Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1868-02-29
The AFFAIR a; Marshall.

"N ~''N Nl'N' ~ times puhllsh-
y eS lhe official rep =; Of Col. Wood,
d appointed By Gen, Hancock 10 in
veNiigatc tho recent disturbance at
Marshall,
Col, Wood says Judge Caldwell
addressed his crowd "prinoipally
negroes" and dismissed them with.
A., out any interruption except that
once some persons in the crowd
lcnled the truth of ono of tho
Judges state mcnis,
The negro crowd lid not dispcrsc,
ana u freedman took the stand and
gave out tho song rally round tho
!, Tag boys, which tho crowd was
singing when "ono j Richardson
elevated II pistol at about IN angle of
lhirty-tivc degrees, discharged it ,
In the air, tho ball entering tho cell.
ins, aud ordered tho negroes to dis.
porSc"
Col. Wood shows concluslvoly
that Caldewcll was mutshot Mt, and
that thcre was no conspiracy to
break up the meeting.
Tho persons arrested by tho mill
lnry were sheriff Adams and Messrs.
Pcrryand Richardson. The latter,
at the time ofhis arrest by tho mill.
lary, was under arrest before tho
Mayor for the offence Of disturbing
the meeting.
Col Wood declares that Lieut.
/ llawlcy shold not have arrested
/ the parties, and that ho acted i'm
properly in calling out the military
after the breaking up of tho meet
ing on tho 30th, There was no
disturbance occurring, or likely to
occur. Tho civil authorities had
not been appealed to. They were
ready, willing and ablo to preserve
the peace, and bring vioators of tho
law 10 punishment But if their
were any excuse for the arrest,
there was nono,ior the second. Per-
ry, Adams and Richardson sued sout
II writ of habcas corpus and wcro
delivered over to the city authori-
ties Lieut. lTawley then arrested Po.
land, Cortis, Hill, Sluan and Mckay,
who also sued out writ of habcas
corpus and wcrc.dcIivcrcd over tothc
city authorities. The case not be-
mo rao.ono o ~ Cni r, W. 'ui'ic'oh' r
Lieutenant lIawlcy rearrcsted all
the parties, except Adams and
Richardson, on the original charge,
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