The Camden daily journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1864-1864, 1864-11-22

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The Murder of Six Confederate Prison.
ers at ST Louis Partic cu1ars of the
Il Execution.
Several. paragraphs have been publishec
!. from the latest ankce papers, announcing tli'
intention to shoot six Confederate soldiers il
retaliation for six Yankees who we're killed
during General Prices expedition. TIE mur
des took place at ST. Louis on the 1st instant
Six goafederases were elected from the prison
ers In tie Gratiot street prison, butone oftheM
proving "a have been y teamster, his name lSas
stricken from The death roll aud that Of George
r. Bunch, ,,of The Third Missouri Cavalry, wa;
substituted. The men @ere,,not informed oi
their fate until the day Of execution. The St,
Louis Deqtocrdt giges The following details.ai
their murder: .Sbas S s. ID is,g9S
AT about two o clock, on Saturday afternoon,
the six men were take n from the prison, placed
in a coSefsd Rag6n, ahdscscorted o.the place
of execution by d detachment of the Tenth
Kansas, followed BY q number of other SOL
diers,. and By few citizens. Fort No. i, d
short distance: south of Lafayette Park, was
selected as the place Of execution, and ID
that point the procession marched without
music. : 4 .5. 4 # .,ss 4 B i6: ii.i ~ II
On theswest side Of the fortssix posts had
been set in the ground, each with seat at
tsched,e ,eand2each tied with strip of white cot.
ton cloth, afterwards nsed in bandaging the
eyes Of the prisoners. Fifty flour men were
selectedas the cxecutioners, forty -four belong
ing to the Tenth Kansas aud stento the Forty
FIRST Missouri Thirty-six. Of these composed
Che front firing party, eighteen being reserved
in casethe5 should not doithe work tfFeciual;
9ly. ~, 4 = sSlfi 9sss ~
Abept three O'Clock the ;prisoners.arrised
on tbestaround and sat down, attached to the
posts They all appeared 10 be more or less
affected, bat, considering the circumstances,
remained remarkably firm. Father Ward snd
Rev. Sfrs MeKim spoke 10 the men in their
last moments, exhortingitbem topuvl heir trust
in God; The row ofposis ranged north aud
! south, aud at the first on The north was Asa
v. Ladd, on HIS left was George Nichols, mex,
3 Harvey Y H.. Blackburn, George IT, Bunch,
Charles eWs .Minniken aud James w. Gates
I.add and Blackbnrp sat with.perfpct calmueSs,
with tfeirieyes ixsd on the ground, and did
not speak Nichols gave no sign Of enlotiptl
ut first, but sat. with seeming Indifference,
scraping the ground With hiseheel. He, asked
one of che surgeons if there was any hope Of 4
postponement, and being assured that there
{, was none, be looked more serious, and frequent.
ly calculated, aIerd, have mercy ON my paol
souip' Again he said S"0, to think otsthe
news that will 60 tcfaihsr and lncther.p' Z,
After Che reading Of tfesentence by Colonel
Heinrichs, Minniken expressed desire to say
few words He said: &. 81 3a.,.i:sii
Soldiers and all sofI you who.hear me, take
warning from me-. Fl lave been d Confederate
soldier four yeais and have served my country
faithfully, { aninow TO be shot for what other
men have done, thai I had no, hand in, ant
knew nothing about never was guerrilla
and am sorry to be shot for whatI had moth
ing to do with, and what / am not guiliylof
When I!took prisoner I always treated hin
kindly and never harmed q man after he sur
rendered.. u hope God will take me to hi
bosom when I am dead. o Lord be Will
meD ssss s... \, :, Z. ,5g e. ,,55,; {; 90
Whilet the sergeant was -bandaging his eye
Minnikei said Sergeant, Ition't blame you
S / hope we wiilall.meet in heaven. BOYS
when you kill me, kill me dead 49,, a't.,
The eyca afs ali heinr handaoad tbou h,d