Daily Democrat and news. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1859-1864, 1862-10-20


other day We made note Of the fact that Q
soldier named Herriek, from Jones eosniy, .
member Of the 3lst. had been found 10 the
river near Boston. H., and h cd been brought
up on the steamer Kate Cassel. In that item
We also etsted thst he had . bullet hole in
his head. This was q mistake. There wss
really no marks Of violence that could be
discovered on his person at the time Of the
post mortun,, the body being altogether 10 an
advanced etste Of decomposition.
Upwards Of three week, ago this unfortu.
pate man was in town, and in con papy with
a Mr. Davidson. also Of Jones county, saluted
with martial music the Grey Bearcs at their
Office. Some words that passed between Her.
rick an Davidson there led to the impression.
after the dead body OF the former was found,
that there had been T. al play en- the part Of
the latter Tne same night, IL 10 shown 10
TIE evidence before Coroner Tomeon, this
man Herrick ard another man, named Hand,
Visited q honss Of III fame on Main stree..
lfsftlck Requested Haud TO take him to such
a rla e. but ind dicatei one in another part Of
the city Hand vas better posted on the Main
street concern, and took him there. At the
door HeIrick WAS left OF the outside while
Hand went in ard -econnoitered. The tests
mony lie that Hand, finding the coast clear,
went out after . while to look for Herrick, but
cou'i not find him-he had gone.
-. 4 Al r.. Al.
not admit Hand. and that he and his friend
left together.
Thus far and no farther could the Coroner
trace the uafortuna to man. Davidson had
gone home when the corpse arrived here. hut
was sent for and got here on Saturday He
a straight and apparently honest story. No tella
one else knows anything about the matter one
way or the other, as far az has yet been learn
ed. Its shown that Herrick was not exactly
sober. lie might rave left the steps and gone
tor more liquor. and finally atrsggled down TO
the river, and fell in off from The wharf boat
or oiherwhere-. II is possible, also tbg. some
person, unknown, night have tax. D him to
the harf and knock ed him in, or after come
fight which resulted in bis death, carried
him down and thrown him into the river
Any number of thories might have been ad
vanccd and all of them be wrong. The chain
Of violence breaks at the house of ill>fame on
Main street, and there reems to be nothing
10 mend it with.
The Coroner has adjourned the inquest for
II. = a.. .1
.ranspirs TO throw light upon the case.
LT. FRANK SUFFER- AT lIoME.-LT
Frank Sniter. OF Company B, % lowe, artiy-
4 here last evening, and sto. ped at the
Penney lvana House. He vas wounded at the
ate battle Of Ccrin,h, the ball .trik ing Just
)slo " the knee joint and coming out behind
The wound is do!rg well, and to-day he will
From him we learned few interesting patti.
,ulars concerning the End, which will be il
,oint 1t this time.
The Second Regiment left Iowa oi6 strong,
md since that b as been reinforced With about
$50 men-making in all 1895 A. dress
parade on the evening after the fight, the re.
,iment mustered, rank and fife, l95-one
housand were gone. Oae thousand brave
heir country. They slunber al Done!son,
shiloh and Corinth-thev are manned and
catered throughout the country
At the battle Of CorInth the Second went
nto TIE fight with 3s men, when thu battle
Sas over l06 were killed and wounded. Three
ield and q line officers went into the fight
26 in all two Of the former and eight of the
after were killed-two-6fths of the whole
{ was perfect slaughter. Another one-L..
B axe, Of Company K, cannot live He is now
1t Cairo.
Company went into thu fight with Al
nusksts; one man was killed and sixteen
wounded. Captain Lttler took away over
,ne hundre men-but few, very few, are left
If that brave band. All the officers. original
,r promoted, are either killed or wounded. 1t
lal more native Iowa BOYS In it than any
,ther compsn7. The first man wounded in the
ate fight was young Quinn, of this O. nnty. He
las bad wound in the knee.
Ssrgt PAtten was badly wounded in the
hin. He was taken to Keokuk.
Color Corporal Morris got bad wound in
he hip. After Color Sergt Doo.ittls was
Morris lore the Gag brav ely until
le fell.
sergts Farr and Riley were both shot in
he neck, but not dangerously.
Levi Waite got very severe wound in the
hish-th ball passing clear through, leaving
! bad wound. Ell. Riley and John McCutcheon
we're wounded, but not very severely, also
Terry Murphy. r. Roberts had very severe
lesh wound in leg.
B. Seymour was hit in the shoulder and
read. The ball penetrated the skull 20 th.t
he surgeon could run in bic finger an inch or
two. Strange as it may seem, he ia getting
along well. and will probably recover. Aft
Allen was severely wounded in the leg, and
W. l.. Smith 10 the knee. Z. l. Morgan has
severe wound in the thigh, and Ii. II. Pos: in
The left arm.
There is but little left of the gallant B, but
they are OF the true grit.
Harry Doolitlle vas sho. through the leg
above the aukle.A flesh wound. He went to
Jack spsed's wound. .is severe !; he wss shot
10 the right brea.t. the ball coming out at the
back. He cannot lie down. He is at Cairo.
BoLTERs.-On election day a tele-
grarh despatch was sent from Davenport to a
Republican in THE city, for the purpose of be-
Ing used here At the polls. This desratch
stated that such Democr ats es Judge Mitchell,
Corbin. Dow and some others (perhsps Van
Esers and Brown were using their influence