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gro's house and agreed with the him. Numbers oJ" tile townpeople shots. Carter fell in the middle Take ~oUce.
, negroes to givethem $100 each to went ill" tO see the famous I~ube; of tile street; Burrows IM! on the The Demopoli~ and Tombigbee
catch Rubs and hold him until he was chatty and lively and told opposite sidewalk from Mr. Glass' Transportatiou Company is uow mt
JOHN E. HECKER, PItO~R.---"" they could come. r~ube started some good yarns and seemed hap- store and next to the Court House incorporated stock compnny. We
.... on 'ftlesday morning to the river py and cooten~. McDuflie locked t~nee. All the indications are that have 200 shares to let ; each share
IlOll#lNe--~-~~890. swamp, but iff-xonlmenced to rain a chain about Rubs legs, unloosed Burrows was hit at the first shot only $10.00. All those who ar,t
FRILDAYL-- -- heavily attd hestopped in the cab- his hands, which up to Ibis time and began to retreat, Carter !'eL interested in cheap transportation
RUBE llUKROWS, lu of (~eorge Ford, a negro. While had been securely fastened ,with lowing him, firing. Burrows fired on the Bigbee river will please
there the two uegaoes engaged to rope strmgs, and felt no Shensi- five shots--one barrel snapped.--- take one share, if no more. and
catch him came in. Rubs had but hess and wanted no help. lIetoid He used one of the 45 Colt pistols, you will receive a certificate of
(~aptured--Jailed--gml~ed--.Kllled,
The capture of the fqrnous out- one of his pislol~ on him--a 45 Mr. C~rter to go and rest and he He retrealed, face to C~ter, firing stock from the Treasurer; or if
(~olt, and his Marlin rifle, wrapped would stand guard, and all left him till he/'eli. He never~id a word two or more persons will lake one
law, train robber and murderer is in a piece of Oilcloth to keep dry. except the two negroes--Jesse and or uttered a groan aRer the firing share one of them will receive cer-
the talk, not Girly in the village When he started out the door, the Frank. ,All moved smoothely in commence(L Carter received a tificate for the other. Now, it" you
where he was imprisoned, escaped three negroes,Frank Marshall, Jes- the jail re,Vii about 4o,clock, when fearful wound in the left shoulder, want a people's boat on the Big-
and was killed, but throughout the ue Hildreth and GeergeFord, grab- Burrow's said he was hungry. He but is doing finely and will get bee the above amount be subset!b-
• bed him. Then came a desperate was told 1hey had nothing, He well. Garter used a 32 Smith & ed by the people ia the ~ountiea
United States. For years detec- struggle. Rubs fought, bit and then asked for his old sack, saying Wesson, and shot five times, of Glarke~ Marengo, Choctaw and
fives have been upon his tracks, dragged them all to a table, grab- he had some gingersnaps and can- Since the occurrence of the us- Washmgton. Seud your subscrip-
and fortunes have been offered in bed a table fork and attempted to dy in that. ~tcDuflie sent one of fortunate tragedy in this place; all lion as soon as po~ible~ to either
rewards for Rubs Burrows~ dead use it. Finally when overcomehe the uegroes after it. When the
or alive. He has baffled skilled offered the negroes $50 each to re- bundle came Burrows began to sorts ofconflictingstatementshave one or' the Board of Incorporators.
lease him. The negroes see the open it and got out some candy been given circulation through theorThetheb°°kSother,Willas sOOnwvcan,tClOSewaitone WaYmuch
detecfivm, trained blood hounds strategic lasted an hour, but Me- and offered it. to the guards. Me- press of the State. It is charged longer. We hope every one near
and thearmyofoflisersofthelaw Dufiie and Gartereay they were I)uitie had putdown his pistoland that the body of Burrows was the Bigbee will take eomestock.
to be trapped by two farmers, tied in the house and binding him in a before he was aware of it,,P, ube fearfully mutilated by the citizens Send by registered letter.
by three negroes, and killed by a very few minutes after the negroes draw his otherold Colt's pistolout B0aaD or lsco~troaxToss:
brave boy with a32Smith &Wee- caught hoid oflnm. Nodoubtthe ofthat harmiessol~ bitg. baditin ofLinden--that bewas not shot C~La~m MxY, Coffeeville, Ala;
negroes thought the struggle last- MeDuflie's face and told him if he while trying to escape, and a num- W.D. Roe~. Sweet Water. Q
con pistol ed an age. He was securely tied, moved he wouldkill him. He the~ bier of other silly and unjust lies J.H. S~nmiso~, Putnam.
