The Lincoln County herald., 1868-05-21
LOCAL ANo COUNTY.
The Carter-McInlssh Affair.
tFrom the 81. Louis Democrat.1


erat, wc wish to publish In the Democrat . more
correct account than has yst gone to the public.
We call upon law. abiding persons, and all who
are interested In the eause Of Humanity, 10 here
Hsn. s. rs;.s,. Ss q tns .. oss, N T,GS No.
served his eouutry faithfully through the four
ysass Of rebellion, Assaulted by two armed rebel
dsspsrSdscs, under tho inAucn,o Of bad whisky
Ito turns upon bis nssailants In pure self defense,
and shcots and wounds ono OF them he then
repairs to the ci.cuit Court room, surrenders to
the Court II being in sessiou), and asks its pro
tection, 10 pursued BY = rebel mob. Upon the
AFFIDAVIT Of one one Of his assailants no Is com
wittsd TO Jail. The Jail Is threatened by tho
mob, and bis I'M Also, In tho event tho wounded
man dies. Tho Union soldier lies In that suifo-
eating dungeon for nearly three weeks, without
necessary bedding or medical attention. His
wife and children ere refused admittance to his
dismal abode.
II will also hs borne In mind that somo Of the
war, engaged in breaking open the same Jail and
taking cut negro and burning him at the stake.
1t will slso b remembered that the authorities
here claim 10 be Conservative, Democratic gen.
tlcmsn, and such things are eountenancod and
tolerated by smooth. tongued, church going poo
pie. The wrath Of On avsnsins God will s siroiy
'bs visited upon such people.
The Lincoln County Herald, published in Troy,
Is edited By tw" worthies-ono IN imported
Northern Democrat. bauished from this State
durisg tho war for his disloyaliy; the other
they surrendered 10 Grant. This paper pub
lishsd an editorial about the afray, AMI wound
1t uP BY saying that not ono man that they had
heard Of tusti6ea this Union man In what he did,
when 1t was notorious fact, borne upon every
that the other was justifablc in doing what he
did. In the face Of all that, they Indignantly
publish this to iniuriate the mob spirit OF thur
friends, or cause tho Union man TO bo kept in
prison an die or suffer as many Of his friends
did at Andsrsonvillc. Through the intsrposition
Of m over-ruling power, however, their schemes
have failed, Friends came to the rescue, and u
bsil-bopd, with list Of names half as long %
mans arm sppsndod, was made out, and the pris.
oner released. The Zen u around stood agha.t,
looked shespi.h and thunlcrstruck, as II they
thought that y swift aud rctributivo vengeance
was about to overtaks them, and to their amaze.
msnt they were politely Informed that the boni
could, 1t necessary, DO raised to one or three
hundred thousand dollars. JUSTICE.
Who II is that insults the name Of
Justice" by appsndius it to such u
batch Of Misrepresentation, not to say
glaring lies, as the above, We do not know,
but suspect it to be Mcintosh himself
Its publicatio In the St. Louis Democrat,
paper that has shielded every atrocous
net and murder that has taken place in
Missouri. for the last FIVE or six years, is
enough to place the writer in doubtful
position among honest men, though they
might before havo been ignorant Of the
affair 10 question.
The "sick aud cnfecblod soldier" was
not too far gone 10 draw II revolver and
fire three shots, evory one taking effect,
before Mr.. Carter could draw his pistol,
and then after firing aud woundiug him
the fourth time, mako good speed, through
houses and over fences, to tho court house,
come three or four hundred yards distant,
to claim tho protection Of the Court.
Attacked by two armed rebel despe.
radoes," says tho writer. If We were
rightfully informsd-and We received our
information from both the personal
friends Of Mr.. Carter and the political (ho
has no psrsoual) friends of Mcintosh
he was himself tho attacking party; and
it was not until after Mr.. Carter was so
badly wounded as to be almost unable to
assist himself, that one Of his friends in.
terferred. ',.'..- ... j ,
The character Of the two men: Mr..
Carter il Esll'known 10 be . Aish.toned
and respected gentleman but one who
nsverssasn himself to bc imposed upon.
MoIntesh il seputed, aud generally known,
to be . very quarrelsome fellow, to soy
the least of him, and bis actions toward
some Of the citizens Of this county dur.
ing the war will never be forgotten. Even
his own father suffered at his hands.
This model "soldisr," is represented as
being "without necessary bedding or
medical attention." aud. also, that "hi.
wife asd children were refused admittancs
TO his dismal abode" We are author.
lied BY the jaiior to say that this is an
"injerna1 Gs !" that he was told he could
have medical aid If he needed or desired
It, and that he received more at tho Jail.
'ors hands than tho Law required him to
give.
Our ant statement Of the affair was
substantially correct; aud a. to our tina.
1ignautly" publishing anything to "infa.
riats tho rzbb.spiit' Of NJ. Uartsr's
friends, IL is too utterly igtoaniless and
false TO merit our attention. rrr,;
This insulter Of "Justlce." takes cca
aion to refer to the burnisg Of . negro in
this place, IN 1858, but does not state any
OF the facts. We do not wish to Justify
mob law, but simple statement Of facts
may not be out Of place. This negro
fnnrdArad &. all IiI