The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-04-07
EHS Coles CeNnsy GerrcsheGd
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Charleston, I'll, April !.

completely in the na:defous aiiar o!
Monday.
w. A. Whit,cmore and McLain, two
notar;es, were busy yesterday aud to-
day, taking the a!liiavi,s OF those who
knos, anything of the circumstances.
George McNu,e, one Of the aeponen.a
makes affidavit that he saw John o.
Ha;r shoot q. the soldiers twice, and
that ut one Of the discharges he saw
james Goodrich fall. The Icponem
also saw Robert McL,in shoe; several
times st the sn!,:iars. lie also saw
Niles Murphy loading tic guns sna
handing them TO others 70 t.. lie
a.so saw John F'rszer, enc Of the leaders
in fact III. principal one, shoot several
times.
Marcus Hi testified that he SAW JOHN
| Frazer, Nelson Wells, dead, james g.
Hair, Jesse O'Hsir, John O'H.;r, and
Henderson q ,I,ir among The rebels
Tic heard James G Hair say il he could
&C. Msior York he wou,d be Satisfied
Samuel Eeckham testified that he
| saw John Frazer shoot three ti.aes 8;
tuiancl Mitchell.
f bert k:nha.l testified lie sag James
| OLA. sheet =. Lewis AulI.n. He SAW
John Fraser shoot at the soldiers.
| ID. y, Vail testified that be heard
Simon Hendricks asy he would rather
G.ht tor the Houth than the North.
David yohuscn testified !Lat he had
i.eard vrs.cr ,eli Hill thst he hsa better
| keep ga.e., for they, the rebels, had
| come fur ID clean ou. certain crowd.
Henderson O'Hair stepped up aud said
, den. enc OF you Democrats leave, for
We have come 10 attend IN this thing
anl we must stick together. O'.sir
also sail that the soldiers had been run
ming over Citizens and they were going.
10 clean the soldiers cut. lie saw Hen
darson @ Hair running with pistol il
Ills hand, aud shooting a. .he soldiers,
| Saw John Frazer on horseback shooting
a, The soldiers. James O'laiy, Jesse
| o lair, Frank Ta:en, and others, rush.
ed to their wagons and took their srns
and be heard one of She men say "Ey
God, tic town is ours"
The prisoners will be turned oyer to
the civil authorities for tya., unless
otherwise ordered by the General con-.
maniins.
A fasaging party went to John q.
IIs;r's this afternoons ana! L;on2h. back
:vs leads Of corn. iLcy .cuald learn
nothing Of him.
There il still some considerable or
c;semant in lhaffestoa, L.t in g less
degree. The people do not say much
bu. think more. Seventy five repeating
rifles we're brought IN Ill. morning fer
It. de.ences from s.. Loais.
Colone. Mitchell, Of the ) I'll, Illinois.
is appointed military commander, and
tie toYn is nnier martial law /; the "a
looms are all close! and 10 business is
soing. Al the approaches 70 tue town
are guarded by pieke's. There are
two hund.d and seventy ao' !'lierS there.
Everything Is qaiet AZ Ma',oon. Col
Cakes left for Springfield this evening.
ldaft;al law is revoked, and everything
is quiet. Colonel pugh, 0! the Aist II
iooif, asenmes command 10 morrow
There are rumors to the effscr that
about 200 rebels are encsmpad at Oak.
land, fifteen miles north Of Charleston,
bu. !, lacks confirmation.
Colonel Cakes, Colonel Mitchell and
Colonel Pugh examined good number
Of the prisoners at Mattoon. This morn
ing good number arc weak III the
knees and wish they were out Of the
scrape. Neatly all are wiling TO take
the oath and he allowed their liberty.
A few are persistent. John 3. KEEL.
Ter. formerly Captain in the lsoth
Illinois, acknowledges having drilled u
large number Of the copperbeads in
this neighborhood, some twenty-e,ght
| Of whom are deacrters from his own
| company in tho l3o,h Illinois. A scout
| went OH. today, but returned this even.
;ng without finding anything. 1t 9 re-
ported that Sheriff O'Hair, Of Coles
county, was 1T his fathers on Big Creek
on Wednesday afternoon.
learn the following this evening !:
Tho rebel leaders left Mega this even
ing, going east. A scout reports them
collecting near Prairie City. Their in
tcntions are unknown.