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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY - DECEMBER 22 1885.
THE DANIEL BOYS.
usually went forth in a suit of home-
t made jepus, a wide brimmed hat thrown care-
sly on his head, a rifle upon hi* shoulder,
| and a brace of revolvers around his waist.
A Visit to tbs Outlaws' lfomtAa P*staess**A Story
of Murder a-d 82ood??hed-Tbe Capture of i
Lkureh-The it*ttlt or Pint Log-Laefa-
da???s DeMb-TarUlioff Adventures.
i made them feel the effect
children, five in number.
for his
Ilis rage and
Jefferson, Go., December II.
four men killed!
Two men lyn-hwl !
A mother murdered!
Half A dozen hum mysteriously put out of
the way!
8nch are then-suits of a summer campaign
by the Daniel buys, the noted mitlawa of
Arkansas, who arc ut present secreted in this
???county!
The story drl|* with blood nnd bristles with
gensation, yet to i<w??r it from the lips of the
principal in the tragedy wna n privilege only
gained after sonu * uriuiis esperle *cs. ???You
can see the Daniel boys by gelling off the
train at I*rtnder;:rw *, where you will laipiloted
Into the injsteri< i.- Lookout hollow,??? was the
message sent J>> Mr. Bose Duke, a man of
popularity and u/??urce, with whom your
correspondent h/id_ no persoual acquain
tance. TJh: was muddled in the send
ing. ??r.<l the writ < -ontinuod on his way to
Jt-tfai.on, all oblivious to the 'meaning of the
gathering nf thirty well-armed, dutenolned
looking men at I???Midergraw. The
???werp to Hate -bet u deployed along the
.rious approaches to t ho hotiso in which the
.conference was u?? have been held, in oni r that
detectives might hot follow reporters, retreated
In disappointment, utid put up in tho house
of a well known citizen. Your correspondent
slept that night IilJi flVrson, with dreams in
which revolver* and bowle knives played
part, and early nest morning started out for
the house where he knew tho men to ho
gathered.
??? MISTAKEN FOB A DETMUTIVK. ,
He bore a letter of introduction to Mr. Duke,
.by whom how** received am! duly credited,
but he could easily see that there * was aomo
unusual cotuiimtiee among tho other members
of the party, Jt ww{ explained when ouo .of
. them said:
???What wvmrntm kart we that you
detective? You did not get off at the right
f dnr e. and you tuny have manufactured tho
otter which $oti brought with you.??? This
was a revelation u well as n theatrical situa
tion, and at ouco a parley began os to whether
thp correspobuetit was really himself or some
one else. He ptesded fo? . Ids own
Spncisl.]- I ,, ! or,,i "R >???
a family of Geor
gians ramped,within the promised land,
approached them with his usual tactics, i
He
to find in Jack Daniel a man ready to defend his
rights.
???This is government land,??? said Jack
him, ???and I intend to preempt the lot upon
which I am camped. As soon as my crop is
laid by I will go to Little Rock and liavo my
preemption filed.???
onk mubdf.b and probably another.
???The hell you will,??? answered ,???R ???; and
grinding his teeth in rage he turned away. It
Was the first time that he had ever been
autrked. He called lil t c-Ian together, and it
r.os agreed that a system of intimidation should
first l e punned toward the intruder, to he fol
low! d by more i r. triune measures, if necessary.
A few months later Dr. Emory entered the
title roentand was warmlywelcomed by???R???"
t???, who told him that as yet Daniel was only
id the Jot upon which he
liVUl
still
ojien
Identity, while the local Holomuns, headed by
i i * ** ???*???iia ut.
an eccentric Individual named Dump Trtffll
b him that lie was only tX
endeavored to convince; JHHHPI
Yell county detective. After four hours of ne-
goliath'ii, during which time various little trl|is
were taken down the lane, along the toad, and
around tho house, by self-appointed
vigilance committees, Dump Trout
offered to produce the Daniel hoys for twenty
dollar.. In hand. The emphatic rejection of
???this overturn on the part of this thrifty citizen
threw him Into hysterics, In which he saw
??????'moors" flying in tho air. Mr. Duke, seeing
how difficult It. was to convince .the ^rowd,
changed the programme, nnd iji Ids company
your correspondent, in considembh
doubt ns to whether he., was himself
not, started an tho return ??? trip
Jefferson.*
Til BN TAKHk TO lU*. .IACTC D:\NJKI..
While ascending a hill about throe miles
from town an old Ur mu named Tom itcunott,
was noticed, leaning against a wagon wheel,
Ah the buggy drove up Tom advanced, and ex
tending his hand, raid:
???How???dye. ItaN'l"-
Tlu n looking into tire correspondent???s face
in nu inquiring sort of way, Itohnctt grasped
ills hand, and said: ???
