The Texas Republican. [volume] (Marshall, Tex.) 1849-1869, 1869-04-30
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From the Ws1ahachis Argus.
Editor Arsm To correct man,
erroneous statements uniu,eutionsll,
made BY persons, aud publi.h.J
through the different presse. Of N.
country, W send you this secoun, as
BisksrsssG aud fhonpsons death
which sssssnt is true, and will J..
sworn % BY several Of our bs., ei,,
san, If necessary
Sometime last fall, Bicker,,,s
made his appearance in John,o,
ccuasy, = strsnger, and gave his nam.
rs Thomas. lie pave out tina, 5,
Vas refugne, aud had beer unlu,rl,
persssstcd by tho military someuhe,,
Il vas not until Jan osry or Febru,ry
tia. il leaked out that Be xss re,ll,
Bepjanas Bicksrsts6. Bs, IN. p.o
pls stood in such terror Of the nam.
and eharscsss that bat li.,Ie va. ,,ii
Of him openly aad publicly. Bnt.
srsta6 came and went, but all hi,
movements wsrs involved in more a,
less mystery Sometime. he app..,.
ed 10 company with Thompson, and
always went heavily armed II,
never mingled In . crowd, and rar,l,
approached nSar one unless be seem.
cd 10 recognise friends therein, vh.,
he might come within a few pace,
with his hands upon his pistols, and
and his eyes constantly on the .I.ri
in different directions. Msauvhil.
his intimacy with Thompsoa seemed
to ripsn, and various depreciation,
began to be comF: tod: plantation,
were visited IN the absence Of IL,
owners negroes were assaulted
threatened and robbed Of provision,
and clothing the women r,vish.d
which frightened them so .h.y
fed from their homes 10 terror and
dismay, rendering them entirely U.s..
less - laberers. The people WIN
convinced - 70 the leading author
OF these troubles, but - yet for.bor
any ASSASSINATION.
LicksrstiG aad Thompson had n.
psatsdly threatened to burn Alv,n
DO ard 70 take the lives Of several 4
our best citizens. Again and ae,l.
w we're threatened by these dssps.
ate men, until no one, either III coun.
try or to~n, felt safe 10 the pro.eca.
lion of his Legitimate business. Ii
truth, they were thu creates, terror
these people had ever known. Thy
even went to the houses Of que,
citizens BY night, and attempted u
call them to the door for the purpa,
Of shooting them unawarss,
Bicksrs,sG wM still addressed y
Thomas and continued to be until lhs
hour Of his death. No one vsptsr
ed to address him or speak Of hin
publicly by hi, true name, though
wss we'll understood.
Thus AGAirs gssw worss and worst
Last week the District Court me, 10
this county. The whole com, md
jury were soor made to feel the pres
snce Of these desperate men by whom
they we're surrounded. The lu
could not he administered or execu'
ted the officers were cowed the
grand july we're intimii,tea, ADD
went homo with their work uu6ui,s
cd and il Was said that Judge Nosa
afraid ofhis life, adjourned courtma
slipped away privately.
The citizens Of Alva1ado and n.
entity now began to resolve to s,,r!
this state Of .hiags nc longer Thea
lives and property were exposed, H.
migration would esass, and their a.
tire county would languish while sa
men we're tolerated In their mids
They resolved To proceed to eI,rar
s:"ss .-----,vss sccordiae
y, SeseFnissd 10 rid sI....stva.
thsss their terriblo enemies
About halfsa hour before sundo,, =
on MONDAY, April 9th, BickenM +
and Thompson, on horsebsck. rob
'aso the square near . horse nsi
whsn they were arsd on. Thoa,
son fell dead from bic horse. Bit
srstad fell, bat recovered sui6c.sd
to Ore several shots, bst wouu dsd y
one. The citissns again fred, MI
iug some fifteen shots in sll I'D
bicksrstaf lay vsltsring ia hi, bloa
He survived somewhat between IN
sud half and two hour.
he Wa daily and closely .t,esdsl
ron The time Of the shooting u,a
he died He asked for water C.a
Mills gave Il 70 him. He ,hsr n.
marks. II am killed BY men 'b'
'ays been my frisads.'
Capt Mills then rsqusstsd Bicta'
saf 70 Ill hin who brought As
'pon hin, which he refused to h
aging never | no never r.
MAJ. Cathy, believed BY the slt
sns 10 BE- the man whose name Bst'
'stah refused to give, (for b. w
'e.qusatly sssn ia his company, M
icksrstsf Was known often to ba
athy's hosss, and strong suspicios
at uPon him ~ being accessory u
70 robhing Of Heath, he, (Csshyl
'nssqusntly, was arrested BY tn
l!zsns and sent to Waco.
bictsrstaG vas questioned 10 n
I'd to Csthy's conpkcity but rfs
TO give any snswer whenss
thys name vas mentioned.
There was . pair Of Dsrirse'
'tols found 10 Dickorstafs pocksh
ich have bsen described and n
.nissd BY NJ. Heath as bsougss
himself aud brother and he rlH
ar that they were taken from bis
The tias be VA robbed.
The mat day an inquest ". h's
r the bodies, and the jury re'uI''
! verdict, Ia substance, that, TN
eassd came To their death fro.
hands Of citissns, 10 defense y
II lives and property" TM -
. then put into ccmius and ''
V, the undsrsigusd, were on ~ !
lss " Oh the street eli the as' +
cav tn whole affair, and ~"
correct. There are circuu'h''
OF minor Importance which b" !,
been gives. /,
SAML MILLIkEN, !
STEPHEN MILLS. .
ne The above vaa nut 10 typ I