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10 ro IFrom the st. Louis Republican, July PAL snn
The WARM Northern MissOuri-@Par-
% ticuIars OF the hanging Of sharp
and iJaegar, and tho Shooting OF
3 Seven Men by tho Federal Forces,
2 supposed to be Implicated In the
. Affair.". 7F-rS3 q % c..- Ttp.1H -
= From people directly from the scene of the
late troubles along the North Missouri Road
we learn the following particulars Ii regard to
them. The account Of the hanging of Benjamin
Sharp and Lieut.. jaeger, near Martinsburg,
published in Tuesday morning, paper, is cor
rect. When short distance from Martinsburg,
and riding by some bushes In buggy, Mr..
sharp driving, they were suddenly fred upon
and both wounded. Lieut. Jaeger fell to the
ground, and the horse, frightened by the dis
charge OF firearms, ran TO Martinsburg with Mr..
Sharp. The latter was shot In the right side,
the ball entering just above the hip and passing
through his BODY. As the frightened animal
was dashipg past the store of Coyle g. Co., the
buggy struck post and was demolished, throw
Ing Mr. Sharp TO the ground He was taken
into Mr.: Coyle's store, and his wounds were
being dressed, when a company Of thirty-tWo
mounted mon arrived In pursuit, bringing Lieut..
Jaeger They Immediately seized Sharp,
and, although both he and bis companion
begged for life, as they were already mortally
wounded, took them short distance from town,
and hung them in the bushes '.e -,
This happened on Friday. On Sunday morn
ing, body OF Col. Smiths Zouaves went to
Danville and arrested four citizens who were
understood to have been concerned In the trans
action Taking them to the outskirts of the
town, they made them get down upon their
knees, and shot them while In that position -
| Their bodies were then carried back TO their
families by their neighbors, some of whom had
been brought along tor that purpose. The
names OF the men shot were Granville Nunley,
Robert Terril, lawyer aud formerly editor Of
the Danville Herald, and man named Hughes
and his son. Nunley was not Immediately kill.
ed, but received ball through bis right breast
from which he died soon after being taken home
The others fell dead, receiving each severa
balls in the body. The same day two men were
shot near Mexico under the following circum
stances: Capt. Smith, commanding company
OF cavalry, learned that half dozen of the
men implicated in the hanging of Sharp and
Jaeger were in house about three miles from
town They Immediately started to captur,
them, and while approaching the house woman
tstsndipg at the gate gave the alarm to the Stat'
men, who were inside eating their dinner
i They Immediately mounted their horses and at
tempted TO escape, when the cavalry pursue'
and fred upon them, killing two, one of whom
was Capt, Moultrie, of a State company from
Mexico. The rest escaped. The soldiers stat
publicly along the road that they have receive,
lorders from their commanders not to take an
prisoners, but leave those whom they suspec
tdead on the spot where they find them. ..-..
On Sunday regiment, under Col. Hecker
left st. Charles for Mexico, the train whicl
carried them being ordered to oreturnimmediate
ly. Monday It did not come back, and a specia
train, carrying 500 men Of the Fifteenth Regi
ment, under Lieut. Col Ellis, and fifty cavalry
was sent out on the road to find the cause Of th
detention, and afford assistance il necessary. -
Sixteen cars were occupied by the troops, and |
was intended to uae the cavalry as ekirmisher
/ to clear the bushes on the route, IL the enem
should FIRE upon the train. About ten o'cIocl
at night, however, the missing train arrived an,
reported the road unobsnncted, and the safe az
rival OF the troops at Mexico. spt aitsg.sV ~
The following forces are now stationed alou
the line of the North Missouri Road: '7-S
i At st. Charles, $500 men, under comman
OF Brigadier- General Pope. A body of 800 ca,
airy are attached to the force. sra i1f'
At Peruke Bridge there is one company
Col. Boernsteln's Regiment. Isn-
AtWarrington,t the Seventeenth Illinois Reg
ment, under the command Of Col. Ross.
AT Montgomery, several companies OF Colon
Smith's Regiment Missouri volunteers. to'
AT Mexico, part of two Illinois Regimentl
under Coils Grant and Heoker. EtS fohsi1f
:. AT Hudson, three Illinois Regiments CON
manded by Brigadier- General Hurlbut. 1ilo-
AT Barrack Creek, two COMPANIES Col. Smith
Regiment. .5vi 9g.a1 .elGaT9o' q 7eaF
Il Al Rennick Station, four com panies Colon,
Palmer's Illinois regiment, and at Sturgeon th