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. ? ,t - jr * vi vc.-v ?.." ,-v "$i ? ^ ' .,.. ' # > _fII WEEKLY pSWi TIMES, s^t mooted-to ^flijqnltuii!, gortiquUnn}, ftomqstiq (!;qonoii}^jjdite|^^^^^ jpoKliqs, ^ and thq Current of the gag. VOI,. IX.?Nkw SkkiHs. UNION C. U.. SOUTH fAnnrm'/v - iTtrv .,s !* i I II - ? ! I ! , ,,_, Kv ,|m , _ no m I I I I I IWII mt . . _ . , A From llio News and Courier. I !.-? - ,- 1 !.,. REDMOND'S STRANGE STORY. A TALK WITH Til K OUTLAW IN TUB 1IBAKT OK TUB III DUB. Pickens C. II., Juoe 28.?Tt is not necessary that I shcuhi be at any pains to introduce iho subject of this sketch to any well informed man, woman of child in South Carolina, or perhaps in any State of the Union. That kind office has f&cn pretty 4rell discharged for me and for him, on "*?. ~ :r ?tti>y occasions within the past few years. < Wf his mauy friends and admirers of the C States Iuternal Revenue Service, and there is but little that I can now add, in the way of trut^ to wliat has been ^-^5j?^?^?aUy~iaid'TPnc9fning '*Che great oriuii?' ,nalj" "tho notorious desperado, "the bloatiftil Kritratwl rtP iUa ? r n v? auw UlUU illUJJC, "H1B III IIImous outlaw," "the red-handed rover"? , Lewis II. llcdmoud ! This is ho that has turned two States upside down ; set all law, human and Divine, at naught; defied the power ofc the best government the world oyer saw ; chased itrofficcrs pell-mell across ujcouuty ; committed highway robbery ; amk hushed the fnithfty in the dischargo of their W " duty; released criminals from jail; frightened women and children, and eke grown men, into Gts, and who, Gnally, if the truth vrero kuown, was doubtless at bottom of the disturbances in the Raid Mountains.? Are not these things so, beside many others not hero set down ? The proof is not fnr to seek ainco his enemies declare it, and ? - * the law lina. it by setting a price " 011 kk y?unS headmaning autbwrityto his fellovviuicn "to bring his body into ?alivo^r dead !" ^ v -W'-V AX THE tlAR OF PUBLIC OPINION. *phis last thing has been rather difficult, * not to say impossible, of pcrformonco it ' seems, aud has remained undone until ac> oomplished by the News and Courier, in the porson of its humble representative, by wboui the redoubtable has been captured ulivo aud who now produces the prisoner in court; that great court of public opinion . wharo ho shall bo called ipon to answer to , the charges preferred against him ! It happened in this wise: A week cu* ten days ago, I was commissioned by the tfews and it, v . Courier "to jro aud fia^J-le^nioud " j>osjtei..' siblp,. and to obtain from%hiina personal of his^verftflll eureer.* " ceroing -which I was furtho^in^Tneu^^^ they were changed with every sun. At the cpd $f the second day I was compelled to abandon the search and return to tho village whence I had started, no whit w^cr than when I left it. Through the badness aud superior kuowlcdgc of the jj^uemuu who accompanied me, howevif^ 'I had been placed in communication' with two of tho outluw's must trusted friends, and had left wun ttioui, to bo lbrtfai'dod to some unknown postofficc, a note addressed to him, in which I requested an interview at any time and placo ho might designate and under any restrictions lie should choose to impose upou me. His verbal reply granting my request was received Monday morning, -and for instructions and guidance I was directed simply to acoouipauy Rlr. \V. UFields, of Pickona C. II., whithersoever he might lead mo. Reporting to this gentleman without delay, an understanding was quickly had, and our plan of proceeding agreed upon to bo enrried into effect tho same night. TilK RENDEZVOUS. Hy this time, and in spite of precaution, the fact of my first visit to the mountains had become known and its true object suspected. (The good people of Pickens have learned to bo suspicious of strangers, and their every movement is watched with fond solicitude.) It was therefore necessary to movo with caution, for llcdmond's sake, as well as lor that of tho success of my en* deavor, and I have since learned thnt our pains wero not taken altogether in vain, as <4pa or more interested and would-be-captors of the fugitive were on the qui vive to learn tbtt" way wo wcut and other information H* capture. The 21th day of June seemed longer by several hours than the 21st,' but it liually came to a closo, and about dusk I walked (juictly out of town alone iuto the adjacent woods, and by a circuitous route reached the rendezvous appointed for the night. After a few hours of rest