The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-12-01

after him, he could not Hnd him. Mrs.
Thompson kept h the shadow as weii as she.
could, and succeeded in reaching her house
through by-street, with the rescued mar
tyr. God forever bless sIch women IL
was Mrs. Thompson who finally saved the
life OF Mr.. Lewis, for Anderson was more
furious when he missed him than at any
other time during the night and had he
caught him then, wonld undoubtedly have
killed him. q s5f
Of course, amidst the general terror that
existed during these terrible scenes, all the
circumstances that transpired could hardly
be remembered in their order. Hs acs an,
them as nearly so as 1T is possibl (, ohtw
them. Some details, hover - ~ AVA
attested by several witnesses. -r ta
out Of their regular order. ATM
/ When Bill Anderson was to
Lewis, Dickey, little boy of the friends - and n
pealed not to abuse his father so. \. -
Anderson turned deaf ear Mrs. Lss,-,1., - !
one time undertook 10 reason with Ander-
son, and convince him that she had given
him all the money there was in the, house.
He called her liar, and said the wife of
Ben Lewis could not speak the truth; and
at another time said he would not believe
Union woman under any ci-cumstan ces.
While at Lewis house, Anderson said he
had killed Union men until he had got sick
of killing them, if there was any such
thing; and he also said he had killed Union
women, and was going to kill more Of
| them.
Going into the room occupied by the ne
gro woman, Anderson asked her something
about her master, and when she< spoke Of
him as Mr.. Lewis, (Which Mr.. L.. teaches
all his negroes to do,) he cursed her for not
calling him master, and fired a pistol at her,
which fortunately missed her.
mentioned in my former despatch the
ravishing of young negro girl by Ander-
son. Not only was that true, but am OBJ b a
liged to add another chapter to this brutali- nas
ty. Tho next morning after Anderson's =
outrages, squad of his men came to the :.
house of Mr.. Lewis inquiring for him. Nei-
ther himself nor his wife were at home, the
latter having gone to visit her husband
where he was concealed. Being disappoint-
ed in not finding Lewis. they demanded
breakfast for forty Of Mrs. Clark, (the rebel
General Clark mother,) who was alone at
the house with q nurse who had Mrs. Lew !
is babe. She told them the cooks andkSe
other negro people had all left, having been ! I
scared away by Anderson the night before. q
They made her send for two negro women =
near by, who cooked their breakfast, and af-
ter this was done, Anderson's men, outrag- 0
ID tie tico sco,nen scho had cooked their,
0reakf fast, and told them if Mrs. Lewis had :.
been there they would have treated her in
the same way.
Seeing Mrs. Lewis babe in the arms Of
the nurse, one Of the men hurled wash
bowl at its head, and tried to kill it. but the
nurse managed to escape with the child.
They then inquired for grown daughter
of Mr.. Lewis's and being told (which was
the case) be had none they insisted that he
had, and swore they would carry her away
WIN 'aen' ihey "ero esPecahy oehs on
gaining possession OF what they supposed
to be Mr.. Lewis's daughter, and had any
young lady been stopping at the. house at
the time, as is often the case, she might
haye met dreadful fate. O. ye lady sym.
path'zers with the rebellion think OF what
your boasted chlvalry Is coming tol Not
thus did the ohivary OF the good old 'Crus-
aiding days demean themselves. Do not
think you can avoid the issue by saying
tnat Anderson does not belong to the Con-
tederate army-that Price IS not RESPONSE
bie for his acts. JAs1 your sister secession
ssts Of BoonusNe Ask those who were
present at the interview there between Ster-
ling Price and Bill Anderson, when Price
rcompAmented him upon his galiantry, and
said he "w,shed 70 God he had fifty thous.
and such r There was an old lame negro
man whom they maitreated most shameful
", beating him until the blood ran down at
his heels In fact, every human being,
male or female, old or young, hale or lnhrm,
that Was in any way connected with Mr..
Lewis, BY social relations, business assocla'
tions, or ties OF consanguinity, came IN Tor
. share Of cruelty. From the aged cripple