The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1864-03-24

all gcntlcmanly and accommo laliug.
Three Soldiers shot.-The Bucyru. Jour
nal of the 18th lust, contains the following
facts, respecting the conduct of the Valland
igham Coppclhcads, andthe shooting Of three
,oldi, RS of the 18th Ohio;--On Rriduy, orc
of the members ofthe I9,h Regiment got iuto
a dispute with Adam HiSh, who il the clctk I
at Fulton's during which, il is nvcrtod 10y
the soldi"r, High called the soldier some
very insulting aud oppro bious names. The
soldier to.d him that lie would make him
take treE, back, and would see him again
before he went bnck to his Regiment.
On Monday morning the veteran members
fthe ~ h aud Glib Rcgi meuts in this couu-
ty, asscmb cd here 10 90 TO th,ir respective
llae,s ui reudoGvUus, prenamtory to going
to the front. At iitile after 10 o'clock.
about nine members of the 49th proceeded to
! ulIon's Drug Store to see iIigh. And here
, the accounts conflict ve'y much. The sol.
H., di'rs state that there was quite number OF
Highs iliends lresenL Highs friends af
tirm that there were but five. Sergeant Cul.
Yer went up TO High aud some say spoke To
him-Nnd Others shy struck Mt him-whi.e
l the currcnt testimony OF all the soldiers is,
that they had just opened the door, aud nnd
not all got in, and hnd lo time to make an
nss ut or speak Il word TO any one-whru
( High and peIhaps others, commenced firing
vita revolyers, wounding three soldiers, as
! follnws:
Sergeant John Culver. two wounds--onr
in outer side Of left thigh, frch wound: oue
on inside Of thigh st'ikIug ID, Lone, scii
Gus.
Sergeant Joshua p. Canon, A,sh wo, nd in
right shou ldcr.
Private james RAIDER, wounded in neck ca
t,rlng right side. passing backwards and
downw"cds, injurirg the spine aud paralyE
Ing the lett lcg--dnngcN,1s.
These meu are all members Of Co. c, {g,h
Regiment, and are citizens of I.ibrrty town.
ship. Sergeant Culver was taken to hi.
home shortly after being shot Sergeant Ca.
non left for his regin, nj on W cdncsday morn.
RhEs hlNhN hhh'l ~ ~ lllE Ut l'le lTtltltllAh'
of Mr. John II. Keller. in a critical condition
and his physicians have hut slight hopes of
his recovery.
Admitting, as we do, that tie soldiers were
bhmeSorihy G~ going to Fulrm's Drug
Store aller dispute with Iii h few days
prey ious, yet We believe the opinion is uni
Nrrsnl that the friends of High are much tn
blame tor the course they pursued, From all
We can gather, they were told the soldiers
would comc--ihat they quicily wentto work
aud prepared TO make n bloudy resistance.
while not mo re than one of the soldiers had
arms of any kind with them, Had FulIon's
fiends wishcd 10 prevent disturbance, they
cjuid easily have doae 80 by informing ANY
promin Mt Union man orany OF tt,e army Of.
fcers here of whnt they had heard of the dc
signs Of the soldiers. And in proof that We
are correct in this view Of the case, l, is on
~ necessary 70 state that after the shooting
aud wounding of their companions had oe
eurred and when tie soldiers were wild W ilh
excitement, Majors Mcdonald and Cuyken.
dali went to them aud so completely brought
them To their sense Of duty as soldiers, that
there was not the slightest show OF d'sorier
nmong them afterwards. These officers de
serve much credit for their efforts to prevent
a serious outbreak, as they, by assuming the
authority due them as officers, prevented an
entire train load OF soldiers frcm stopping
here, and who determined to do go and
avenge the injuries of their wounded com
Fades.
SO far ts we can learn there was not sin.
gle Union man in town knew anything of
the designs of the soldiers previous to their
coming 70 town, aud while at the Sims
House, Mr.. Sims heard them talk Of going
to Fulton's, and advised them not to do So
as they might get into trouble. They replied
there was no danger OF that, as they were on
" going 10 see High have him take back
what he lad said, and bid him good bye
They were sober. and did not seem to be an
CRY or excited.
John Dillinger, one Of tie most quiet and
peaceable citizens of Lykens township, com
ing to town after the shooting with broth.
er in law who is a member Of the Gltb, and
hearing Of the trouble aud seeing him go in
to Fulton's Drug Store. feared he would get
into trouble, went in TO bring him away
While endesvoring TO do this. he was sci on,
kicked, and beat most numerically by the
Democratic partisans. John Reicher, son
OF Peter Rseher Of this place, in company
with another soldier, was quietly passing
S,oll's grocery, when he was set on BY four
or Ave Democrats" knocked down, kicked
beat aud shot at
Daring the day we did not hear ofa single
arrest by any one Of our civil officers.