???I???m moutyglad to see you???.luck."
Thus tho correspondent not only found hi*
identity doubted at 0RP place, but saw it
jilotoly destroyed by his IdontUoiUon a
original Arkansan outlaw himself -Jack Dan
iel. Dlnd to h?? allowed an identity ut all, lie
merely replied:
'Thank you. I had to pop them follows ??v<
in Arkansan, thong Ii.???
"1 liclieve you,??? the ????W1 man replied.
???I have met warm friends since myjotimi
legal preemption. Thus influenced, Emory
??? rival dnlrn to the lot. erected a house
orneref It. ;, nt for h;?? wlf??*. nnd went
to hor cheeping. it did not take Kinory long
to find out the true state of affairs. Ho de
clined to become n member of the dan, and to
v his sense of honor, went to Jack D.tnicl
sum-mil red whatever claim
).t have acquired upon tho lot. The
ti ment which followed thesodevelopments
intense. ???It "swore- that ho would make
turtle bn it of whoever should oppose him,
nnd their bodies would he found higher
up the creek. The next day Mrs. Emory was
found dead from poison. The ???K ??? peoplo
declared that she was the \ Ictim of her bus*
band???s crime, and to support that theory he
was missing.
??????Since that day he has never been heard of,'
raid Jack, as lie looked up at the clock.
???????????? >9. Kmorv was noi;
by the ???Ii ??? gang, and that in fulfillment of
threat Dr. Emory???s body was
to thA turtles up the'creek.??? #
Then began a series of j*etty annoyances,
lasting through the winter of lw2-'lw, In
tended to make the situation of the Daniels a*
unpleasant ns possible. Whenever the women
or children would step ont of tho hotuo they
would be tired upon from covert; or at thohour
of midnight the families would be
Awakened by the rattle of musketry, only
to look out nnd ne?? the retreating farms of
???it V' raiders. ???It V jgttng was iu looi
with similar gangs in other settlements, ami
was their custom to exchange sendees. In this
manner it was always impossible to identity
tho culprits.
"For the aake of dear Lucinda, nnd tho little
-hildren who cried around my knee,??? said
JncR, his eyes brimming in tear ., ???I stood all
this, though I was often tempted to go but
with toy t itle and giro them u shower of lead
which would make route of them hit tho grit.
To do so would be to place my life in jeopardy
not that I was afraid of that, hut it would
leave thoso whom 1 loved to the rude mercies
ot these detestable brutes* I continued to
pitch my crops of wheat, corn nnd potatoes for
tho harvest of lBo.1. begging for peace with uiy
nnd tick At heart fur the safety of my
little ulici.'
THE KILLING OF
???Hut nt ln*t the dreadful moment canto
which led toalliuy subsequent.troubles,
cut to tho Reed settlement, anil said that
_ owder and lead were good persuaders. Ho
would ocuro off Jim Darnel nnd ???II ??? and
kill Jack. On tho inornlug of April IB ???H-
came out of breath to my house, and
told mo that for a wceky???B ??? had been iu-
cnwilng his pressure on him to leave. , That
morning "R "
said i
' railed on him Libia field and
"Ji
be
Pose at once pul tho whip to the horse, aud
ire left the old man to his woiidqrful discovery.
In the Presence of the Out laws.
The next day your correspondent was duly
led into tho presence of tho Daniel boys???tho
principal of whom, Jark, was nt once rocog-
Hired ns tho man who had given the greatest
evidence of faith in the comsjiondcut tho day
before. A tall man, of quiet manner nnd few
???words, with a refined face and cyoft or piercing
night, ho appeared to ho nnythiug'olae than n
dchpeiadu. NunieroUH friends were present. In
loto Teel safe. I bright April morning, all currying their guns.
whose midst the boys were Hindi H
The Dauiela were horn iu this comity, their
family haviug been uuioug the origiuul pio
neer* ono hundred years ago. The suceeseivo
genurations of tho family maintained a high
reputation both in church, sorioty and bus!-
wens. Their intermarriages brought tucm into
close relationship with every family of note lu
this aud unjoining counties. Dunii Nvllietakes
Us name from one of their number. Russell
Daniel, tho grandfather of the so-ei|ltcd out
laws was a man of mark ns well as nerve,
the ago of l*D ho could hit the huil???a eye with
uumiug aim.
TUB TRIl'TO ARKANSAS.
