The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1863-06-29
The Yankee Raid il Tennessee Murder and
FiiIaee.


FiiIaee.
As uauai the Yankees who Iaided on knCX.
vile lave very Qu.e.iy hoped through Chand-
ier's Gap, in Lac county, Toun and got safely
into kentucky. The Confedelates were cali
around them az the teiegrams assured as, but
Chaudler's Gap was not closed. They mur-
dered DE-. Harvey Baker, rromiusnt paysi
cian residing near Knoxville The Register
eives ,an ac:onnt Of the brutal affair
DR. Bakers house is abou. ten mics below
Knoxville, On tie mann Western road On
itfiday afternoon last he told his wife a: Il
family ho couI.i do no good staying a. home
and believed / c woud coIna up to town where
la lSy.it la of soma assistance ia It's defence.
lie gjt h!1 sun aud was in his yard when IL
Yankee redo up nIii fr. ,nted his suu at him.
Dr. E tod lin. Lot to shoot, tha. Ae IVES a CHI
zsr, xni d.i I;ot teloag 70 tho army. Bat
tbs soldier in placs of desis,ing rsi.ed his
ann to his fac, To tako sight, aud fred, Dr.
Il trina a. about the same tims. DR.. Is then
went into his house aud locked tho door 9,
sending his t.nily up stairs His VITA insisted
he 6hoaia - up Stairs with thsm, which he
did soon after. Iu & short tiEa The colder who
had fred on Df. Baker brought up II large
number Of suel, who surrounded tho houss aud
commenced firing through the windows on
both sides demanding that the msn in tic
E~.uso should sure nier. Mrs Baker came
10 the window aid told them there was no
iii til ia the IGuse nut her huebald, aud if they
9ouii cease iiFiDg h9 would surrender. They
continued Etls, and Doctor Baker came ~
tbs window once Or twice, Gnd told them there
Was no man i'll the house but hm2eif, aud ii
they would cease Esii.g he you'd surrender.
i.ut wherever he presented himGelf st the
wi,,dow they died ON hil, and he returned
lie ire with hi1 pistol. In Il fsV miau.eA 4
Nunter Of them Lroke open tha lower doors
/ Ana entered the house, and commenaet hfins
IblOugu ths ceiling into tie room whore DIR
| Baker and his family were. Taey then went
! up Tia e;asirway aud demanded that the men
! e!iouid come out and surrender. Mra Is .ker
! came 0nt and told tslem there WSs M maa Ia
tho l.nnse except r. Baker. aiia ii they would
not Ii mon him lao would coma OUT. III ey
ordered her to 20 away from tie door or they
| would shoe; her DR.. Baker then pulled his
| ~ ifs III Tia. aHd thyew~tiss .ioor oren --
| They fired upon hin with their gana, an,i be
rstulped the lire With lis pistols. Tie Yam
| kees psaseut, having exhausted t.,osr am Iu.
| iaitiou, threw their gans, with fixed baJonets
/ st niuihe throwing the gaus back agtin q,
theg. A number of Yankee reiuforcenents
s,.-n came up with loaded guns AMI fired
. u veliay as him, ihiic;iag Two mortal
: would.. Dr. Il. lad to bis wife, They have
| kaIlsi Me- and fell /; MS wife, In eudeavoTing
10 support hin, fell with Eia. The Yankees
| then entered the room-oae Of the n who had no
| bly onet Oh his gnn, jotted Lin ia the mouth
v iLh tho sauzzls Of Lis gu.; another run his
, bayonet through his cheek; others struck him
Oh tie head; one raidaa pushed Mrs. Baker
| aside IRON her husband with his bayonst. d.
] Baker askedto be turned OH his side aud asked
| f,r water. After i,e drank he observed to the
crowd Of Yansess around him that they we. &
s. aoowartiy ret vi scDIn6fe!s-so many Of them
| t. assault ana murder oIo mau.
| Two Of tie Yankees were dangerously, il
Eos mortai!y, wounded Tnsy went Oh to the
! .lex. houso aud had their Weuads dressed, and
! said Dr. B sker was the gaalsst man they eve
saW. DR.. Baker wa3 ono of the earliest o.
oar ctlzens To espousa tho canss Of ths South
and waa al ardent seeessiolist froni the b >
siuning. We have no doubt some renegade
tory fr ,M East Tennessee had given tbs Yam
kses full Information about ID. Bakers senti
nents and his activity La tho cause Of the
South, and that they iatenaed " ssiz, upon
some pxe.encs 10 murder him
After tae c,wardty seeundrels had rurjers.
her husband, they commeacsd r0bbing his wiz
Of hor jewslry, and carried vi svsrysLin,
they could tiud 0f value that wAs eAsy 10 b.
concealed Among other things, they took 4
bgeastpin containing Q Hinialuso hksuess .
DR.. NakefJ1st Ia gold
TIE Register Aas several accounts of III