here we started for tho mountains, which could bo dimly seen by the light of dawn far off to tho northward, and avoidincr the town and ninrn fromipni^il ways by a detour of several uiilcs drove rapidly until after noon. A 1IARD ROAD TO TIIAVKL. The country through which wo passed | and the incidents of the journey furnished ^ abundant material for an iuteresting letter, but I am uot at liberty, under promise, to indicato our route, and am tbcreforo regretfully comfeHcd to keop silence, to ?y readers' positive loss. The road wa? aiitW|j a road, oven a mountaiA road, ougnt not to be?but I forbear ngaiu. At the end of it we stopped at a cottage in the hills, and after n kind reception and cxeolicnt dinner, (leaving our buggies behind a9 being of no particular practical use,) wo wcro joined by another guide nud resumed on foot the jwuiuujr fcHUb VIH3 IU COI.UUCt lis lO IllU pro.*- li ctieo of the us yet unseen chief. My fust li companion did not now know whither we i were hound, aud our guide knew little more, a than that wo were to follow a certain trail o until halted by "the Major" (for so llod- a inond is called) at such a point us he might c lihoosc to await our coming. The trail t seemed to lead directly upward to souic vcri- a table land of tho sky, and at times took a I direct ''cut" as it were in that direction by t ' leading up a tree," as such paths arc said ' to do when they disappear in tho trader- s growth, or at the foot of ati inaccessible i cliff. My companion, Mr. Fields and my- s self, were soon exhausted with the unaccus- s Coined labor of climbiug. and paused to rest I while our unblown giiido pushed on ahead to find lleduiond and iuform him of our near presence. Wo were already nearly j two hours behind tho appoiutcd time, and ( it was icurcu lie nnglit weary of waiting for ~ us and leave the niouutaius. FOUND AT LAST. 1 After a short rest we, who were behind. L followed as best wo might in the direction r our .guide had gone, and had become nearly 11 broken down again as we toiled upward, v when my faiutiug spirits wcro suddenly 1 startled into quickened life, and my rapidly > beating heart sent into my throat with a s mighty bound by the sudd mi exclamation t ol uiy couirado iu advance, who whispered a back to me, without turning his head, s ''Yonder he is." "Ho always keeps his c word." Looking up quickly, I saw, a bun- c drcd yard^4R)mnd and above us, two men w sitting at tbe foot of a pine, one of whom I 11 recognized Tile other of course ii was Redmond! lie was yet at some dis- p taneo from me, and I had several minutes b for reflection before I reached him. What si my feelings were may better be imagined a than described. I had nothing to fear, of n that I was well assured from the unvarying fi good report I had received from liis friends ii of the true character of the mau; but the g experience was a novel one, to say the least, c "I was presently to be confronted by one r< whoso name had been long associated in my w hcariug with all manner o( treachery and 0 crime, and.4k, whose mercy I had now tl pUood myself, with no other guarantee of r< saftf^ than his good-pleasure. ^ I was of d law." ^ ' T ' " a P4JK TO FACK WITH KEDMOKD. The dreaded outlaw rose up to meet me, 0 with extended hand and a pleasant smile, as p I advanced, and after a cheery "Good morn- *K ing" from him, and a similar salutation iti j, return.on my part, we were introduced in due form. Shaking my hand jsordiydly, lie ^ invited inc to a seat beside him, on the rock, w with a smiling apology for the absence of better accommodations. "This gntlcmnn lias come three hundred . .0 miles to see you, Major," said Mr. Fields. ' il? represents the best newspaper in the *, State, and has come to give you an opportunity to say souiething in your own behalf ^ iu answer to the charges which havo been j made against jfpu." H "I aui very glad to see you," lie replied, . addressing me. "but 1 nui afraid it was ^ hardly worth the trouble for you to come ^ so far to seo me." I do not remember what I said in responsc to this modest speech so modestly delivered. My amazed attention was]., wholly taken up with the unexpected ap- ^ pcnrancc of the youth whom 1 saw before t( me. ? NE1TIIKII HOOFS NOR ltOltNS. S( I am not at liberty again to describe him, o because of a promise made to his friends, c before seeing him, that I would not do so. v 1 can only say, therefore, that he looked to v be indeed little more than a boy in years ; I (he bus eeen only twenty-three winters, and s seems youthful for