In 1889, near Baokatuna, Miss., put upon a horse, seated in the ordered onset the negroes to hand have been given to the publiC. D.C. McGX Kr, Bladon Springs.
on the M, & O. IL R., Rubo and saddle, wtth his feet tied tegether'him McDaffm's pistol, which was The above is the simple trnth,
his pal, Rube Smith, robbed the under the belly ~f the imrm and Rube,e own pistol and the matoto
expre~ of a large sum of money, his hands securely teed in front of the one he bad pulled out of told in as plain language as can be The Charleston New8 & Courier
After some months Smith was cop- him. MoI)uffle then mounted be- that old lmg; Hebad McDufiioin writtoo. The Rin, om-~t regrets wants thesoatof(~eesarRoedcon-
tumd by Jaekson~ the detective of hind him, and with Mr.J.D. Car- hi8 power, the negroes amounted that.a failure to receive our usual tested ia the next House and very
• the'Southern ]~xpreu Company, tar and the two nearness--Jam to nothing. Rubs theu ordered supply of paper prevented us from pertinently Says;
who gave to Jaekson s map of um Hildreth and ]~mtk Mar~alt, McDuflie and Ji'ranktoliefiaton giving a correct mport before now, We hope that OoL Frauk, ifthat
mute of hinmelfand Burrows from brought him into Linden. The the floor.; then he made Je~e, the
Buckatuna toFlorid showing that pri ner wMcooL and did netdeny other get the key out of Me- and trusts that the press of the be his name, the Demoerat who
oppoaed Themu.Brteket Reed at
they c~ the Bigbee river at ~itat he was the "notcn~m-us ~be; Duflie's imeket and Unlock the State will copy this in justice to the recent elect/on in Maine, will
Mdmtl • I mding uml !iv dt batetated that.man thingsmdd ehmn 13am hi8 legs and sham He. our peopl eont t the election the ground
weeks m the swamp near t a4mut him wemuntrue. 8miie cue and the:negro Frank tngetl - After Burrows Was shot by Oar of the pumham and ntimidation
landing, eam hes'ebae aln 1o- t ad newelm r description in He then told them if they tar, J. E. Heeker, a Justice of the of voters. It can be shown, we
caved, and tt wu mad WOe d be his heating, amt he made no Corn- ue out or made any alarm be- think, that Mr. Reed et,Veft twice
now a ~afe hiding for ~my one ca- meat except a8 to the statement fore I~e got off he would come haer Peace, acting as Coroner, eaum~d a the majority tha', he had ,my right
cepingjastiee. Away from civili- that hishairwesthin--aimmthaid and kill them. He told the negro jury of inquest to be empaneled, to expect and nearly twieeas ma.
zation, l'ar from any railroad, in a on top~ He pulled off his hat and Jesus he had to go with him to who examined the bnd] and sr~iv- _ng as he r~¢piv~.t.~ ~.~&~b~b.
onse swamp, ann tr end said, Gentlemen, feel my head: tim/(3after, who had bls rifle and ed at the following conclusion : There was evidently a great deal
lived m absolute meurity. It was I'll betl have gotthe thickest hair money. Burrow then marehedout,
this same point that Rubs hoped of any man in town." made Jesse leek the jail door and INQUISITIO.V. of rascality in Mr. R~md'e election.
The State of Ala~eama, VJtrengoCo. It is ~eneraily eoneede.d that the
to reach on his Way from Florida. He looked anything but t.lmdes- take the key, He told ./he negro An Inquisition taken ~ttJdadel! fn said next House will be a/)emocratio
When Jackson, the deteet/ve, perate man. He was shabbily he wanted hie money, rifle and a scanty, the 8th day ef Catcher, 1890, be- HOUSe, and Mr. ] eed'a Seat should
located him in F]olddwBube start- dressed, clothes dirty, punts rag- good berne, and then he would fore me, Jim. ]$. Hacker, J. P,, aeOng be given without hesitation or de-
Coroner far ssld county, upon the view
ed back northward tnd the deles- gad slant'the foot, his hair long leave the town. Rubs heard some ofthe body of Bulm Burrows them iy- bate to his opponent. IfMr. Reed
tires who followed him say that and mkempt his beard short and one say that Mr. (3after had gone lag dead, and upon the nthsof P.e. could overcome a Demecratic me-
he never varied three males in no of that length that makes the man to spend the night at Mr. Me~qeill e ~tla~, It. x. Sehwar~, J. w. ol~ w. jority of 14,000 in Alabama, we du
place from the route taken by look dirty. ~He was 6 feet I inch" and he ordered the negro to go to w. Harder, James Hale and J (,.
lay, good and lawful men, houselmhters not see why an able-b0died Dame-
himself and Smith ontheirway to high and weighed about 150 lbs. Me_Neill% The negro a lan of ddeo,m , who being elmrged anti erotic Speaker should not over.
Florida. He traveled fromtl to In repose bin face was without ex- tern and Rubs was following him sworn to eaqttlre for the
i tate of Alalm. come a Republican majority of
where and ho~
15 miles each day, and by that pressioa. His heavy brow and ©losobchind with'the twopislole an, when, ,thesaldRube
Burrows eameto death, upon their oaths 4,.000 in Maine.
means they could tell shoot vhem massive jaws showed the lion in on him. The negro was true to say and presentthattlm said Bube Bur-
he was. On Saturday, the 4tb day him, but in conversation his deep (3arler, and while he knew where rows came to death from a ptstbl shot In Let E~ All Ge ta With the Alllaaeeme~
of Octdber~ the detectives reached steel gray eyes Slmrkied hke dia, Mr. McNeil] lived, he went to ev- the hands of one J. D. Carter In self-de- l~r Better Prims ea Cottm.
