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THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION - . ATLANTA. GA.. TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4 1884. TWELVE PAGES.
SIR RGGER???S DOUBLE.
Tfce Trip to Suatr*ll?? to ihotpi Btd Conuinr
21i?? Ai'proxiioo* of io?? Ciaiiniot After Cmekte
V<ett*>Tb?? Curious tl???ory ol Tbomas
Csstro???A Olftbrstsd Cim,
Nrw York, October 31,???A littlo less
than thirty ,yearn ago n young roan
Stood on the decks of the steamer "Bella,
then lying in the docks at Liverpool, bidding
farewell to his numerous friends preparatory
to sailing for Australia. The subsequent fate
of that young man, and of tho two hundred
other souls who bad taken pastago in the un
fortunate Teasel, is to this day a mystery which
the best legal talent of England, aided by
nearly six hundred witnesses and a million
of money, has been unable to satisfactorily
unravel. It forms the history of one of the
most desperate and audacious conspiraciei
ever concocted to gain possession of an immense
estate, or else the grossest piece of injustice
that was ever meted out to man.
When Bir Roger Charles Tichborn*
aet sail for Australia in tho apring
of 1863 he did so toget rid of
cviJ habits and associations of his dissipat-
cd youth and in the hope of beginning a near
life, lie realised bis hope; but whether the
new life began in eternity or in the golden
fields of Australia is a question in determining
which all England baa been for yean divided
and will probably continue to be for
those in this country who followed tho case
during tho long trinl twelve years ago, there
were but few who sympathised with tho pro-
tender to the estate of the Tichborue family,
though everyone admired the pluck and per
sistency with which he pressed his cUltii* to
recognition os the rightful Sir Roger Tichborne
find the bend of that house. All England,
however, were arrayed on one side or the other.
A public man was known as a TicUb truila or
anti-Tichbornlte, and tho furore over tho case
for n time <iani|H-ned the enthusiasm of the
pqpulsco for (Mditics or anything else.
The remit release from imprisontnenbof tho
notori* us Tichborue claimant, after eleven
Venn, confinement, opens another chapter in
this in* fit reinarkuble suit at law, and though
popular Interest in it has (lagged sjinowhat
during his long incarceration, til* reappearance
in public will undoubtedly blow into a strong
flame I he agitation which his claim originally
gave t ire to. Coming, too, ns it doe*, almost
???imultuniously with tlio releaso from mi insane
asylum in Australia of tho lunatic Arthur
Orton, which tho Ticbbqrno family have al
ways claimed wan the rightful name of the
impostor himself, ami who is to their minds
also a fraud, renewed interest will bn given
tbe retnantic story. It is almost certain that
(lie whole enso will be reopened, for it i* known
that the claimant lias hud plans to that end.
In view of this contingency a review of tho
case and the pretender's claims in timely.
The Tichborue family in on old orin of
Fronch origin and predolictions that m nettls 1
in liamnshirc, Knglnud. It is rich, but uot
endowed with good breeding. The man have
always been drunkard* and gamblers nud tho
wotncn uothing much to speak of. Into the fam
ily there was born in 1829 Roger Charles, tho
infant w hose later yearn were to be u continual
source of annoyouce to his kiunrnon and the
gossip of the whole world, llo hunted, drnnk,
swoie and belonged to a regimuut whoso oUloor*
were not drilled in anything particular except
vice, ltoger received a French education, and
his Gallic tutors taught him a few queer things
about the sunclity cl female virtuo that soiho
yearn later he wished he had not learned.
The flrnt respectable thing ho ever did was to
fell in love with his splendidly beaut! fu???
cousin, Kate Doughty, ller parents, howover,
vowed that before he could marry her ho must
rcfoim his morals. Tho couplo b wamo en
gaged In 1851, and so strong was their ultnch-
liu lit that they both declared they would marry
or ruiiftin single forever. Shortly after tho
cDgegeim lit Roger was kicked out of his pater
nal home fur various misdeeds. The kicking
came at the end ofii violent row,during which
language of a kind peculiar toTichboruo houso
was exchanged. Tlicso trouble# lessoned tho
chances of the young innu over wedding his
cousin, so she herrell still cliyig to him. Jli*
family moreover wonted to get rid ot him nud
took no pains to cone* at their intentions.
It wns with the full knowledge of this and a
desire to cut oil his old acquaintances that Sir
Roger Tiebborne decided to travel. When ho
came hack ho wns to be wedded to the lovely
Kate Doughty. Australia, being tho furthest
country from England, was the pln-e ho de
cided to visit, lie lorn ho sailed he de|x??sited
ir.tcjfstcdncsa of those who declined to recag
n??rc him won for the alleged Roger tho syra
pathy of the whole English people.