even that age.') He is li of slcudcr "build," and oue of the hancf- t soiuest mon I ever saw. 1 can scarcely re- L 'rain from supporting this statement by presiting my readers with a pen portrait at p least of his face and graceful, active form: v but must forbear lest 1 should thereby make f myself the unwilling instrument of betray- n ing hint into danger. I may say, however, t that at my earnest request ho permitted i mo to sketch his features before our part- d ing. The portrait was pronounced u faith- c ful likeness by those who wcro present at t our interview, and my judgment above ex- v pressed has been confirmed by the few to 1 whom I have thown it. a ONE OV TUK llKST FELLOWS IN THE WOULD. His frank open manner, innocent looking I eyes, and tnoro than all, his houest sun- i browned face and pleasant smile, which no t man could wear and yet be a villain, in- < spired me at once with perfect confidence, I and placed me so tnucji at easo that 1 ha/.- < "I don't believe I am ono," ha replied. ''I ( have only been badly treated, and accused 1 of many things which T novcr did." ("lie i is ono of the very best fellow in the world," 1 said the j?uide.) It is claimed for him that he can always < discern between a friend and foe, at sight, I f >y looking into one's eye?. Himself says to iclievcs lie can read a man's thoughts, had not been very, long in his presence ocordingly belbrc I ncAced that lie was bserving my face inteiBy. Possessing in 11 eminent degree, so mr as ho wus concrncd at least, a mens vonscin recti, I liesiated not to look him squarely in the eyes, nd, turning my own 1 list lous orbs full upon liui, he was enabled to gaze dowu into heir li<[uid unfathomable depths and read 'friend*' .it their very bottom. The search atistied him apparently?there is no.resistng guilelcssness like mine?he banished uspicion and treated me thenceforth with omething more than confidence sojong as remained with him. STitU,VMv^ A After a few minutes' rest wc arose and, leduioud showing the way, climbed around he mountain side until we imihk tr? n mi-. icularly steep place down which we stumtied and loll and scrambled and slid after lint, and got up and scrambled and stuuitlcd aud fell again and again, until we cached the bottom of a glen where foot of nan or beast hath never or rarely beej, and there certainly deputies cease from troubing and even a moonshiner may be at rest. iVc baited on the briuk of a falling foaming trcain, whose waters, clear as air, revealed he rocky bottom at any depth, and cold Imost as snow, presented us with drink parkling as chauipaguc aud pure as hcavu's owu dew. Mixed with uiouutain dew, olored like a rose with the tonic juice of rild cherries, it constituted a draught which light have been likenened to nectar flowng down from some illicit still Vuii in the rivatc interest of the gods up thero oft the luo wooded Olympus above. It was a ingularly wild and beautiful spot, even for mountain glen, and any element of rolancc that might have been wanting was ally supplied by the presence of tho outlaw i our midst, whose somewhat picturesrjuo arb was uot out of keeping with the haractcr of tho sceuc. Amid such suraundiugs the hunted outlaw told his stdry thilA TVO flfil nnrl ?? ???* t?v W..V U.IU lldkOUVU UUI II, IIIU f the sun behind the inouuiaj?|jg crcsf tfnd tic approach of darkness acflpouislied uh to sturu to the outer world wnile as yet the cvious path might be safely traced. TUB OUTLAW'S TALIS. ... 4** mits of one letttcr. It wftgi taken down linost verbatim, in short-hand, In a note ook on uiy knee as I sat by bis rfidc, and nil be given as nearly as possible in bis \vn words. Leaning his gun against a tree, ut returning his formidable side arms and coping a bright eye on guard the while, e began his story : U1 WAS UOltN IN flKOROIA," e began, '-but we removed to this State dicn I was quito young. My father was Id and infirm, and my mother was bedriden. I have had to take c-.trc of them, and f several sisters?one of whom was a criple, and could not move without tbe nidNof rutcheK?since L was a child. 