Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-12-09
FROM WESTON.
The Facts Concerning PIerSOn, ST.
mons and Cunningham

wEsroS, Va, Dec. G, 1851.
Editors Iatsiiig'Rer:
notice in your paper of the 4th inst,
some remarks In regard to the case OF
PierSon, simons and Cunningham, who
we're arrested upon the Governors proClN-
nation, offering reward Of three hun.
bred dollars for their apprehension. The
Governors proclamation was based upon
information given by letter from some per-
son Ia this place. know not who was
the author of that letter, butAm justiiiabIe
in saying that the information II gave was
false in many important particulars
Whether intentionally so or not | do not
pretend to decide. 1t represented the men
who were killed as good Union men, and
the alleged nssassins as violent Secession
lists. can hardly think that there is an
individual in this town so ignorant Of the
facts as TO make such statements limo.
Gently.
Blair, one of the men killed, was VIC.
lent secessionist, and IL will be proven
upon the trial Of Pierson for will show
that Simons and Cunningham are not re-
spousible to the 10 the civil tribunal) that
Blair bad said that the Union party should
be put down, and that the only way to do
it would be to drag them from their nests
and kill them and barn them out. Blair,
II is true, voted against tue ordinance
of secession; but be was man OF
bad character, aud had SO conducted him.
self that the true Union men Of the county
regarded him as acting with the secession.
lists, and circumstances had led them to
suspect him Of giving information to the
enemy.
Arnold, who was wounded by the same
parties, al the same time, and who has
since died, was violent secessionist, and
had, in public speech, counselled his Eel.
low citizens to adopt the savage mode Of
warfare that has been carried on 10 this
eountry-lying behind rocks and trees and
shooting soldiers and citizens as they pass.
ed along the roads.
There had several outrages taken place
in the vicinity Of Jacksonville, where
these parties lived; aud circumstances bad
led the Union men Of this county 10 enter.
tain the suspicion that the parties referred
TO were in completely with the assasSins
and robbers.
A very short time before these men
were killed, wagon train had been fred
upon and robbed within two hundred
yards Of the residences Of Blake and Ar.
nold. Two men were wounded and twelve
horses stolen. A few nights afterEart the
the house Of Mr.. Mulvey, in the same
neighborhood, was visited BY a band Of
thieves aud murderers. His son was kill.
BY them, and three Of bis horses were
stolen.
These robbers we're understood to be
commanded by one Ben Raymond and ]. E.
Hays, who, IN about ten days after these
transactions, took of to the Southern army
over fly head Of the best horses in the
country, which they had thus stolen. This
same John E. Hays and Ben Raymond have
since visited Mr. Teter, Sheriff Of Upshur
county, and robbed him Of oyer three han.
dted dollars 10 money, aud at the same
time robbed another citizen Of the same
neighborhood Of near one hundred dollars.
The recurrence Of these acts Of violence
and rapins had very much exaSperated the
loyal population Of this country, and under
the influence Of this excitement jackson.
vile was yisi.sd. Coueeraing the partir.