Brownlow's Knoxville Whig, and rebel ventilator. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1863-1866, 1865-02-22
The Case Of John KincaId.

Tie allowing conuldnicAsion relative % tne es's
/ iag Of John kincaid. i ffctn tAepsn Of enc ei ~
neigAbors we'll verssa in The facts and may bo e
lied "a in every particular. Mr.. Kinsaid'vAs
baler thorlagh and anrylonsins rebel, and Shes
he made cath here IN orlrr b recover hls eosiaa
thai he Aaa alesy, bees t,loa ma,t EAs mol y
mueh 10 blame As his sasosusy who prepared ih'
statement for him % swear to Bal, without saai
tip.yine remarks saasee d % say he hss sast ihs
fate Chat many others win tncsi vino have pefsse.
ted Unieu men and fsmilies, and sre now Eatne
them Tor old apbss. Lawyenl may, BY their learn
ing and Ingenuity procure The seqaitai Of each men
judges May syor them, ba, injured insalssd and op-
pre.sel Union men viii rcdress their own wrongs
-snd for the life Of as, va are not ale to see sha,
they sre In error,
JOHN KIEcAip.
IntelligeHoe arrissa few days since that
this wcsihy reksi had bcen Killed near his ewn
house Theparticalars Of bis death are contained
10 the following extract fsou private letter;
"Mf KipcAId was lhct dead two dayH ago by
some discharged soldiers q the First East Tennessee
lie had established hIs logaiiy ~ Il seems and
went strAightway 10 lar lhis streEg point on bis
weakness aTways) against some poor fellows ever eu
tho river who bad been In the service and lost all
they had BY the rebels He was At town on Thur
day and goa tie exscuticns. which he gave TO ths
Sheriff TO go and serps immediately. The Sheriff
sci or the same evening found the people, bat fa-
ed to get the property. They were going 10 shoot
the Sheriff and said then, that kincaid would be
killed before tSeaty-fsur hours. Accordingly, the
next evening, two men rode up 10 Mr.. Kincaid's
and inquired fof him. On hearing fhst he was oyes
st Mr.. Meadows at frial, they sent over, called
him cut and shot him twice one ball passing right
thrsogh the heart He feli dead without word
rs the story gces.
Mr.. Kinesid Bas one of our most hitter perse-
eutcrs dari1g ths war, fas always 81 cut ar fsces
jos. ~ fyssAass s. eoald be. Evea after fathers
death he cent soldiers to eur house 70 press our cat
Tie and horses: and when father was within q few
days Of bis death, he sent Car him M. K.l repsat-
ealy 10 come on some busiaSss that required some
enc versed IN the law and be refsfsel 10 epsnp Ys
thrpe days nftsr Iay father Sse4 be e@s~a - 49,
holisc sPead ras aas and came ias eh, 30 ceFdaL
be and old Jim Cooper. rose and walked oui e
toe room withoutsPeaking 90 either Of them The
proofs Of bis enfnity sxislbut We have long since
determined to lei the dead past bury its dead and
30 seek no redress forujuri at any human tribunal
In ane way or another We can still live, snd
should feel contaminated BY the touch 81 any
money which was the price Of my fathers blood -
We shall bring no damage suits sgainst any ons
for their sins they can answer 10 God, and gold
eannot compensate For what We have suffered,
Neither did ws exuh in his death -ihe lime is
past when BE could very materially iriars Us and
his spolicy' now would have led him 70 very diE-
ferent eoarso; bus were enc Of the iarars on ihs
trial Of those men who shot bin, should eheerfuly
give in my voice for aequittal.
(" II was Ar. Kincsd I forga 20 say that told
General Zoilioosr that fsther had sent my brother
to Kentucky with money snd dispatches TO Mr..
Maynard, and that be had eOusiers all the time
And it was he who sent detachment Of ColonBl
Raines' regiment and had father taken prisoner 10
FHeasts, where for the fourth Or ffih time. he Wa'
nompelled TO take long, nalssous oath Of three
foolssap Pagoto gTntify Messrs Kincaid and Cooper
The officer, Captain -----, explained all about Il
frisnds l7)at least those whom he had always re-
garded as such-was the unkindest cut Of all 70
fhHer. Why the enmity Of those Valley people
should have esnteEed 50 upoa father was always and
still remain mystery 70 me. That Il, killed hiH
finally, thero Is no shadow Of doabs in my mind"
The remark STOUT establishing his loyalty" re-
r 10 sdings At the recent term Of The Federal
Court.
On the arst Of July, 1864 the United States Dis
trics Attorney hled IN the District Court at Knor-
vile, an Information against two bales Of cotton,
seized By Villas Hensr, Tseasary Agent, sbosit
the 10th Of DeesmbeF, 1868, and claimed by John
Kincad, alleging that asald Kineaid had been FOR
along spaee Of time before said seizure and then
was giving aid and comfort TO those engaged in iH-
surrecton and rebellion against the United States
Ga the agh Of November, 1854, Mr. KiReaid made
cath 10 aud aed Ia the Court answer ia writing,
Ia which he awore as follows: q Claimant had MOI
for tg space c tsae Bore the date of said scisare,
o. then or af asg oter tpte Sissa aid and cosgors
70 those engaged IN iHssrFsetioH and rebellion agaiHsi
TIE said United STATES. Claimant It4tes that, for
aboui period Of two whole years, the people Of
East Tennessee were le without prosectiqn BY ths
governments Of che United States and we're endei
the Jurisdiction and control of the government q
the so-caliea Confederate States Of America who
held military possession Of the country, and woff
in the hab, Of Arrss,ing citizens. Asd taking theii
property At pleasure, and that, IN common with
other Union tssn of East Tennessee he occasionally
fed rebel soldiers, and E0d for the use u tho rebel
armyi bacon, osts, corn and hoFses This was doac
however undcr the general durezs which prevailed
in the country, and from an apprehension that, h
he did not sell his property, il would be tken b.
force, aAd that II he did not feed sach soldiers .,
called upon him, he would ls badly treated hJ
them, and claimant denies chat sets y lonn b
properly eonstruea as giving aid and comfort q
the enemy. Caissaaf states thst As "a ard atssay
hes bss,, p.0 ,,,~a, and sotsd against secession
IN the Tennessee eloction Of 1851