Bl-xtcen years ago Rtisscll J, Daniel???tho
???Jack??? of our atorv???married Miss Lucinda
Dott??, a lady of excellent family and widely
connected. Their courtship was romantic, aud
thoir marriage was an evout of note, which is
atill remembered. Two years later they dc%
elded to emigrate to Arkansas, sett ling In
Baltne county, where they soon established
???1 cannot, answered ???H "
"Then takQ this,'said ho drawing a head
with his rific and inilicting a fieHh w.ouud. T
ill l*i?? back this Evening anil finish tho Job if
still find you here,??? ho said ns ho walked
nway. f Anil now,??? aald ???H ?????? to me, ???what
is to be done????
???The innn was chicken-hearted and scared
out of his wits. Tho first* thing to do, I told
hinif in to???lie n man. While wo jilinid for
pence we imiat protect our lives nnd those of
our w h en and children. Wo had better go
and sco ???R ", and show him
tlint while we w ill mako any sacrifice for
l??encc and harmony, our rights must ho pro
tected. Jim Daniel was sent for aud agreed
with whnt I lmd said.
Now, then, let us iuvojco Goil's blessing ou
ur errand of peace.???
Thus the three men started out on that
To i l plain this net it must be stated that it is
the nue ami not the exception to go fully
armed nil along the froutlcr. Tho country is
full of gnme nnd ravenous bcasD, to gain or
kill which every- man goes prepared. When,
therefore, the three men went forth with their
arms, there was nothing unusual in it, but it
was what everyone else did.
We lound *???R ??? lu his cornfield. As soon
io saw us approach lie mu toward n tree
??? hundred ynids distant. 1 saw' his gnu
limiting against-it. (tabling it ho at once
gniN|K'd it, saying with nu oath: 'I will give
you tho, welcome you deserve.??? ???Don???t
aim that???gun!??? I shouted,.???Wo are for ponce
nnd not fighting.??? He hnil-tho gun almost to
his shoulder when I again shouted out: ???I will
shoot,??? nnd with tho word went the sharp to*
and blubbered like a baby. On the horsemen
came and rode In squads of five and ten around
the diamond retreat in which we stood. At last
finding one section of the road clear of troop-
ers for the moment, we slipped quickly across
and escaped, while tlie horsemen were watch
ing for the game they were afraid to close in
upon. That night we were again joined
by a company of friends. In the morn
ing we waded Ion???s creek, and reaching
the home of Dr. Flood, a venerable man of
seventy-three, we bought from him three Win*]
Chester rifles, sixteen shooters, and retumr
to the woods, keeping on our way until, <
the fourth day, we reached the cliff overlool
ing-my bouse. As no one was there
my family I ventured down, and heard enoiu
to harden the heart of any man. / ???
sooner had we escaped onj the \
of ???R???V??? death, than forty armed hi
cursing and swearing like Coniancbes,
9 as I saw the blood-sucking creatures, aud
held my finger more firmly on the trigger."
".Tim," said he to his companion, ???let every
shot go home-!???
In n moment the hounds had passed the
mark, and ???D " and the sheriff!
With the report which rang out from Jack???s
rifle one man fell dead from his horse. Au-
otber sharp report from Jim, and down went
in n charge to my house, and firing ???><*
through the open doors and
volvers
11 DO)
did EO, they were met by obscenity at
one of the- lueu slapping my wife???s *
they were blackened, and others infli
dignities upon the children. They-
that I was toncealed iu the cellar, an<
them started down. ???I wish to God jol
there,* Lucinda said, ???he would then
deserved bullet through you.* The
was broken open, and tlie corn scatter
the ground, the chairs aud tables wor??? cr
out of the house ami smashed to plece^ 1
SOME CLOSE CALLS, wbt??
???To tell you of the terrible incitttti
these four months would crowd my l>nra&
to drive me crazy," said .Tael:, pausing pas 1
incut, while a friend handed him a di^
water. ???One night we built a campfin
wor ds which attracted the attention
piwauers. They came up dose enough
l.fard talking, but would neither advnn * 01
retreat. We stood near by all night witl iri]
cocked, ready for attack, hut as the first t b
of moriJng light burst faith they slowly u ,
away.
???Ou another occasion wc were tracked
bouse where we were sleeping by twenty .
Ono of them was a friend, and dropped t???
signal, so we were ready. * As daylight CAnj
they scattered without attempting our arrest.'
???Again we were-caught up with by about
one hundred men, while at breakfast in
friend???s house. We sat at table with our Wi
che??teffl across our laps and our pistols
table .beside our plntds, while the posse
sat off at some distance aud
leyed. Wo called on them to come
iu, and we would divide biscuits with them.
They, top, departed. There never was a party
rout after tis which did not contain members
who were our fricuds, and they always either
pave ns warning, or so acted as to keep the
fdhers from making an attack.
" RETURNED TO HIS MOTHER.