1 he suit for the recovery of the estate
civil one and come on in the court of comm >n
plena before Chief Justice Itevill. Sergeant
Bullnntiuc appeared for Sir Roger and Attor
ney General Coleridge, now lord chief j
for the family. The claimant ha l no
to pay counsel fee* and other expenses, but
(2t0,cb0 was subscribed by the public. The
undoubted Roger had always been a crack
with his betrothed a scaled packet, whose
tents he did not then reveal to her. In reality
it was a document containing a promise that
if they wejo married within three years ha
would build a church to tho glory of the holy
virgin. He also planed in her hand a written
vow ti.nl he would never touch intoxicauta the
remainder of his life.
The departure of the ship was tho last seen
In England of the acknowledged Sir Rogor
Tirhborne. It is not beliovcd a single soul of
the two hundred on board tho ??????Ihdla" ever
trod land again; for tho fate of the vessel ami
its human cargo is still rapt in mystery. A
half d?? St u people, including the man who has
just been released from prison, have since
claimed to have been saved from the wreck by
a passing ship and taken to Australia; but ft
is III bis failure to make good this otsertiou
that tbe present claimant owes his imprison-
tnrnt and humiliation. Considering tho
strange relations existing between Bir K>ger
and his family when he loft England, tlio
la ws of the wreck of the Holla wns not a cause
of much grief to them, l'rotty Kate 1) Mighty
criid and pined for n time aud then married
n me one else, while his brother took posies-
sion ol the estate.
No three-volume novel ever contained the
plot, counter-plot ami wealth of dramttio in
cidents that are embraced iu tho story of the
events ot the twelve subsequent years ns related
by ihu man wrbo, iu I860, set sail from Austra
lia to take |K??tession of the Tichboruo estates
as their rightful own, r. Bir Roger's mother
bad never given up the idea that her son was
??????vi *1 trom the wnvk and that she would ??????
him again. Altir twelve years ol wMinleriug
whctl?? r be was alive, she began inserting ad-
vertin luriits in every language in paper* of
all cot ntries, asking th???? prodigal son to return
to hi* Lome. One *>f these wm answered oue
day In m Australia by n man who claimed to
Lethe lung-lost son. Mo statedth.it ho had
bsru tiscurd from tho ???Bella" hr a ship
called the ??????Osprey" and Undid in Australia.
Rerouting fascinated by the attractions of this
mw world he determined that hi* family,
whom he hat,it, sh'-ubl have no information
of his whetcabouU, atal he lived during tho
tultiqcict twelve years under tho assumed
Lame of Thomas I???ntw, n Spanish friend who
had gene down with the Bella. lte* wrote to
l.ady Tiebborne and eucbwed hi* photograph,
which t he at once rvcognized as her son. Tits
tnuLi r sent an aged colored man named B-igl#
to??i hi I Roger to his home. Bogle h sd known
the vtc.tig bnronrt in England, and when ho
??? aw him in Australia hailed him iustantly as
hi* master
The remantic story ol the (hiding ot the
heir who was tuppot.d to be dead soon arouioj
attention, and when the man from Australia
arnvtd in Ragland he f, wind himself the object
t*f columns of gotfrtp in the dailv newspapers,
lie made bis way latently to hi* mother in
1 an*, who recognized him as her sou and re
ceived him with open arms. Score* of old
friends came forward ted w,-loomed him back
to their trii-Ldship. Put hU brother's family
denounced him as ati impostor nod decline,*|
to haw anything whatever to do with him.
His tnothi r was, i*l course, indignant, but the
bolsters of tbe estate finally refused point blank
to give it up, and urvcccduigs were taken t >
compel tin tu to. Tnoseot tin- Tiebborne fam
ily who were in pcsseoaion of course blongki
to the aristocracy, and enlisted in their behalf
the upjwr classes and the government; wbila
the iii go it ion o(the mother and the palpabla
???hot, and cow the claimant made some m
by app<aringat pigeon shooting matches a
frequently killing twenty-one bird* out o(
twenty-four. lie met old friends of Sir R
and talked with them of events gone by
on hia trial made known tho content* of th
pocket ho hod given to Kate Doughty,
short, the trial lasted 103 days, during which
200 witnesses were sworn for the claimant and
230 for tfte defendants. Money was spent lav
irhly by both sides and witnesses brought fro~
all parts of the world. It resulted iu L'
claimant being non-suited and an action Knag
brought by the government agxiust hi
perjury and itn|>osiure.
In tne criminal trial which followed, the
government was represented br a boat of crown
lawyers, and the claimant had for h??# ouu***
Dr. E. V. Konealy, a councilor of tho highest
reputation. The theory of the gov*niui??t
was that the claimant was in reality Arthvi
Orton, a butcher by trade, who had left h
disreputable surroundings at Wappmg. oue
the dirtiest suburb* of London, and f *ne t-*
Australia. II is possession of the family secret
was accounted for by the claim that the
were an iliigitimate branch of the Twhb->ru
family. Thegoverumeut also showed thstth
??????Osprey," in which Tichborue was oared, had
no existence, ai d medical experts testifi t that
several mark* of identification on the claiai-
ant???r body were fresh scars. Tho greatest
blow to the claimant was the death of Lady
Tichborue before tho criminal trial began.
