Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1869-01-20
Arkansas.

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deem best.
Arkansas.
The following account of horrible mat
ters over the river is taken from the
Appeal of this morning, and embodiet
the statements of refugees now in the
city:
We gave yesterday morning report
of the execution of three men, prisoners
in the Marion Jail, by the militia, on
Saturday last. We we're unable to give,
at the time, the full names of the parties
or the particulars of the affair; bat have
since learned that the names Of the three
prisoners taken from the Jail were Geo.
j. Harvey, VIM. TIGER and A. McAllister.
We understand that they were taken
from the Jail about two o'clock pm. on
Friday, by party of cavalry who were
ordered to leave Marion for Osceola.
There were five men in Jail at the time,
the names of those who were left being
Crrmp and Woford. Nothing further
is known positively of them by parties
from Marion; but we learn by arrivals
from above that when the steamer Mark
r. Cheek touched at Cottonwood Point,
on Saturday evening, boy came aboard
and informed them that his father had
been compelled to bury the bodies Of
three men, shot by the militia that day.
The boys story was, that the militia
cavalry, a hundred and fifty strong, had
come to his fathers house and demanded
of him to show them the ford or cross
ing place of Frenchmen's Bayou The
old man demurred hut they told him he
must 20 or they would kill him, He ao.
oordingly accompanied them, and when
they arrived at the ford they took the
three prisoners that they had and shot
them, leaving their guide to bury them.
This story is corroborated by Mr.. p C.
Wallace, who says that he LET the mill
tia at the resideDs.. OF 1no D. Ware with
three prisoners : Harvey, TIGER and
McAllister. We know that these prison
ers did not arrive at 0sceola.
On the arrival of the party at 0sceola,
the militia proceeded to arrest and hold
In durance Messrs. Jos. Borum and John
Fl. Williams. No cause is assigned for
the deed,
Some doubt having been expressed, not
only by the truly loyal and others of
that ilk, of the truth of the accounts of
rapes and violence committed in and
around Marion, given in the Appeal, we
took occasion yesterday to visit several
parties fresh from the scene of the horrid
crimes, and we append the following list
of ladies who have been most brutality
and inhumanly violated by them. The
feeling which would withhold their names
is, we think, misplaced, for the recital of
their wrongs can arouse but one feeling
In the human breast, that of revenge-a
stern, silent, deep prayer for vengeance /;
a pleading with God that our own hands
may be made the instruments; that our
ewn eyes may see the doom executed,
aud our own ears may hear their ineffec-
tual cries for aid and rescue.
During the past few days no less than
eight most estimable ladies have been
most brutslly treated by them, viz: Mrs.
JEFF. Reeves, Mrs. Galloway, Mrs. McGee,
Mrs. Watson, Mrs. Lloyd, Mrs. Brown,
Mrs. Hodges and Miss Swepston.
Several Of these ladies are nov in the
city, and We had the opportunity of con-
versing with them yesterday. We learn
that on Friday about one o'clock, seven
negro militismen came to the house Of
Mrs. Galloway, aud demanded arms.
She and Mrs Niece we're at home, and
gave up oil weapons that they had about
the house, The negroes had scarcely
gone, when three more came, and after
securing and placing under guard Mr..
Galloway, who had meantime returned
home, proceeded to crafty their lusts.
On Monday a court-msrtiRl was or
dsred by Gel Watson to assemble to try
them, and the court convened on Tues
day morning at ten o'clock. The trial
lasted about three hours, a verdict Of
guilty was found, and the three prisoners
sentenced to suffer death at two clock
Yesterday doom which was no doubt
melted out to them.
The bare recital Of these individual
instances Of outrage is Of itself enough
to "stir fever 10 the blood Of age, or
make an infants sinews as strong as
steel, and we can scarcely see how a
man made Of flesh and blood could stand
by and see the outrage perpetrated. A
man has but one time to die, and then
and there was as good tine and place
as anywhere or any time.
While these negroes were at their he'll
lish work, a squad Of white militia, who
had been spprised Of what was going on,
approached the house, and surrounding
il captured the three negroes aud con-
veyed them to camp.
Another negro, accused Of similar
ofense, was also before the commission,
and at last accounts his case was still
being tried.
We learn that a message arrived
yesterday morning at headquarters from
Little Rock disbanding the militia We
hope It is true, but doubt it very much.