The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-03-11

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BURLINGTON, SATU.
swered. Master, i am doing the best !
can; please let me get on your horse behind
you" lie says, Like h-l will" Nance
then rode ap again, and says, Take to The
mountain, boys, and dispose Of him, and
tall back 10 the read, and If we have no.
passed wait and II we have come IN 20
North Salem, you know where" Taylor,
with the four men, took me and made for
the mountain, acoG. a n 10 and half from
where we then were, and about seven and
a half miles from Winchester, from which
We lad started. When we reached the
mountain Taylor says, "This IS far
enough" Then, speaking to me, he says,
Nov, you Cd d-n son of bitch, ify you
have anything to say. say it now; you have
two minutes to live" asked him if lwo
minutes was all. He answered, '.Yes, by
Cd. it ie." then said, '.Well, crack
away when you get ready
was standing on the ground on the low
or side Of the hill, and he (Taylor) was sit-
ting on his horse ON the upper side. As
soon as eaid crack away he fred, the ball
striking me just above the righ. eye. cut.
ting the eye ball in two, and forcing it out
on the cheek, whore it hung by the
membranes surrounding the bail. ranged
Downward, passing through the roof Of
ing just against the skin on the left side, SO
cloee to the jueuiar vein that it cannot be
cut out. where it now is. As soon as the
pistol was fred, fell forward ard partial
y raised on my left side, but thinking
they might fire again, fell forward again
as though dead. One of the four then dis.
mounted, struck me on top Of the head
with the butt-end Of his gun twice, and
once across the face. They then rode their
horses on me as I iay on tie ground, the
corks OF the horses shoes leaving their im-
press On my person, which il still plainly
visible. They then rode OF, and left me
for dead. suppose about that tine be.
in that state 7 do not know. When came
to felt cold and chilly. ! could not see at
AL. The blood from my wounds had clot-
ted ia my left eye 90 could not opeH it.
had heavy whiskers, and from the hair Of
my head 70 the whiskers was mass Of
clotted blood, so thick that when it WAS re
moved they had to cut off my hair and
whiskers ! remeEbe passing fiat
rock which had hollow in j. filed with
water, and as was suffering for the want
OF water began to crawl around hunting
for II. After crawling around over rocks
| and clif!s, I found myself on level ground
in the woods. / crawled on for some time,
when heard men. talking. Fearing they
were guerrillas, I crawIed under some
bushee and lay still until could no longer
distinguish voices. then crawled OF 1n-
III came TO fence and craw!ed into the
! field. 1then ssraightsned myself up by the
| fence, trying 70 see if could walk. As
soon as released my hold on the fence
fell forward on my face. I then c1awled
through the 6eld, oyer andt through the
briars and into the woods again. After
some one chopping with small axe OF
hatchet. Knowing that the guerrillxs
would not be chopping, called to them
! There came man by the name Of Hiley
Shores, as afterwards ascertained. AZ
soon as ne came up said, Please knock
me in the head" He said, 'Jo, in the
name Of God. come here; here is that poor
by here this morning, with his heed hall
shot od, but living. I again asked himtc
knock me in the head. He says, NO.
will ne: do that, bu: will ppt yon in The
road, whore, if you have any folks, ySu
will be found. and they viii hear Of yon Il
yon live or de-" then asked him ifhe
i could take care Of me. he SAYS "Nc. 81.
I ley Shores, when you passed this Eorring
yon know. they accused him OF reporting
enshwhackers, and ureateneds 70 sEoo
him." ssse 20 go. ~ 8
| They then took me and laid me in tns
road, and told me tnat wcs the strAight JcsG
to winchester. II then crawled off in ihs
direction indicated until I came 70 q piskl
fence. felt along the fence until fpnaC
asked them to please let me come 10 anC
warm and lie down. The woman Ifpliec
she would not, as the bushwhack alc
find it ont and burn her house. 10y sterl
at the gate some time, and asked 4fSY K
i let me crawl TO the back part Of thehonsl
and hide. a. was fearful the bushwhack
ers would come down the road and Kill
and had rather that would get away trou
, the gate. then started and craSvle0 on
Alter crawling some considerable. .distancl
Q man passed me in a buggy, called him
and asked him II ho would please take M
, in the buggy to Winchester? He replied
he would not, as the guerrillas would thinl
he was taking sides with the Yankees, ant
then esax1sd M a. isr Is coa,d. RH until r. eav,
! out. then laid myself down beside ,
fence. After having laid there some time
. woman came along whom recognized
by the voice TO be Mrs. MCGEE, and ex
claimed, "William, IN the name Of God, il
t00t you Iuey nave tlo2beu Vp..s via Ne
Il was. ] then asked her whoit was? 81,
told me il was Ars. Mc0es; don't 70,
know met ] Sskod her il she would no
. have me taken Oh? She replied that n,
J would. She walked OF SONS distance an,
called Mr.. volley Henderssn. She tolt
!. him to look in the name Of God Almighty
how that poor man was abussd. Hs -
, piled: 'Yes, l zee, it's awful that on
country 10 goingon at sueh,a rate" sh'
told him. then that must - taken Oh, an,
|sent to Dechard or Winchester, and aakel
Il him II he would not assite7 He rsplie<
= that he had some properly, but would as
sist, let it cost what it wood.
About that time 4 man dime along ia ,
j buggy, whom they called Green. M. Hen
/ defson asked him to Lot him have tho bug
I 81 to take his boy down to VIM. Es.ell, o
some other physician in Winohestes. 81
replied he would not, as be had property
and they would blame him for :Akinl
: sides with the Yankees, and destroy it,
Mrs. McGee then asked him In the nam,
. Of God Almighty, 1fhe had no human
! feelings, to let . man lie there and die lik,
j hog IN the road? Hesrepled ne had ma
) man feelings, but did met want his proper