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8 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 lished. which he long assumed.???Dr. Ilayne. Lik* an Old Creaky Window Shutter. That is the way a man???s rheumatic joint# temetimes are. Hinges old, rusty anJ worn, and badly need oiling. Tbe trouble is iu the blood. A man who is of any account is worth repairing. The repairing' can l* done by means of Brown???s Iron Bitten. That enriches ???nd purifies the blood, drives out the pains, and works complete restoration. Thousands testify to it from happy experience. Mr. C.H. Ifunt???iey, 919 North Sixteenth ???*., St. Louis, ???ays:.???I used Brown???* Iron Bitter* for rhsu- roatten. general debility and proitratiou, with the best molts." TOKPID fiOWEtS, DISORDERED LIVER nnrt Mil ored Frli.., VOmxw/vBnFzgKb none. Ihe me of a remedy M ln t ncu d r ontbeUvor A.eLiverm"dl c lnoTC *7F- IjS haye no equal. Their action on Ktdnej'sandsIsJn isalao promn..* removing aU impuritlo. through tfie7e tSroT.'?SS! ???ngera of the nitm,??? producing mS! Ifrult 0 "}!? Aguiar fttnoja, aeVcar clrlnaad a rigorous body. TUTT'S piitju ttRVSRasSGvS "S ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. ms rar.r.s mke a ki;w ma??. "I hare had Dyapcpsls, with CoiuUi*. {ton, two yearn, anil have tried ton different W"; 1 * of plIH, and TUTT'g are the tot that have done me nny good. They hen 5oM everywhere, ado. Office,??Ifun-ey St.lf.T/ Tinrrs hair dye. ORtT Hair or (VnuKhRa changed In. ???V>r'- 7 to it Ufoesr Hunt by a single aro plication,of this llrt. Sold t>y DrumrU-e, ?r am by express ou receipt of *1, ^ Office, H Murrey Street, New York, tiiirs w.eimi. at "ipfiii tfotim fpr ??? THE BIGGEST SUCCESS OF THE AGE. NERVOUS DEBILITY, saatgaL - ?????? 1 leading wetUcsl men and Journals. wyrt pltie book with Opinloos frei. Adrircu. tt.8. Dlifnuir, BL f ||L if, 3urtrrM Had** SUM L#w*> - ETC. 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