The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-16

mother and mother OF eagle. when they
have stoned and demanded to know
where Gban was, and asked other
questions regarded by these typical
I..womcn folks OF the blockadcrs'' as inn
Ipertincnt
There IL another branch OF the fan,i-
lily represented by n set of half brothers
| or tho eagle boys. notably. u. ~ In
| gram, ". r. ingram and Ben Ingrafn,
/ worth from $4,000 to 100000 each.
partly inherited and partly made hy
successful farming These have no so
cial relations with the Caslos, but for
] the admitted blood Relationship they
Give financial aid and other protection
Ito theIr5law1css kinsmen when nerear
| sary. For instance. at the approaching
trial of Eban eagle, there VIII be the
most able lawyers in this section 70
| defend him at the bar of-the Federal
Court
So In the shank OF Christmas week
he sent out "a squad of deputy mar
| shals and revenue raiders to the
Grass Island section. having in the
| posse officers of both tho Western and
| Eastern districts, for the reason that
| the dividing line of the two districts
| cuts this blockading stronghold right
| In two. so eagle and his confedcrates
| can run from one side Of the line 10
| The other to get out of the jurisdic-
ton of whatever officer might be sent
to nab them.
Lntrst Raid We'll Timed.
1t proved that Marshall DockerN,s
raid was well timed. Sure enough
| 1sban had gotten on one Of his sprecs
| and was out the day of the raid Win
| n Jug of whiskey OF his own make for
personal consumption.
Eban eagle is picturesque person
atty. He is full SIX feet tall, rudy.
with long brown hair falling In waves ,
about and well below his shoulders.
| He wears an unkempt mustache. AZ
the time of his capture. he had his hair
1 knotted up on top of his head with
! hairpins At that time he had not re-
covered from his Christmas drunk. IN
| fact it was his Christmas spree that
was his undoins in causing him 70 IAN
an easy prey to the revenue othcers.
United States Marshal Claudius Dock
cry has known eagle many years ana
4 was familiar with his habits. For sew
| eral months the officers had been os-
pecially cxasperated at not being able
to capture Eban. and 1t was recalled by
Marshall Dockerv that the willy block
adler rarely missed a good big ana
| long drawn out drunk around about
| Christmas time.
The officers trailed him In the bitter
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Der enough to realize that he was be-
| ing pursued. but too much under the
| influence of his liquor to give run
play to his wits, always too much for
his would-b captors.
Finally late in the afternoon Eban
staggered into the little town of Mt.
Culead and quickly ran everybody to
cover with a few flourishes and ram
dom shots with his rapid fire revolver.
and sat himself down with satisfied
air by the town pump. while fright
encd people watched him anXiously
from the windows of the stores and
other nearby buildings. He had his
Jug beside him, and took an occasion
az nip" to keep up his courage. The
town people knew Eban as clever
fellow" When he was not overcome by
excessive Indulgence in corn liquor
that he knows so we'll how to make.
SO they were Just waiting for "Ib" to
get enough OF his outbreak and be-
| take himself to his usual hiding places
| in the nearby hill before they venturcd
| out again.
Cnslc Surprised by Officers.
Not so the officers who were hot !
| on his trail" They came UP on his
! "blind side" so TO express IL. and had
him covered with revolvers before he !
was aware of their approach.
| Eban made a quick movement for
| his revolver, but warning from the
officers that this would mean instant
death restrained him. He surrender |
| ed with stoical self possession. When
the officers went to put the hand
cuffs on him he asked TO be allowed to
lift his jug to his lips for ono more
nip" OF his personal make of liquor.
The request was granted and "Eb" !
took good long pull" at the jug, and
then gave vessel and the remainder of ,
It's contents to acquaintences stand
ing about, bidding them to enjoy what
was left.
i1ban climbed into a buggy with an
officer after he had been searched and
two ugly revolvers and bowie knife
were taken from him. 1t requires the
closest watching on tho part OF OH
GERS 10 prevent him from escaping. As
lie was being driven to the MontSom-
cry jal, before he was brought to
Raleigh. the officer in the buggy with
him suddenly discovered that he had
in some unaccountable way, managed
10 slip the handouts off and was Just
waiting a favorable opportunity to
leap out OF tho vehicle and dash off
into the woods.
The accompanying snap shot OF Ca
gle was taken a few minutes before
he was assigned to 81 cell In the jail
ut Raleigh. He readily consented Tor
tho picture to be taken, eNact1nE only
The promise that he should be given
good print of it. lie was dressed Just
as lie was when captured, except that
he had taken the hairpins from his
head, and combed his hair out to
hang about his shoulders. A heavy
cotton flannel shirt, blue overalls With
Tho legs of this garment tucked into
heavy aeather legsins. and coat OF
tho blue cotton overall material, made
up the costume Of this noted blockad-
err
eagle has a rather frank. honest en-
preston and ono would be constraln-
cd to believe. that blockadlnE was the
extent Of his misdeeds but for the fact
that, lie was convicted In Charlotte in
1898 of raising q one-dollar bill to a
ten dollar bill and passing it as such
lie served two years IN the Atlanta
government prison for this offense. lie