, 1864-05-14

sheriff, by request Of another party, 80 we
are informed, dispatched the following note
to Gen. White:
viii you turnish me- guard as soon as possible.
10y 11fA. 1868. Sheriff Ssuss:mon Co.
Gen. White Immediately responded By is.
suing the following order:
I1cnt. Col. Starr, 9Th I1;roiz, will Immediately
risc ard tule co1au,aad Of Ill u,en he Gu gsk aa
plsee them urder the orders Of the Sheriff.
While the order was ont for the guard, aud
tie order OF Gen. White was beIug i5sued, The
excitement became Intense Another revolY-
CT. was procured, it is said, by:a person
whose name We withhold, and placed in the
htnds Of Young Glover. The crowd then
WIS confined; the inmates, the Sheriff, and
ft;-..al e..*H1 =. ic.ze.:-e. ..ic :.1.@ -
Ii: Increasing crowd ,zpoc tie stsi-,, on3 MS
ore ot theI. said, .*eappo.ia3 1t to be the
grard," optneu the door. Just at this time
Tic excited crowd, with yell TINT wonll nl-
mtst curGle the blood, rushed for the room.
We are told that, at this moment, young
Closer fired six shots in rapid succession At
thepr1sonrr, who was at the time lying upon
q btnch, only one Of the shots taking effect,
inll citing wound in the thigh, and causing
tie wonLded naan to fall upon bis face on tha
hocr. After the shots had been fired, several
men in the crowd outside ofthe Court House
spp2osng, the nIa p5eSSner S dsaS s1ied th5oT
lar expressions. At this stage Of the pro-
ceedipgs General White arrived, and went
10 the court room,' mounted bench.
and .tldrts6ed the crowd.in few words, In
which he referred. to the enormity OF the
crime for which the prisoner was held, and
assured them that the man should not escape,
md urged them not totommit any indlgnlty
upon the person Of wounded man, who un-
doubtedly was about to die, and asked 1t, for
the honor OF the city and the community,
that all present should 60 to their homes and
leave the prisoner In the custody Of the law
tul civil o1icers; requesting oil who would
comply with his request to hold up their
huudp. A very general response was given,
few, however, remaining around the door
of the room in which was the prisoner.
While this was going on the guard aTrivedin
charge Of .Capt. ). II. Marble, ana were
halted in front Of the Court House. Con
White then addressed the citizens present,
written request Of the sheriff Of the county;
that they were not brought there for the pnr-
pose Of having collision with tho citizens,
but simply to sustain the authorities in their
efforts to maintain the supremacy Of the
law.
His remarks were listened to with marked
interest, and d cheer WAS given in token Of
appreciation, after which the crowd retired
and left the prisoner under the care Of the
sheriff and Dr.. Anderson, who had been call
ed to attend upon the wounded man by the
request OF Sheriff Hicks. We obtained per-
mission to see the prisoner, and learned from
him in answer to questions, thnt his name
was John II. Phillips, formerly from Phl1a
delphia, where bis iather, William Phillips,
now resides; that he was unmarried, and 50
years Of age; that previous to the war he
had worked for Mr.. William McCor1nfc, iiV-
Ing on the Jacksonville. road, and also for
several other persons whom he did not name !;
that he enlisted in the It'll Illinois infantry,
in this city, and was now here on fnrlough.
After the arrival Of the guards. the prisoner
was removed upon bed to the jail, where
he died last evening at about six o'clock. Ho
made no other revelations in relation to HIM
self than those We have stated above.