Show 0 09 sims I 1 DEFIANCE HOED A loaded cannon trained on his house 1 I 1 CAUSES HIM TO I 1 but ills his safety with the posse was quickly disturbed himself and party barring the women were ly lynched ditched itched iF ala dec 23 20 A telegram via de soto liss was received this giving gh ing new news a odthe of the surrender of bob morning sinis I 1 on oil afternoon to lie the sheri flIx posse the tile having a ing obtained a cannon and trained it on oil hints strive huo sethe outlaw offered to surrender if the sheriff would guarantee him protection from front the tile in members embers of the tits loso posse finally it wa was agreed that binis should he be careful carefully u 1 goaded guarded ada taken to the tile county jail T tho aly 0 lil lites lien then laid fald down clown their arms and canio cattle out of the house when the men were t put u t in in irons and the women under guard and L n d a all I 1 of them started to the butler county con ty neat seat there ig is an ail impression that the guard will be overpowered and the pr loners boners lynched later while ho the she sherino riVo posco posse in charge of the party wag was en ell route to butler la lat at night a mob of of choctaw county men overpowered the mob still hanged lian three of the men dob bob sims tom toni c i avage and young savage it is reported re ortch that another of the boys was hanged at the same time thesis tins Is in ill addition to john savage hanged christmas eye ev e ANOTHER ACCOUNT I 1 MOBILE ala dec 20 26 the artill artillery try detachment tach ment nent of the first regiment of stale state 4 troops arl i 4 left here early this morning en ell route for fa t the ae houe house where the lims sims party imps w ad fortified in lit choctaw county ala sheriff savin gavin on christmas morning sent to alladen springs IF rings for a cannon when Sims heard of 0 thui prep i ration to blow low 1 ins his stronghold to he be looked at lim women folks and still hi iiii heart film lie ile began to parley with the s I 1 at 2 lie said lie would surrender if the tile lence poise oase would protect fam hini from mob violence A meeting of the pm was held which lasted more than two to hours there wan was great excitement and much diversity of opinion at first the proposal off Sinis ims was flatly refused but ali the fait fact that there were women i it in the lie bell houe wai was a strong point in favor of mercy mer cy to the tits inmates situates i the tile the thought riousse Fi lilt with the cannon into the hoube ousse harboring women was wag no repugnant that it overcome the almost wil wild longings ol 01 gt for forth alie blood of the tile men outlaws 80 80 a at la last 41 the tile terms were accepted at 4 30 the outlaw ont lawit ii laid down their armo arms and came out of the bouse the poise waa it astonished to see that instead of seven desperate outlaws there were only tu two 0 n men a al and 1 d a bov boy hob bob sims thomas e a and lii 1 young 0 ung ta gava caage age ge a nephew V roar our women bobs wife nu d three daughtery daugh tern came calne out ON also the men were w ere at once ironed and placed in in a wagon the tile women ivo ilien were place faced in a it second wagon under tinder guard at 5 alie procession started for butler the county beat of choctaw county after consultations between the sheriff and the lajti earned carried to butler jail rh ahr pro pronged nned the be bet beat be t protection lie could gie give under the circumstances tonij selected twenty five inen men and the 0 lerlie twenty flie and started with tile thein I 1 I 1 to jailer butler about a nille mile from aims finns boue houe a of men from front one to two h candre 1 l iT iii cooj look ta fr from ont the guard an and kliem them all to ang 0 tree sims ain e ex preyed fears that he lie would never reach the iu dal gr or ww olive W en lie was p aced fit il ft j ngat for hie the fatal rie he aw to bamm be blindfolded ili folded he lc td id out h hasl s hand and asked askel them to feel his ills pulse to see flee if he lie was frightened and still said he lie was going to heaven young savage wild said it if you think enough of me tile to bobu bury me put me by the side of clingi we are e 1 fighting 1 fo for r the game same catu e c they died u ar cursing eu r IVI 1 9 are alie women were turned t loose the tile name of hie tile Sit are bob sims tom toni bavage savage and con oon bavage savage and his two grown wm song ends the tile defiance of tile united states s the mate state of alabama and in fact all the tile law by bythe the notorious no bob buns einis and his follow low ersi ere I 1 |