The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-06-29
Arrest OF G. Q. Bowen.-A Mighty Man FALL
en.-yic,ys OF Conarcas yanisbed.

en'-SfcwS OF Con8rcas Vanished.
We mentioned briefly in our issue Of yesterday,
that tho above named individual had been arrested
By the military authorities. Tho following commu.
nication, published in tho Savannah Adreriiser, Of
the goth instant, will throw somo light on the an
tecedents and character OF Bowen:
Mn. EDITOR Noticing in your paper a few days
Mercury, in regard to I spoeSh nado to tho ne
81 oos in Summeryille, g. O., in which G. O. Bowen
Informed his hearers that il they did not vote the
tiary was more forcibly than eyer reminded Of
tho het that the nntecoddnts Of all tho white Ra-
IDEALS IN the South most singularly coincide with
oloh other.
i first mndo tho acquaintance OF this G. O..
Bowen at the Marshall House in this city In 1861.
We were then Ssgaazss sses@Rs4 qpSsE The hs
BoEm enlisted with ms, end from assooiating
same ami company, learned d that he VASE was Rhode ode
Island man by birth, but had Of late been settled
In Southwestern Georgin, from which place he
a faro dea!er and gambler In general, and. also
thht no had married ono Of tho n,ost notorious
prostitutes in Macon. 30 much for his HISTORY
previous to my meeting him. l....r tai -.
Our company was finally mustered inLo sorvico
command Of Major ". p. White. Alter doing
wS wdro ordered to report 10 GEM Sosuroasrd nls
Charleston. Whilo there, from the occurrences Of
vacancies, and tho cool effrontery 81 Bowon, lie
| managed to got elected Captain. III =,
While holding that Office, ho made good thing
ofit by taking In substitutes, and for largo por-
tion OF the money he would give them leave OF abb
mand, tho supposition boing that they had dosert-
cd. BY these, and other little games he managed
| to become the owner Of nine horses, which wero
ridden in the command by mon who we're not able
to own horses themselves. 'tH0
From Charleston we wero ordered TO Wacoar1aw
NECK, opposite Georgetown, g. O., to picket the
cured flrlough TO come to Savannah, and while
horc, by some fraudulent means, procured money
nom tho pay department.. For this cause Major
| w. 7. White preferred charges against him ''for
0n these charges no was court martialed In
Georgetown, and, on conviction, dismissed tho scr
vice. immediAtely on tho promulgation Of tho
order Of Con. Trapior, announcing his diamissal,
! Bowen left for WaccaInaw. - .-. II
| fow niEhts attcr his departure, as was scald-
dead sGas which aha ~ bitten that day.
The whole camp WAS In an uproar, and among
tho rest went into Moi W's quarters, where found
lying sh0 tho
Georgetown hospital, murdered in cold blood.
The party upon whom suspicion foil wps arreat-
I ed. He proved to bo sergeant in our company
@ and SCI or Wits t thro1sS So Wsshor
boarding: Ho showed us tho hole where tho bal
entered tho house; he showed Ms whore be had
tbr9Tn as %urdStous n weapon after doing the dss
alongside tho road leading to tho landing, which
O.. O. Bowen had constructed, behind which u
hide and shoot Major White as ho should pas
going to or returning from tho landing, snd hi
confessed that O. @. Bowen had promised him tht
boat horse he owned II he would murder Major "
Bouon was immediately arrested In Augusts, b,
teleersphic orders, and brought to Charleston AMI
confined IA the jail. Shortly sftor this we wer,
called to Virginia, where until the surrender, NOR,
stirring soenes claimed my attention, and the maj
mad aimost escaped my momory until saw hi
name In your paper as Radical. l.i.o. n
and having extended this much longer than I eI
pected, will Sloso by only saying that thoro ar
many tRliYlduals In gavannah WIN can youoh 70
AL say. o Yours truly. ~ ,. 3
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