American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1869-11-13

I
ever drew blood from me.
| wish to say that | saw a Repnbii
can of June last, which contains some
charges against me that are not true.
/ 1t speaks OF many crupltieS commit
ted by Hidrrband iii Galloway coun-
ty, which are utterly untrue. !
never was in Galloway county in my
life. 1t also charges me with cruel
ty to little boy. That is also false.
| never harmed a woman or child in
my life. | varied only with men
| who had made war ol me. | WAS
also accused of taking stock of jim.
McLane to the amOunt of $4,000.
The nrighbors all know that Jim
McLale always lived from hand to
mouth, and never hnd anything to
be stolen or taken from him.
| wish now to add few remarks
to explain my late troubles.
After the excitement about the
war, and its troubles seemed to die
out, and men seemed disposed to
heal over past sores, in the spring
Of 1868, came back to st. Francois
county and talked to many of the
good people of the county concerning
tie propriety of returning to nv old
home. All | spoke to of all parties
said, -" Sam, come home. ,
! came back i'll good faith. mov-
ed TO my mothers old place and Iiv-
ed there six months. then moved
to HillsborO and stayed there until
Lust fall. Find ing it hard to make IA
living there, / moved on the MIssis-
slppl river, near Rush Tower, and
chopped 'yool all the winter. | then
moved oack to the Three Rivers, ON
the Sam Herd place, to raise a crop.
Thfre | lived and worked until the
II a of June last, when | waS waylaid
! and shot by Jim McLane, or Walter
Evans, and two others that or my
friends may yet eall to account.
jim McLane, McQuinn and others
! waylaid my house to murder me iii
|Amil last for several days. On the
9th of June | was shot through the
, thigh al my house.
| went to my uncle Williams,
where they attacked me six days
after. They shot all day at me there.
[ selected jim McLane, whom l
, knew only by description. aud shot
him from the house. Sheriff Breck
, inridge and the balance OF his party
:, took good care of their scalps aftel
| killed McLaue. 1t WAS then .
O'Clock, and, as had eaten no break
, fast or dinner, l cooked my OWL
Il tn l-a "A
f, firing at me. | was often amused t.
see my old aunt Williams dodgine
, the balls as they came in through
the cracks. They fired the house
and, as | had finished my supper,
, abandoned my burning f0rtilicatiOn
! As | went cut | counted thirty five
men that were guarding the burnin:
= house. l stw Geo Doggett, As
j, jackson, JO. McGalIan and Hill!
4 boy. When the house got too hot foI
. comfort, left it, and walked within
:, six feet of some of the guard. They
;, seemed blind, or at least they die
4 not offer to shoot me.
>, | wish to say to the Radicals il
4 and about Pennington to beWar
a. how they mis- s;rtat my wi e and child
e ren, as bear they have had then
,d under arrest by order of the dluHh
-, Ell Bowen, and | will say to Bob Hi
and Joe McGahan to walk suio0thi
II and not let my family suffer. The
-, helped Kill my brothers, but the
as have 10 yet Killed me.
~ Jim MCLane Was tool in tn
;, hands OF tIat infamous creature an
~, coward. Gust. St. Gem, OF st. Gen
~ ~ We've, who will some day, 10 matte
h. where he may hide himself, have
so answer orcTimeS he plannedand W;
,i too cowar,i!y TO execute, bat he q
Others 10 DO it f0r him. McI4al
ho murdered Judge Burke, OF St. &c
on ~ evieve, e,and preacherPoik over eisht
-, three Years OF age,
q. | wish to say to Governor McCiul
Sc that | could easily have killed hi
nd while he was iii Pennington, if h;
~. wanted To do so, but | looked Ga hi
as il gentleman, and that he is mi
ny led by listening to lies from b;
in men, who are Radicals.
Fir All | have written is every wo
no true. do not want to be killed y
cll awhile neither do | wish to Kill al
he one it they will let me alone. \
ad enemies have charged me with beiI
a thief during the war. / was nt
ad al that | fairly captnred l ca
he away to the widows aud Orpha
,aS who had be3n robbed and were su
leh eriug.
al | will refer to honest men W
knew me, whether | was not an no
est man. In the latter part Of \
eli gust the Radical gpvernnedt Of NJ
lis, souri, had four OF i've hundred arm
bic men hunting ne down, and dccliI
to martial Law. What tempest q
my poor hunted man can raise 1t
wo because OF guilty c0nseieuces. III
the know the wrongs they did and Eh
rft, that vengeance should fall upon
|, guilty.
- OF have had two bushels of Badi,
nca bullets shot at me, but only two e'
to drew blood. The Old Indian vii
on> he fired fourteen shots at G.
my Washington and missed every sh
zen, said that the Great Spiiit tur!
>, il the balls aside. God has turn
I'd away TIE bullets aimed at ny
by and / put my trust in him and
;py, ieve the balance of my days will
spent more happily.
on l am III as fine spirits and &C
who health as | eyer was. Ny wound
item entirely bealed and | am good
sail many Years OF life if my I
'sist allow ne to live in peace; and
AntS they do not, on them be the col
ling quenceS.
here Let spies and informcrs keep a
'ays safe distance from me. | do
lave think can be easily trai!ed, but 5
ut it is safest for any person that ha
ind desire to hunt up Hilderbrand to
ited that alone. Remember the gre
it,. horn that started out to hunt gri.
lair bears in California
Mt l ! In order that those who knew