Winchester journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1862-1863, 1862-10-31

+ - So - Ay'iiclSs 49, were nal
loaed back IN the crowd. | con
unued, and said, that | had start
ed TO the stable 10 see to nv
horse and came across Mr.. Mad
dox and stopped and talked with
bum; and | have saidnothing dis
respectful OF any of you-wnich
was true. All this transpired
within two minutes Of time. 4
kind of lull then occurred. |
saw a little opening in the crowd.
to my left hand, towards the
house; | started to the house;
the second or third step. was
trlPped and fell. A friend, whose
voice ! knew, stopped over me
and told me to get up and come
with hX into the house. dad
SO, and5t the instance of friends, |
was conducted 20 place of con-
cealment, where | remained an
hour or more, | should guess.
a friend then came and told me
that NY buggy was ready, and it
was agreed that | should get into
1t and 90 to Mr.. Jonas Votaw's. |
went with him to my buggy. sur
rounded by a crowd, got into it
and drove off. Soon alter ]
crossed the creek, Mr.. Vo:aw
came riding on behind me. We
went on to his house, put up our
horses, and went in, and | stayed
all night.
Next morning after breakfast,
while the mail was being opened
by Mr.. Votaw and lady, the sol
dIers' wagons came along, and
stopped in the road opposite the
house. One of them came in,
whom | knew to be the second
one who had spoke on the night
previous at my right hand, but
did not know his name. He
stayed in some five orten minutes.
cycling me sitting in the public
room, and then went out; and
after while they started off. Had
he, or any OF them, then offered
violence to me, should have
killed them. My friends had
furnished me arms, and | then
had them. Had | had them on
the previous night, | should hive
killed two men. am glad
that | did not have them; for
God knows that do not want
to she'd the blood ola feIlow-crea-
turc.
Brave men do not, hrteer or
twenty of them together, attack
single unarmed man, whether
they wear soldier-clothes,
shoulder-Straps, or have held a
seat in Congress. Coward> only
are cruel to tie weak and defense
less.
| remained publicly at Mr..
Votaw's till after dinner. By
the advice of friends, whose
counsel twas my duty to respect,
| did not 90 back to Portland,
but came home in ,he evening,
arriring there before dark.
As to the contemplate lies
about John Bowden, in the arti-
Gle:
sold him a farm in Jay coua-
ty. three years ago last March.
He has paid but about $50 Oh it;
and has had the use OF 1t for ionr
crops, worth $500; and has sold
off and destroyed tho timber.
He promised me a year ago,
when | took judgment Tor
Sl0S6.92 of the purchase money
then due and unpaid. that he
would pay 800, by Christmas,
and | agreed to wait year for
the balance without security, It
he made the payment; and il was
so entered in the record OF the
judgement. lie did not make the
payment, and | sued out execu-
ton, aud it was retired, no prop
erty found. In Nav last; he
promised me to pay $500 by har-
vest, OF surrundpr the title bond
without costs or trouble. lie did
not do it, and | wrote twice to
him afterwards, and could get
no answer from him, nor the
bond. About the first OF Sep
tcber, | had an offer for the land
st a loss to me Of only about
$500, and the offer was to stand
open ill Christmas. again
wrote to Bowden, reminding him
OF what he had promised. and re.
questing him to surrender the
bond, or | should take steps. at
the fall court, to sell out his
equity. He failed to answer,
and about that time volunteered.
| brought the suit; went out to
take my decree to sell out his
equity, and get my property into
my possession, which had a
clear, legal and equitable right
to have. lie. with the assistance (
of two others, got up the mod,
resulting as above stated, notwith /