The Arkansas banner., 1850-05-07
THE MONTGOMERY co. nuwwv.urww


 The following statement of the csuasa wkluh l,i Co 'hs violations sf lev spd Osdsr h that soun,y, has bssa ssnt ao us fer publication.
 cADDo COvs. Mss,eswsry c., Arks
 AVvA 1eth 1850.
 To TEK EpsTcRs or THg BAxxEa Csntlsm,a.-. Yea VII eoafer faver by gIviag the following statement of facts placa Ia your psper;@
 Some two years since, . man caliing h,mm.ae Isham P. Pooi, came to this county with ssw horsss and stopped as the hoaQs ef Taylor Polk, ia Cadde Cove. and made tt his home when in inc neighbeFbeoA; frem his actions strong sasuicion Fesssd on him e bsiag dishonest man, and he as 0ne time retnrned to Poke with . woman who he said wss his wife; he at this time was handling and passing countsrfeit money and asssssing Ia carry ing 6G end hasboFlag rsnaway slsvea
 In FehfuaFy last, information was received that Pool wss fugitive from justice, having bsokea asl in Hartsville, Wright county, Mo, fsw of the citzsas of Caddo Cove arrested him at rhe house of Taylor Polk and delivered him to the Sheriff of Wright county. Mo, who informed them that there were five indictments against him any ono of which woald send him tO the Peni,sntiary. When 1t be came public that Pool arrested and that they had started back to Miusoar with him, man named Franklin Hughes who stsid about Polk's but tEanaient vlsiteF from Yell county. enoeavor~d to raise a company for the purpose of EsscuiaR Pool He. Hnghes. said lf he had three men as good as himself he would rescue him, and there s no doubs but they woald have attempted tt but the snow falling, they were unable to discover which way they had taken Pool. Pool on his way 10 Missouri, informed on great many Pessoas who were coa- eerned tn eoHntsrfeing and horse sad negro steal ing, amougst whom were 1ayiev Poik. Hsnry Bar sosgA. Wiiligm Ivoas better known e Litils B,) JsastAsR lrens snd Geo. Peintev. of this county, and maay more of other countisA Suspicion rested on all the. nzned la this county some of whom on finding what Pool had said, lsft. We have suf, fered mach fEes .se 4sshs5sss conduct that has been carried on h this county for many years such as horse and nego stealing, harboring runaway slaves passing counterfeit money &e., by transient men who were hatorsd by the above named per- sons, and other entragess some of which we will mention. A Mir. thipman and his family left hoass to Do absent aboata week, and when they rsiurnsd they fouud their aouss land they thought it's eontsntsl In ashes for which they were unable te account: womas named Mccoy, on her Aes.hbsd stated that under he direction Of Jonathan Irons her husband and bis brother, transient character named Rogers and a ranaway slave the property of Dr Brice, removed the property oa. of the house and then set fire b it. Major Harrsl, while seek. ing horse that wAs taken stolen out of the sta- bIe al Jonathan lDus', was aashed at; Esq. Bowlin shot at when hs stepped cut to hts shop to sec what his dogs were barking at, the bali passing through his clothss, and % near that the powder is still in his face; t was dark and he could not discover whe it wss. Many persons have been ar- rested believed to be guilty of committing some of the crimes above satrd. and but few convicted they have either been sworn or bailed out.
 W. have boagh end cleared our land, built cab ins and 1t Is impossible under the present state Of things to enjoy tlat srcurity that should be ss- cured to every American citizen. On the return of the company vhe took Pool of, Hughes still continued to mak, his threats, whsrupon meeting of the citizens of caddO Cove was convened to de- viaa an1r fa nnA fha places ofWlI concsrned in these nefarous practices aud thereby sssisng the civil authorities in bring ing them to justes. The company was formed at said meeting that has since been styled [. Regua- tors." Taylor Polk. of persons implicated. rec quested meeting to take his case into considera. tion; they accordingly met Mfr Polk short time before Circuit Court; at the request of Polk the meeting was adjcurned to meet another time Hughes, al this meeting and at the Circuit Court, still continued hs threats, and wherever he eoelb find any of the company endaavOFed to raise luss; they several times gave back, which gave him con- fdeuce, aBd not until the Captain of the company found he n 1anger, did he notice him, although he had been told several times during the day that Hughes intended to shoot him he fired and slightly wounded Hughes Polk immediately fired at the Captain who returned the fire, aud Polk too was sightly wounded; the Captain and every member of the company regretted ths necessity 0f having to resort to arms but obliged to do SO in self defence. and herewe would beg refer to the Judge and Sheriff. Pok himself as soon as the excite ment had little ssbsided, made .ck nowiede sments to the company and frankly stated that he was in the wrong, that he had no person to blame bat him self and that he still says that it was his own ;m- prudence that caused him 10 be shot, will appear from the following statement made by him to the Rev. Geo. Rumssy, of Clark county. who was here on Saturday last al . Methodist Quarterly meeting. to-wt: Mr. Polk says" that he does not blame the company. that he brought 1t himself by present. ing his pistol, that he ought not to have taken the part of such SeosndysI Hughes, who brought on the light by coming up 10 and threatening the company, &c., that he oay received one ball, that he is satisfied thst the company did not want to kill him or they could have done 1t, that he Is ia per feet friendship with them and they seemed to be friendly with him. that the Captain and many of the company visit him. Mir. Polk further says that he learned Hughes was iu the neighborhood, and was seeking to Sad the whereabouts of some of the company. that he sent his son to inform the Cap tain of the facts that he does not wast the company injured. that he and his family will give the com pany word if they know of any danger, &c. MT Polk further said that he believed that if he had not taken the part of the SeoHadrei Hughes, that he could have satisfied the company that the charges brought against him by Pool was false sm also happy to state that was present when the Captain and some of the company came to see Mir. Polk. he toSk great pains to shake hands with them and to have the Captain seated him. there seemed to Do perfect friendship existing between them - R1r. Polk seems to bs mending fast am also happy to state that the Captain and some of the company attended Quarterly meeting, aud every thing like excitement seemed to be sabsided."
 Signed GEORGE RuMsAY,"
 JOHN SHIP,
 DAVID FARR,