Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-10-15
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The C5Rf=Ierz.s pspsFs oisen publish tales Of
I dps7s co1sui-ts3 by cuT Invaders Rhich are so
harribio sbss laa reader. aad especially the for
ciqn fss5er, Deems than greatly eKsggaFglsi.
Tka Yszkes pepels thensa.vas. however, have
IN some casss tae ccaraFs 90 tell r=s HRsn, and
fram one OF taem, ihs QuiHGy (Il-) Herald
We get the following additional facts rslzsivs 30
tho most hratai rlu.d,r committed since tha
var. " R St-stchan, tha Uu,ssd States pro
Tos' nsrshsi At Palnyrz, No, has been arrested
IN Quincy for enbozzl ng SO coo ef Uuised
States fznds. The Herald gives tbs ieI0Eing
history Of his Eend ia humsR shape:
He served "a ths capacity Of provost UsTsaGl
q Palmyra for 3 year OF mere from and after
/ the beginning o. the var IN thst capacltys we
are assured By many Witnesses no was guilty
Of Eiany olhel casTagss and inismons oHsBsss
beside ira Of stss.inE from Tia Government,
he was IN ths daily hsbi1, toad, Of arrest
ing uzea Wi.haut any soif OF pr1vcc2h7ni and
+hs1 cemHn6iEg tr0rz treir frieuCs isrgs Sums
CT zcaeT 70 p-ocErs their rsse=ss fan Ls-Ys-zon-
msHt
Il was this f5Ilow Srac5an 8he, while acting
as provost marshal at Palmyra, hzd 50 HHsc-
-eountsble influence over Col Mcneil He got
drunk with Mcneil, snd got 1IcEsilI druGk
Whenever be saw proper OF whenever he had
an objecl to accomplish L was this fellow
StTschan that induced Mcneil TO issue the or
der by which ten men, sgAiast whom no crime
was charged, were sentenced 10 be shot q cold
blood. Ia tbis transaction Strachsa got himself
into a serious serape for which ne Wss few
day aiaee Indicted BY che grand jury sf Marion
county.
We give sbs fsess as brisay and plainly as
possible, Jgst Is they hsvs been ststsd 70 Us By
some Of iAe best citizsns Of Palmyra On the
morning spReiHted for the shooting Of those ten
msn, the wife Of one Of the men thus condemned
70 be shot saBs to Palmyra with SIX HtEle ebil-
drsn-ealled uP5a STsehan-told bin her hus
band was cozd- mDed 70 Be- saot thst day and
that these were ker ehilzrsn--bzt 81 her hugbsnd
should be murdered she would be- unGbls to sup
port her children, and begged the iRhu2an
w7etsh, with big tears in hsF eves, 60 release hin
from the zontsurs S.raobsn a. first refused, but
the pocr wsmsn's opportunities were 90 persist
eut that be anaily tod her if she would raise hun
$500 and permit him to use hsr, be would re-
lease her usbana. Tie hssrt-br0ksn woman
eanFaBsed ibe town Of Palmyra, and found she
c0uld raise The sum Of money requires. Mr
ReveIy, Of LsGrange, No, called az eur Office
some days sgs snd told as that he furnis ned /
$500 Of the sgnOUas end had SsTschan' 's receipt
in bis pocket ior it- The money was raised 4
Srschsu Psckeied il, and compelled the poor, !
hesrti5r0ken, sficted woman 50 submit TO Als !
hellish lust, and released her husband.
For this crime =gsicsl Gsd, sgainst lay, 4
against al ths n0bler impulses and instincts Gf 4
auEssn rstE1e, be has been indicted By tde grand /
aTy q Aarion county. As soon as his loslh-
some csrcEss can be had from the court martial
a. g. LOUIS, he viii be taken to Marion county
and tired, convicted and punished for the in
,zmouso crime Of Taps-Rnd a rape under tse
most hesTlTendinys humiliating and aggravated
circumstances. Such is the late provost mar
shal ct Palmyra. If the testimony O f the first
cIzsHs Of that pace, Of all political partieg i
.9 be rolled Up0s. We would wish thet aans of
ihsse things were true 20 him, but these are not
ons-hah OF the eriaes be stands charged with.