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Six Nif ht Riders Guilty.
Union City, Tenn., Jan. 7.
with a verdict of guilty in varying
degree the jury in the I night rider
trials reported at 3:45 p. m. to
night.
The twelve men found Garrett
Johnson, Tid Burton, Koy Hansen,
Fred Pineon, Arthur Cloar and
Sam Applewhite guilty of murder
in the first degree with mitigating
circumstances, and Bud Morris and
Bob Huffman, the other defen
dauts, guilty of murder in the sec
ond degree and fixed their punish
ment at twenty years in the peni
tentiary. The punishment of the
six first named defendants was left
to the court and may be death or
life ' imprisonmei t. The defense
filed a motion for a new trial which
was set for hearing Saturday and
which will be overruled as indi
cated by the court when sentence,
will be pronounced. The court will
seutence the six first named defend
ants to death.
Thus is ended, in the lower court
one of the most vigorously contest
ed and notable criminal trials ever
heard in this State, the outcome of
a reign of lawlessness.
The night-riders, composed large
ly of the fisher-folk of Reel Foot
lake, which is owned by the land
company, were especially aggrieved
against the land company because
of the refusal to allow the fisher
ermen to apply their vocation at
will in the waters of the lake. This
they charged largely to Captain
Rankin and Colonel Taylor. Ac
cording to the evidence duri.ig th?
trial, when it was learned that the
two were to spend the night in the
lake region the band was told to
meet at a designated point, and to
wards midnight they donned their
fantastic garbs of long cloaks and
masks and inarched to the Walnut
Log Hotel, where Captain : Rankin
and Colonel Taylor had quartet's.
Forcing them to hastily don their
clothes, it is related they inarched
them to a secluded spot among the
wooded recesses of the lake. Here
a short parley ensued and not
reaching a satisfactory termination
to the riders, the rope by which
Rankin was led from the hotel, was
thrown over a forked limb of a tree
and the man drawn into the air.
A volley of shots followedand with
in a few seconds Rankin was dead.
In the meantime Taylor had plead
ed for the release of Rankin and
his substitution. When he saw the
men were deter miged to kiil both
he made a dash for liberty swim
ming the bayou, on the banks of
which the lynching occurred, and
though several volleys irom a score
of ritles followed him he succeeded
in escaping, reaching a place of
safety after thirty six hours spent
in the marshes.
Two days later Governor Patter
son and two companies of State
troops began the work of hunting
down the perpetrators. Arrests
by the wholesale were made and
the county was placed under mili
tary rule. A military post was es
tablishcd at Reel Foot lake and
those who were arrested were held
practically excomunicado. Sevcr
eral of those arrested confessed and
and gradually those who were
deemed not guilty were weeded out
and allowed to return to their
homes.
The ten men held most respon
sible for the raids of the band were
taken to Nashville for safe keeping
nnd in the jails there two of them
died. The other eight sought re
lease under writs of habeas corpus
and were ordered set at libei ty on
the charges on which th.v wen
held other than the killing of Cap
tain Rankin. When they wore re
turned to Union Cily tobc released
however, indictments charging
murder had been returned and they
were immediately re-arrested.
Their trials began a month ago
and the court was under the pro
tection of the military. During
the sessions armed soldiers were
constantly on guard and during the
night the men were under the care
of the military as were others held
to await trial. During the trials
several or the alleged members of
the band told of the alleged work,
iug of the clan aud of the raid, de
scribing the murder of Captain
Ranken, showing it to have been
most brutal . These will be granted
pardon .
Telepathic Message.
Messina, Jan. 0 A curious case
of telepathy has occured to a sailor
ou board the Italian battleship
Regina Elena. He was granted
leave to search for a girl in Mes
siua, to whom he was engaged to
be married.
After having sought for her dur
ing four dajs he returned to the
ship exhausted, and fell into a deep
sleep, during which he dreamed
of his fiancee saying to him: "I am
alive; come, save me." The sailor
waked, obtained fresh leave from
the commander oi the ship, gather
eh together several friends and
went to the spot of which he had
dreamed.
The party peuetrated the ruins
of a house and found the girl un
injured. Whipped by Blockaders.
It is reported that those Smith
town blockaders who served out
their terms in the United States
penitentiary returned to Smith
town and banded themselves to
gether and went to the witnesses
who testified against them and
gave one of them a sound thrash
ing. It is also reported that District-Attorney
Holton will send a
bill to the grand jury charging
them with interference with the
execution of the law.
The report also has it that the
blockaders are again active in
the Smithtown settlement, and
that the moonshiners are a
gain banded together in defiance
of law and officers.
Reuben Barbee Re-arrested for
Murder of Engineer Holt.
