Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1859-09-30

al the Sergeant, who was III ADVANCE, where
upon. the Sergeant, instead of firing upon him,
or running him through with his hayorei. As
he would haze been justified in doinT' ny the
order, of his commanding officer, c!Goped MS
muslct and knochci spencer down Win the
bnt; esd .: IT, slight; Featuring MS >Au!i: AS
soon ., the aan wa> foam! % be seriously hurt,
he wa> taken up '.y tie soldiers AMI properly
,,Lcu care ot--aui Pike. Obtaining PERMISSION
from the Office, in command. rode himself. 81
..x;rc>, to Camp Floyd, diS.ance OF :" mites
,na hitter cold n.ht. 10 prccuTe the services
of An army Sur-con BE- the skill OF this army
surgeon. Spencer rapid recovered from the
n,.c,. of tl,.. wound, and IN irw weeks was
entirely well.
Scrccan: Pike in the whole matter. acted
will! tie most commeniatlc prudence ana iyf'
hca;ance. AID in 10 manner oTh!n'tcd the ieas;
f,.c,;n.. Of anger or hostility towards spencer
4 Lame coi.li he attached 10 any o"c IN the
,n,;rur :, VA, 10 the officer vino ordered spe:.-
Ger ,o i,c driven ot'-bui, so iar from hcinS !"
blanc. the oil .er stationed on TIE Ic>e?'e
for tie express purpose Of dr'I'= o.. i''!"-
ler>.
Ia obedience to the requirements o! a rHf"t'
issued i.v the Court. Pike wa. arrested by the
Unite! States Marshal q; Cam? Floyd, and
brol.h: up TO tn, city. under arrest. II his
custody. 80,
On thursday August iltl!, Sergeant Pike
was in the court room al ,he morning. IN the
custody Of the Marsha. a"ait.n. lis trla'. y;
about , o'clock. hc was sen, Dy the Marsha.
10 the salt !ane House, unic, -nard, 10 pro
cure III. dinner. .Jlst - he reached the porch
nf the Hotel. a nan who Wa recognise! ~
Howard spencer, stepped NJ 10 lin from be
hind ,ayii.:. are YOU the man vino struch 'ac
IN Rush Valley and Al the same drawing hi>
pi>ro. lac fired a, Pike. the hall entering AT The
rich, side ucar the twelfth iih, INJECTING NOR
tai wound. After shooting rnc. Spencer ran.
uuu.olestcd. across Main street. in the very
heart Of the business par; OF the c!:y. through
i..r.e crowd Of persons. and reaching cross
street, iu,nued on h;S horse. which was stand
ia. there ready for him. and .yGc OF. There
were It ira.t iDp per>r!!> present. vii" saw
hi, DARN, murder committed. and ". only
the comradcs OF Pike. who had come up with
/ him H. witnesses. and few sc'tilc>, who
stood near NJ tie time made any pursuit Of tic
murderer. uuc Of TIE soldiers had his i'i-io
drawn upon Spencer in the chase. AMI wou.
have ,hnl hin. had no, MS arm been caUsh; by
one o! the policemen Of the city. Pie In
GSlci III H!c:'l!GI '''I'N "''ti' '''''''' w.
! ire died. H.. w.s known IN .nc am: . th'
7 he; soldier in tie !"Ih regiment. ana "a, G
! ,ccc.i u Il gentleman by every on. lis IA
{ neral. Al Camp Flood, Wa attended . nearly
! 3.UoU p"rsonS.
! Darn: tina, las Hickman AID -eye;ai other
! pan,c> were r!iin. shout town, and alter tn
murder. they made Themselves c"H~Pi'Eon> hH
loudly Offering 20 assist any "nr n ca;e'''n:
! the maraero:
Oa Wcdac, !ay. the l.,i .n>,. a:.o;!.er civi
| case Miller -. Williams WAS ;:iei hr Jury
and the judge was compelled to set a>;,i. le;
verdict - a-aius; al law aud tic evidence.
On Thursday. the ISL. inst, A.cX Wilson
E.,q.. tie L. : District Attorney. entered
"loN, ;.r1,.q ~ Oh the indictment for Treason
found a:li:.,; Brigham loGn. and tie ot!.ci
leader, Of the MoT.aon rebellion IN Chief jus
,,cc i.cn"', Cont, hed at Fort lirdgcr il
Gree: River county in the winter Of l>3.- -
! On :.ilay the Cour; adjourned until the l2ti
Of Sc..,.micr nest Ia .t.r the attornic' an "p
;lor:unity to attend tie session o. Ii" 1t Dis
t,:,t Court. wiaci. ,nci At Nclh ia .iGa'' com
ty. on Monday.
