William H. Roose, Indiana's Birthplace: A History of Harrison County, Indiana (New Albany, IN: Tribune Company Printers, 1911), p. 61. The first sacrifice of line in these hazardous (whitecap) expeditions occurred in Blue River Township on the night of April 26, 1880. Henry Long was termed a "Jackleg lawyer" and was accused of stirring up strife in the neighborhood. He was a man of well-known courage and, in order to avoid danger to themselves, the whitecaps had him arrested on some frivolous charge that they had trumped up and had the trial set at night. The trial was called before Squire Archibald Boston and a long array of witnesses prolonged it until a late hour. Toward midnight the whitecaps appeared. Long had been disarmed but some friend had secretly given him a revolver. The first man who attempted to enter the door was promptly shot by Long. The man lived but a short time and proved to be Louis Henriot, one of the leading citizens of the community. After the first shot, the revolver failed to fire. After being shot in the head, Long escaped from the regulators but he died in a few days from the effect of the wound.