Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1863-04-29
dispatch to the Cincinnati Commsrcial.1
- INDIANAPOLIS, April 10,

A serious riot occurred at Danville, Hen
bricks county, on Saturday. 1t had been
secretly given out that D. VOORHEES, would
speak, when crowd of mounted K. G..
C.'s rode into the place, armed and adorned
with butternuts.- This display of disloyal.
ty eau ed some excitement, and soon after
| a row ensued between Union man and
one of the mounted men. Revolvers were
drawn and fred, resulting in the wounding
of five, four of whom were Union men.
A boy thirteen years old, son of !. With
crow, Union, lawyer of Danvilie, was
shot through the abdomen, while walking
on the sidewalk, and will die. The but
ternuts retreated from the town immedi.
ately. VOORHEES, did not come, and no
| meeting was had.
The news spread throughout the county,
and by night two hundred and fifty Home
Guards assembled in Danville, to protect
the place from threatened attack of the
z. G.. O.'s
At Needham, in Brown county, Union
meeting was broken up yesterday by arm
ed Knights, led by Lewis Prosscr, for
merly member of the Legislature
Prosser, armed with rifle, threatened to
kill soldier, Sergeant Daniels, of the Sd
| cavalry, when his rifle was wrested from
d
| revolver and shot Daniels through the
heart, remarking to q follower, named
| Snyder, to shoot another soldier who was
present. Snyder fired, but missed his
| aim, the bali passing through lady's
bonnet. Capt. A. D. Cummings, of the
10th Indiana, who had visited the place
| to make Union speech, then drew his
revolver and wounded Prosser, breaking
| the bone of his leg.
Snyder was arrested and brought here
Prosser escaped, but will be brought in,
dead or alive, by squad of cavalry, sent
| out by Gen. Carrington's orders.
Gen. Darlington has issued an order de-
claring that members the secret society
known as the K. G. @. will be treated as
public enemies, and punished accordingly.
lie also declares the wearing of butternut
emblems disloyal practice, punishable as
other disloyal ofenses are.
AN EDITOR MoBBED BIZ BUTTERNUTs.
From the Indianapolis Evening Gazette
Our citizens are cognizant of the fact
that DR.. Ray. OF Cumberland, in this
county, and formerly editor of the In
diana Farmer, was attacked by some but
ternut desperadoes some two weeks ago
and driven from his home. The men.
dicted for assault and battery with intent
to kill. Two deserters, Rhodes and Inv.
ton, were also implicated in the afi.'-,
and one indicted. Since their attack en-
DR.. Ray, they have made such outrageous
threats against the citizens that they were
afraid to open their mouths, as their lives
were in danger. Day before yesterday
Deputy Sheriff Cramer arrested WATSON
here In the city, and yesterday he went
TO Cumberland to arrest the others. They
obtained information of the officers arri-
val, and Immediately after, on the ap-
pearance of the Deputy Sheriff and two
men who were with him, took to their
heels. The Deputy then returned and
called on General Darlington for assist
ance. The General gave him squad of
men, under the command of Sergeant
Browning, of Company III, Sd cavalry
They all proceeded to Cumberland last
night, mounted, and surrounded the hotel
kept by Metzger, and the grocery attach
ed kept by the Ferrels.
The deputy sheriff, who was assisted by
policeman Wilkins and Messrs. Powers,
Redstone and Adams, demanded entrance
to the hotel and searched it thoroughly
but unsuccessfully for Metzger. He then
went to the door of the grocery, knocked,
came for. They refused to open the door,
or even to aply, when he begged them to
peaceably permit him to enter, saying,
F" If you don't l shall be compelled to force !!
an entrance" They still refusing, he broke |
open the door. The men then opened fire |
on the sheriff and his party from behind |
the door, with revolvers. The sheriff and |
sergeant and three men, stepped into the
doorway, exposing themselves to the full |
fire of the three villains. They had to |
deliver their fire through the door; one
shot took effect in the mouth of Andrew |
Terrell, breaking his jaw. They then
cried OFT, s. We surrender ~ We surren-
der ! when the party went in to take |
them. One of the Ferrels then drew his |
knife on soldier, who placed his pistol |
on Ferreps breast and thr eatened to blow |
his heart out if he did net lower his knife. |
Ole man Ferrel refused 20 give up his pis- |
tel till forced, by the list OF policeman |
Wilkins to do so. The I'D man and his |
two sons, J. B and j. K. Ferrel, were then |
taken and lodged in jail, when the woun-
ded man had his his wound dressed, which |
has proved to be serious enc.
FREE PASSAGE TO LIBERIA,-It is under |
stood that on the first of May, tae packet |
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