1 am now weuty-thrce years of age, and will be vveuty-four on the 21th of next October?if live." This condition was rubied with a mile that was sadder than a sigh, and renindcd us that the speaker's lite was at the nercy of any man who chooses to take it, iy day or night, ou the highway or at home, r in the rocky lair to which lie has been riven like a limited wolf* 'The revenue iture me," lie continued, for tlie sake of the rewards n inofir Imve een offered for me?it is easier for them a make their money in that way than by rorking for it." (Tliey may font themelves mistaken in this view.) "My father wucdastill all his life, as did all tiie farmrs about here, before the teve.iue laws Fere passed, and 1 worked it for him. We Fere very poor, and lie could do very little, worked on the farm all daj, and at the till at night to make a living lor us. 1 iavc cftcu worked all day ploughiuitttod hen run the still nil night until hre.iMst. would he so tired next day that I have ;one to rfeep in tH% com rovtr betwoeu the lough-handles, and would wake up only fIicii thy horse stopped at the end of the urrow. This kind of life was too hard for oo and soon broke me down, so that I got. 0 working one night at the still and sleepng the next. I worked in the farm every lay at the same time. Tlicy (the revenue ifHccrs) pressed 1110 so close after a while hat I quit distilling ami went to hauliug vhiskey and selling it io North Caroliua. They found out that I was doing this, and 1 warrant was issued for igy vrest. TUB FIMsT TUAJMIK L bad with the revenue difictrs watjdl on ny side, as tliey captured and vlostiuJ iLfbr uc one hundred and twenty-throe ? a Irons if whiskey. I hud paid uno dollar per inshul for the corn (hat made lC> besides lighteen dollars a mouth to rae man who nu the still. The officers cut up and oinpcied thfes be?r4? of the whiskey, and kept Lwo barrels for their own drinking. They topi incso iwo Darrein lua id tnc woods, ?nd would come hack und get it by the jug lull whenever their supply gave out.? Among those who got somo of it were-Clem UisDi [Chisoltn ?) and a fellow named Ilnmpden. Several people havs told tne > lluit they drank some of my wliiskey that was captured at that time. Old man?? told uio, the other day, that when they came for the last of it they arrested hin>(!) and took hiui off, aud all the officers stopped on thf tide of the road aud filled their jugs with the whiskey which, they told him, was Redmond's. They carried olF twenty-three gallons at this load. . FATIIKlt AND MOTHER K1LI.EI). The next morning, it was Sunday, the ofiieere rushed into my house and presented their guns at uiy father aud captured him. lie was scvcuty-eight years of age, and my mother, who was confined to her bed with palsy, was nearly as old. Father begged them not to alarm her?sho was badly .frightened-?and lie would . surrender.? They asked for me, but I was at the spring when they came up aud saw them, aud so escaped. Father told theui I was not far off, but I kept out of the way, and they took him down to the church ucar by.? They captured several other men in the church, and the preacher stopped in the midst of his sermon and sat down. My lather and several others gave bail?the rest they took away with them. My mother was badly frightened by it all, and died a few days afterwards. My father had to go to Asheville. The journey and exposure made him ill, and he, too, died a few weeks later. AKTEll tilK KUNKKAl.. IJoth of them died before I could get back to them. I was then keeping out of the way, as the roverue officers were watching for mo every time 1 went to see either of thenv." I dWtnt'iw my mother buried, hut when my father died too, and my sisters were left alone in the house, I determined lo go home and attend his funeral and see after them at any risk. On the road froip the house to the grave, when we were following his b'jdy to burial, wc met a revenue officer, lie luokcd at iuc very hard j but lie was alone, and seeing tbat I had some of my friends with uic, he passed on, and arrested several of the neighbors who had dug the grave and were resting on the roadside. After the funeral I still kept out of the way, and as my sisters were alone aud helpless, I had to dodge in and out and try to take care of them as bebt I could. This was the beginning of my troubles." The foregoing story was told as quietly (^tfu^Uncaa uarra: tcu were matters or any special wonder in a mountainous revenue district, and my two couipauions seemed to listen to it in like spirit ns to n thrice told talc. I have no comments to make and have refrained from even the feeble emphasis of italics. After an interval spent in conversation on indifferent subjects, I led Redmond back to the matter in hand by asking wluit was his next "trouble." lie replied "that it was TIIK Kir.MNO OK l?U('KWOUTII, and concerning this well knowu affair he gave the following account: "When Deputy .Marshal Lee was discharged from tlie revenue service he had in his possession a warrant against me, which he turned over to Frank Case. This warrant Alfred Duckworlh, who had been recently appointed on the revenue force, tried to get from Case, who refused to let him have it. Duckworth then swore lie 'would take me, warrant or no warrant, or would kill me in the attempt.' 