Had she lived und given tier testimony iu his
bi-balf the verdict would perhaps have be#u
???ther than guilty. Ho hud miuy friends,
however, eve n among the upper cissies. Lord
Rivers was so convinced that ho was his old
Iricnd that he worked for him d ly and night
and sacrificed his place in society in his b jhalf.
uildford Onslow and George II. Wholly, two
m nite rs of parliament, spent nearly th *ir
whole estate in assisting him, und 8ir Talbot
.'oustahlu and Ludy Burrard identified him as
the true Bir Roger. Despite alt this, however,
there wi re many links wanting in his chain
of evidence, anil the wonderful story ho told
.f hia e*(-n]??e from death and his subsequent
carter foiled to convince tlio jury, and ho was
setitctiocd to |f.miiteeu years??? imprisonment.
Dr. Kenenly ojwnly deneiinced tlio verdict as
the ref ult ol bribery,mid indignation meeting.*
were held throughout nil England. It was a
light between tbe upper ten thousand and tho
eople. Enthusiasm for the claiiimut'* causa
so high that two years afterwards Dr. Ku-
ly wen elected to tho houso of commons by
of tho biggest majorities over given o can
didate, ami ho owed his election to his vigor
ous defense of his client. A scries of popular
demonstrations was Held, ami Dr. Jvenealy
lectured in every city in Great Britain toouor-
iiious crowds. Tho stronghold which tho
cluimnnt secured on tho people of England is
shown by tho (net that popular opinion is still
divided as to whether ho is a murtyr or u
mull-el, though on his trinl ho was con
vincingly proved tho latter. During the ltng
years of bin imprisonment several efforts have
been (undo lor his relenso. Judah 1\ Benja
min. who was ohvnys convinced of tho justice
of hia cause, took it to tho house of'lords, but
without tlicet. When Mr. Benjamin died tho
case wan transferred to Mr. Edmund Kimber,
bo i* now at work on it.
Although tho claimant was declared Arthur
Orton, a man who is claimed to bo tho real
???wner of tlintiinmo has just boon released from
i lunatic asylum at Paramatta, Australia, llo
wns discovered thero by nil Australian detec
tive. All his English relatives who wore soil
out to *co him recognized him a* Arthur Or
ton. oml thero does not seem to bo much doubt
of nis identity. Tho Australian government,
at tho request of tho Loudon authorities, who
aro unwilling that the case should ho reopened,
declined at first to give him up; hut a low
weeks ago, after u hot fight in court, an order
wns issued compelling them to. Ho i* now on
his way to London, und it is not improbable
that some new developments will soon ho
forthcoming. Meauwhilo tho claimant is rest
ing among friends, and will probably keep in
seclusion until the proper timo comes for nim
to uppear in public.
A OOVKUNOU TIJItNKD PBDDLER.
How Politics llnliitMl nn Ohio Millionaire.
A Lexington, Ky., letter lays: I saw ox-
Govcrnor Bishop, of Ohio, on tho streets hero
a lew days since with n sample case in his
hand trying tokcllsomo cigars. ItuuJnino
sorry that I wus not iu tho cigar trade, lor if I
was and his goods entno anyway near suiting
erotica to any one else. the sight was provo
cative of endues* in tne, and I hurried by with
out stomdr.gto speak to the old gentleman, for
1 (tuihf not change hi* condition uml did uot
wish my mind to dwell on it.
1 say the sight provoked sadness in me, nud
so it did. Not bccmiKo 1 think tho occupation
of a traveling salesman or drummer is in ony
way degrading, for it is an honest and legiti
mate calling,iu which tiooue need bo ashamed
to engage. Nor was it because 1 thought there
was any sacrifice of dignity on the part of
Governor Bishop in engaging in it. It was
m-ditnlde to him that he should have gone to
work fi r himself rather than fold his hand*
ami become a charge upon others, and I hon
ored him for it.
Bui still 1 wns sorry that he had to do it. I
know what poverty is; I know what tho con
stant strain of having to seek one's daily
bread by his daily labor is, and I know how
hard it is to feed the little mouths and clothe
the little forms that aro dependent on tho
father lor every morsel aud every shred. 1
have fought with these wild beasts at Epheaus,
and still do battle with them daily alter tho
maimer ol men, though mayhap it protUeth
me Lothiiig. But I look forward more or less
hopefully to the time when iu old age 1 cm
rest and let my days go out in peace undis
turbed by rarking cores ab nit tiogl week???s
market money. The timo may never e >mo,
but 1 wish it would come to every mail whoso
three-score years have passed.
R. M. Bishop has been a prominent man
hire a* well as iu his homo at Cincinnati. A*
one of the leading men in hU church he be
came president ui the board uf curat i.*s ol
Kentucky university, I believe from it* organ
ization. At all times h?? took a lively in'ereit
In fta welfare and spaivd no pains or trouble
to advance its inten-sts. His ha* been a fa
miliar figure Lcre fur uinny years, and he lus
bait warm frit uu# and ardent well-wishers ->ti
???11 sidra among the people. II is
greet vtallh did not make him pnr*e
t rend m r Li* olthdat (msitiou tempt him to
e haughty. WoCo governor of Ohio au l
president of our university he wa* still the
tame simple, miadVctcd Christian gentlem in
l.c would lia\e been had hi* statira been
bun bis and bis means limited. Misfortune
rame at.d he failed la business. [ suppose he
n u??t have made nn honest failure, t-Iae ho
would net to-day be traveling selling cigtrs
by sample. It is honorable and commenda
ble in the old gentleman to knuckle d>??rn t??