*???H " wo found a coward am
man who only wanted the opportunity
to become a squealer. It was to ayeuge his
wrong that tho R killing took place, aud i f
was his fault that we were iu our terriblo situ
ntlori. Yet he cried in the faco of danger and
whimpered like h blind pup. Ono day wo
were ut-ar ???If???r???s??? hojisc and overheard tno
troopers cursing aud beating 3Ir.s. ???H Jt
made Jim ami inc so indignant that we started
to take aim and fire into tho cowards who
would abuse women. Although this was in
defense of ???H V own .wife, ho rau to tho
Tear unit cried like an egg-sucking
dog while being whipped. We
fired several shots over tho house, when the
bravo detectives turned their horses??? heads
tpwards Ion???s creek and ran. As they gal
loped past my house they fired about ono hun-
ihots nt it, one shot striking and killing
died s
a dog which was lying on ono of uiy children'
arms, and another passing through xnv broth
era* wife???s hair.* Wo lmd taken an oath to
the first ono who would turn traitor. It
plnin that ???H V??? cownrdlco would yet call
want to Ufkc his llftvso wo took him to his
father???s homo, found his mother nnd said,
" 'Mrs. ???H we return your
He should bo nt tho breast. It will bo
time yet before ho becomes a man.???
??? That was the last of the man who after-
wards proved himself to bo tho Judas of our
arty.???
THE CAPTURE OF A C HURCH.
The nest adventure of tho Daniel boys was
io which brought them increased uotorlety
from its curious character. All over tho coun
try bands of nrmed-men were being.organlzed
for the arrest of tho outlaws, for whose capture
tho governor had offered a heavy rewArd,
Stories of atrocities never committed wore cir
culated. Through /riernls tho Daniel boys
were communicating with tho sheriff of Mont-
f they could get a change of venue/ Against
this result tho ???It?????? people, bended by Detec*
"whom they had employed, wore
fighting with all their might. On Sunday
morning while tho congregation of Chalybeate
Springs church were assembling for midday
erviccs, they were astonished totlud tho Dan-
el boys, with their guns slung across thoir
boulders, lit their midst. The boys asked if
they might l??o jiertuitti'il to enter, which per
mission, wan. of course, grouted. ??? Taking
the pew just iu front of the pulpit tho boys
sat through tho service with the
gun butts resting upon tho floor
vheu a
j??od reputation, amt tnado hosts of friends.
U-c years ago they heard wonderful stories of
Cedar Buck Valiev, a land which surpassed in
fertility any that had yet been discovered In
ArknuNas. Jack decided to move thertv nnd
???old out his possoMionvin Saline comity.
Cedar Suck valley was, united, an enchant
ing sp*t. Jt lay between two rocky mount ???
Bins running east nnd west,??? The eastern end
uf thivmonutuiu Imravdioo nflorfled a narrow
p*????, which led into the valley. At the foot of
tho p????s, ns the valley was entered, a small
spring buret forth which, Increasing iu vol
ume, continued on westward, ou either side a
rich bottom of one mile In width reaching out
to the ha* of the rocky ledges, which' arose at
nitres to a height of tix hundred feet perpen
dicular. ??? Thus stream and mountain eontin-
ued for twelve miles, when tho mountain*
ngain converged, leaving only n pass wide
euough for Cedar Nuck creek to empty itself
into Ion???s creek, which rnu (Yorn north to
aoutli. fainting a T.
When Jack Daniil looked upon this rich
mountain valley lu* stood enchanted. Tho
grass, which grew thick and rank, bespoke the
wouderfal fertility bf the soil. The flowing
stream tang a gurgling song as its limpid
wateri council down to Its estuary; nnd tho
overhsnglug cliff* of granite lifted their gray
ish peaks high toward heaven. It
was .governmeat land, subject* to pre
emption by actual settler,s.' Jack selected a
???pot on the south aide of CVdar Suck creek,
just within tho mountain ??-haiu. and wi
firstoirtn to lav rlaivi to any part of it.
rifle 1 "K ?????? started as if to
nil shot was fired by Jim Daniel,
then fell to u sitting posture. We ran up to
him, and I got down on my knees in front of
hint, nnd while examining his wounds to see
if I could do nuything for him, said:
this Is all owing to your own con
duct. ! have.begged you far peace, anil takon
insult nil winter. Now we have trouble brought
down upon women and children. We came
this morning to get iteaccoblc satisfaction.???
??? ???You have got it???here,??? said "R??????, plac
ing his linger upon the wound iu his breast.
???Ho gasped,tlie death-rattle was heard in
his throat; he fell back dead, nml wo left him.
TIJK COMPACT AND FLIGHT.
We then returned to my house, where all
the women and children hud assembled, cry
ing. *'We are in for it now,??? I said to Jiui aud
"H *???. i'Before the sun sets they will be after
To fall into the hands of tho Yell county
le means only to.be swung up by "U???V???
