Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-23
From TIE Louisville Democrat.
How John Morgan Got his Three
Humid red Horses


John Morgan i good AZ playing joke
sometimes as he i At horse stealing. aud the fol
losing inciden, will prove that on this occasion
he did little of both atthe same time. During
his celebrated tour through Indiana, be, with
about three hundred and fifty guerrillas. took oc-
casion 10 pay visit to a lille town hard by.
while the main body were marching on" Dash
ing suddenly into the little burg" he found
about three hundred home guards each having
good horse tied to the fences the men standing
about in groups awaiting Orders from their aged
Captain, who looked a il he had seen the shady
side Of some sixty years. The "Hoosier boys"
looked At the men with astonishment. while the
captain ~ent up TO one of the party aud asked:
Whose company is this!'
"Wolford's cavalry said the Reb.
What Kentucky boys! We're glad to see
you boys Whar e Wolfordf"
There he sits" said a ragged. rough Reb.
pointing TO Morgan, who was sitting sideways
upon his horse
The Captain walked up to Wolford (as he and
all thought and saluIed him:
Captain. how YOUR
Bully How are your What are you going
to do with all these men and horsesl"
Morgan looked about.
We'll, YOU see. that id horse thieving
John Morgan is in this part Of the country with
parcel OF cut thrOats and thieves. and between
you and !, II he comes up this way Captain.
we'll give him the best we've got in the shop"
"He's hard TO catch we've been after him for
fourteen days and can't see him at all" said
Morgan. good naturally.
Ef our horses would stand FIRE we'd be all
right"
Wont they stand?"
mo. Captain Woford, 'spose while you're
restin you and your company put your saddles
on our horses and 90 through little evolution or
two by way of a lesson to our boys I'm told
you're hOSs on the drill, and the only man Nor.
gan is afraid Of" Wolford (as it were) alighted
and ordered "hs boys" to dsmount, as he wan
ted to show the Hoosier BOYS how TO give Morgan
awarm reception should he chance to paw them
@visit This delighted the Hoosier boys, so
they went 70 work and assisted the men 10 tie
their old, weary, worn out bones TO the fences
and place their saddles upon the backs of their
fresh horses, which was soon done, and the men
were IN their saddles. drawn up in n line and
ready for the word The boys were highly elated
at the idea of having their pet horses" trained
for them by Wolford and his men, and more so
to think that they would stand fire ever after
ward
The old Captain advanced, and walking up to
Wolford (as he thought.) said: Captain are you
all right nowY' Woliord rode up one side of the
column and down the other, when he moved to
the front, took oil his hat, paused and said, Now
Captain am ready: II you and your gallant men
wish to witness evolution which YOU perllap.
have never seen. form line on each side of the
road and watch US closely as we pass" TIL,
Captain did MS he directed lot of lade:
were present on the occasion, and all was IA:
silent maden's sigh.
"Are you ready2"
"All right. Wolford," shouted the Captain.
Forward. shouted Morgan, Is the whole col.
umn rushed through the crowd with lightninr
speed. amid the shouts and huzzls of every on,
present-some leading n horse or two a. the,
went, leaving their Irail teuements of horsehesl
tied 10 the fences, to be provided for by the citi
zens. II soon became whispered about that i
was john Morgan and his gang. and there Is no
man in the town who will '-own up" that he
was gulIed out of horse The company dis
banded that night. though the Captain holds the
horses as prisoners of war. and awaits ar ex
change