Durham, N. C, Jan (5. The de
cided sensation and surprise of the
week came in the Superior court
this morning, when the grand jury
filed into the court room with a
true bill for murder against Reuben
Barbee. The man was not even
under arrest and was standing
close by the railings of the bar
when the jurors tiled in with a
true bill for a capital offense. Judge
Long did not announce the offense
or the name of the defendant named
but after telling the jurors to retire
he asked the sheriff if Reuben Bar
bee was in custody. The court
was informed that he was not. but
that he was in the court rooms at
the time. lie was ordered into
custody and is now in jail without
bail to await his trial.
The action of the grand jury,
alter the discharge of Barbee at a
preliminary hearing before Mayor
I. C. Graham, was a surprise, be
cause it was unusual. Still it was
expected, in a way, as it had been
stated that th case would bo in
vestigated before the grand jury.
Ho is charged with the murder of
Engineer J. A. Holt at the coal
chute in this icily, on the early
morning of Dec.
The wei'Uli of a man is the num
b?r of things he loves and bl ss,
which he is loved and blessed by.
-Carlylc.
Reminiscences of the Civil War
as Told by an Old Con
federate Soldier.
We could hear distinctly the
Federals that night working on
their trenches for they were but a
short distance from us. By day
break we were ordered forward and
soon came in contact with them.
It was short and tharp and I be
lieve for us the most deadly charge
of the whole civil war, in the num- j
ber killed and wounded; but we
carried their ranks aud put them J
to rout, but we did not advane
very far that day. They were rout
ed all along the lineaud put in full
retreat, with great loss, in killed,
wounded and prisoners. Our loss
was heavy. Among the killed
wereG. W. Poovy, Jacob Fisher,
M. L. Robbius, Robt. F. Shenill,
audit may bo some others. Wound
ed, J. H.Dula, M.S. Parks, Na
than Clarke, II . X. Clarke and oth
ers, including Capt. Clarke and J.
A. Sherrill, killed.
Our company was quite small by
this time. 1 don't think it could
have exceeded thirty men. We
were in line here several days, car
ing for the wounded and burying
ing the dead, before we advanced
farther; but soon we were on the
march again for the Federals had
left for Washington and we were
soon on the road for Maryland and
Pennsylvania. We crossed the
mountains into the Valley of Vir
ginia, and crossed the Potomac
river on the way to Hagerstown,
Md., and came into Pennsylvania
at (ired Cartle, where we camped
one night. I was tired and lay
down to rest while some of our
comrades were foraging. I re mem.
ber I was awakened in the night
by the noise of chickens, geese and
ducks, and then it was to get up
and cook the rest of the night The
next night we camped near Lafay
ette court house. We remained
there one day resting and foraging
and then turned our course and
crossed the mountain at an old fur
nace and on towards Gettysburg,
passing Clarketown and near Mil
lerstown and went into line as re
serve for the first day. As we ad
vanced we could hear the battle
going on. We could see the Con
federates advance and iall back.
As we advanced we had to cross a
small branch and here John Mc
millan was killed. As we advanced
our left was in the edge of McPher
sons woods, and our light a little to
the left of the Semi nary, for we had
three men shot down near this
Seminary: David Clarke, Wade
Lutz and Joseph Williams. Before
we reached the Seminary we had
to cross an old worn fence, here the
Federals had piled their knap
sacks for breast . oi ks and lay le
hind them. Some of our soldiers
followed them up through the
town as they fell back.
The next day found us in line on
Seminary ridge to the light lot" the
College. Here we remained in line
all that day. Sometime that morn
ing 1 went up to the top of the
ridge where our attilhiry was in
position, to take a look at the
country between our line and the
Federals. It looked to me like we
were about one mile apart, with a
broad undulating open field between
us. After 1 had gone back to the
line immediately the cannons open
ed lire and it was n terrible cannon
ading all day. As 1 lay on the
ground I was struck by a shell,
passing between my legs, and
wounded me in both legs, soon
another piece struck my loot, but
the cannonading was so severe and
constant that I had to stay where I
was until nearly night when 1 was
taken out by the Lih.'r bearers,
and fl?r we had gotien about a
hundred yards back two more
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FOCR TUMBLER, NON-PICK ABLE COMBINATION LOCK.
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Sub-treasury, 5xtx9, with duplicate fiat keys and metal cash tray. Drawer and two pigeon
holes under sub treasury. Book space, 19x9xl'JJ .
Begin the year by protecting your books and cash.
In a recent fire here all books and papers were lost.
One of our No. 4 Victor Safes would have saved all,
and at the small cost of $40.00. Your name on free.
shells buret in our midst and killed
and wounded several men from the
16th Regiment, who were going
back for rations, but the Litter
bearers and myself escaped any in
jury. I was taken back some half
mile and left in a farm house yard
and told to call the first ambulance
I heard passing. I soon heard one
passing and called for help. I was
carried some distance back to a
field hospital at a large brick farm.
