The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-08-14
TIE EXECUTION.

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taken to Tednessce for that purpose.
They bade farewell to their wives,
daughters and sisters, directing them
TO procure the witnesses and bring
them to the colrtin Tennessee, where
they supposed their trial wonll take
place Alas! how little they dreamed
what fate awaited them!
HORRIBLE BARBARIrIgs.
The poor fellows had proceeded but
q few miles, when they were turned
from the road into gorge in the
mountain and halted. Without any
warning OF What was to be done with
them, five OF them were ordered to
kneel down. Ten PAGES in front OF
these Ave, file OF soldiers were placed
with loaded muskets. The terrible
reality flashed upon the minds of the
doomed party. Old man Wood go
years of age, cried ont: For Col 5
sake, men, you are not going to shoot
us? II yon are going to murder MS,
give MS ut leest time to pray Col.
Allen was reminded Of his promise to
give them trial They were inform.
Cd that Allen hui no antho 'ity, that
Keith was in command, and that there
was no time for praying. The order
was given to fire, the old men an |
boys put their hanls to their faces
aud rent the air with agoni ling cries
of despair, the soldiers wavercd and
hcsitate1 TO obey the command -
Keith said, ifthey did not fire instant
ly, he would make them change places
with the prisoners. The ssllicrs rails
ei their guns, the victims shuddered
convulsively, the word was gwen to
fire, and the five men fell, pierced with
rebel bullets. O.d men Wool and
Sheltoa were shot in the heal, their
brains scattered upon the ground, an |
they dill without struggle The
other three lirel only Il fev minrtes.
MURDER or BOY TWILvE YEARS OLD
Five Others were ordered to kneel,
among them Billy Sillton, 4 mere
child, olly twelve ears Oil H. in.
plorcl the mon not to shoot him in
the face. "Yol have killa nv faith
er and brothers, sail he, 'yol have
shot my father ia the face, do not
shoot me in the face" He covered
his fl,e with his han u. TIE solliers
received the orlpr u ire, AMI Eve
more fell Poorlit.,e Billy was woInl-
ell in both arms. lie ran to IN ollrer,
cla-ped him around the legs, and be-
sought to spare his life. "Yol have
killed. M O, father m | ny three bro-
thors, yol have shot ne in both arms
forgive Won I'll tis--I can ret well
L~' M. go home 10 my sisters -
Wllt i hrltt o. allnlnt the MAJ
mist hlre 'y1p roNl ii3'a.nr( 3i2l
al e3nell e.. h'tln ba,' W lcar-
gel h'rt 10 t. n,5r' cvncI.i,l, -
agniu the te,ri1e wD'l "iral WIS.,
given, anl he fell deal. ciSrg balls
hayrlr entarel his bolv. Th, re-
mlil'lg three wac murdered ii the
same ma lner. Those in whom life
waa not entirely extinct, the he lrtIess
oIl4c.s dispatched with their pistols
TnE BURIAL.
A hole was then d1g, m the thir-
teen bodies were pitrhe ! intoit. The
grave was scarcely large eao1Th, -
some OF the DO lies lay above the
rrolnl. 4 wretch name Scrgt. Y.
B d. jaw, Virginian. but attached
to T. II 7see company Of the Goth
North Ca olna regiment, jumped up
on the bleeding bodies, and sal to
some of the men: pat Juba for me
while | dance the d--l scom lrels
down through hell, Tac grave was
Co vered lightly with earth, AMI the
next day when the wives and children
Of the murdered men heard Of their
fate; searched for and tolnl their
grave, the hogs had rooted up one
man S bo ly, ana eaten his head OF
ToRrURiNG DEFGNcELEss woMEV.
Capt. Moorley, in charge of II caval-
rv force, aud Col Thomls in command
of n number OF indians, accompanied
Keiths men These proceeded to
Tennessee, Keith's men returned to
Laurel, anil were instructed to say
that the cavalry had taken the prison
ers with them to be tnel, in accord
ancc with the pledge OF Col Allen -
Inthcir progr ,ss through the 90 lntyy,
many Uuioa men were known u have
been killed an scllpel by the Iali-
ans. u Oh the retlrn Of Keith and
his men to Lllr2l, they began systcn
atically to tott Ire the wo nhn Of loyll
mrn. to force them ID tell wAece their
fathers an husbands were, anl what
part each hal taken in the salt rai
The wo men reflsel to diynlge any
thing They were then whippe with
hickory switc e. many Of them till
the blool coIrsel in strelns dowl
their persons to the grolnl, and the
men who did this were callei sol lier5!
Mrs, Sarah Shelton, wife OF E'al Shell
ton, who escaped from the town, ali
Mrs. Mary Shelton, wife OF Litls Slal-
ton, were whipped AMI hung by the
neck till they were almost dead, bat
would give no information, Martha
White, an iiiotic girl, was beaten, m !
ticl by the neck all lag to a tree.
A WOMAN OF 80 HUNG.
Ola Mrs Unis Ridlle, aged eighty
five years, was whipped, hang, and
robbed OF a consi e'able amount OF
money. Many otae5 were treated
with the same barharity. And the