Weekly Trinity journal., 1864-12-03
NUMBER AZ.
How Missouri GuerrilIas Treat their Vic.
tins.

\ correspondent of the Missouri Democrat,
writing from Lamine Bridge, Oct. Esd, announces
the arrival Of a number Of citizens of Glasgow,
Missouri which place was taken possession of
by Quantrell and Anderson, rs soon rs Price left.
Among those arrived was Ben. W. Lewis, the
individual who was so brutaly outraged by the
incarnate fend Anderson. The statement follow
ing is vouched for by some dozen persons who
are pronounced in every way reliable, and will
90 to show the reader what guerrilla warfare is
n Missouri, and what it would be in California !:
At ter O'Clock on the night CT Friday, October
list Bill : ndersou who occupied Glasgow with
{. company OF his men. went to the honse of
Ben. ". Lewis. stanch Union man OF great
wealth and influence, citizen Of that town ac-
companied by Captain from Galloway county.
Leaving their her9es at the gate with an orderly,
Anderson and his aid banged at the door of the
housc until they were let in by Mrs. John B.
Clark, the mother OF the rebel General Clark,
= he was stopping at the house of Lewis Dab
ner c. Garth, The brotheI-in-law Of Sterling
Frice vas also guest OF Lewis. Anderson
called fer Lewis, and being told he was not in
the house he said if he was not forthcoming he
would burn the house down, but II he would
make his appearance his life should be spared.
Upon this assurance Mrs. Lewis sent for her
husband who had been up stairs When he ap-
peared Anderson and his fendish associates were
at the table helping theT1selvest to what had been
left after the supper, and drinking freely OF liquor
which they brought with them q Here is an
old Union man said Anderson. Another time
he saia {" have heard Of YOU, and Old Price
has heard OF YOU down in Arkansas and Texas
OF have been Of more damage to our cause than
any ter in the State.
Neithe- 5lrs. Clark, Garth nos Mrs. Lewis were
Ion 70 ,rn~d and lewis himself was
silenced the moS1ent be attempted 10 say any
thing.
he first thing Anderson did was to demand
Lewis money his life, declaring that be had
vast sums hid. Lewis gave him about one thou
sand dollars in silver and paper telling Kim it
was Il he Lad. This did not satisfy the incar-
/ pate devil and he commenced series Of outrages
| anon lewis which almost unparalleled in the
annals of civilized savage warfare. His first
set vas to knock Lewis down by blow Oh the
! head with hie pistol. This Was repeated several
! times beth Anderson and his Aid mingling their
! blows with blasphemous and obscene curses and
ycls' OF the most savage kind. Anderson took
Lewis and stood him on bis head, doubled him
W AND Jumped upoE him and Anderson and
the Captain put the lnuzzles Of both their pistols
n his mouth at once and crammed then down
his throat choking him terribly, and asking him
how he liked that y This barbarous act
repeated several times. Anderson also made
. Iewis stand up by .ha side Of the wall and shot
Fl his legs across the room, hitting them, and
then asked him tauntingly ~ if he was shot?'
Afteraard he placed his pistol to Lewis knee
end fred down at his feet, powder-burning his
legs This he did twice NJ also eboked Lewis
l.any times, then taking Lis knife out, and seiz-
ing evils BY The neck, he felt for the Jugular
VEN psicliug it with his knife and giving an
indian yell. lie said - This old fellow thinks
more Of his money than Of his life; and III cut
bis throat."
After this Lewis left his Ecuse, guarded by
Anderson, 10 hunt u all the money he could in
town. Jie found TWO ladies, who went to work
irving to raise money for aim. While the money
wa. being hunted up, Anderson laid Lewis on
countel IT. stolc, and taking his knife ripped
omen his snir. collar and slit his vest and pants
IN pieces. This was about two O'Clock in the
morning, and Lewis, who is a man of the strong
est Constitution, having suffered for over four
hours the most excrutiating torture. which he
had endured with wonderful patience; was seized
with q chili rs lie lay On the counter, being hag-
gled aud rounded. anderson told his Orderly
10 pile SON. chairs on the legs Of the old coon
10 keep them still, which was done.
Finally, Mrs. Thompson, cousin Of Lewis,
who had raised al the money there was left in
the town, il having been previously stripped by
Price army, asked the Galloway county Cap
tain with Andersen how much money ii would
take to release Lewis lie replied five thousand
doiers This sum she produced, -four thousand
being Ii paper andone thousand in gold, making
sx thousend in all. This being done, the assist.
AMI Of Anderson turned Lewis to Mrs.
! Thompson, reraarkng as he did so that he
would rather have Lewis life than his money.
Throughout the whole proceeding anderson
frequently initiated the Indian war-whoop, men
tioning as he did 50 TIE name Of the tribe he
initiated.
1T one time Anderson called up some of
Lewis negroes, whom lie had emancipated, and
asked them, ~ Won have been set free, have
you" The negroes replying that they had been,
/ ALlerzon said g Yes, you id old coon, you
have set ali your niggers free, and struck him
or tae head Wit. the muzzle of his pistol
! Leris' body Is covered all over from head to
! foo. with bruises rom the blows and shots he
| received Anderson would punch hirh every
few ranutes. with his pistol besides often striH
| ing him. His throa: is sweied. and the INSIDE
! Ct his mouth is raw. Nothing but dauntiess
! spirit and stout frame could have enabled MN
! r. endure What he has. To sid to the a"lui
| horror of these dernoniac outrages, AIoerson
and tho Callauay county captain TOOK negro
~ ~ Twelve or thirteen years into another room
So Lot, # them revished her hy turns--one tor
-, lewis while the other was committing the
re on the negro girl. This was done while
~ rfbel General John B. Clsrk's mother and
S+e,Iipo Prices brother-in-law, besides Lewis
a. ;fe we're II The same house, and not permitted
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