The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-11-11

'a8Ohe himself handcuffed and tied and hand cufred and tieds he saw his son-in-law.
 No more eloquent sermon against the folly and futility' of violence was of the unhappy man who took the law in his own hands-provided the states attorneys make good, in evidence. their claims. In all probability, the old ma .l Is that sort of man who deems himself capable of disposing of every matte. of right and wrong that affects him or his. Beyond doubt he is of that char acter who believes that he can dispose of every question of honor which af- fleets him or his family without re- course to law.
 If he said that no man should tie his son and live, then gnawing remorse must have eaten in his soul when he saw his sonas his son-in-law and him- self not onty tied but brought into court ao bound to answer the charge Of murder.
 So much comes of the family VOW made In the yard behind the home. If such q VOW was made There first came of that vow stealthy hunt in tho dark from house to house--s re- 1entless trailing of the dc omed man who knew he was in danger but who
 
 was--tha unfortunate man who, by no possible act of his own. could avert khe doom that was closing in on him that october night
 There came too Of that VOW the in- ert body of q Deputy Sheriff Mccain, with legs drawn up and stiffened fn- gers grasped into the land and a dark pool of blood hard by. in public road. A public road of Alabama Is no place for so ghastiy sight. A public road of Alabama is no proper scene for the enactment of so dark 8 tragedy. The law has moved on the men of violence who ignored the law aud in their own way settled their own feud. Who Fired shot. Did Neil Rigby who was today sem tenced for life Imprisonment actually fire the shot of assassination? Nobody knows definitely, not even since his case has been tried and the verdict rendered. Jack Short. the brother-in- law, has made two or three different confessions. but they have been so vague and they have conficted so much that they are worthless to the prosecu- tion- Jack Short is of weaker mettle than his brothers-in-law. He put the crime on BiiI Righy. But Bili Rlgby was then at large. He has since been captured---captured after he had fought his captor and been shot down. It is public opinion in Fillmore Coun- ty that when Bill Rigby was arrested the career of an embryo desperado, who would have made war on society, was ended. This is not his first trouble And since his escape and since the killing of William Mccain there has been danger for this community in the liberty of Bill RiEby. He fought gun duel with ynnans PauIk, the store keeper. Relieving that Pauik was tak- ing too great an interest in ferreting out the murderer of Bill Mccain, Bill Rigby drove up to his house with a brace of pistols and a belt of cart ridges bucixled around him. In his hand he held . pump gun heavily loaded.
 He and Pa,ss had only a few words before Righss q egan sshnotinE, IefsaiiE returned th9 hre and Higbv whipped up his horse to set away. He saved himself from pauik's shots by crouch 1 ing In the foot of the buggy The top of his buggy was rfddled with Paulk's shots and he dropped his pump gun in the road.
 Hunt for BIn RIsby. A couple of weeks ago armed men were near his home hunting for Bill Rigby, for in his freedom there was always the possibility of a tragedy Among his hunters was Bud Mccain, brother to the dead man and one who earnestly wanted to see the desperate Rigby in jail It chanced one night that knowing Rigby was in the neigh borhood. Mccain slipped up to watch the Rigby home. He stopped by gar den fence to watch and wait. Some hogs were feeding nearby. But he saw nothing of Bill Rigby.
 The incident passed from his mind, but 1t returned to him when at the jail of Fillmore County he talked with Bill Rigby. The wounded prisoner remind ed him of his crouching concealment by tho garden fence.
 "T was within ten feet of you and at your back" said Rlgby, T could have killed you easily. I was among those hogs that you saw feeding by the fence. I watched you for half an hour and then crawled away on my hands and knees"
 Why didn't you kill me?" asked Mir. Mccain, surprised at the recital which was true beyond doubt.
 Rigby smiled but did not answer the question. Mir. Mccain answered the question for him.
 You didn't shoot because you didn't have a shot gun. You Know, was a better shot with a pistol than you and you were afraid thaS you would miss with a pistol or only wound me and get the return shot at you"
 The prisoner only smiled.