Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-04-23
Copperhead Outbreak In Indiana.
A Union Meeting broken tip and
an Officer Shot Dad.

Sopperheao outbreak in Indiana.
Union Meeting broken up and
an Officer Shot Dad.
Special Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gaze,e
~, INDIANAPOLIS, April TO-
Ihe citizens OF Brown county in this
otate attempted to hold Union meeting in
the Northern part of that county yesterdav'
but, upon assembling, found about 20O K
G. C.'s, armed with revolvers and sourrei
rifles, under the leadership of a potorious
Copporhead, named Lewis Prasser. an az.
member Of the State Legislature and
leading Democratic politician, who would
not allow the meeting to bo held.
Another place was then selected for the
meeting and Capt, A. ID. Cumming of tbs
! 10th Indiana, had commenced sneak;nS
when Prasser and his associates appeare3
upon :he ground. Prasser had rife and
revolver and swore that be would kill two;
OF them before night-moaning two ser.
geants who had been sent there some davs
previous to arrest deserters, and who were
ut the meeting Sergeant Daniels of com.
pany M, Third Indiana Cavalry, approach
ca FRASER anu asked him who he was 20.
lug to shoot. when Prasser attempted I'd
shoot him with the rife Daniels wrencbcJ
it frou him. when Prasser drew His revoI.
yer and shot Sergeant Daniels through ,bd
heart, killing him instantly, and shouted t6
an associate named Snyder to shoot IND
id s-n OF b-h-meanins Sergeant
Miller. Snyder fired at Miller hut missed
hiln. The ball passed through a lady's
bonnet, who was walking upon the oppo.
site side OF the street, without iniuring her.
captain Cumming seized rife from one
of the X. q. g. sand shot Prasser, wound.
ing him in the leg, and breaking the bone.
Snyder was immediately arrested and sent
to this city under guard. The most in.
tense excitement prevailed, but nofurther
difficulty occurred. Prassor is the law part
ner and political friend of Captain James
>. Hester, who resigned his commission I'M
the I'D Indiana because he was not promo
ted, returned home and organized the first
N, U' " lodge that was organized in Indi-'
ana; 1t Is said that he has had two hun
ared men who accompanied Prasser organ.
Brown county, for several DAYS, to protect
himself and about so deserters from arrest.
It was known that Sergeants Daaiels and
Miller were there to arrest them, and chat
they had their nanies; hence their desire TO
put them out of the way.
:. O iot OF bogus gold coin was found upon
Snyder alter he was brought to this citv.
Gen. Darlington has dispatched a suffi.
cient cavalry force to Brown county to ar.
rest all the participants in this disgraceful
aff,ir, and will issue an order Tomorrow
morning, declaring all persons who adhere
to the Knights Of the Golden Circle, their
oaths, &c, public enemies to be dealt with
as such. There will be no child's play in
Indiana hereafter -
The remains of Sergeant Daniels arrived
here this evening,
About nine o'clock yesterday morning, a
squad OF twenty mounted men armed with
revolvers, came into Danvie, Hendricks
county, about rs miles from this city, and
said they expected Dan. Voorhees, to speak
there that day. They all wore butternuts
and hourished their weapons in an cxtrav-
agant manner, damning Abolitionists, &c.
Finally one of them got into an alterca.
tion with Union man, when the firing be.
came general. A com mpaay of the Legion
was got together as soon as possible, when
the *. q. .. ) fed Six Union men were
wounded, and one, an innocent boy named
Witherow, mortally, while walking along
The street. The entire party are known to
the citizens OF Danville. They are regular
y organized, and recently undertook to take
down an American flag from house at
Cartersburg, in the same county