Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-10-29

burg, Saturday evening, October lst,
john Alstott, Of Crawford co4aty, a6-
vised Us to resist The guns tsksn from
the Home Guard were taken through
spite. / took a gun from Valentine
Cook, of the VAlliue Home Guards; /
vas along when Patterson Apple was ar
rested and robbed Of his pistol; 8 good
many Of tbs drafted men were present
= these mestingG; g number of strangers
we're also present; / understood some of
them we're from Kentucky; = man
named Lyhch, from Harrison county,
was present; John W. Stone has been
through there advising the men 10 re-
sist the draft; Jacob Cook took the lead
ia disarning Valentine Cook; Hirmen-
er seibolt took the lead in taking the
pistol from Patterson Apple.
William sanders--Resides in Sterling
Township, Crawford county. l saw that
something was going to be done Ny
son James was along with the crowd,
and wanted to get him away from them.
/ overlook some Of them near BelcherA
Before We got TO L 81 Golden's there we're
at least thirty men present They robbed
Golden. There were seven men present
that | can swear to, namely: Union
MeMickle, Bob Allen, John AIlstott,
James Sanders, Tom High6eId, John
Ackabs, and Benton Newkirk They
told me they we're going to press Golden's
money aud horsea Don't know what
they got, as took no hand in the rob.
berry ] say Golden's wife, bat did not
tell her | had nothing to do With it, |
did not see Golden They pressed a
horse and pistol at another place.
AIlslott told me that il ever told it nv
Iie was at stake. just a. was in the
set Of starting home, | heard them say
that they knew Of several rich hauls.
sas at the post-offee in Browstown on
Thursday. There was a good deal OF
talk about seizing the guns Of the Home
Guards | heard Ben Brown and Ben
Ton Newkirk hurrAh for Jsa. Davis.
Fhe crowd was Of unusual size. so men
OF more. The robbers ased Aicknames,
aud il being dark only knew those
saw inside If Gol9en's house.
Lorenza ID knight, resident OF PATIO
"a Township, Crawford county IL am
member Of the Knighss Of the Golden
Circle; the sigma General Jordan gave
ne are right; when Morgan was last in
Kentucky they told me that IL be came
ovsrssrs he woald help as ami We would
aeip b,m; We we're 70 seize horses in the
neigh 5orkood 70 mount ourselves; they
cursed Lincoln bitterly; DR.. Bowles vas
Is General ID the order: heard Horace
ueHrens name frequently; we we're 10
hass help from Harrison county IN re-
sistpg the draft; they we're 10 pat Woods,
Cammiua aud Golden ont Of the way,
there was talk about robbing Bill Ray,
awho wss understood 10 have large sum
of moasy about him, / was with Nc.
Aiekle, Alstoti a Co, when they we're 70
rob Cum Minis Friday morning; | under
stood that majority Of the people Of
ny county we're Knights; ! have heard
Jesse MeWilhAms denouncs the Prssi
dent, &c; Kinsey Livingston and Perry
Knight asked me to join the X g Ca;
saw 80 their meatings James Sanders,
John Msson, Elisha Mason, Tim Mason,
John knight. William Sanders, Larkin
Z Lankford, Henry Stroud, Duvall i.
Brown, Jesse CuzEaat, Tim. Belcher,
/ Joel Newkirk, and Jonathan Nevkirk,
/ the most of the men were at KendaIls .
store. in Orange county, on Saturday,
Oct lst; voted to resist the draft At
meeting at lions Hollow, near Browns
town; this meeting was held on Thurs
day evening, Sept 29th; think ma
/ jority voted not TO resist the draft; those
/ who voted not to resist the draft said
/ they bad failed to get she Assistanes
from other couHties that they expected ;
/ Frank Enlow said be would not report IL
drafted; ! was with ehem at Goldsn's
when he was robbed; we did not get as
much money as We expected think
our leaders got ell the money; Elias
Corty, OF Orange, was also at Goldsn's
Joseph E Alleu-Reside in Sterling
township, Crawford eeunty I heard
| Uhion McMickle say be intended TO usk
James Sloan up, and kill Woods Cum-
Minis and Joseph Miller, at the risk Of
bis life. The man that vest under shs
name Of Bob Allen was not Bob Allen.
The rioters said they we're opposed to
the milk aud water policy Of jim Lem
onds County clerk) and Mont Tucker
(sheriH }, aud would have a policy ol
their own. voted to resist the drafi.
We r-deEstood there was three hundred
of 0 men in camp in Harrison county.
The we're msn from Keutucky with US
1 D0st know anything about the firing
thi was done at Col Johuson's regi.
mat So far as know, all the rioter.
/ belonged to the K. G.. C.
Martin Beicher, lives in East town.
ship, Orange county, am a brother Of
Jerry Belcher / told Captain Tucker
that | had no arms Of my OWE, but 3
borrowed revolver; 1 delivered il up.
have been at one Of those meetings II
vas at the schoolhouss in Zion Hollow
Euos Wells was there, also Union Ne.
Aickle; Joseph Stroud was there. Heard
some talk Of resisting the draft Il waI
the general understanding that the bal
lot boxes were to be stuffed; also, shat al
The strangers among as had a right tC
vote
Twenty men in all we're arrested, auc
every one Of them Democrats, and in
tended to -ote the Mcclellan and Pen
Z ileton ticket; This We have on the al
thority Of prominent and reliable Dem
Ocrat of Crawford county, who, to hii
credit, be it said, Is down on all Eucl
proceedings.