Randolph County journal. [volume] (Winchester, Indiana) 1864-1865, 1865-02-02

on gu3Iu, neT grace anu htouJ'
were to captiyate and bind him. un
til, submissive to her will, he woulC
gladly do her every bidding. Mex
in the order of preparation, she wa,
TO get the means and procure to b,
made two small saws from watcl
spring steel, two saw bows, and bay
a small mirror and an over coat. Til,
saws and bows were to be secreteC
between the glass and back of the
mirror, the mirror placed in the over
coat pocket. and the beauty smitter
guard was to be induced to pass il
the over coat to the prisoner. In al
dition to this. Miss r was di
rected to purchase two bottles, one
to be filled with pure whisky. th,
other with whisky drugged with Lau-
danum. His object in directing ths
purchase of the pure whisky IS
not stated in his lctte- of Instructions
but the adulterated article was to be
administered TO the soldiers on guard,
to make their sleep more peaceful,
and their slumbers more profound. :
The project went swimm;ngly on
the Introduction was secured. the
saws and bows manufactured. the
ovcr-coat and other nccessaries pur-
chased--but alas. it is rs truthful as
poetic that "theres many slip 'twiXt
the cup and the lip for instead OF
the fair lIebe getting her sundries
into the prison, as she anticipated,
she suddenly and mysteriously got
there herseT The officers Of the
Block by some means or other,
kept track OF this embryo conspira-
cy, and "nipped it in the very nick
o time The Imprisonment of his
sweetheart shattered his last hope,
and without another effort "to flee
the wrath to come he meekly ana
submissivcly accepted his fate.
HIS PERSONAL APPEARANCE.
On the 10th day of October, 1851,
/ took my seat rs President of the
Military Commission at Memphis.
The rafting of chains along the cor
ridor, the regular and heavy step o!
The guard, admonishcd me that 4
prisoner was ON his way TO the court
room, and in q moment afterwards
Dick Davis stood before me. He
was hand cufTed-a chain sufficiently
long TO allow him to take an ordina-
~ step prevented one leg from run
ming away from the other. To each
ankle was attached other chains, n
yard or more in length, at the ends
of which were fixed twelve pound
solid shot, SO that wherever he might
90 he was compelled TO carry with
him this immense weight Of metal.
| have, in my time, seen many IN
irons, but never before had ] seen
one so thoroughly manacled His
personal appearance disappointed
me. From his reputation-from the
deeds of savage fcrocity attributed
20 him-I had concluded that he was
4 giant in stature, and the persona
ton Of the very d in feature.
On both points l was mistaken in
my coniecturcs. He was small
man, scarcely five feet seven in hight,
and weighing only one hundred and
thirty five pounds. He was neatly
and trinity built, stood rs straight as
an arrow, and was evidently an active
and muscular man. His foot was
small-so small that n woman might
have envicd il. The expression of
his countcnancc was by no means
disdgreeable. His forehead was well
developed, wide Mt the apex, but
considerably depressed at the TEN
pies. He had luxuriant growth OF
hair, of dark auburn, closely cut;
wore side whiskers. without nous
tache or goatee. The most notice
able features in his whole physiogno-
my were his eyes and eye brows, the
first of which were large, clear. dark
and nashing-the latter heavy and
projecting, and extending continu-
ously from the outer corner Of one
eve TO that Of the other Nothing
marrcd the harmony Of his face 50
much rs his nose, which was thick
and puggish. like that of bull ter
rier. and the basilar portion of his
head-his jaws and chin-which were
quite heavy, showing a strong dcyel.
opment Of the animal. His az,
appeared to be about twenty-siS
years. He was dressed in n gray
Jacket, brown pants, drab hat
flannel shirt and neat. fitting boots
During his protracted trial of ovel
two months duration, his deport
ment in the courtroom was entirely
dccorous. While be exhibited non,
of the accomplishments Of the re
fined gentleman, nor the blandish
ments OF the fop, neither did he dis
play the coarseness or vulgarity .
the rufllan. His manners were cas-,
and respectful To the very last h
manifested the utmost confidence il
( his acquittal. To the evidence O
the witnesses he listened attentivcly
made suggestions 10 his counsel du
ring their examination. but nevo
moved muscle. even when the mos
revolving crimes were attributed {,
him. His language was general,
correct and unaffected. and containe,
none of the "niggcrisms" peculia
to the Southern dialect He wrot
neat spelled his words cor
rectly-shoNing his education TO b