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

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IL -a--a1 1a+ 4a-p=ra III.
E:ava found 1 great -e5. of money
;n z a-a specie in hlcasHtn bags
Qra If these Ill particular, over wa5lh
-.= owner 'L1L sighed al "a Cd taaE
w01rt gv4- 4 .ar1..re daughter. as i
lily exaaa--d 4 gentleman was about
-3 run arar With hr- anu marry her
Ae found contained quite : small ior-
r.na-1Sa gcL4 pieces. Hare's private
share of this robbery was $1,000.
Hare met TITO men from s.. Angus
tine ana one from Charleston, 5. G.,
10 wh0m H. Introduced himself as an
Indian a-ent ami in this manner was
able 10 find out that they would be
worth holding up. One OF them had
a saven-I2v watch which he offered TO
trade t3r Ha-e.s horse. To watch
Hare answered: NO sire; my horse
would run mora TO my advantage
than the watch. but not 50 long time
without winding UP III the wilderness,
where he could not get proper 1000.
He returned TO the camp, got his
companion. and again came up 70 the
travellers about thirty miles away.
Having painted themselves like In
diaas, they stopped the men in
brake, took away their arms and then
helped themselves TO their valuabies.
One Of the sufferers said that he
deserved better luck because he had
got the money BY an hours hard flgnt-
ing on a privateer, but that this place
was too quiet and moucnful 70 put
I'D a fight in. Hare gave him back
some Of mis- gold pieces.
Il never felt more strong and hearty
in my life Hare says in speaking or
this period. II felt az ii | could over
come any savage that walked the
wilderness Indeed. | was strong nat
urally, for l had whipped the bully OF
New Orleans, one William Narshell,
that was much feared there, IN
pitched mattle.'
A negro trader from Natchez. whom
Hare attempted to hold up. shot al
him. and on account Of the smoke
thus caused Hare missed, and the
man got away, but on the way pack
to camp he met another man from ST.
Louis. When they came to spring
this gentleman incautiously leaned
his rifle against a tree and stopped
to get a drink He asked Hare to
have some brandy and water, where
upon that eyeryready wit replied
that he would have some water after
he counted up the st. Louis mans
money; that he never drank brandy
or spirits, as he had enough spirits
of his own, and that if he (the St.
Louis gentleman) did not Immediately
hand over whatever money ne pos
sessed he would get something better
than brandy. He was very much
alarmed and trembled worse than | do
now under the gallows." Hare took
s2700 in gold from him.
BY this time his men had had
enough of wilderness life. They want
ed to 60 back to the settlements and
spend their money. So they went first
to Nashville, where Hare bought
negro boy and two horse gig.
Then they went on through Knoxville
and Lexington to Louisville. Here
Hare snapped his gig and horses for
"a black boy and a gold repeater"
and they went down the river to New
Orleans, where they stopped with
an Irishman who ran a gambling joint.
They shook dice, played cards, bill
lizards, and curious game called
United Stabell,' which was played
with thirty-two figures Of different
colors. In this way the robbers man
aged to get rid of most Of their
money.
They were forced to pay $1,000 to a
French gentleman who suspected one
of them of robbing his trunk. the
man in question having been seen IN
the Frenchman's room. One Of these
men limited at cheaper and quicker
way of settling the matter. But the
stern moralist rebuked him severe
ly.
Il told him murder will out. that
God never forgave a murder; that no.
body ever led a quiet life that had
anything to do with murder. told
him stories from John W'esley's Mag
azine about the punishment Of murder
but he said they were old women's
stories
They decided to take to the road a
second time. At Baton Rouge they got
three horses and located themselves
in a cave eight miles from Pensa-
cola They had to enter and leave
by a ladder made from grapevine
Deer, turkey and wild game abound
ed in the neighborhood, also alliga-
tors.