Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1869-07-22
INFORMATION FOUND.
what Became CT McGinnIs---The Question
Answered by one Of his Guards--He IS
Accused Of Various High Crimes and
M~isdemeanors.

In response TO the article in yester-
| DAVIS APPEAL, headed Information
demanded" we were called on yes
terday by Mr.. w. j. HarWell, OF
Olive Branch, who gave us the follow
mo statementin regard TO Mr.. McGln-
| mis- and his arrest by ID. Payne, We
shall he Glad to receive any further in
formation from the parties interested.
l-EDs. APPEAL
STATEMENT OF W. ]. HARWELL.
WAS n of the parties who was
called on by DIR. Payne, to assist him
TO carry McGinnis to fernando. As
to the Doctors authority in the mat
fer. / am not informed. / have heard
If said since the affair that he had
none. / don't know this though.
The charges made against McGinnis
was that he was a general dlsturber o.
the peace, having thraetnou lneliVes
of DIR. Pzsac, lafayette Payne, JOSIAH
ara Wade Cummins.
There were five of us who started
with him to fernando, and when
about three miles from Olive Branch
something was the matter with the
mare that one of the party was riding,
and DIR. Payne, Lafayette Payne and
myself stopped with him TO rest her,
leaving my brother to go along with
the prisoner. Brother did not want
to 90 to fernando, and so taking this
opportunity, he told McGinnis to cut
and run, which he did. When We
came up he told us that McGinnis had
escaped.
AS to McGinnis not having been
seen since this affair, we can prove
differently. That very night he went
to the house Of Mrs. Mitchell and
asked James Began (of Olive Branch)
the way to BucksnOrt. He was told,
and went on. This is all L know
about the arrest and escape.
As to McGinnis' character, there IS
very little known except what he adj
mitted himself-that is, that he had
two living wives, that he had been in
the Confederate army and deserted.
DIR. PAYNE wrote to his former home
in Searcy, white county, Ark.,) and
learned that he had stolen a horse be-
fore leaving there.
DIR. Payne is one of the best citizens
of Olive Branch, DeSotO county, and
whatever he did, he did believing that
it was for the good of the neighbOr-
hood.
A LETTER FROM DIR. PAYNE.
Since writing the above we have
received the following letter from DIR.
| Payne, which we cheerfully give place
to. The statements published by us
YESTERDAY were received from Messrs.
Lucas and Bradley, of Olive Branch,
who were introduced to US and
vouched for by Mr.. w. NJ. Hutton, of
this city.
MEMPHIS, July q, 1869.
Editors of Appeal: In this mornings
APPEAL is an article in which / fig
ure cOnsDicuOusly as an outlaw and
bad man at the head of an organized
band of outlaws. The information
giveen you bytwO respectable citizens OF
DeSoto county, and their Veracity
vouched for by a citizen of this city.
First, / demand the names of those
respectable citizens of DeSOtO and
their city voucher.
The whole story Is a batch Of lies
with scarcely enough truth to hold 1t
together. The whole affair must and
shall be Investigated. l have done,
and am doing, all | canto get a hear
ing. / wrote yesterday to Stokes y
Morgan, and Myers & Campbell, of
Hernandez, to secure me a speedy
hearing anywhere in the county, and
pending that investigation it does not
become me to publish the affair to the
country, and l can only request hon
est men to Withhold their judgment
until such investigation can be had,
when / hold you in honor bound to
give me an opportunity Of defence in
your journal.
In the meantime | refer the public
to the Bench and Bar of fernando,
and to every Sheriff, Clerk and their
deputies for the last twenty-seven
years, for my character as an orderly,
quiet and peaceable citizen. L refer
with pleasure to the following citizens
of Memphis: Judge p. 7. Scruggs,
Gen. j. r. Chalmers, Newton Ford d
Co., Taylor Il Rutland, j. d.. Will
Jams, Lemon, Gayle & JOyner, Walker
Bros. & Co., Howell, Wood & CO., and
their, statesmen Jacob Dickson, Il. b.
McKewin and Charley Douglass, Maj.
H. a. Rogers, DIR. VIM. L. Rogers,
and hope this will suffice until l can
secure a legal hearing, and then you
shall have the balance. And as you
call on Gen. Ames, so do l, and res
pectfully request a trial in the county
forthwith. f. L. PAYNE.
The city papers that have published
the article referred to will do me the
Justice to insert this. f. i. p.
MAJOR ROGERS STATEMENT.
NpRrpurS Tulv 81 1870
Editors Of the Appeal:
Gentlemen: In reference to the card
published in your issue of this morn
ing, in reference to DR.. Payne and his
neighbors, allow me to say that you
have been misinfOrmed as to the facts.
1 am informed that they did not muir
der the man; he is now at Jackson.
Miss, invoking the aid of the military
to punish the farmers of DeSOtO county
for doing what they did. This step
which they took-they deemed nee
essary to protect their lives and
property from the unwarranted ae-
lions of a worthless character; and
thus has a long story been trumped
up, in order to blind the APPEAL,
and attain its influence to urge on the
military at Jackson, to still further
Cypress and annoy the farmers of
DeS0to, than whom a more honorable
and law abidingset of men do not live.
The men alluded to in
your card, all stand high
as old and respectable citizens Of
that cOu,lty, and l know that in jus
tice to yourselves and to them you
will publish this card, for we all know
that the APPEAL is ever foremost to
uphold the right and punish the
wrong. l have in my possession a
full statement of the facts, which l
withhold, as of late we have had
enough in our journals Of elimination
and recrimination, and it tasks all of
our energies to keep Tennessee
straight. Yours respectfully,
II. A. ROGERS. i
COUNTRY Merchants that buy Dry
Goods, examine our Stock. NJ. Kraus
& Co.