_ We must take to the call???s aud defend
ok to empty itself I ourselves until we can arrange for justice iu
?????? * ??? ??? some other county.'
ready to go with you,??? said J
???So am I,??? answered ???ll???
* Thou swear.??? I demanded, ???that we will be
true to each ofher, never betraying each other,
nml if either should he arrested, be will give
no Information of his companion???s whereabouts,
and that whoever violates this agreement shall
meet death at the hanlU of the others.??? ???
To this oath all three lifted up their hands
and swore. Then kissing their wives aud
rhildren, buckling their pLstols to their h<51ts,
and swinging their needle guns over their
"?????????r:?????? ??? - .w|Mt* VI ?????. Jim I ??mii??i??ni MID mirej, mm uutit *nv
Danu-i selected a site just outside of tho valley I August, there were recues enacted
nt the intersection.or Cedar Hpcb and lop???s I have but few equals In the unuats ot
creeks, while next to him. on Ion???* creek, ??? * ??? ???
li\-??d ???R ??? Shortly afterwanls Mr.
???H- "a native Arkansan, selected a site
within the valley i o'row. Cedar tsqrk crer*k
nnd three tuiU> di-tant from Jack Daniel???*
place. This introduce* the reader to all the
character* in the tragedy. ???
THIt ENEMY APPEAR?
???K " was a good type of the law
less frontiersman, lie wax a native of Indiana
and year* before, accompanied by his three
brothers, shortly afterward rein furred by
6he!ton and Hull well. Frank Vaughn
and others, **R????????? at once orgnnlrcst his
Adherents into an ??ath-b und baud, wkoso
intention was tolsy clxlm to all the rich val
leys, and by viol on- e and fa ti mutation to drivo
??ff all immigrants. ?? xrtpt Mich Us n
theniN l\e?? c j tabb* to him. Btrange stork*
yrore t??*bl in the nd.ioming scttletucnf* uf meu
Who had entered IVHter???s territory, only to
disappear, and never wore to be heard of. "
overlooketl the valley, ami trot
such ax
border
wkefare. Tho three men soon realised that
their* was a fight for life; that to fall iuto the
hands of the Yell county people would be
death without justice. They were joined iu
the mountains that night by about fifteen
sympathizers, wlio proposed to keep them in
formed of wlmt vras goiug on, aud to give
g of danger. On the evening of the
April ???It-^??????*??? wanted to hear from his
wlfr. AmtMBftr was dispatchwl for that
purpo-v. far whose return wo waited
iu nu ??? triangle of woods
caused bv the intersection of three roads. In a
few rnfnuLs be tttnmed out of breath, aud
without leaving the road, he told us that
thirty five hwatnietLW ere in and about Miocker's
house; that they kid caught sight of Jjim in
the distance, ai.d vtre now fallowing In full
gallop, lie then disappeared in the opposite
woods, while we st.??t4 behind the cover
of some bu/hes, witbguu* prim oil and ready???
all except *11 ??? w ho sat ujhju the ground
Whin tho preacher, Rev. Sir. Flood, bou ot.
Flood, had olnnit completed the sermon, the
boys sent him up a paper which ho read, ns
follows:
I.tTTF.n or Warning.???Inasmuch as tho'Daniel
buys are accused gravely before an intelligent aud
iu your
. fly .
generous people, wc, the ??
mUM for n rihk! purpose, w .
danger. If the authorities comjwl you to aid in
patch of the so-called outlaws, we aaylse you nnd
MfliiHwprlsoii.
: friend* against
JIut. having
mnat injury,
il .motive
any, and to
ivold.
stay behind when ... . .
Hcspcctftilly submitted. Daniel Bovs.
When the services were over tho entire con-
grcgtitlou gathered around tho boys, who wero
the heroes of the day. They wero iuvlted to
dinner aud entertained until nightfall, when
tho preacher shook hands with them, and they
disappeared into tho forest.
THE (RATTLE OK VINE LOO.
The crisis of the campaign was now fast np-
preaching. It had been arranged that thqDaniel
boys should be tried at Hot Springs, nnd olUccrs
had started to the selected spat for their sur-
after his return to his mother, to save Ills own
life, told the hiding place of hi* late confeder
ates, near the house of John Coker, who
tins their frieud and gt^bo-
tween. Urged by ??? Detective ???D "
the oUlcers changed their purpose and resolved
to capture the Daniels. They arrested Coker
and Detective ???D * then increased their
posse to fifty mounted men. and
with two bloodhounds started in the
direction of Rrushy mountain. Tho boys
had crossed tho mountain In
hdt hgstc on Saturday, the 28tli of July, and
an nrobush. As the mountaiu path led down,
a bold spurr rofo up on oue side, about twenty
yards in, on the summit ef which lay a huge
Is a good retreat," said Jack to Jim,
"aud If we are attacked it will furnish a good
breastwork. l.ct us get all Our guns and re
volvers in working trim."
