![]() ![]() The old man does seem to have had a hard time. He denies any connection with the gang, or even any knowledge of it, and complains that for years his efforts to lead an honest life have only involved him in persecutions. Bridgewater, of Lincoln county, has frequently been referred to as a former member of the Gilliland gang, which the officials of Pulaski county are now engaged in breaking up. Harve Gilliand had fired the fatal shot and Joe attempted to shoot again, but they both then left and went to the house of their grandfather, about a quarter of a mile distant.Īug. His daughters ran to him and held him up but he was dead, and they heard another pistol snap, and saw his assassins, and begged them not to shoot again, as their father was now dead. When within about ten steps of his barn he was shot, when he exclaimed "O Lordy," and fell, pierced through with a bullet, which entered obliquely his right breast and came out just back of and under his shoulder. His family advised him not to go, but he persisted, and his daughters went with him part of the way. He remarked that he would go to his barn and turn his horse into the pasture. The Sheriff lives about six miles east of this place, and had just reached his home from his business in this city, ate his supper, and told her family of his suspicion of an attack, mentioning that the Gillilands had threatened to kill him and had followed him. McHargue was assassinated at his home Saturday night about 8 o'clock, and killed almost instantly by Harve and Joe Gilliland, sons of Doc Gilliland. The County Judge has secured a special guard for the jail to-night to keep Judge Lynch* from doing his work. The men were hurried to jail for fear of a mob, and at this hour, there is much excitement, and there is great fear that they will be mobbed to-night. They also found a large round-barrel navy pistol, which had one barrel empty. At the time of the arrest Joe Gilland had a red cloth around his neck, as the women testified he had when he burst a cap at them. The judge soon signed a writ and ex-Sheriff Elrod, Chief Police anderson, Deputy Sheriff Jones, Jailer Shipperd, Detectives Bates and Foxe started to arrest the parties. ![]() The jury soon returned a verdict that McCargue had come to his death by a ball fired by J. At that time Gilland had left and gone to his father's, almost a quarter mile away. Gilland, who was present, though the crowd at this time did not know what the women had seen, as they kept it quiet till the Coroner's inquest, when the women told what they knew. Suspicion by those present soon fell upon J. The ball entered near the right breast, ranged downward and came out left of the back bone, just below the left shoulder blade.Įarly this morning the chief officers of the county and a large crowd of the best citizens from this and adjoining counties assembled to see if there was any way to catch the murderer who had taken the life of the officer. About 9 o'clock, he went to the barn to turn his horse out, and about half way between the barn and house he was shot down. He ate his supper and then told his family that he had met a man down the road that he feared would kill him. He reached there about dark, put his horse in the stable, fed him and went to the house. Last evening he left Somerset for his home, five miles out in the country. For the last three months he has been in fear of his life and has so told his friends, but he flinched not from doing his duty. These parties had heard of these facts and entertained deadly hatred toward him. He was gathering facts to place the guilty parties where they belonged. Last August a year ago he was again elected Sheriff. Since that he has lost heavily by those parties. Four years ago McCargue was Sheriff and at that time did all he could to bring the guilty parties to justice. It was nothing unusual for a man to lose his plow, harness, some wheat or corn, or for some person to be robbed of his money and his house plundered. For several years that locality has been troubled by thieves and robbers.
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