'lie had taken one highflyer,' he said, 'and, by Cod. he inten tied to take another.' Duckworth had been almost raised with ine from childhood, and we knew eaeli other well, lie was very bigoted, and was always bragging and doing rash things. Ho rode one day by his own grandfathe 's house, where there was a picture of lien. Washington bunging against the null of ? room, an<l ho uhoL several .hulls into it through the. open door or window from where he sat on his horse. The holes may be seen in the picture and wall now. People told inc what he had threatened against ine, hut I only said, 'sirrelyhe has better sense than to try to take ine without a warrant.' I said I would meet *Alf,' as 1 always called him, and try to luugh hint out of it. lie will give me lite same chance lie gives other people. A few days later L had to haul a wagon load of corn and went over to get it. The driver was sitting by ine and on tho road we saw a crowd coming. I said 'There comes the revenue officers now.' The driver asked, what will they do? 1 said, 'Nothing they have no warrant for me.' I knew that t'ase had it. They came up to us and stopped nnd we talked together about one hour and a half. DUCKWORTH SULKY. I asked Duckworth about old times, but saw that lie looked sulky, and that there was something wrong. At last ho said, 'Major, did you know thr' I had a warrant for you?' 1 said, 'No.' lie said,'Do you want to hear it road ?' I said, 'Yes, if you have one.' lie got off his horse and drew from his pocket a bunch of warrants. 1 saw that he hud one for a man named Southerly, but none for inc. aud 1 thought he was joking, lie read the warrant and called my name in place of Southeily's. I still thought lie was only joking, and asked him to let me sec the warrant, lie said, 'No, by Hod, there's no use in it.' He then asked if I was going to submit to it? 1 replied, 'If you don't want me to handle the warrant; let some of these fellow see it?that is all I vjan!.. 1 don't want to tear 1> u|'i III aujfa, -1 ?i)ip<?u you null I, 1UICIIU 10 submit to it?" I repliotl, 'I am willing to submit if you will make mo certain it is forme. I enn give you security.' lie said, 'There is no use in that ; you have got to walk before me to Brevard to-night.' I said, 'I don't know that I will see Brevard to-night. I have other business. Von eught to give nie the same chance you give other men.' lie then went to his horse to get. his pistols. ootxn ron iiis imstoi.s. i knew what ho was going for us soon as he started. His horse was several steps from him, and I could have killed him before he got hold of (hem. I did not want to kill him, however, (this was sai'l earnestly an-! feelingly,) although I knew that he had threatened repeatedly Itt kili uie or take me. I said to him that 1 had not coine prepared to tight him, but lie only replied, 'That didn't make any difference ! 80 lie went up to the side of his horse nnd look two pistols from the holsters, and pointed one of them in my faec. I saw the Jive balls in the chambers. Several men were sitting around, and Jim l'axton now came up ; lie had been with them and had heard what they were going to do. lie spoke to me and drove on. lie, too, knew they had no warrant for me, and thought 1 wouldn't be taken without one. 80 ho rode on, as he didn't want to see any fuss. LMtckwcrlh's pistol was aimed at me, and I said:? 'Look here, Alfred, 1 don't want any man to draw a pistol on inc.* lie said, 'Get out of that wagon.' I told him again to put up his pistol, anil said : 'I have given you no occasion in a raw weapons on me, and I want to fuss.' He then dropped liIs pistol from my face to my > breast. 1 was sitting in the wagon whittling a ' ' stick. I had no weapon,^but my driver had a pistol, a Derringer, belonging to me, and which 1 had given hitn to carry. 