\urV.but I wish he ha-1 his fortuue back,
and if the prayer* of oue poor sinner f*r bis
???uccets would avail he would not have long ti
wait until he did have it back.
Where he Had Him.
"It rame about In this woy," he remarke l, sit-
ting up Iti Ud burilug tils hand* In hi* hitr. * You
Mv, I had a fall overcoat and my friend Charles
had none, and to help him out 1 agreed u let hi at
w??ar it on alternate days. Beef*
"Yea."
"All ripLt. I wore tt the first day, let him hare
it the recond. and weal without any. 8oe?"
"Y??s."
"Go d rnou&h. Of course, I caught col l, and
have been laid up for three weeks. '
??? "Yes, yea. And Char lea la still wearing the
coat?"
"The same. Cut Nemesis has hU address. You
wail. 1*11 be ont by the middle of December, and
then he'll freeze to death. That thought ta whst
ta V retting me warm now."
And tbe sufferer roiled over and clawed chunks
of cvciolatu-n out of hD redaction*.
A CRIMSON CHAPTER-
FAMILY FATED TO MEET VIO
LENT DEATHS.
The Bonisys. of Boats County, Kentucky, and
Thslr Bloody Bocord-Tasir Different Trials
aad Acqutttals-Ttielr Dsatb at
tbo Bands
Parkersburg, Ky., Cor. LoufsriUe Courier-Journal.
The brutal assassination of George Rousey,
near this little village, on the morning ot the
I3th inst., promises to remain, for the time at
least, a mystery. It haa awakened in my
jpind a long train of recollections concerning
the Rousey family. With the history ot that
family I have been, sinco ??my youth, some
what intimately acquainted. The list of it*
members who have fallen victims to
leave iu Boyle and Lincoln counties is a long
one. Locking into that history one is almost
compelled to believe that the curse of blood is
cu tbe family, aud its members are fated to
\ ioleut death s.
George Rousey was slain by an assnuin**
bullet, and the news of his murder created
???eUjy, noted tor it* peace and quiet, the
tense excitement. On tho day of the
kdling two rneu were arrested, charged with
tbs murder. They were James Sheario, an
by marriage, ot the deceased, a,ll l ^ ??? n
McGinnis, a cousin. At thoir examining
trial both were acquitted, as tho tele
graph has already informed your readers.
The commonwealth failed to furnish any evi
dence connecting them with tlio terrible deed.
The oiilcer* of the law, aided by the citizens
of this locality, will not, however, relax their
Ante to discover and bring to justice the per-
itrator ot tlii* crime. In the meantime,
??hilc we await tho solution of this mystery, I
hove sought to furnish to your reader* ft brief
history of the noted Rousey family, though the
narration will be indeed a bloody aud revolt-
k one.
Tbe home of the Routeys was about twelve
miles from (his place, in the southeast part of
~ .yle county, and near tho Caaoy and Lin-
In county lines. The houso wns builf in a
Hiinll valley of Carpenter???s creek, a tributary
of the north fork of Belt river, and tho farm
of two or three hundred acres included barely
mflicient tillable laud to support the family.
The entrance to the valley was through a
narrow defile, shaded by overhanging dill*
with vines and tangled under-
The tall knob* of that re
gion???sjurs jutting out from tho
Cumberland ranges and almost mountainous
in their proportions???surrounded tho houso on
three sides. But, though the country to-day
presents a primeval appearance, tlio pooplo
ure a thiilty,industrious *et, honest and poaro-
ublo. To that spot came, per
haps three-quarters of u century
;o, from ono of tho Carolinas, Jordan
usey and his wife; thero they built them a
. use and begun to produce u large family
of children. These old people have pAtaod
away long ago, und it may bo well to
my hero that no charge of
bloodthirstiness, or other criminal in
tent, was ever brought ogaiu6t either. They
lobtmcei ever tbo esteem ol their neighbor#.
Ley were plain, illiterate, old-fashioned,
country people, and though, making no special
re tensions to religion, doubtless kept up a
Lurch connection throughout their live*,
loth died quietly aud in a natural way, but
i t until they hud buried many of thoir sons,
hose exits Irom the world wero sudden and
blnedy.
The names of tho Rousey boys in the ordoi
ot tlieir ages, os uow remembered, wero a* fol
lows. Jasper, MeCajab, Smith, Jordon/ Wes
ley, John, Camden, Thomas and Archibald.
