, 1865-09-16

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- JouS Bell, j.
REBEL BUsnWHACKNG N,
!: -: ILLINOIS.
A Glimpse Of Home Rebels---Land Pi.
rates and Murderers.
The vcll Llfted-ConfessIon OF n Boy oi
Sixteen, Under Sentence Of Death for
the Adams County ontragcs.
[Erom the Quincy whig, 1sth.l
On the evening Of the ed day Of s1ay, A.
D. 1865, n robbery was committed In Fowler,
sons: Thomas Rose, Zachery Williams, Chas.
Barniscon1, Thomas Snced, and Henry sneed.
{brnthcrs, whose true name, It seems, Is Cobb
- Bradburn, and Thomas Wilson, the a1.
thor Of the following confession. Other rar-
tics aided and abetted the robbery. The Enug
were harbo1ed by one Riley, ct whose honse
an attempt was made to capture them BY tho
posse. Resistance was made by the gang
under Rose, and worthy citizen, acting
under tho Sheriff orders, w1s Killed. Smith,
who WAS not In The Fowler raid, Joined the
gang In tue night before the attempt to cap
ture them, anu took part in the resistance to
the officers. He was captured soon af1er BY
the citizens In the neighborhood Of Lima. and
is supposed to haze been hung. Williams
was nlso shot. Rose was captured By the
Sheriff, put in JUL, and taken out by sonle SOL
dicrs and hung. OF tho parties tried for the
murder Of Ttfmble, Riley aud bis wife were
sent TO the psnttentiaty, Thos. Snted iallas
Cobb was acquitted. 1he boy Thomas VII
July, but rcsrtttd by the Governor to the It'll
Of August. Or the 10Th Of August it vas
known that the Governor had refused to co1u-
mute his sentence, md In fullllment oi Ills Oft
repeated purpose to expose 0ll persons who
had encouraged these unlawful acts, Wilson
requested the following confession, which he
had repeatedly. made ID substance, To bc re-
be read On his scalto1d and afterwards pub
lisl,ed 10 the world. Itwas written down
within sound OF tho hammers Of the carpen-
tiers who were thtn erecting his scafol1 With
in sight Of lis CELL Another respite from the
Governor reached the Sheriff within m hour
Of the time for lis execution, and subsequent
ly a ctmMutatfon of his sentence to twenty
dye years imprisonment. Although this con-
fcssion loses It's aolemnity and somewhat OF
its force BIZ this ehange In his sentence, 30
he requests It TO 10 published TO subscrye tho
ends for which 1t was mude:-
mr CONFESSION.
AZ am now under sentence Of death, and ezpec
70 n,e r. f2e e 9f ~ aksf 7, a.
die, to make tic following etatcmcnta, desiring
thereby TO asssf public tustiee In pointing ont
tain dangerous men who nfe still At large, and nom
whom The community hare much 10 lear. This Is
the oniy seIa-ation can make 10 the tnJunsl laws
Of my country. also hope to atEosd 4 warning to
o,hers who u,ay be d.tpoted 70 do cvil. desiEe,
il is niso = duty owe to myself to relieve ny
memor, from the oainm Of other crimes laid 70 nj
answer for at tho fc Of public opiuh,n, we'll I'd
At The brr Of God. without brIiig weighed down
with unfounae'i cl'sfEes and susptsfona.
D1R1u AND EAHlT LIFE.
Twas ho1n In the State OF Illinois, On the 1st lay
Of October, leis and am therefore on this, the day
Of my execution sixteen years ten months nni
eleven days old. Ny falher died on his Way to Cal
asnt 1 6G Ssa IL ssnn,y 9ns Old a.y Ny % ~ IT,
With my steratEcr 1t The breaking out OF the rebel
lien. a'5 mother died when Inas little over fous.
tceN Sf3tH Old. u
REBEL rRoFtArEHr 1nA1S1So,
When 1 he rebellion broke ont was in my thir.
aselth !eaF, Hy etep:athcr sided with Tho rebel
.vn- ana rom him anti o,lets learned to entertain
hitter hatred ol The Abolilufste. auppusIng, ns
vas tol tha1 ,.thcy Witbed t9 makc ne negroes as
properly appreciate tic nature Of the conflict, this
E1tfed Of negroes and OF AbolIinniE;e made nc ii-
cling to the south. When Price Insade1 MiEeonsi
,he IT time, was told that i did not enlist ia
Tie Federal army, which WIS inst behind them.
This hatsca Of AboItonist-, Which nov see aud
cobIess "h- ye:y uEoundel and slriGl- led NE To
prefer he teer arns, and wes guilty Of ito great
e1n Of tAkfrg up arms against my count:y.
EETtra TIE GEEElsAna1 AND pFs-nza..
enlisted In WiuIams' regiment which was NOT
numbered. and IN Capt. CoddinghsEa's company
ho"s,er : aese1ts5 sites ten da5s ter;lee aad
Knob. ! Nts paEoed by him and ordered 10 trpoft
t9 r. TIGycSt 9G Nssha 2: sinsstqn eounsy Mo-,
9ualnttd, and who accompanied m! at my request.