It was not long before some more
wounded were brought out there
who proved to be those wounded as
I came out. One of them died the
next evening by my side in the hot
sun. The other one had his arm
tornjoff, orjusthangingby astring.
There we lay all day without any
attention until nearly night wheu
my wounds were dressed, and Hen
ry Gorvings from Burke county,
had his arm taken off. Pink Car
penter, of Rutheford county, was
the soldier who died.
Of the Third Day's battle, I
know of only from what 1 heard the
other boys say; but they were on
the left of General Picket in his
famous charge and went farther
than he did.
I was taken back the next morn
ing to another hospital. Dr. Cheek
eamo to nie and told me that the
army was falling back, and asked
if I wanted to go back in a wagon
or stay and be taken a prisoner.
preferred to go back in a wagon, so
1 was put in one with Capt Lamb,
Capt. Conley, Lieutenant Pike and
Sergt. Cunningham, all ot my reg
iment, and we made our way to
Williainspoil, Md., without any
thing to eat or drink. We travel
ed all night and all the next day
and in the evening reached the Po
tomac river. It was raining and
by this lime the river was full and
me could only get over by the fer
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DIMENSIONS.
Hn;ii. Winr.
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ry. Our wagon train was there,
a great many wounded who could
walk, artillery, and a great num
ber of stragglars. Late iu the
evening a torce of Federal Cavalry
arjoeared and wo all evneWpil tr
be captured, but the officer!., mm-
mand gathered up and armed team
sters, stragglers and every one who
could shoulder a guu and made a
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display of force and tired some vol the home of Dr. J. B. Wright this
leys into them and they left, butweek. Lincoln county News,
during the excitement I crawled j Misses Alma Goode, Ethel Long,
out of the wagon and on to the fer j Frances Carpenter, of Lincolnton,
ry boat and classed tothe Virginia j Eloise and Inez Rndisil, of Iron,
shore. It was not long until I I returned to Inoir Tnsdiiv. whpm
struck a wagon and was sent back
to Martinsburg and then to Win
chester, where I had my first meal
since leaving Gettysburg, and then
to Stanton and frome there to Rich
mond, then to Raleigh, where I
was sent home on leave.
The costliness of keeping friends
does not lie in what one does for
them, but what one out of consid
eration for them refrains from
doing. Henrik Ibsen.
Teacher Now, Johnny, what
was Washington's farewell ad
dress? Johnny Heaven. New
York Sun.
If your Stomach, Heart or Kidneys
are weak, try at' least a few doses
only of Dr. Shoop's Restorative. In
live or ten days only, the result will
surprise you. A few eeuts will cover
the cost. And here is why help
comes so quickly. Dr. Shoop doesn't
drug the Stomach, nor stimulate the
Heart, or Kidnevs. Dr. Shoon's Re-
storative poos directly 'to the weak
and fail! lift nerves. Each organ lies
its own controlling nerve. When
tin c nerves fail, the depending
organs must of necessity falter. This
plain, yet vital truth, clearly tells
why Dr. Shoop's Restorative is so
universally successful. Its success is
leading druggists everywhere to give
it universal preference. A test will
s.irely tell. Sold l J. E. Shell's
Drug St oiv.
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Other Local News.
Miss Sallie 'oppedge, of Wades
boro, spent Monday night iu the
city, the guest of Mrs. F. L. Town
send while enroute to resume her
istlldies at 'enport College, Le
noir. Lincoln county News.
Mrs. Lula Hickman and children
of Granite Falls, were visitors at
they are attending Davenport Co'
lege. Lincoln icounty News.
Washington, Jan. 7. The Sen
ate finance committee today report
ed favorable on a jbill makiug the
salary of the President $100,000 an
nually, and that of the Vice Presi
dent and speaker of the House
$10,000,
Don't forget the Silver Tea to be
given next Tuesday, Gen. Lea's
birthday, at The Martins.
The Silver Tea to be given next
Tuesday from ;::U) to 5 p. m. and
from S to 10 p. m., is a Public Re
ception given by the Daughters of
the Confederacy and the Wise and
Otherwise Book Club. If you fail
to rcc?ive an invitation you are
now cordially invited to come and
bring your friends (also your sil
ver offering.)
1 M ' h' U'U lelt thls niorning to
be present at the d rdicalion of the
i Mrsonic Temple in Raleigh and to
i M. E. Shell left this mornini
sec the new Governor inaugurated.
This is a lug day in Raleigh.
Gov "nor-eloct Kitchin will . bo
inaugurated Governor of North
Carolina. The Masons will dedi
cate their handsome, new hall aud
do various other things.
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