Year: 1878

that they drank some of my whiskey that
was captured at that time. Old man--.--
told me, the other day, that when they
came for the last of it they arrested HING y
and took him off, and all the officers stopped
on the side Of the road and filed their jugs
with The whiskey which, they told him, was
Redmonds. They carried off twenty three
gallons at this load.


% FATHER AND MOTHER KILLED.


The next morning, it was Sunday, the
officers rushed into my house and presented
their guns at my father and captured him.
He was seveny.eight years of age, and my
mother, who was confined to her bed with
palsy, was nearly us old. Father begged
| themz not to alarm her---she was badly
frightcned.-and he would surrender
They asked for me, but was at the spring
when they came up and saw them, and so
escaped. Father told them was not far
off, but | kept out of the way, and they
took him down to the church near by
They captured several other men in the
church, and the preacher stopped in the
midst of his sermon and sat down. NV
father and several others gave bail-the
rest they took away with them. My mother
was badly frightened by it all, and died
few days afterwards. My father had to 90
to Ashevlle. The journey and exposure
made him i'll, and he, too, died few weeks
later.


AFTER THE FUNERAL.


Both Of them died before | could get
back to them l was then keeping out of
the way, as the revcrue officers were watch
inS for me every time i went to see either
of thcm. l. did -ae<lsso my mother buried,
but when my father died too, and my sisters
were left alone in the house, determined
to go home and attend his funeral and sec
! after them at any risk. On the road from
the house to the grave, when we were fol-
lowing his body to burial, we met revenue
officer. lie looked at me very hard; but
he was alone, and seeing that had some
Of my friends with me, he passed on, and
arrested several of the neishbors who had
dug the grave and were resting on the
roadside.


After the funeral still kept out of the
way, and as my sisters were alone and help
less, had to dodge in and out aud try to
take care Of them as best could. This
was. the beginning of my troubles"
& saT The forcg going story was told as quietly
!Asa - hsu5ur. .o1, lid c1rcuas sEancss nara
ted were matters of any special wonder in
a mountainous revenue district, aud my two
companions seemed to listen to it in like
spirit as to thrice told tale. l have no
comments to make and have refrained from
even the feeble emphasis of italics. After
an interval spent in conversation on indif-
fcrcnt subjects, led Redmond back to the
matter in hand by asking what was his
next "trouble." He replied that it was


TIE KILLING OF DUCKwoRTU,


and concerning this well known affair he
gave the following account:


'Whcn Deputy Marshal Lee was discharged
from the reycHue service he had In his posses
sion n warrant against me, which he turned
over to Frank Case. This warrant Alfred Duck
| worth, who had been recently appointed en- the
revenue force, tried to get from Case. who re-
| fused to let him haveit Duckworth then swore
| he would take me, warrant or no warrant, or
| would kill me in the attempt 'He had taken
one highfycr, he said, and by God, he inten-
dcd to take another Duckworh had been
almost raised with me from childhood, and we
knew each other we'll He was very higoed
and was always Dragging and doing rash things
lie rode one day by his own grandfathe"'s house,
where there was picture of Gen. Washington
hanging against tho wall of "a room, and he shot
| several ,balls into it through the open door or
window from where he sat on his horse The
holes may be seen in the picture and wall now.
| People told me what he had threatened against
me, but I only said surely he has better sense
| than to try TO take me without warrant |
said would meet 'Alf,' rs always called him.
| and try to laugh him out of it. lie will give
me the same chance he gives other people. A
| few days later had 10 haul wagon load of
| corn and went over to get it, The driver
| sitting by me and on the road we saw n crowd
| coming. | said There comes the revenue Off
GERS now The driver asked, what will they
| do? l said, Nothing they have no warrant for
me- / knew that Case had it. They came up
to us and stopped and we talked together about
one hour and half


DUCKwORTH SULKY.


| asked Duckworth about old times but saw
that he looked sulky and that there was some
thing wrong. At last he said Major, di6 you
know that had warrant for you?' | said,
| No lie said, DO you want to hear it read 2
| said, Ies, If you have one lie got off his
horse and drew from his pocket bunch of war
rants. | saw that he had one for a man named
Southerly, but none for me, and thought he
was joking. He read the warrant and called
my name in place of Souherly's. still thought
he was only joking, anu asked him to let me see
| the warrant. lie said, No, by God, there's no
use in it, He then asked if | was going to
submit to it? replied, If you don't want me
TO handle the warrant, let some of these fellow
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