Last Saturday night deputy sheriff J. R. RUFFIN, after the train had left the Junction for this place, arrested two supicious individuals, and being apprehensive of an attempt at rescue, he started for Bolivar with his prisoners on foot. Nothing of note transpired during the dark, fatiguing tramp until just about daylight, and when the party had reached the “fill,” a short distance beyond Esquire Knights. Here the prisoners were suddenly seized with the idea that escape was possible, and off they darted like deer, and were soon lost to sight. Mr. R. was too fatigued to make pursuit, but emptied two or three pistols at the fugitives as they grew “beautifully less” in the distance.

The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.), 06 April 1867, Page 3. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.