. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . boat after thatcarrying the prisoners, and made inquiries along the way. Years after-wards he published a book, Looking Back from Sunset Land, inwhich he gave a detailed account of the ease. He had got the idea thatthe officer from Evansville was an United States Marshal, but it was infact the City Marshal of Evansville, J. S. Gavitt, who had attained somecelebrity as a slave-catcher. He went down the river with McKiernonand the captives, and in the night, after leaving Paducah, went to sle
. Indiana and Indianans : a history of aboriginal and territorial Indiana and the century of statehood . boat after thatcarrying the prisoners, and made inquiries along the way. Years after-wards he published a book, Looking Back from Sunset Land, inwhich he gave a detailed account of the ease. He had got the idea thatthe officer from Evansville was an United States Marshal, but it was infact the City Marshal of Evansville, J. S. Gavitt, who had attained somecelebrity as a slave-catcher. He went down the river with McKiernonand the captives, and in the night, after leaving Paducah, went to sleep,and left McKiernon on guard. As to Concklins death, Johnston found INDIANA AND INDIANANS 523 three theories in circulation: first, that Conelilin had jumped overboard,intending to drown himself rather than be taken to Alabama for trial;second, that he had jumped overboard expecting to escape, but hadaccidentally struck his head, as on one side of his head was a severewound, probably a broken skull; and third that McKiernon had killedhim and thrown him overboard. The last was believed by Johnston,. ?7? - / • J (/:.ct /y-y y J At / I / who gives these reasons for his belief: It was said, but upon whatauthority I do not remember, that McKiernon had promised to pay theUnited States Marshal one thousand dollars on condition that he wouldreturn the fugitives and the man Miller at South Florence, at Paducah ]\Iiller was found dead, and as the four slaves were inthe possession of the master in his own state, he had no more need of theMarshal who now returned to Evansville. • Report said moreover, thatMcKiernon and tlie Marshal had quarreled about the money promised,the former refusing to pay because ililler had not been returned accord- 524 INDIANA AND INDIANANS ing to contract; this probably had not been written. Then the suppo-sition was inferred that in order to have revenge upon the man who hadtaken away his property, and to get rid of the payment of one thous
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