The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-10-01

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4 man arl His servant ride along. and
( from r.e fact that ,Ger w5ge b4-4
h ar.Ir armed Hare detuee1 that
y rEe~ wc4.a he worth holding up. They
ayr--co. them about thirty miles
\ from the camp, and Hare, having
\ put Oh q uniform which he hal
4 bought in New Orleans. told his man
WHO likewise was & Spaaiard. taar
war had been declared between Spain
I ana the United States FjIty-three
hundred dollars came 10 Hare himse..
from this operation.
= the eni Of Two months. having
obtained some s26,70Q, they again re-
turned 10 civilization.
They stared some time a. Pensa-
colo: and got rid Of greater part
Of their money; they wenc 10 New Or
leans and spent what was eft
Again. on the road outside OF Nas2-
VILE. Hare by himself robbed a man
of $3.50. but an even smaller robbery
| shortly atterward in Franklin county,
! Virginia, was his undCing.
About 9 o'clock the nigh. robbed
the drover, as was riding along very
| rapidly TO get out OF reach OF pursuit.
| saw standing across the road a
beautiful waite horse. as white as
snow: his ears stood straight forward
and his figure was very beautiful.
| never saw so white a horse as he vas.
Nsen I approached and got near him
he disappeared in an instant, which
made me very uneasy ami made me
| stop and stay at a house near al that
| night | think this white horse was
| Christ, and he came 70 warn me Of
my sins and make me fear and re-
| pent.'
Hare got eight years While in
| prison the vision already referred to
appeared.
One night about Il O'Clock, as | lay
| on M bed awake, | saw a beautiful
| sight such as never saw before. 1t
| was a beautiful woman, whose sweet
| looks | was charmed TO behold. She
| told me her name was Hosanna, and
called me Joseph. and said sac had
| come as a messenger OF peace 10 me.
am now going to the lake which
burns fire and birthstone, il l tell
lie"
After getting out Of prison in five
| years because of good conduct. he
| went to Baltimore and engaged in
tailoring, but the low pay disguised
him and soon the lure Of the old life
proved TOO strong He Joined another
robber at Boston and they travelled
from there through Maine with two
men who were going to Canada. They
| discovered that these men had large
sum Of money in trunk so just
across the border they held them up
and got away with s14,700.
In New York city Hare conceived
great liking for pair of horses
| belonging to the governor IF he had
been poor man l should not have
taken them" he says in explaining
his lapse from virtue. He broke into
the governors stable one morning.
and, mounting one of the horses and
leading the other. he made for Tren-
ton Near Trenton Bridge the led
horse bolted and got away from him,
but he rode the other all the way 70
| Washington and sold it there. Anoth-
er stolen horse which he was obligng
enough to dispose of for friend got
him into Jail, and he only got out on
| promising to enlist.
/ He became one of the presidents
guards, and even considered the FEAST
bility Of kidnapping the chief execu-
tive and handing him over to the Brit
ish, whose sloops CT war were at that
time near at hand He fought and
got the better of a man in another
regiment, who boosted that he could
whip any soldier in the army. Il did
not pull off my jacket" he says of
the affair. He then stole a gig and
deserted, and after going to New
York for the winter he came to Phil
adelphia and became the manager of
a band OF thieves. who committed
common robberies.'
Soon he married and went to Bos-
ton with the idea that he would give
up the old life altogether. but the loss
of his money drove him back to it
again, and. having sent his dear COM
panion" on 70 New York he robbed