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CYRUS/The worst cussing Albany, KY, outlaw Champ Ferguson ever got Columbia blacksmith Bob Eubank delivered the searing diatribe In 1918, in his "Sketches of Adair County," Judge H.C. Baker wrote of Champ Ferguson's visit to Columbia in October, 1863. On this visit, the second most heinous thing Ferguson and his outlaw gang did was to crack the safe belonging to the law firm of Alexander & Suddarth (Judge Baker's uncle and brother-in-law, respectively) and relieve the safe of nearly one thousand dollars in gold and silver specie, among other things. The successful safe-cracking, wrote Judge Baker, was accomplished with much effort and with the able if unwilling assistance of a sledge hammer the outlaws "borrowed" from Columbia blacksmith Bob Eubank. After the deed was done, the outlaws left the purloined hammer lying in the street beside the sadly defaced safe. Next morning, Mr. Eubank came by to retrieve his hammer, and in conversation with others who had gathered round the safe to rehash the events, "...he remarked, 'Well, my conscience is clear about one thing I did yesterday, I gave old Champ a decent cussing.' Some one spoke up and said, 'Why, Bob, you did not cuss him, did you? I did not suppose any body in town had the courage to do such a thing.' 'Yes, Sir,' he said, 'I gave him about the worst cussing a man ever got, but I waited until I thought he was across Cumberland river before I did it.'" CYRUS Central Ohio Bureau Chief Direct comments are not available. However comments, subject to editing, are welcome by sending to: ed@columbiamagazine.com or linda@columbiamagazine.com. or through Submit a Story. This story was posted on 2006-01-29 12:16:31
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