Ol these, Wesley went, about tho time ho
leached manhood, to a northwestern state,
where ho has sinco resided. Ho is reported
1o be a good citizen. There was ono daughter,
Milan, or, ns she wns mostly called, Lily???tho
???i" in Ibis name having the sound of **i" ao
in kite. Jasper ltousey, tho oldest of tho hoys,
grew up to be a wild, dissipated follow,tend ufa
reckless life,nud uotovcrcareful of hiscompau-
???ot-f. Ho got into h bud way, aud was accused
I various crimes, horse stealing, robbery, and
j erhsps arson. Hi* lino of ???operations" ox-
undid fiom Millcdgevillo, in Lincoln county,
to Brmifordavillc, in Mnrion county, alrng tho
valley of the North fork. Jaspor soon booomo
notoric us os a bold, bad man, aud ho was
widely icared. I think charges of counter
feiting wero brought against him, and he was
accused of being at the head of a band of cut
throats. So for ns 1 can learn, he never k.lled
any otic, and I have, of course, no means of
knowing at tbis.dny how many of tho charges
ogninst him wero true. Due thing is certain:
he had managed to make himself au unpleas
ant feature in society. Tho people grow very
tired of him, and several prosecutions* in tho
courts gave him warnings of the tato in store
for him; but he paid no heed. Ho wai ???slick/*
ami generally managed to beat tho common
wealth's attorney and to defy tho law. Hia
career wna approaching desperation, whan in
tho rummer of 1859 ho was again arreded
at ono of his old haunts in tho
knobs of Linculn county - und irn-
pi ironed in tlio jail at Stauford.
unc uight in July ot that year a mob of fifty
or cue hundred citizens of Liucoln county *
went to the jail, took Jasper therefrom, and
wem in mo jini, iuuk unqu'r luva-iruni, uuu
hanged him by the neck, to a convenient limb,
until ho was dead. The lynching caused
quite an excitement, Audi occurrences being
less common in those days than uow. The
community jmtifitd the hanging, howover,
M.d none of tho participants were punished.
L???ut tbo eurvtving brothers of Jasper Rome/
???wore a tearful vengeanceagainsi the inen who
hud hanged their brother. They did not ap
prove of Jaipcr's conduct; for, it is a lingular
fact, though absolutely true, that no other
member of Rhe Rousey family nm accused of
l^rronel dishonesty. They were regarded as
violent, desperate men, who wore pistols and
lovtd fighting; but there was uever a time, uo
matter how strong tho feeling against them,
that they could not have established by indis
putable proof excellent characters for honesty
und veracity. Thus, while they coubi not
iu the listureof things uphold the course taken
by Jtf per, they were none the less bitter and
vitdiclive in their determination to avenge
bis death. They si t to work to learu the
ranus of tho men who composed the mob.
This investigation was necessarily tedious, but
as lime went by the tact* came out and the
Bstef Mimes was probably about complete.
The individual members of that mob were then
subj?? t ted to much annoyance and alarm at the
hands of the Rousey*. They were browbeaten,
bulldozid nnd intimidated. In ??? mie cases per-
???onal violence was offered and a few shots fired,
tut nobody was kilted. Many ot the mob
lived in the neighborhood of MilledgevUle,
and the Routeys established a sirt of ???hsad-
qusitiTk"at that place. Thee w.??uM g?? there
frequently and clean out the town. I don???t
known that alt the boys i-duige.t in this. Ip-
deed, 1 am pretty sure that MeCsjaN, Jordan,
and John took no part iu it. It was evident that
(he Roum V blood cot butter th# longer the
Rousey mind blooded over Jasper???s death. It
was plain that unless sotnetniug happened
Miikdgcville would Income the scene of inter-
n?? cine conflict. About that'time our great
civil revolution began, and the great current
of war which swept over the country sub-
merg'd for the time these neighborhood feuds.
Several of the Rousey boy# went into the
army. All that enlisted joined the union
cause, 1 think. Many of their enemies
went .into both armies, aud some
never returned. None of the Rouseys
died on tho battlefield. The war over aul
the returned soldier* settled in their home#,
the Rouseys st once began a renew*! of hostil
ities with th* ir Miltedgeville foe*. Some of the
sens <*f these men had now grown up and were
mere disposed to fight than their father!. Oae
Saturdae evening Cam and Tom Rousey went
it.t* Miltedgeville intoxicated, and msetiag
Thomas Atkin, a con of John Aiktn, nb-tte t
him mighty. John Aikiu was on tha Boa-
iey????? blcck list as having been amembsrot
the famous mob. Tom Aikin was unarmrJ,
and got c-fl the best he could. The next morn
ing he met Tom Rousey on the street, and
<liawing a revolver shot him down without
warning.
Tcm Rousey was then a boy of Jfi, a hand
some young fallow nnd the pet of his brothers.
His death roused them to the highest pitch ol
irenzy. War wos declared at once. Smith
Rcmey, putting himself at the bead of his
Liothers, gathered around him n clan of kins
men ord friends, making a formidable foe.
