Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1859-11-05
ne Nnrtn lioure loraU aoriuure n0 sfnrs orkf ST.
2FFERsON COUNTY VA SATURDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER s. 1882

the word. Said he. | am a military man,
and came here ID free The slaves of your
surrounding coun4 and | lake possession
Of this government property and arms to
assis, be in doin So. can have five
hd men heFs ia less than twenty
four hars at my cali. gave me leave
to asslback wards Aild ierward II would
keep qtiel, and if n6s IS WOULD take pos
session. of the hotel. Every one suPpos-
ed of course he had,a large force slhand.
After the train let, ilie bridge was still
guarded, and Browns men were march .
ing backward aud forward. told Brown
could gel hun breakfast but only water
TO drink. He said he must have coffee
because he felt faligued, and must bring
II immediately to the Armory yard. l
accordingly prepared breakfast and took 1t
over in a basket. They al! ale but Brown
himself, who took good care not 10 touch
lit. hpd intended 10 prepare SPECIAL
bredkfa4l for him as he treated me so gen
temanlS, but forgot 1t. laughed AMI
Iioked with him, deeming it best not To
seem to fear BIN. After breakfast Col
| Washington asked me 10 take care oi his
horses, and said might put them IN the
stable aAlhe hotel. He then said There
is anothF Lorse, pointing TO his own,
which wis standing in the yaId-l viii
pu, The Ii orse in your; keep him I'LL | call
| for him.'i don't think he will call soon.
asked Mm about pay for the breakfast
and he sal he should dinner for 300 men,
and he wduld pay for the whole then.
One of ou4 servants, The one spoke ot a'
wanting to\see the gypsles, appeared To
know him kerv well, and had converse
ton with him in the engine house. lie
had gone vi tn me to carry the breakIas'
very willingly, though the other servants
hung back, and when ordered him Il
take the braakfast rhings and 60 back to
the hotel. he said he would when he got
ready, and mast understand he was as
much boss as Twas. This amused OId
Brown, who laughed al me, and | told
him there wal no nigger blood in ne, al
all events. Ahis boy was a slave, belong
ing 10 some hiirs. but has been doing for
Ihlmsel( and c3aned free for some time.
The fellow led on Wednesday and has
not been seen Iince. lie went away be.
cause he kne1 | suppose that there were
plenlv around Who would take a crack at
him if they coda chance. His name Is
Il Charles WilIiahs. About TIVE elve o'clock
[ learned that lie Charlestown company
had arrived. an1then felt we were sale
wen. and lookEd out Of The window, and
saw lust thenfa shot fired at one OF
Browns men, whose name is Stephens,
and saw him fall The shot was hfed
from The Gait Hbuse by Geo. w. Cham
bers. They cal I'd 10 me that they had
spare guns, and asked me 10 come over
[ went over, andks passed seized Ste-
phens' rifle, ,whicS lay by his side. tried
also to get his piAol, they fired at me, and
the bullets came do thick. The Charles
town company h4 the bridge, and called
me to them, but thought they were
| Browns men, and ran into the hotel with
The gun. After tbs, one Of Browns men
90, into the hotel, BY some means and de-
manded the gun bud irnt then the Charles.
town men drove ii tfough lh5 hotel, and
The man got out at The back way without
the gun. Stephens the wounded man,
was then brooght itk and another fellow
named Thompson \ as brought in Prs-
oner. and placed in lie parlor tied hand
and foot. All 1hsl time a sharp firing
was kept up.
About three o'cld dck. Hayward Shep-
pard, the coIored. m tn they shot in the
morning, died. Mr. Beckham, the agent,
was greatly excited lat his death as the
old man had had hinI ten or twelve years,
and liked him very HkIch. He went 10 the
railroad platform beyBnd The railroad sta
lion, once, and was pb blled back, but he .
went again, his hand in his pockets.
and got some disIancd beyond the water
station, when they shbt him through The
heart. He fell, and eVer moved again.
The man who shot him from ihe door Of
the engine house, was himself shot mo-
menl alIerwerds by HarPeT's Ferry man.
Iohn T. COok