After this had been done;one slept while
the other watched alternately. Daylight exme
aud with it the sun rose in fullest glory. The
rougsof the???birds and the scent of the wild
flowers all spoke ofpeace, yet what a tumult
raged in those two men???s breasts!
"At lost they come!??? cried Jim, holding hi*
ear to the w indward. ???There is the moaning,
droning souutl of the bloodhound*.??????
"Yes.?????? answered Jack. ???I hear It. Let ns
pick out the'* dogs aud "D If we can
kill them we will cud the
tremble. Get ready, keep your bead low."
With that wild shout* aud curse* were.heard
a* half a hundred horsemen crossed the sum
mit of the mountain, aud galloped down in
their descent.
. ???lln!" shouted Detective "D ???1 can
tell by the close scent of the h ???uads tint we
have almost hogged our game.???
On came the hounds their droning uote* in-
cosing in intensity as they reach trie fresh
ened scent.
???My God," said Jock, "what a chill stole over
cinda as it ascended
between tho granite crags. ^
she stood before me, * and
into nay arms, she fainted like one dead,
an hour I listened to the terrible story of out
rage nnd persecution which she had to toll
Hhortly after my last departure, she found one
of the children about to eat a biscuit wiuen
lmd found in the yard.. Several others like
were found. She soon found that they
were poisoned biscuit, and she heard
tho confession later that
jeet was to poison one of tho children, so that
iu the eveutpf its death I would be drawn out
of my retreat. Two of them"she brought up
with her nnd gave to me. Sho also tried to
sell out our goods, so that she might return to
fill UUl Mill guu<l>, DU Wl.'IU Bill- Ullgm. R-MI.ru l<
Georgia. In this she was balked by tho"R
clan. John Graves had bonglit my horse from
my wife. He was nt unco arrested, the horse
up v _
foot so qs to keep up with the horse for thirty
miles to tho county site. They hung him up
three times until lie was black iu .the face, to
make him tell our whereabouts. Then
he was set free, but *
horse Wns never returned to him. Then no
one would dare buy any tiring of Lucinda and
sho wns compelled to stay where she was. Do-
teetiyo "D???-the week before, threatened to
burn tho house down over her head ou his re
turn if he did not succeed in catching me.
Whenever ono of tho children would bo sent
on an errand some member* of tho clan
would shoot at them to scare them.
???Tho fences around m.v fields bad boon to
tally destroyed, aud the cattlo of tho country
round tnmedin, so that not a thing was grow
ing. I theft told my wllo that sl;e had better
sacrifice all aud go to Georgia, that my present
day???s work had put an end to hopo in Arkan
sas. We ascended to the extreme a|iex of tho
cliff, where wc might look down oneo jnoro
upon our ruined home. Tho moon was just
rising over the valley, nnd as l turned for the
last time toward my wife, her face, deathly
pale, was illuminated by tho moon's ray.
??????Wo will meet in Georgia,??? I said, as I re
leased her form.
Yes, or in heaven!??? sho answered, her
form soon lost among tho cliff* ns she scurried
down tho hill to the babes in the cottage.
???That," said Jack, ???was the last tinio I ever
saw Lucinda!"
THE LYNCHING OF F(.OOD AND CQKKR.
When tho boys turned nway from .tho ren
dezvous, nnd wore skirting 'tno public road
they heard once more lire omiuous droning
of the bloodhounds, nnd tho loud shouts of tho
posse returning from tho scenes of Sunday???s
bloody work. ???I have two of tho poisoned
biscuits with me," said Jack. ???I will throw
them out ou the road 'so that, the hounds may
get them.??????- They then crouched down in tho
bushes to watch for events. As tho men rode
up the dogs took the biscuits.
??? ???We???ll hang the host ouo of their friends,???
said a voice, which I recognized ns that of
Detective ???D ". ???Let us take Coker aud
Flood ns wc pass by.??? And
tliey fulfilled their threat" said
ek. ???On their way they arrestod Dr. Flood,
because they believed-'he hud knowledge of
hiding place. Ho was the most respected
physician of the count)-, and was seventy-
three years of age. Going further they arres
ted Coker, and confined them in Yell vounty
. ail, where they fouud that tho
nformc-r ??? ???H " had preceded
them. Two nights later a band of masked men
attacked the jail, aud demanded the tlireo
men. Tlie jailer made no show of resistance,
and turned them over. The party then pro
ceeded, to the river bridge near by. aud placiug
a rope around the neck of Dr. Flood, called ou
him to tell what he knew about us.
