But so infuriated was Owen's wife by Howard's treachery that she branded him as a second Judas; and this at once fixed upon him the sobriquet "Judas" Howard-a sobriquet he did not live long to bear, for about a year later he was ambushed and shot from his horse at the crossing of a stream.

He thus paid the penalty of his betrayal of the outlaw band.

For a number of years, the Regulators continued to wage war against the remaining outlaws, who from time to time committed murders as well as thefts.

As late as January, 1768, the Regulators caught a horse thief in the Hollows of Surry County and brought him to Bethabara, whence Richter and Spach took him to the jail at Salisbury.

After this year, the outlaws were heard of no more; and peace reigned in the settlements.
Colonel Edmund Fanning--of whom more anon--declared that the Regulation began in Anson County which bordered upon South Carolina.