1 had killed ft rabbit with it as wo cams ou. When I bade Duckworth a second tim to put uphis weapon, I said, Alfred, I want you to understand that 1 want no trouble with you.' " ? TIIB FATAL SHOT. 1 then dropped my hand into the wagoner's pocket and took tho pistol nnd cocked it. and said again, the third time, 'Alfred, 1 want no fuss with you?1 want only a gentleman's chance.' He replied, 'Get out of that wagon 1' llis pistol was cocdcd and aimed at mo. I drew mine and fired on hint. As I did so, and when the ball struck him, his pistol went otf and the ball struck under the wagon-wheel. I suppose his linger contracted when he was hit, nnd tired otf his weapon. He fell ngninst tho fence. Lnndford was behind the wagon and bad two pistols in his hand*- A. uu?m iLinW pretty fltst in such a moment, and 1 thought Mho best thing 1 can do is to run around ami take I.amlford's pistols from him.' Then I thought that would be a risk, as he might kill inc. I stnrtcd up the road and had gone about thirty yards, when Landford shot at me and kept shooting until lie had shot four times. He missed me every time, ami 1 thought 'if that is tho this you can do 1 will go back and kill you with a rock!' Then 1 thought, as he had two pistols lie might kill inc, so 1 crossed the fence and went on up up the liil,. I waited for iny wagon to come on, but a man met it and turned it back. A VISIT TO SOI TII CAllOI.INA. I came over into So ith t'nrolina, and the next ,1a ? ll.? ......... - - .. .. .... .....o vuuic 10 mc mat tlicy thought it was nil right with Duckworth?the doctor had attended him nnd dressed his wound, (it was in the throat,) n.id said lie would get well if tlicy didn't move him. They moved him, the wound bled afresh, and he died that night. They examined him and fouud that he had no warrant - ? for me. Three men, however, jumped on their horsavnnd went to Frank Case's to get the warrant, and he wouldn't give il up. Case soon after sent mc word that if I would come and give him two dollars nnd a half (costs) he would give me the warrant. I thought it would d > mono good, and so I didn't go for it. He lias it yet. The names of those who were present and saw the killing were Peter T.ince, his son, William Linco, and .loc nnd llnss Glassby. They could prove nil 1 have said. * * * Duckworth's lather told Jim Cantrcll, the other day, that his son was high-strung and had done wrong. Thai when he was first killed lie wanted them to get me, but since I had hcen so persecuted he would do nnytning lie could to help mc. He hoped, lie said, tliafitwould get out of the way. lie said, at tho same time, that he supposed lledmond would kill him, too, now, .f ho got a chance; hut I would not hurt him or any other man, unless they force me to do so. Cantrcll told liiin as much, nnd that I would come laughing, and if 1 had nnythimr to drink he would get it. He would be just us good to you as he would to me.' * Wlt.t.l.NO TO StritURNDKIt. "The feeling against 1110 on account of Duckworth's killing has died out in North Carolina," said Redmond, in concluding this portion of his story, "and 1 would be perfectly willing to go there and surrender myself any day for trial if my case could be tried in theStutc Courts. 1 n:n not willing to stand a trial in a United States Court, where the revenue otliccrs would have it all thoir own way, and could swear what they pleased agaiust me, or pay some one else to do it." The remainder of this story will be given tomorrow. C. McK. [CONTISt'Ell XKXT WEEK.] Furnish the Duuooists.?Few of our gardeners, perhaps, know how many articles of trade they can supply their home drug ?i3is wmi. uo into a properly supplied drug store, and you can find dried sage leaves, roscuiary, hops, coriander, sweet i'cuncl, thyme, calamus, niul a host of roots, barks, gums, dried flowers, etc., all indigenous to our soil and climate; but which the druggist is obliged to purchase abroad, while we allow them ti grow in or about our gardens without utility. Tho druggist could buy them at home, nnd be much more certain of their freshness and purity, whilo home resources nnd industry would be encouraged. There is no proper reason why this should not be done, if for no other purpose than to give employment to a class of tho pcpulution standing in need of such patronage.?Savannah Nam. Scene in a horse car. Seats all occupied. Enter a person dressed as a lady, Hright little boy rises and offers his seat. Lady drops into it with an air of slight disdain. Hoy?oh, I beg your pardon, did you speak!' Ladv?"No. I didn't aav niivl.hinf" Tt<w ' "?/ J o , ?"Oh, excuse me, 1 thought you said > 'thank you.' " Lady, in high dudgeon? - "You utay have your soat." Hoy (resuming it)?"Well, I'll thank yon." Passengers convulsed ; Lady disappears at the next street crossiug.?Boston Transcript. ? ----A young lady ol" Washington 0. II. Ills., ?recently attempted suicide by taking a large dose of indigo. She had the blues.