??? ???You cannot cheat me out of many days,??? ho
replied, ???ami 1 will not court them at tho ex
pense of my honor.??? Instantly the other end
of the rope was thrown over the bridgo beam,
and tlie Iwdy of Dr. Flood was swinging in the
nir, while fifty bullets were sent through it.
The rope was next placed nrouud Coker???s neck.
At this point "JI ??? began crying and plead
ing fur.Coker???s life.
???Shut up your damned mouth, or your
rhauce will come next,??? was the reply made to
ged, aud both bodies
him. Coker wns then banged,,
were fouud dangling in tho air uext rooming.
???H ??? was taken back to jail, * ???
....... Where he pur
chased immunity by betraying the names of
the lyncher?, fifteen of whom he kucw. The
lynching !of Flood aud Coker wa* done by
"H V arrangement, and it was in the
eleveuth hour, like Judas, that be repented. It
was so like him, theu, to purchase farther favor
by Informing on bis new confederate*. The
governor offered rewards amounting to $4,500
for their arrest.
THE FLIGHT FROM THE COUNTRY.
???This brings us back,??? said Jack, "to the
poisoning ot th??? bloodhounds. We knew that
with their death we would gain a start suf
ficient to get away. We took the big road and
kept on fifteen miles to Wachita river, where-
found a canoe ou the saud bar. We turned
???ver, put it in the river and rowed down to
Cedar Glades, where wc left the river,
seeing that we were noticed by par
ties * along the tanks, and entered
tho glades. While hidden . in a thicket of
laurel our Worst fears were realized. Soon a
troop of horsemen gathered near enough far
us t- overhear their conversation. They h id
heaul the news of what they railed the battle
ofP.se Log,???and were organizing to scour tho
country for the Daniel boys. When they rode
out towards Ion???s creek, we at once emerged
aud took the big roa??l again in the o'pposito
direction for Little Rock. There* we bought a
skiff, for which we paM fifteen dollars.
We bought Insides fishing tackle, a ???jug
hisky aud a bottle of
quinine which we emptied ???low
to fight, malaria, and placiug tho skiff
in the Arkau-a* river, were soon floating d >wn
to tha Mta-'-fappi. It took us four <i..y* to
moke the three hundred miles which brought
to that point. We tied the skiff to a tree at
igbt, a-ml slept on shore-. One day we were
overtake u by a terrible s 4 uaU, and dxsh-
pm* the river tank. Cntaring the
Mu*lr?ippi we mode nine hundred milea
re tis New Oricau-s being a total of 1,200
miles In a skiff. It was our intention to come
home by way of Pensacola, but hearing that
yellow fever was raging there we worked
around in Louisiana until it was over. One
day at Whitehall, Louisiana, I thought I was
dfccovcred. I entered a shooting match and
hit the bull???s eye every time. One of the
managers, looking me straight in the eye, said:
??? ???I do believe that you coQhl oat shoot that
fellow Jack Daniel!???
AT HOME ONCE MORE.
???This was getting too warm, so that night
e made for New Orleans again, through to
???ensacola nnd nrouud to Waycross. As we
cached Athens, but a day???s walk from home
land friends, wo both gave way under the
I weight. My God 1 what a nine months??? expe-
???rience we had. How the calm of that peaceful
April morning in the enchanted Arkansas val-
fctole over us, to be disturbed by
the sharo report with which
???B V??? life disappeared. Then the
flight, the vain appeals for justice, the pursuit
of lynchers, under the guise of law, the terri
ble light on Brushy mountaiu, the parting with
dear Lucinda on the cliff! That bust appealing
look which I caught from her face as the moon
light fell across it! *Bud,??? said I, ???I must see
jLucinda tonight! -Let us press on home. At
(last we were in sight of mother's house; wo
ou the doorstep; wc could uot await the
answer to our alarm, but opened the door and
walked In as people from the dead. But Lu-
[cinda was not in the group, though my chil
dren were!
???Mamma???is???dead!" one of them gn3pcd
???etwten her sol s.
THE STORY OF LUCINDA???S DEATH.
