Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-26
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General Sheridan reports to-day, In a
further description of the fight between his
Aid-de-camp, Colonel Forsyth, and the
Indians on the upper Republican, that sew
eral other columns are moving to the same
point. trust the indians will receive just
punishment.
4 FORT HAYES, Sept. %.
/ We have just heard from Colonel For
syth. The report sent here to, day is sat
| isfactorily correct. Lieut.. Beecher is dead,
and Colonel Forsyth is wounded as before
described, but the party Is all right, al
though surrounded by Indians. and can
hold out, as they have plenty of ammuni-
tion and mule and horse flesh. They have
given the Indians a salty dose.
| Col. Forsyth has lost Lieut.. Beecher-
DR.. Moore was mortally wounded. Two
were killed and eighteen wounded. He
reports thirty-fiv Indians killed and many
wounded. Col. Forsyth; SAYS he-can whip
the party and come in, if it was not for his
wounded men and his horses all being
killed. s,tf.r.tsE1 - ~ 1Ff
| [Signedl @ P. H. SHERIDAN, .-
~ Major General U. S. A.
To w. T. Sherman, Lieut.. General. a
Robbery and NluI der in PennsyI-
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DELAwARE WATER GAP. Pa. Sept. 25. -ie
| The Brainard House, at this place, was
robbed this morning. Thomas Broadhead,
proprietor, and his brother Theodore
started IN pursuit of the robbers, and came
upon them on the road about fifty yards
south of this place. Thomas Broadhead
took hold of one of them and ordered him
back, and he appeared willing to go. The
other stepped sabout ten feet away and
drew a revolver, when the first said
shoot them down. He Immediately
head In the face and left side, when The
odore Broadhead came up, grappled with
them and received a shot through the body,
killing him Instantly. Before leaving, the
murderers pounded Thomas Broadhead in
the head with stones. The murderers are
supposed to be Irish, and to have hidden in q
the wood She'd. All the Inhabitants are
reused aud surrounded the mountains TO
capture them. ,.-,., ,,-,,-,,
'a'S SECOND DISPATCH.
The murderers were captured at o'clock
this afternoon, about q mile west of this
place, and are recognized Us the. guilty par- J
ties. The excitement was very great. The =
Sheriff has great difficulty to prevent their
heing lynched. At 2 O'Clock they started .
with the prisoners to lodge them in the =
Strondsburg jail, accompanied by large
party of armed men. Thomas BroadheadT
will probably. recover - Ssls4 - 4
ani 20 Boston Items. - Lss' @ I,
IF BosToN, Sept. 25.' ii
Frederick Lopez. IL years old, accident
ally shot himself dead while cunning in ;
Canton, Mass, yesterday ito..el ~ 90
Otis w. Horton, a small dealer in family
goods, in Roxbury, has disappeared, in.
company with Florence e. Cameron, a girl
in his employ. He left wife and three
children homeless in Easton, Mass, having
sold mis- house there and pocketed the pro- q
eeeds. baa szaiszols baR sIstiuE EDS sUiT 1s1 -
/ 1t is reported the Cunard will shortly re- 4
place the European steamers lately with,
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sI5 ,-.-., ,.-7 .,.,,. .sT LOUIS, Sept. 25,d 7.
DIR. Joseph N. Mcdowell, one of the most
distinguished surgeons IN the West. and
| resident of this city for %, years. died this:
morning of congestive chills, in SD year of
his age. "4a a,