The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-10-27

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Is ohrs. 70 ync'oiiom 90 ssa@ w. F. E.
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Bill Aalderson's Atrocities.
About one o'clock Friday night, Bill An.
derson, who occupied Glasgow with com.
pany Of his men, accompanied by a Cap.
tain from. Galloway county. went to Lewis
house and demanded his presence. Upon
being told he was not at home, Anderson
said unless he was Immediately for.hcom-
ing, he would burn the house, but if he
made his appearance his life should be
spared. Upon this assurance, Mrs. John
3 Clark, motherof the rebel General Clark,
and D G Yorth, brether.in-law of Sterling
Price, were. stopping at Lewis house, Meth
er one OF whom, nor Mrs. Lewis. were allow
Teti't Is SAYS word. When Nc. Lewis ap.
peared, Anderson said: 81 have heard Of
you, and old Price has heard OF YOU, down
in Arkansas and Texas. You have dam
aged our cause more than any ten men in
the State! Anderson then. demanded Lew.
IS money or life, declaring he had vast
sums, that Lewis gave him about a thops-
and dollars; sayingit was ali he had. Bit
this did not satisfy him. and he commenced
a series of-outrages upon Mr.. Lewis, which
are almost unparalied,in the annals OF even
savage iwarAare!i They first knocked Lewis
down by a slow On the heal With His pistol
which was repeated several times both An .
derson and his aid, mingiing their blows,
with blssphemois and obscene curses. An
tdeTsonitherf stood Lewis Oh his hpad. doub
fied,Sin upgaaa lJdasn1pei upon Him. and
Anderson andthissCsptain PIT tho. muzzles
OF both their pistols in hismouth, and al
once cfammed'the idSwn his throat. cSok-
ing him terribly. asking him how he liked
thst This was repeated several times %
Anderson also made lLswiso Istand against
P.he wall and shot ste his legs dcross The
room hitting them. IN, then, placed his
pisto to Lewis knee, and fred down at his
feet, the powder burning his legs. This
was done twice. He also 'choked LEWIS
several times. Then taking his knife ont,
seized Lewis by the neck and' felt fbt his
jugnlar veiu. prickng it with the knife. and
giving an Indian yell. said: This old fellow
thinks more Of his money. than HIS Me, and
I'll cut his throatn After this Lewis was
taken from his house. guarded by Ander-
son, who went to hunt up what money he
could in town. He found two ladies'. who
vert to work to raise money for him. -
While the uroney'w was being raised. sAnder.
sen laid Lewis on the counter, Of a store,
and with his knife ripped his shirt-collar
open and slit his yes. and p.atsinf pieces
This was about two O'Clock in the morning
and Lewis having suffered for four hours,
was seized with chill AZ he lay on The
counter Anderson told his orderly to pile
some chairs on the ie.a Of the oil coon to
keep them still, which was done Finally,
Mrs. Thompson, cousin of Lewis. who had
raised all the money left in tho town. it
having been previously stripped by Prices
army, asked the Galloway county officer
with Anderson how much money 1t would
take to release Lewis. He replied five
thon ,and dollars. This sum she produced,
four thousand being in paper and one thous
and IN gold. This being done, Anderson
turned Lewis over to Mrs. Thompson, re
marking. as he did so, he would rather have
Lewis life than his money. Throughou.
the whole proceeding, Anderson frequently
initiated the Indian war-whoop. mentioning
the tribe he initiated. Lewis body is GOV
cred all over, from head to foot, with br,iis
es from the blows and fshots he received
Anderson would punch him every few min
utes with his piss1, besides often striking
him blows heavy enough to knock hin
down. His throat il sweifed. and'the in
side ofhis mouth is raw. ? To adj TO III
horror Of these onttagcs. Anderson and tn
Galloway county Captain, took a negro girl
10 or ] 3 years Old into another room, ant
both of them ravishel herby turns-on'
t0tGriTg Lewis. while The other was com
tn,ttirg the outrags On the negro gifi. :
This was dine while the rebel Genera
John B Clark's mother and Sterling Price,
brother In Jaw besides Mr. Lewis vile
were in The isatns house, And not permitted
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