Dead ! Lucinda dead ! Never more to see
-! Oh, how my
[wandered, how I fell uuconsdotts under the
eight oft he news! Tlie story which awaited mo
as more horrible than all the rest. When on
the night of our parting she returned to our
lesolate cottage, sbo sat up with the children,
111 in fears aud breaking their heart* over th$
[errible tmn events had taken, au attack from
T) ???s??? returning and defeated trooper* put
hem in an uproar. They were taken out aud
???based In different directions ??ver tho fields,
hots being fired over their heads, and language
???f the vilest obscenity used toward them. They
eie warned that they had to scatter
ut of the country. There was ono family,
hat of Mr. Reed, which lind always been kind
f to my wife, nnd to them sho disclosed her trou
bles. 81ie tried once more to sell, but no oue
dared attempt to buy but
SCROFULOUS
Sores and Glandular Swell
ings cured by Cuticura.
i Be Mon. says: "I have been affllci
and nine months with what the doctors _
rupia. I was taken with dreadful pains In tho
and body, mr feet became so swollen that I
5 head
I lofct flesh, and roon became so wretcheS that i
longed to die. Physicians failed to help me. lly
direct daily grew worse, my sufferings became ter
rible. The eruption increased to great burrowing,
foul-smelling sores, from which a reddish matter
my tad. In this condition and by advice of a well-
known .physician, I ibegan to use the Cuticura
Remedies, and In twelve weeks was perfectly
cured.???
SCROFULOUS ULCERS.
James B. .Richardson, Custom House, New Or
leans, on oath, says; -In 1S70 Scrofulous Clecm
broke out on my body until I was a mass of corrup
tion. Everything known to the medical faculty
was tried in vain. I became a mere wreck. At
times could not ltft my hands to my head, could not
turn In bed; was in constant pain, and looked upon
itr???a curse. No relief or cure in ten year*.
:d attempt to buy but ???II ?????? people. A
?? named Mr. ???M " targained for our lots.
sion of mine, though he had not' paid
n rent for it. One morning any children awoke
to find their mother lying in the yard mortally
wounded, by a shot through thenndomcn. As
they gathered around her ???31 "walked up,
wheu she said:
??????I know you, 3Ir. ???31??????", Shoot me
again, and put me out of misery.???
??? ???31 ??? spread the report that she com
mitted suicide, but that I do not believe. His
anxiety to get her out of the way, his curious
fng him to shoot her ???again.??? led me to believo
"hi. This left my soveu
tbat*she w??a murdered
children without on? to take care of thorn.
31y son Forest, aged twelve, aiuljny daughter
Ivy, aged???elcveu, prepared the best thev could
for their mother???s funeral, which toolc place
funeral, which tool
next day. When they returned to the liouso
after the funeral they found that ???31 " had
taken possession of the house, thrown their
bedclothes out in the yard, * anil
fttsed to let them in even to warm
their hands. They then ft'cut into an old out-
liohsc, and stuved therein from tho 15lh of
December until the end of February before
they could* get assistance from Georgia. My
children, though little better than
two eldest , ??
tabes, went to work heroically, and during
the long winter month* kept tlxo other five,
ono of whom was left a suckling infant by its
mother, until flood 3tr. Bennett went "out to
Arkansas for them. I baVo written a pam
phlet, giving tho fall history of my troubles,
much more than I could relate to you now.
This is cm salo for the benefit of my children, to
pay for their schooling. Hiding out from of-
ikcrsasl am forced to be, unable to settle in
ttny place aud go to work for them, surely the
good, kind Christian peoplo of Georgia; tho
good mothers who* can feel for the trials of
these childrens??? murdered mothor, will
by buying this book, enable them
to get that education which
cannot give them."
As the brave man concluded his recital, to
which his brother had been an attentive
listener, occasionally Joining in, ho called iu
his seven little oucs, who had been sitting in
an mijoinfng room. iFather and children mndo
one of the most interesting groups- ever seen,
the baby clambering upon his knee aud kiss
ing him. while Bliss Ivy, who had so nobly
played the role of mother during that long
winter of gloom, passed her arm arOuud her
father???s neck and wept.
As I rode off, In company with Mr. Bose
Duke, I looked back, and saw the tall figure of
.Tack, looking after us, his .children cliugiug
around him like ivy nrouud a giant oak.
???That is one of tho noblest of men," said
Bose. ???On the loth, of ,3Iav. last year,
a revival xvns going on nt Gallilce church,
on the Oconee ??? river, nnd many
were baptised. This Is n Christian or Campbel-
lite church. Among those who presented
themselves for immersion, to Rev. 8. S. Land-
im wns one upon whom all eyes rested.
???.???What is your name???? asked the preacher.
??? ???Jack Daniel!"
???Then under the waters of baptism Jack was
passed As he came out, a holy peace seemed
to have taken possession of him. All present
were in tears." ??? ??? .
???Wbataro their means of defense?" I asked.
???They each have strapped around their
waists revolvers enough to kill twenty-four
meu without reloading. They still have their
winchesters with which they nro prepared to
defend themselves to the death."
Just here we wero once more passing tho
into the correspondent???s-face, whom he
bo the original Jack Daniel, he said
believed to bo
earnestly:
"Jack, you are safe here. It would take
morc???ii a thousand men to get you out!"
Pea Jay.
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