Nashville union and dispatch. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1866-1868, 1867-10-19
CONFEDERATE PAROLES.

what They Mean and 10 What They
Bind-The MiiIiIxen HRbeRs Corpus
at Memphis-Emportant Decision by
Judge Trigg-The War Over-HighIy
Interesting Case Growing out Of the
Late August Election.
A young man by the name, of Milliken,
late Confederate soldier, who was paroled
at the close Of the war, got into wordy
alteration at Lagrange in this State, on
the day of the late State election, with
loyal person named Baum, who procured
his arrest by Lieut.. Hugo, of the United
States forces, who had been sent to the
place 10 preserve order on the day of elec-
ton, on a charge Of violating his parole as
prisoner of war. Milliken applied for a
writ Of hd5eos corpus, which was brought
up in the Federal Court at Memphis for
final hearing before Judge Trigg on the
10th inst, with the following result:
After giving brief statement of the
case, Judge Trigg referred 10 the order
granted some days since on Lieutenant Hu-
60 to amend his return TO the writ, by in
serting a copy of the general order issued
by Gen. Thomas as to the arrest Of Milli-
ken. This had been done it simply stated
that Milliken had been arrested BY the
military authorities for a violation of his
parole as a prisoner of war But since
that amendment had been made, another
seems to have been inserted, that Millil1en
had been arrested for an armed violation
Of his parole" This seems TO have been
done with the assent of one of the counsel
Of the petitioner So far as the conTt could
get any information from newspapers, etc,
and he could take judicial knowledge Of
the state of the country, no war existed at
present, and no war was being made by
any one in the State Of Tennessee on the
government of the United States. The re-
turn Of the officer Is so indefinite and leaves
the case in so much doubt, and the inn
portanoe given 10 the case in the newspa-
pers and elsewhere the court is desirons to
examine into the case and see what ia in il,
and let the country see likewise. The mo-
ton 10 discharge the prisoner will be over
ruled, and leave given 10 him 10 traverse
the return so that the facts may be brought
out or the officer Caa so amend his return
by stating therein the facts in the case, and
then the court can come TO some conclu-
sion as TO whether the parole has been
broken by armed violation OF otherwise.
Court adjourned to three clock, in order
10 give Lieutenant Hugo time % amend
| The return.
When the court met pursuant 10 adjourn
ment, Judge Lewis read the return, as or
dered by the court. Ii merely recited, that
on or about August lst, 1867, detachment
/ Of United States troops was sent to La
| grange, Tenn, during the elecijon; that
Young Milliken became eKaspersted AT see
ing negro troops and heroes voting he said
| 20 loyal citizen, named John Baum,
don't We know that You hate the Southern
people as you do rattlesnakes@ and further
said 10 the loyal Baum, II will hsld you
personally responsible for this;" and
that Milliken vas armed, as was several
other citizens. The loyal citizen, Baum
got frightened and escaped fro1a the armed
Rebels, and was advised BY other Iowa
citizens to leave town with the troops. Mil