Aikin???s friends, organized also, and 5Iilledgr
ville presented for weeks the appearance of
camp. Armed men went about the stroats
like roldierr. The Rousey forces had their
headquarters at Smith Kousey???s home jmt
above bis father???s, in the valley of which I
have spoken. They made several attacks on
Milicdgeville, in one of which Cam Rousey was
sl ot through the body with a minle boll,
which entered a few inches below hi# heart
and passed out near his spinal column. Ho
survived the wound, whicn would have cer
tainly killed an ordinary man. Ono night
Bmilb Routeyaud three of his trusty followers
ste le into MiJlcdgcville and concealed them
selves in a blacksmith shop. The next mor-i
ing a party of their foes, unsuspicious of their
presence, approached, when they fired from
their ambuscade, killing three of the party and
wounding fourotliers. Your columns would
not allow R recital of nil the details of that
conflict. It spent itself after a few months,
and a truce was patched up. The result was
six or seven killed and perhaps a dozen
w< unded. Some houses in Milledgcville were
nleo burned, I think.
For a year or two Smith nnd Cam Rousey t
who appeared to be more quarrelsome than the
other boys, engaged in numerous broils which
were usually bloodless. Both received occa
sional slight wounds. They went couatantly
armed, and were regarded as bravo and dan
gerous men. They wero true to their freinds,
but severe and desperate to thoir enemies.
Both were married men, and were bringing up
families. It was in lf*07, t think, that wo had
the kukltix troubles in Boyle county. Bluford
Kennett, being at the head of a g*ug of regu
lators in Marion county, wns trying to get at
the notorious Bill Wilson, bo that ho might
bang him. Bill had murdered Samuel
Kennett, a brother of Bluford. lie
was going about tho country like
hunted benri, regarding every human
Icingaa his enemy. He was accompanied
by irn brother Jim. Kennett was hot on their
trail, and the Wiltons resolved to apply # to
Smith Rousey for protection. Their applica
tion wos not made in vain. Smith to>x them
and promised them shelter and protection.
Kennett heard of this and at onco notified
Rousey that he would hold him responsible
for his defeuco of ihe Wilsons. The two latter
were fearless and desperate men. They, with
Rouasry, bogau at once an active organization
of forcis to resist tho regulators. Cam and
Arch Rousey joined this band. In nil, por-
het??s, a dozen men put themselves under tho
lend of Smith Rousey nnd Bill .Wilson. Tho
arefare between theso and the regulators
co short and sharp. Kennett???* crowd
mode two or thcrce attempts to raid the
Rousey camp, but wero beaten back by a
ah* wer of bullets fired from tho cliffs below tlio
comp. The head waters of the North Fork be
came the scene of another disgraceful, bloody
feud. The country swarmed with armed men,
and several ambuscades wero mode with a
view to killing the Wilsons and Smith Rousey
???styled by tho rcgulotof* desperadoes???but
they were unsuccessful. Communder Itousoy
???hot from tho bushes one day nt a crowd of
these regulators und wounded two or threo
of them. Tho civil authorities wore power-
ices to suppress tho coutlict. Tho gover
nor of Kentucky being uotifiei of.
this, published his proclamation, call
ing on tho belligerents to
peric, and ordered out tho militia. Konnott???s
crowd disbonded ns regulator# and at onco or
S nizcd as militia. Kousey???s forces defied
un still. It was plain, howovor, that thoy
could not prevail against tho military power
of the state. The Wilson's were smart enough
to ace this, aud thoy abandound Rousey when
tho contest been mo too hot for ovon possible
safety. They left the country, and my im
pression is that Jim Wilson was never board
of afterward. Bill Wilsou roamed around
in tho west for a few years# returning later
to Kentucky. In company with a con
federate, he ono day murdered a young man
near Danville. They fled tho state, but wero
nfterwurd captured and brought to trial. Wil
son wns sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
While being convoyed to that place, hand-
culled and ironed, ho sprang through tho cat
window while tho train was running at full
speed, ur.d made good hi* escape. Ho woat
west again, end was reported killed in Toxa*
a few years ogo.
Though forsaken by tho Wilsons, Bmith
Rouecy continued his dcfianco of tho militia.
One night a company of tho militia made a
roid through tho country and captured Jordnu
Rotifci v and his brother Cam. Thoy started
with their prisoners for Danville,via Milledga-
??? n, ??? Smith Itousoy wns soon on their trail,
villc^
\ ijh ^ nuiint huusi'j won iuuii un iuch trim,
hcaviy armed oml swearing vengoance. Ho
overtook them, aud bcgau]to tiro ou them near
Miltedgeville. It was a reckless piece of work
???one man engaging in battle with nearly a
hundred men. The coutcst wus soon over, and
fimith Rousey was dead, hi* body riddled
with bullets. Com and Jordon wero deliv
ered to tho civil authorities and soon ^dis
charged. A little white beforo Smith's death
Arch Kcufey snot and kiilod a vouug man,
member ol Smith???s anti-regulators. Tho
shooting was claimed to bo accidental, nnd ho
was never tried for it. Somo years after this
Arch cither killed or severely wounded anoth
er m??n in a difliculty. Ho was finally kiilod
hinvclfucar llouitonvillo a tew years ago.