The Provost Marshal heiu, absent, his atetslant o.
clerk refused 10 do anythiDg In the csse but ordered
day and The Fsosott Marshal being sil absent, Ill
as.stant gave me paper directing nc to report On
the s5th, and verbal order to report On lie s;th
EVIL cor.ssIILons AaAH.
u,,n iTss thsn Ee.Eaaaed ey William Ba,ber, md
Wi1o1s. This act Of disobed1cuce' to a military
order was my eecond gsavc offence and brought
upon me all ms e9heegucnt calamsties. went 10
Schuyler county, Illinois. where Edmonston lived,
worked ID him anl oilers si .ne ealiy paFt I q
Na.eh aast, whcn hired out fol four mouths to .
man BY the narne Of 1awler, intending to continue
NTH Lim during the summer.
FORCED TO nECoNE BusuwHACEEn.
From the time came into the State, Edmopston,
who knew Ess dekcster from the rrbe! army.
fhfSE Eo1ur tr7,ff
1taf5 authorities to report, endearortd by peraua.
zion and by threats 10 ndnec nc TO 60 hack to Mis-
s9 apd 60 to me :ad
Tach: Williams, nlso, who Lad been h1shwAack-
1ne in Missouri and tunuu. men through The
SEon net e ae 5eeel dan mos Ct h
60 any how. anl that i'll would 70 then be *sTon1d
mount ..nd arm me;" finally consented 10 50
With MfilIams upon the express stipulation that he
Fhoul4 take me back to my company, which WAS
then n AIkahs:s; ! had no thought Of going to
nnfhMlaekng p, Of doing an5thing else but golng to
uIA F1Esf RAID,
Williams nnd started in the night early in april
latt. from Ednonston6 harm. Edn1onstou. Frank
Mfagett and William MsdEctt were also present
md hnsw Of our pn5posed destination. That night
whole ntms haso forgotten. bat who Knew our
hueinese md seSreted ls during the pcSt DAY. IL
had killed. The next night Williams stole from q
man by The lame Of Davis, tso hoEsef. md mount
his spurIa.se, brought him stafdlc 10 Tom Persons
htheFe barn. The first night afterhe took the hpses
VIC went TO the house Of Ar. Campbell, near Ten
seercted us during the next tiay; The ne1t night
We went 70 Mr: Epcrs, not Gu from Erown's saw
!ni, on Crooked Crcek. Tic also secreted u know
EE our business, md TINT tye had in our possession
sl0!en hozses. Here, Williams fearing VT might
nc Getected With tde hozhes, determined to shoot
lhen, re1rnr. rated, and begged that they
said TINT Dayis, thetr owner, vas "a d-d old abo-
.l!ionisi and huf1ahed foe Sherman, and now let
him suffer- He then thot the horses. The ncyt
knew Cur business but tnew nothing abont the
horaes. y.
From browns we went to one :Mayhrey's, a son.
l4-lqw OF Plels, In a aoutbWesteru direction,
About twelve miles ffom Browns. AT this louse
we meta son. q NJ Piper. and also. Jim Davis,
VINO h0eh were fotmerty hushwhaclers IN Missouri
Ssth " nv Mtiams 1hsy proposea to 80 VIII hiH Il
,sey ssted mo- ~ pse,a Tit
ins. was al they wanted he did rot want them"
then J! they got away they would know It." From
th1s Place we went TO another Browns, near the
ine o. Adans county Hs lives in bef houss
tone, named Dick and Charlie. Dick is
married. bnt Charlie was at home, and be. as
Wei ~ LIE !ntntTt KNEW ouf business. lnence VIC
tex tss1 dnnc. ness re set ,aei Johnson smith,
searching for one Joe Agncw, who had been drafted
st Carthage, and bad come fnto their neighborhobd
to escsge the d1aft. alter looking for Agnew part
o1tv aags Ws gase up The search, md started 70
rvtutn to Knrhstlle to get other men. umong whom
bad Indicated disposition to 60. We met Asnew
On re E9ad some .ffx miles from c.cnshaw's. lie
told Williams about Rosc and others, and persuaded
him to return: This Agnew is the man whom the
Carter, and who Furnished Two horses for tho sub::
segment Fowler raid: lie tried to get WliaYns md
ftpse to arm bis brother for the raid on Canton. We
vent vent III With AEnew e Kieys house. where we aeE-
hoshood about one week, waiting for thn return Of
noEc-
DESIRES TO GET AWAY.
During this time, I began to- be suspicious that
Williams DID not intend to lake me to my company,
and told Smith that wanted 10 get away 6olu
Williams. He talked with WILLIAMS and advised
him 70 let me- 70, Winiarnr rcr!led th4t :. mew
too much and that II I nm OF from him Would
never fgn away from auolher II be could get hold
oa me- lie never allowed me to 80 cut Of hts
TF&c1s rrJh1 ha EFAyv f,erH I