Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-09-16

Prom the ouincy trn) Herald, SEPT 70.
Arrest of an Ex-Provost uar>haI-
The Grimes with which me -
Charged.
W X S'rachan, formerly Provost Marsh Il At
Palmyra, Mo was arrested in this city Tues
dav. by Deputy Sheriff James Short. in pursu-
ance OF the order Of Gen. SrhOfeld aud the Pro
vot Marshal Gen raj o Missouri. The order
for the arrest OF this nan Strachan vas brought
here some three weeks since by the Captain OF
the U. s Police At ST LDuis The city
thoroughly searched AMI IL WIS found that he
had been here within a few daTs but had made
his escape The U 8 p'lice officer left on his
return to St Louis the same evening. but lett
with Sheriff Steinagei written authority To arrest
Strachan soon he could be found. Strarhan
arrived in town on TUESDAY nv the 10 o'clock
train from Chicago, and at IL o'clock. or before.
arrested de was found at house on Fifth
street where 1T vas said he bad been in the habit.
when in the CITY. OF visiting some LADY acquaint
ances. He was taken at once To the Jail, where,
pursuant to order, he was locked up in close con
fnement. No person allowed u visit or
communicate with him Yesterday noon the
Captsin Of the U g. Police having been tele
graphed TO. arrived from St Louis and at once
took charge of the prisoner. Strachan was e.
corted TO the steamer Die Vernon. and was soon
after carried off in the direction of St Louis,
where We supDose he will be duly tried and con-
victe'i Of the charge upon which he was arrested.
he stands charged with having. while acting
Provost Marshal AZ p lmvra. emhezzled from the
Government some 800 00 or more. The proof.
We are told by tho>e who pretend to know all
about it, is ample and conclusive. rendering all
hope of honorable escape absolutely impossible.
He served in the capacity of Provost Marshal at
Palmyra for n more from and after the
beginning of the war In that capacity
assured by many witnesses. he was guilty OF many
other outrages and infamous offenses beside that
Of stealing from the Government He was IN the
daily habit. We are told. OF arreStins men without
any sort of provocation. and then demanding of
their friends large sums Of money u procure their
release from i'm risOnment
IL vas this fellow. Strachan. who, while acting
a. Provost VI rshil at Pslmyra, induced one
Col. Mcneil. who is said TO be better than
Srrachan himself. 10 issue order suppreSsing
the circulation Of the Herald in Missouri This
order rs our readers will rememl ,er. revok e
by Gen. Schofield. after which. il i said. this
fellow Strachan beiook himself to steilng and
other crimes sort Of revenge for the reHuke
that he got from Gen Schoipld. He mad IN un
accountable influence over Col. MrNeill He got
drunk with Men ell and GOT N n ELL drunk " hen
ever he saw proper, or whenever he had an object
TO accomplish.
II was this fellow Strachan that induced Nc
Neil 10 issue the order by which ten men against
whom crime was charged were sentenced 10 he
shot in cold blood. In this transaction Strtchsn
got himself into serious scrape for which he
few DAYS since indicted bv the Grand Jury
of Marion county We give the facts "a briefly
and plainly n possible, Just rs they have heen
stated to " by some of the best citizens of Pal.
mvra. On The morning appointed for the shoot
ing of those ten men the wife Of one of The men
thus condemned to he shot. came tn P,lmvra
with six little childreu-caled upon Strachan-
told hin her husband WAS condemned To he shot
that dnv and that these were her chifren-that
il her husband should he murdered she would he
unable to support the children and begged the
inhuman wretch with big tears in her ewes, 20
release him from the sentence Strach,n nj first
refused but the poor WON mans imDortumfieS were
So persistent that he finally told her il she would
raise him $500, and permit him to use her. he
would release her husband The heart hr zen
woman cauvassed the town of P.lmyrs aud
found she could raise the sum OF money required
Mr. Reverly, of Lagrange, Missouri. called 1T
our office some DAYS ago and told Us that he fur
nshed 1910 of the amount, and that he had
Strachan's receipt for il in his pocket. The
money WAS rasei-Strachan pockered it-com
PEELED the poor. broken hearted, afflicted woman
TO submit to his hellish lust, and released her
husband
against NIL the nobler impulses and instincts of
human nature. he has been indicted by the Grand
Jury of N iron county. As his loath-
some carcass can he had from the court martial
at ST. Louis he will be taken To VI ,ron county
and tried convicted and punished for the infqm
Gus crime of rape-and rape under the mo,t
he 'rt rending. humiliating and aggravated cir
cumstances.
sub is the late Provost Marshal of PALMYRA.
;fsb ,,f al
OF all political parties is to he relied rDcn. We
could wish that none of these things were true of
him; but these are not one half of the crimes ha
stands charged with