The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1864-07-16
The ParkriIla Rnih.

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ParkYille raid from the Leavenworth Times,
as given by a correspondent of that paper /:
LEAvENwoRTH, July 8, 1864
EDITOR T1MEs.-As various and conflict
ing rumors are in circulation concerning
the capture of ParkTille, for the informa-
ton of all parties concerned I will give you
some Of the particulars.
Between the hours of and o'clock a..
M, on tie 9TH inst, just before sitting
quite body Of men, dressed principally in
Federal uniform, coming down Main street,
in the direction of my house. When near
ly opposite tie house, my wife cried out,
''My God they are bushwhackersr l
stood still until they had passed, and then
got my revolver and ammunition and start
ed for the quarters where our men were.
My wife, who was in the door watching
them told me not to try to get to quarter s,
that they had them surrounded, and wer e
firing on the company. They took pos
session of Widow Williams house, which is
directly opposite the door of the quarters,
on the side Of the hill above, raised two
windows, took two Union ladies', Mrs
Jackson and Mrs. Pollard, and placed them
in the windows, firing from behind them d.
Others took positions behind the houses
near by. The detachment fred only fe
rounds, hitting but one man which did not
disable him.
During the firing. George G. Mitchell,
who lives in one corner of the house where
the company was stationed. fred two
rounds, and on turning indoors to get an
other gun he was fred at, three buck shot
taking effect in the small of his back. At
the same time, his wife was shot in the left
breast. Both wounds are serious.
Lieut.. George w. holland, who succeed
ed in getting 10 quarters, was wounded in
the thigh A flag of truce was then sent
in, carried by citizen of the town, who
was forced TO do it. He said none Of the
bushwhackers would come. Lieut.. holland
told them that he had but ten men, (the
rest being cut of, he would surrender, pro-
vided his men were not mistreated. He re-
ceived this promise, marched the men out,
and set their arms up against house. The
men were then paroled, which parchment
read as follows 'L. B. Wilson, private,
E, SD regiment E. II. NJ, is
hereby paroled by G. F. Taylor, Captain,
G. S. A." This was my brothers. parole
He had to write it himself, as none of the
guerrillas present could write.
p Among the other outrages committed out
in town, was The murder of Isaac Brink, of
F, 10th K. V. c., who was at
home on furlough. His wife was lying at
the point Of death, and he had come into
town to get lee for her, when he was sto p
ped by young Sewel and another man. !
Sewel asked Brink for his belt. Brink re-
Piled that he had d revolver, and wished TO |
know what would be his ia.5 - f lie L1 gave it /
up. Sewel replied, "You shall be respect
3D." He then took Drinks revolver with /
his lef. hand, pulled it out of the scabbard
with his right, and shot him in the left
cheek. Seeing that he was not dead, the
9theF demon shot him through the heart,
look his horse, and left him lying there uu-
al the hogs had eaten off one of his ears.
Brink was then taken in by my mother and
some other ladies', with the assistance OF
ny brother, Who had just been paroled.
After the shooting was over, the gueFril
as commenced pluudering the stores and
citizens. They entered Morris store, in
which I am interested, from which they
ook between $500 and $500 worth of
goods, broke open the safe and took out, as
near as l can remember, $500 in money.
They then went into Mr.. Summers and
ook S757 in money, and also some goods.
Next they went to F. Kahm's, broke his
afe open and took 81 ,245 in money, aud
,ther yauables to the amount of g, 300.
They asked old man Clark for his key. He
old them that Major Clark, in command of
he Psw-Paws of Platte, at Platte City,
vas his son. They told him Major Clark
I
us goods. They then went To Mrs. Dim
IONS, whose husband is IN the 9Th Kansas,
I'd took 500 in money. Next they went