mean
In the late EOS the attitude q the
slaves in this part % northern VIZ
ginia was rebellious and defiant % a
great degree. Il was within a mile
OF Triplett's hill that the wbite rest
dents found over 100 muskets msr
had been brought into the neiEhbor
hood underground. stored ~ a
cabin and ready for the black me-s
hands when they should rise NORTH
ern aboitiouists we're among the ne
groes melting them % rise in rebel
lion. The race and sectional feeling
was high and It was az this epoch
that the famous Black Horse cavalry
was organized. IL being primarily a
night patrol whose purpose vas 10
ride the roads. send al blacks home
when found roaming and break mp all
meetings Of negroes and attempts At
organization
Under such conditions. In q country
p~arrolled by riders whose authority
was Of the nature Of a vigilance com
mittee. who held slave life al a triaing
value and who owned bIoodhounds. 81
is hardly possible that the slave girl
who had murdered her prosecutor
could escape. And what the ven
Eeauce would have been on the black
who had murdered a white AZ such a
time il Is painful % conjecture But
whatever the fate OF the girl since
that tine the spot where tie tragedy
occurred By the spring has been IDEAL
ly known as haunted. No doubt the
white population fostered the belief
On this among the ignorant and super
suuous blacks j. Is only amcnE the
latter. except Ga a single case that
any persons have claimed 10 have
seen an aUparition % a headless man
stalking the road over the hlL
The belief Of some OF the older
darkies ia this ghost is so sincere that
nothing would induce them 10 cross
the hin al night A character among
the local coiored population a few
years asO was Uncle EphEaim and he
claimed TO have seen the appandon
IN several diEere1t forms
This is the way Uncle Eph tells the
story:
Wen sub. Use ben in Ter Warren.
ton in de eyenin ted set nay ole
oman some caMker. an Use comin'
home long bout 8 hour befo moon
rise It's mighty dark sah. mighty
dark. an Use feelin mighty suspicious
Ions bout de ume ] comes ter Trip.
!. letts Use nearly up De hlL sub,
nigh jus bout opposite desspFiuE an
Use feeiin plenty lonesome ven a
biE black houn dog comes lorin l0ug
up side 81 me. an STOPS an rags hts
tail an looks ur az ne Use kinder
glad to comp'Dy. sub. M I tells hjul
good dcFee an pats hlu. an hes a
ugrzHug my right ban oa SAYS ter
Slim: JJs g nice nirt dorrie its 3
deht nice nirat sief U an Jas den
BE- locks gp an speaks Hrht plsins
20 shore ls We'll Enh. Q runs an ]
rara an ] neyUr quits runrlu tl
/ pets to dt crass roads au tuto RCck
luhns5ns Eto. . don't So oYcr Trip
lega uo moi lrs q Waraiu ser me.
sub Wen { coas tcr town bow slh.
Sues i0ea ey Quarters an hack o.
NO FlJckutls
Ridlcuiocs O. this seems q vas
real esoash 20 the ola man. Who's
imasiH1toas were no doubt actual Sc
Car as be himself Was ctnceraed q,
was a lact thar aF me store run by
the Johnsoa Brothers at the cuoss
roals he la3 burst 81 che alght a
p yasr 90 tvo tNtare aimost cxhtmtel
sith rlnuius auj had poarei ort ths
, story. The same as Eieta shove IN o.
tail
Eyesiaht n Marksmznship.
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