The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1866-04-12
"RETAL1ArIoN.n

81 nc SeQuel~tO tHO late repelllon Is full
OF Strange Incidents. Men who stood
foot to foot ia the deadly fray on distant
fields of blood, are constantly encounter
ing each other in the business Of lR:xe-
fultl life. Sometimes these recognitions
are frightened with pleasant memories,
land sometimes, as in the case We are
now about to narrate, they are made ter
rible by the memory of wrongs that have
kloag been brooded unavenged. -,
" On the 7th of January, 1865, Joseph
b. Thurbeso and q comrade, Matthew
Summers, both of company "K, 18th
Indiana volunteers, and both residents
osI4aPorte. End. being out upon a fsrrz-4
ingexpeditiea, we're captured near Tyre
Sn1ings, Tennessee, by a, party Of five
'bushwliackers.'' Marching some two
or three miles, their captors Joined an
other party of ruiliaiss, vino lladin GUS
tody four Federal soldiers, two Of them
belonging to the 9sth Illinois infantry.
The SIX hapless prisoners were then
taken about fourteen miles, disnio0nteti;
fsthppeds tof fLeir, clothing tied in
couples and ranged in a row beneath
tree, when they Were informed that
three of their number were to be shot,
and that they woult tbe pcrmitte ito caat
lots for theinapending doom. MISSIONER
was thislaofAlse given than tl,ei whole
rebel party discharged a volley,, killing
every prisoner but young 'rhurber,. and
wounding hinl severely in the shoulder,
To make sure their bloody work the
rebels discharged a second volley after
their victims fell, but, strangely enough,
Thurber hidden beneath the dead, COM,
ra4le to whom he was bound, escaped
fdrthehhjufy. 1.-THE murders being fff-
ished, the perpetrators affixed a paper to
the breast of one of the bodies, declaring
that the deed was done In "retalfation,''
and rode hastily away. q i-iSs1 -
When all was still, Thurbcrs. discn-'
gagged himself from his companion, crept
out, and walking backwards lest his
footprints might lead to pursuit, escaped
| to the dense woods, and naked, sorely
wounded, found his way at last to his
regiment, after n perilous and painful
journey of thirty miles. A party was at
once sent out, who sought and buried
his murdered comrades, and he, recoy-
cred from his wounds, was subsequently,
mustered out Of the service and returned
to the house of his father, Alonze B.
Thurber, of LaPorte county, and one of
its most thoroughly. loyal men. His
comrades were an1tslldering in distant.
wilderness, and lie was restored to home
and friends; but often did the thought
Of those terrible hours in Tennessee
darken hts sunshine like heavy cloud.
And now comesthe sequel that throws
the colOring Of rohlailce over the whole
Etstory. Mr.. Thurber entered the employ.
Of. Messrs. Graham & Murray, commits
Isi6n lnorchants of this city, who carry
| on some sort Of manu- featuring business
at Holn,esvilie, on the Michigan South
ern Railroad, fifty miles from Chicago
A few days ago,ia man. went thither,
sent bya member Of the firm, and be-
came fellow-Worllman with our young
soldier. s,Pha tplanent Th.pl,er set eyes
upon him he leSkgn nize4 him as one of
the party Of Qffzp4,r zp4,rderers in the tragedy Of
Eyre springAst IN the shilling face of
his nsw' eoi,i sali,fon, he read the BRAND
of Cain; on tire clean hand he saw great
I gouts Of blood. Strange as it may seem,
he rdpgesentakk ythk .te3hpsst Of, ss$sisia
! That set his Blood bei1inngs, ana became
! the messlnatc of this man.n He led him
into CONVERSATION upon his. past life and.
former residence. He learned that he
was fr4aa sks'ltsakys thpt:Aeshad wit,
Messed scenes of violence, and that, tho,
BY his own admission, hot 1 rts,,iar sol1
dior of he4esaafysD H li,.s~1slAi irH
i IpAgh service. Fate seemed to draw
+, him Oh. and It last he actually described
4 the terrible scenes bc1ieath the great tree
IN the vpuis Iof ETcpnessec. I Fharber
athus had Confirmation strong as holy
writ - Hewas breathing the same air
NTH one of the murdercrs. He inform
~a' NIrNrsbAm of hsissipiekns, ngy'
! hardened into facts, and declared his de-
termination at once tn takef his life.
lAfnlgeq Win ap lIOn, Dal', ne WAS laslen-
tdng to the room where the 'ex-guerrilla
sat at supper, when Mr.. Graham inter-
posed, and persuaded Thurbertto consult
his father, who lives some three miles
from Holmesvitteg The interview re-
| suited in the making OF an affidavit: set
ting. forth the facts, and, which, by the
Courtesy Of Hon. Morgan II fWsclr. be-
7 fore whom it was made has been Placed
I Mn ou4s hands. fhe arrest was effected
ION Saturday last, by Deputy Sheriff Clay
4 Brown, assisted by Messrs. Closer, and
! Robinson, Of Tia Porte l;ite ofthe Feder-
! al army and the criminal, of-Whose
1 name nothing j. knovna4but 'GharleyJ'
\ now'lits III the tshiaat ia Porte, Awaiting
bthc orders Of Mhjor General Palmer, to