Immediate .,.ttv Court adjourned "n Fri
iav tie Marshal wa> directed hy NJ. Brow:
! counsel u Say The "tcrG;io" ISSUED IN hi'
favor a .ain>t lll! Hickman. one week. u HEX
man had Informed him tina; he intenIe'! t. sci
tie the matter 80 that II w1i:;! not b. ncrc>-i
~ 10 serve tie execution.
On SATURDAY. the .u,il INST. Drown, MI,
lives some Ia miles nom th!S city c1inc I,
town OF business, accompanied ~ .Io>!a:: VI
/ nn!t. h> uci.hbor and The principal witness -
his sit against li!chiaaa. That aitcrno",
Hickman wa, riding about t1Nn ac"ompaniea
/ bv some : or = OF his c"ug Of - .h'. an.
: several persons then remarked H.; .hcic "a
rai>chc! brewing.
\, abou, - clock that :i-!.i t:.' who
city nca.r WAS startled hy the rapid fire o
/ ri:tsl sho;S on Main street. some - shot
;wsrc fired within minutes pom enquiry
We learned tia, at ,!at ti'!r Hickman and hI'
gang rode up TO the house Of Mr. EDDY, %:
I Main street. N the mo,, liic'.iy settled part .
the CITY. where Drown ari !fnr,i We're stop
,.;n. TOR the night, and called 70: i'ro"n &
cone ga.
Drown refused TO do So wicarron, the par
ty broke down both the front and back door
( Of tic house and commenced FIXING IN ulo'
Drown and Arnold. shooting the former fatally
through the abdomen 80 that he died carly th'
next morning. and the latter through the ;icshy
part OF the thigh l,no,i. in the encounter
retained his >clfpo>-cS>Ion sufficiently 10 liz
his receiver al the as.a!aHfs live times an'
one Of them wa heard 10 * aim. 1t al
shot.
Af,cr cos!init,in: this bold and dreadful nu.
der ih" party mounted t'ic'' horses ana 'o"'
around town u;ino.cs,cd.
/ Atah"ut :. o'cloc; tina, same night Nj. Spencer
and lis family. living one block from tie hou|'
4. 4 all
by IN unusual nn.>c in front Of the house
looking ont Of the window they saw two mcT
c!iucLcI in struggle. Presently one U! t!eii
fell. grooming a ii dying, and the other on.
ran oil The wounded man with desperate
cil1:t got up and >iaggcred across the pavement
into the street. whclc ne Again fell and, a. NJ.
Spencer is positive. died. Mr. : was afraid e
20 out and ASST IN" wounded man or 10 sc.
who !; was but dc;e'i4ined to watch the bo
,lv uatil morning Just before day-brcak,
however, three inca came ami carrie! of the
body
In the morning the marsha icing arpri>,d
Of the fact. visited the place AID found a larsy
pool Of blood. also Il hat lying ncar the pot
II is matter of conjecture Sho tins nan
va: whether II was some Ee" victim "i.o w">
ki!lc! with knife, or whether twas some ore oi
the assa,ln. party who was fatally wounGcd by
sho, from Arno!d's pistol, and was cnicayor
III. 10 get of undiscovered.
The case Of Gen. David II. BurrVS. brigham
Youn. and others. for the recovery Of private
property. taken by force from the SURVEYOR Gen
erals office in the spring Of lo371, was compro
in-cd and withdrawn from court upon the pay
mcnt lay Bri CHAM Of Gen. Errrs denaa'!> III
full
Thus, dunn. tir past short session OF tn,
Court. three rucn have become victims To- then
efforts to obtain justice before it, ~ the ,n'ii-
der of one of these y .lrit brou.ht against The
church leaders was u!o-i easily disposed Of
Bv the murder of another and the wouniinc
OF his companion, a timely lesson WAS given 10
the people oi the Territory. that it was deaM
to dare 10 make Use Of a nilrd States Court
in ohtail;n. REDRESS ior the wrnng- committed
, upom them H.; the '.lc>troyin. angels 81. tic