, 1864-10-06
TWO United States marshals NEaYIQfd
aud d uGueTed In Iowa.

IRON Lne OaEal1Oen nHefalQ-eXffa-Oct, IL =
On Saturday. Oct. 1et, in Sugar Creek Tp.,
Woodruff, Of Knoxville, and ]. L. Bashorc,
Of Centetville. were raylaid and In cold
blood murdered. The particulars of this
dastardly affair as We get them are rs fol-
lows:
Several drafted men Of Sugar Greek having
failed to report at the Provost Marshal's OF.
flee, Deputies Woodruff and Bashore we're
sent to Inquire the reason, or something to
thst effect On going to the ne,ghborhood
they met Mike Gleason, aud, after some con-
veleation leading them to believe that he WAS
ali right, they disclosed their business and
he preferred to assist them In finding the
men, The Maruhals made an arrangement
1ltir horses and obtained some refreshments
themselves. But wbllt the Marahsls werefaed
Ing. Gleason vent to Miller's saw mill where
tho Copperbea ds had met to drill, Rs was their
custom on Saturday. The military conpau7
soon difpersed. After feeding, Woodruff
men. as they wtre passing aloug the road.
they were suddenly fred upon by squad Of
men concealed In the b7shes. Woodruff was
killec trttan1Jy, haVlrE t.o balls through
his head and hun ber In Els body. Bashore
was but slightly wounded He jumped out
Of the buggy. but was Immediately sur.
rounded by The Coppethends, and several
ours were leytled at him, aad among theo,
was Gleason, who had bet1a3 81 the Marshals.
Baebore sppealed to them 10 spare his lite.
He told them that THEY were strangers to
hfm-that he bad nothing again6t them-was
simply dischsrging his duty as en- officer,
ard btgged them not to kill him.
Al this Point he was shot in tae bAck,
the ball entering near the sionete. Ba-
shore then shot Gleason, breaking his leg.
Bakbore fen, whether be was shot again or
not does not appear. But after he was down,
U1cast ., y ho Vas not so badly wounded but
lie could Nals, came up to him aud struck
inficiigg 3tsehtlul wound and breaking the
gun By this time the ether Copperheada
lad left, tbfokIng doubtless they had sue
.ceeded 10 killing both the ofHcera- A hslt
an hour Liter neighbor who heard the firing
came tlht way auu the wounded men were
carried of and Gleason put under arrest.
| Bash0re lived four or i've hours, and told all
| the particulars OF the assassinAtfon to jams
| s. Cravt nf, at whose house he died, aud 9th
ere. John F!eener, Samuel Fltener and Per
| r. McFar]ald d, 6upt osed to be tue principals
in this colc.blood.d crime, have escaped aud
are still at 1aIge. Hon. ]. 3. G1inneN has Of
fired a reward Of $500 for their arrest a2d
ccnIlcttCn.
On Sunday three or four hundred citizens
were collected ut Crayeus. The murdered
| ntn, both OF whom hal been soldiers,
| Woodruff Of the Sd cavalry and Bashora ol
The bfh cavalry, were y Ing therc with all
their ghastly WouncB pleading for justice
and revenge. 1t was Nth difficulty the ex.
aspe1attd crowd We're rtstrained from string.
it G up Gless6n without judge or jury. Our
tn:0lM ant left the scene ut four O 'cl0ck Sun,
day afternoon, when parties were securing
the neighborEood f.r the Fleencrs sud 9th
ers, and arrangements were made for bring.
irg the bodies OF tee slain and the prison
e1s 10 Oskaloosa,
Sugar Greek ia one Of the hardest aad most
Eo1otious coppe1head holes IN the State
The Fleeners are brothers-it-laT to Myers
who lillsd Alloway last autumn, and they
were also implicated In that horrii murder
There can be little II any doubt that these
assaseinafiops are in accordance with the
p1an already adopted aud sworu to by the
secret order of Coppe1heads In Iowa. They
have sworn that no officer who goes out ever
to notify them OF the draft shall return alive
The tine, If it ever esisted, tor dealing leni
entity With auch men as these, has past. Tns
officers Of The law should at once d:termin,
to visit swim and terrible punishment ol
thoft who resist their authority.