His slayer wos 8am M. Williams, and the kil
ling was probably caused by a mistaken iden
tity. Williams wo# acquitted.
After Smith???s death Com Rousey Hid aside
his pistols, quit drinking, and went to making
money, lie moved to Miltedgeville, or near
there, aud soon began drinking again. Ho
became involved in a difficulty with lomo
parties there, and whs waylaid nnd killed by
two men; who wero acquitted of tho murder.
McC'ajah llntwy, as has been said, took lit
tle part in the troubles of his brothers. f??no
ol his remarkable traits of diameter is to carry
no ??ther weapon thou a pocket-knife. Ho ba??
kilted, 1 think, two men iu difficulties, aud in
both instances was acquitted by a jury in this
ccunty. Ho is uquiet, jynceablo man when
sober, and even when drinking is not regard
ed ??s quarrelsome; but he is ???a bad man to go
projikin* with." He has tho respect aud
confluence ot hi* neighbor#, and i* culled *
f :cod citizen. Of late years he has drank very
ittle, if at all. lie is a man of intelligen t,
ai d hia honesty and integrity aro uuquestiou-
(d^in ibis locaiity.
???Lily" Rousey, who was a pretty, dark-
eyed. rcsy-cheeked girl, married a man named
Lemo, by whom she li.id ono child, John
Lamb. Afterward, Lamb bcingcither dead or
divorced, sho married James Shearin, by
whom she afro had one child, Jasper Shearin.
A faw yesrs ago John Lamb married his
cousin, a daughter of John Rousey, a sister of
the George Rousey who was kilted th# other
day. Young Lamb and hiaftither-ia-!a* hal
k tne trouble, and one day John Rousey shot
end killed Lamb. His trial resulted a* usuil in
an acquittal. Young Jasper fihearm set ab >ut
avenging his brother???s death, and
declared war agitnst John Iteussy.
George Rouecy took his father???s pirt,
endal a convenient season waylaid aud mar-
tiered Jasper Shearin. These occurrence are
t f recent date, and the details are fresh in th#
minus t.f many of your readers. George Ron icy
had bceti twice tried, the result of each trial
being a hung jury. He would probably, ar-
ending to the usual course of events, have
It cu acquitted next time, and somebody, an
ticipating this no doubt, saw fit to murder him
from the bushes the other day. There miy
??? ^ tome more killings yet over this matter.
Thus I have, as briefly as I could, jotted
down from memory the principal event# in
the history of the Family. Tho chapter hero
furnished prove* conclusively that "those who
live by the sword shall parish by the sword."
In this family there have been, within the
laft quarter of a century, eight deaths, all of
them accomplished by violence. These eight
members of the Rousey family virtually died
with their boots on. The survivors should
make every effort to escape such a fate, aud
this history should uot be without Ua impres
sion every where on young bloods who think
they are not dressed for society without re
volvers in their hip pocket*.
DICK QUANTRELL.
WHAT AN OLD CITIZEN OF MARY
LAND SAYS OF HIM.
H# Perpetrated tbs Most Pisndlsb Sot in tbs History
of tbs Wsr???Rls Wifo???s Lovofor Blm.-Doubts
as to Wbstbsr Ho la Dssd???Tbo Per
sons He bos Killed???Otbsr Points.
A correspondent of tbe Philadelphia Times
writing from Cumberland, Md., says: Iu talk
ing with an old citizen of Cumberland he as
sured roe that Quantrcll, the notorious guerril
la chieftain of Misi ouri, at one timo lived in
this town. Quantrcll, for over a year before
the close of the war, wa* repudiated by the
confederate government. He then raised th#
black flag and he took no prisoners. He per<
petrated the most fiendish act in tho history of
tbe war???the massacre at Lawrence, Kansas.
On this occasion he took the town by surprise
and actually murdered every man in the city
that could be found. I think tho number was
one hundred and eighty. When a southorn
lady upbraided him with this act he cooly said
he wanted to kill Jim Lane, who lived there,
and as he hadn???t the honor of hia acquaintance
and no timo to mako new acquaintance3 ho
killed all the men bo could catch.??? lie??? pur
sued General Blunt and body guard across tho
prairies for over fifty mites and killed ninoty-
two out of one hundred and eight men at that
time. At fiedalia he captured a train loaded
with wounded soldiers aud ordered them all to
be shot, which was clone, the late Jessie Joraes
taking an active interest in the horrible affair,
killing, it is said, with his own hands eighteen
men. I met a man some years ago in Ohio
who told me privately that ho belonged to
Quantreil???s gang. He said ho was a finely-
formed, handsome man, with a pleasant, soft
voice. He was, ???in truth, ns soft u mannered
mou as ever cut a throat or scuttled a ship."
I have traced this man???s history carefully.
As to the place of his birth it is uncertain.
