The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1864-10-13
.I QTTUMWA. IOWA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER l3 1864.
FURTHER PARTICULARS,

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The Ostaloosa Herald of last week fur
nished the following additional particulars
Of the murder of the Marshals in Popesheik
County:
On Monday evening the bodies Of Wood
ruff and Bashore were brought into Oska-
loosa. The bells were tolled and several
hundred citizens met the funeral cortege as
it entered the city and testified their respect
for two brave soldiers who returned with
honorable scars from dozen battle fields
to be butchered by cowardly copperhead, as
sassins at home. The bodies were taken to
City Hall and were there visited by many Of
our people. The feelings excited by this ex.
hibition may be better imagined than dcs-
cribed. On Tuesday morning the bodies
were taken in charge hy friends and sent 70
their former places Of residence.
There were also brought in as prisoners,
Andrew Powers and, his son Joseph, Solo
mon Watson and his son George, John Ma
lony, Allen Mcdaniel and Perry Mcfarland
These men were at the military drill, and
though it IS not certain that any Of them
were present when the msrshaIs were killed
all were doubtless aware Of the plot that was
laid. When the officers went for Mcfarland
they were told by bis family that he had
been absent from home three days. On
searching they found him secreted in corn
crib Nike Gleason was also brought in
and be and Mcfarland were lodged in Jail.
The others were taken to room in Union
Block and guarded.
We have full account of the affair from
Mr.. Cravers, at whose house the marshals
took dinner and Bashore bre athed his last.
The particulars are somewhat different from
those above given, bat the change, il posi-
Bile, only makes the deed more bloodthirsty
and cowardly The marshals already sus.
pecting Mike Gleason, and hearing the mil.
itary company was well armed, concluded
they would go back to Grinnel Gleason af-
ter leaving the marshals went directly to the
drill ground and notified the company oi
| their presence in the neghborhood. The
two Feeners. John and 10 (not Samuel.) in
| a wagon and Gleason on horseback started
for Cravers "to attend to the marshals" as
was said on the ground. From what we
hear there is no doubt but the company un.
derstood that this squad was to put the
marshals out Of the way. The Fleeners in
stead of going toward home, came down to-
ward Cravers and met the lsarshals in the
road, or were perhaps waiting for them in
the bushes by the road side. Bashore said
that as soon as he saw them he was satisfied
| from their actions they intended murder =
He got out Of the buggy and drew his re-
| volyer, gud Woodruff passed on a little
BaShore told the Fieeners they were not the
men he was after and reasoned with them
until he thought they had changed their
minds aud would not fire at him. He then
| turned to go to Woodruff Up to this time
there had not been a shot fred As soon as
Bashore's back was fairly toward him, John
Fleener drew up double barrelled gun
heavily loaded and fired, the whole charge
hitting Bashore in the small Of the back
The Fleeners then ran round through the
bushes and fired several shots 1T Woodruff
He was probably killed instantly, and made
no defence. as his revolver with all the bar
rels loaded was found in the bottom Of tht
buggy Bashore could not tell whether HI
| fred or not. and his revolver was not to b.
found and he could not tell who shot Glea
SON. But after he was down Gleason cam.
to him and broke his rife over his head, str.k
| ing him several heavy blows.
While Mr.. Cravers was with Bashore il
the road. and the body Of Woodruff was ly
! ing little way off. several men in wagon
and on horseback passed along the road bu
none of them offered to give him anv assis
lance. These were men returning from th
drill, and it was evident from their action
that they both expected and approved of tn
murder of the narshals. All the circum
stances indeed, 60 to show that this cours,
Of action had been determined on beforehand
and John Bowers. who was present at tn,
drill, testified at the inquest that when tn
4 Fleeners left it was said ard understood
that they were going to .'..attenq 70 the mar
shals." More unprovoked, cowardly ant
traitorous murders have not been committe'
since the war commenced. Ea
p. Sup to the time Of going to press W
have no further news in regard to this al
fair. The prisoners spoken Of are still un
I der guard here. There are rumors that off
GERS are on the tract Of the Fleeners, bu