Linden and Jefferson. Linden is mends and lighted up the whole ery house on the ml~te wakinz the tense, P.B. OL~ss,
]g. M. f, mw z, I like high-priced cotton'. At]i-
about 5 miles East of McNeill'a fsoe, and when he straightene~I people and asking if Mr. McNeiil J.w. t~c,sa,
Landing, and Jefferson about the ldmself and threw back his head. lived them and if Mr. Carter was W.w. H,anza, aneemen---singly or in bodies, all
~ame'distauce North. Sunday and you felt that he was every inch a there. It was nearly daylight andJ. 8. |l~u~, men, bring your Cotton to JaG. (3.
J. C, Bx~ct.
Monday with strong poe~es they man and that if hie lines had fall- the negro said be hoped by the Jzo. E. H~cr~m, J.P.,( Webb, Demopoli~, Ale. He will
secured the swamp near Me~Teili's en in other paths Ruhe Burrows time he to?k the rounds out in the Aetlng Cotter. ~ do all a human being can to ad-
and the place of rendezvous after would have been great,edgeoftown, the men in jail would After the inquest the body was vance prices. I will advan'ee all
the Buckatuna robbery, and found The Sheriff and deputy were ab- give the alarm, so that by the time turned over to SuPra. Fisher and the money you want on your cot-
no trace of him. 'they then knew sent. but the scanty jail was open- he and Rubs got back the town Ages, of the Southern Express Co., ton to enable you to hold for bet-
they were ahead of Reuben. They ed to Mr. McDufae and Mr. (3arter would, as he termed it,"be ilium!-
then telegraphed to Birmingha,a to put their famous prisoner, nated" with men; but wheat he got who placed the same in a hack and tcr prices ; and I call on all--trad-
/'or track dogs, posted guards along When Borrows was captured be Imekthe town was still. He and immediately carried it to Demop- era. bankers, merchants and ware~
the river, and d~cided to wait.--- had a 88 Marlin rifleanda 45 Colts Rnbe the~ went to the stem of P. olin. housemen, to an!st our farmers to
When Rfibe crossed the Alabama revolver. He had an o!d crocus 13. Glass and uked Mr. Dunn if No man touched Burrow but this end.' me and see if I fail
river he stole a boat from a man bag in whichhe said ne carried hi8 Mr. (3after was them and he said Garter, and even the inquest you.
in Monroe county named Mc, Duf- clothes. This bag wu never ex- he Burrows made the negro
lie. When MoDuflte missed his am!ned ; and by thi harmless, in- do the talking. He told (3after Ms- the examining physic!on did not I will divide pmfit with you on
boat be joined in the huftt. lc- noeont looking, dirtyold bag Rubs Du e wanted him at the jail - eat the body, but arrived at the all merchandise I handle. My ev.
Duttie ]s a brave, quick man, and gained his freedom and ma/ hed (3arter did notdream thatBurruws conclusion thatthe ball from (3at- cry interest is with you. If you
the cautious movements of the de. to death. The Harengo jail is a was free; he dressed, walked out let's pistol produced death simply fall, 1 fall. Linked together at we
are in bus!sea, we will stand.---
tectives were too slow for him.--- 2-story brick building, with outer of Glass' front door, locked the by probing the wound, and that Come on with your cotton and get
He heard that /tube was in the brick wall 15 feet high amend it ; door behind him, and started to
ue/ghborhoed of Myrtlewood, u on the lower floor o( t jailam8 emsathestreettethojaiL Ashe tho wonnd made by the pistol shet the money you want. I never
ettlement on the B gbae river, rooms; one room on the right of atepl l from the atom door Bur- in the stomach was the only one make any offer to you except fur
and there the noted Rubs was on the corrider is the 8hedfl a o ee rows threw bin pistol in his face, on Barrows' parma, our mutual benefit and intermt.
31onday night,stopping with n ne. and tha sleeping room of the dep. and said, 'q am Ruhe Burmwsand Try me. I mean bus!nee& I hope
, to live by letting o/hen live. My
gm name¢lJesse Hildreth, whohe uty Sheriff; this room. has two lmidUingyooln Thosethnthemd Oal 'lL i 'Kelbwilldeliver an pleasure!sliCe is to makemoney
engaged to tekehim to the swamp aeen -ene oI dng into the ball it say I .h pistols emeked almost
tmar ]loNeill's Landing on Tues- of thejail,the other.opens into the togather then the firing wsa rap. sddrees on the 9th Jeer, at Morvm, to be able to help otheu and boflct
day morning. HeDutae and J. D. jdl yard; in this t em Rabe was id for a seconds--then ceased (3larks county, de flag the session up the waste piaee
C rter had spotted him at tlmne, putandHzDualeprolmedtogamd forafewseconds--theathroomere of the (3Gary Kllim e. : J o. (3. Was.
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