The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-03-04

fence. We called him over hh"' =
lane. and Will. the axe man, was ne
a. hana Win his fatal axe 10 send him
to an untimely grave As we puSheu
| ON 70 he house I discovered some one
| running around the garden. ana thinh-
init was some OF the white family.
T pursued them. but finding II was q
servant girl belonging to the mouse:
l returned to commence M "oIh ot
death; but they whom ! left had not
been idle: all the family were already
murdered but Mrs. Whitehead and her
Margaret. AS l came arouHu
TO the door / saw Will putting MIS-.
Whitehead out of the house, ana AT
the step he nearly severed her heau
from her body with his broad axe
Miss Margaret. when / discovered her.
had concealed herself in the corner
formed by the projection of the cellar
cap-from the house. On my p
proach she fed, but was soon over
taken, and after repeated blows Win
a sword. ] killed her by a blow on
the head with a fence rail-. by TINS
time the six who had gone by MIS-
Bryants rejoined Us. and informed us
that they had done the work OF death
assigned them. We again divided, part
going to Mr.. Richard PorterS ana
from thence to Nathaniel the
other. to Mr.. Howell Harris's and MI.
+. Doyle'S. on my reaching Mr.. Por-
= = liz Aldd Ao1APON VIII Ai' +,
understood there that the alarm had
already spread, and Immediately re-
turned to bring UP those sent 70 MT.
DOyle'S and Mr.. Howell Harrlss, the
party I left going on to Mr.. Francls's
having told them l would join them
in that neishborhood. ] met those
sent to Mr.. DOyle's and Mr.. HarrlS'S
returning, having met Mr.. Doyle on
the road and killed him, and learning
from some who Joined them that Mr..
Harris was from home, / Immediately
pursued the course taken by the party
gone before, but knowing that they
would complete the work of death n
pillage at Mr.. n before | could
get there, ] went to Mr.. Peter Ed
wards's expecting to find them there,
but they had been there also. | then
went to Mr.. John T. Barrows's. They
had been there and murdered him.
| pursued on in their track to Captain
Newt Harris's, where l found the
great part mounted, ready to start.
The men now mounted, already about
forty, shouted hurrahi as | rode up.
Some were in the yard loading their
guns, others drinking. They said Cap
tain Harris and his family had
escaped. h property in the house
! was destroyed, robbing him Of money
and other valuableS. ordered them
to mou and march instantly. This
l was about 9 or 10 o'clock Monday
Monday morning ! proceeded 70 Mr..
! Levi Walkers. two or three miles
distant. l took my station in the rear,
! and it was my object to carry terror
l and destruction wherever we went. l
placed fifteen or twenty of the best
armed, and most to be relied on, in
l the front, who generally approached
the houses as fast as the horses could
! run. This was for two purposes: to
: prevent their escape and strike terror
I to the inhabitants; and on this ac-
e count / never got to the houses, after
G leaving Mrs. Whitehead's, until the
murders We're committed, except in
one case. l sometimes got in sight
in time to see the work Of death com
$ pleted, viewed the mangled bodies as
e they lay, in silent satisfaction, and inn
y mediately started in quest of other vic
e TINS. Having murdered Mrs. Walker
and ten children, we started for Mr.
q William Williams's, having killed him
e and two little bows that were there
While engaged in this, Mrs. Williams
q fled and got some distance from the
: house, but she was pursued. overtaken
q and compelled to get up behind one
OF the company who brought hel
back, and after showing her the
mangled body of her ~1ifeless husband
she was told to get down and lay By
MS side, where she was shot dead
g then started to Mr.. Joseph Viii.
lafns's, where the family were muir.
s dered. Here we found a Young mar
&c named Drewry who had come on bust.
- Eess with Mr.. Williams. He was pur.
c sued, oVertaken and shot. Mrs
III EauShan's was the next place visited
ie and after numbering the family here
H. | determined on starting to Ter,
* Our number here amounted to fit,
~ or sixty, all mounted and armed will
~ guns. axes. swords. and clubs. q,
ne reaching Mr.. James W. gate
20 immediately on the road leading +,
e Jerusalem. and about three miles dis
5. tant, 1t was proposed to me to cal
We there. But l objected. as l knew r,
y was gone TO Jerusalem. and my objec
m was to reach there as soon as poSsihlc
r. but SOM Of the men having relation
ST at Mr.. Parker'S, it was agreed tia
they might go and get his people
is, remained at the gate on the road wit
III seven or eight. the others going acroc