When very young he came to Washington
county, Md., and there married a lady of
beauty nnd excellent family. At this time ho
read aud studied much, taking a deep interest
iu general literature, especially poetry and
novete. After living happily over a year with
his wife, becoming embarrassed, he took the
benefit of the bankrupt act, was arrested on
charge of fraudulent insolvency and placed in
jail. His devoted wife shared nis confinement
during the six months in which ho had to re
main in jail awaiting trial. Upon liual trial
ho was acquitted. But after this thero began
to oppear on tho surface some of the tigerish
(dement which lurked in his system. lie went
to fit. Louis, was arrested there; his wife, still
loving and cleaving to him, effected a compro
mise by which ho was released. Then ho
went to Cincinnati, but got into trouble, and
taking bis wife with him ho repaired to New
Orleans. Hero for tho first time it appear# ho
began to abuse his faithful wifo. IIo became
dissipated, too, and shamefully neglected hor.
Her illness called him bock apparently to old-
time kindness aud tenderness; he abandoned
tne use of liquor and started to tako her bvsk
to her home in Maayland.
fiho revived in spirit and with ronowed hap
piness the was looking for tho return to the
home of her childhood. But while on tho Mis
sissippi river on their way homo ho committed
a forgery on a Cincinnati bunk. He was again
put in jail???this timo in Cincinnati. After
seven anxious months his devoted wifesocurod
his release on bail, which ho forfeited. lie
then deserted her nnd sho returned homo.
But she soon heard of him near Hagerstown,
Maryland, where ho managed, to commit
another forgery, but cicnpod conviction. Not
long after ho was convicted of forgery fa Penn
sylvania, sentenced to the penitentiary and
served iu that institution for threo years. His
wifo white ho was in tho penitentiary, at tho
earnest (elicitation of her relatives and friends,
procured a divorco. When Quantrcll heard of
it he rnr.de iurious threats agnfnst her. Upon
his release from prison ho quickly married a
Philadelphia woman, but in n faw weeks was
again arrested for forgery and was soutencod
for eomo years.
Mrs. Quantrcll then married Mr.A.Cowlon,
She was still young,for Quontroll had managed
to commit oil these crimes in less than Iwelvo
years nnd sho was married when she was only
eighteen. She took up her roiidonco with hor
second husband in Cumberland In 1819, nnd
they wero both highly esteemed. On the 5th
of March, 1840, she was sitting alono iu her
???itting room in tho hotel,of which her husband
was proprietor, jmt as tho oveniug troiu came
in. A servant soou after showed up to hor
room a pleasant looking gentleman who had
just arrived on tho train. As soon us with a
smite ho dismissed the servant, ho entered the
room and immediately locked the doir, and to
her horror nnd despair Mrs. Cowlon saw that
It was her first busuaud, Quantrcll. She im
mediately screamed as loud os sho could far
help, for there was murder in his eye and he
tola her her hour had come. He caught her
by tho throat, threw her down on tho floor,
placed his knee on her breast and attempted to
???hoot her; providentially tho pistol missed fire.
Just as he was iu the act of drawing a murder
ous knife several stalwart gentleman broke
through the door, having heard her scream,
nud rushed in. They caught him and . bound
him before he could farther harm the beautiful
oinan who had been in days gone by u?? an
;gcl of mercy to him.
Ho was convicted and sentenced at tho next
term of the ecurt. His manners and appear-
anco were ro pleasant that he captured tho
hearts of his jailers and wos permitted mors
favors than any other prisoner, in fact, acting
as a sort of assistant jailer. He wh* pardoued
in 1851 by the governor on condition that he
would leave the state nnd never return. The
man I met at Middletown, Ohio, who belonged
to Quontrell's command, said that Quantrcll
told him he had been married six times aud
??????always to pretty women of good families,"
???i d be loaghiugly added, ???I believe thoy aro
all living now. This was in 1884. He said,
also, that Quantrcll asked him to guc???? his
age, for be was still a youug looking man, not
linking over thirty-five at tho most, and ho
???aid: "I never tell my age; but you have uot
coire within ten years of it."
Even during tuo time Uo was committing
_ me horrible atrocities, in his moments of
leisure he would enjoy tho reading of book# and
magazines nnd was accustomed to borrowing
fcuch things from houses near where ho
camped, if ho dared let his presence bo known.
CYol or.U polished as any gentleman in tbo
laud, he was cruel, crafty and determined, so
that though he c.mimnuded the most daspar-
ate. dissolute set of outlaws ever collected to
gether, tiny obeyed his lighted commands
with promptitude. His only puoiihmeut wa*
sudden death.
Why," >aid this man who hud belonged to
is gang when 1 spokeof what a dangerous
..???an Jess# James must have been, ???why, Jesse
James Was nothing to him; he would hive
t een king bee among a thousand men braver
than Jesse James."
There have been eome doubts as to whoa or
here Qumtrell was killed, or even that ho is
dead, bnt my informant, who had tho moans
of knowing, lays ho was killed undoubtedly in
Kentucky in 1885. I have the name* by which
he passed at several time* during his caroar,
but for obvious reasons do not care to publish
them. One, owever. ha* already been pub
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