The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1872-07-04

The Pilot consults a gentleman IHE
#CIARIoN local interviews murderer--Pllot
article condensed.
Extracts from the New York Ledger
"Adyenturers, Perils and Escapes OF c. ).
BELL, the Union Scout OF the Mississippi"
An attempt to destroy private property in
which an engine is 10 Toe exploded in the
CITY OF Columbus, without regard to the
lives Of the women and children there
The men were in the army.
GENrLEMANLY ACT NO. l.
'.e'The scout sauntered up to the engine and
found nobody within sight or hearing lie
then stepped into the engineer can anu
lighting "A match, observed from the lhulCst :,
for that there was considerable steam Sttlt
ON. He fastened down the safety valve, ana
opening the door OF the fire box, nolselessiY
transferred wood from the tender 10 the
furnace till il was well nlled. lie lhei,
continued OBJ his walk to the MOTEL anu
going TO his room, went to bed and waited
for the explosion. He knew that an eX-
pIosion would certainly take place when
the wood was well burning"
He arrests lady in North Mississippi and
has her sent To a Northern Bastile
GENTLEMANLY- ACT MOI.
"BeII." said General Veitch, after a while
s.vou have rendered an eXcecdi gly Valua-
HE service | wish YOU to keep this matter
a profound secret. This woman has pre-
tended to be strongly in favor OF the Union
causp | will see that she is not only pun
ished for her treachery, but that she viii
have no opportunity To practice IL in fu-
ture."
The scout took his leave of The General
and went TO his rooms in the ctty. IL was
ten O'Clock when he arrived there, and be-
ing rather fatigued he went almost immc-
diately TO bed.
afterwards sent to Alton as "A prisoner
where She remained until released on prom
Use that she would remain in the North"
While playing the gentlemaHiy role OF a
spy; which ranks so high among officers in
an army that those who perform it are al
ways hung, while a deserter even, is shot;
he commits murder.
GENTLEMANLY ACT NO. 3.
ssThe moment that Bells horse again brush
ed against the other, he brought his pistol
swiftly into range and shot his adversary
through the head. The hand in which he
was lifting his weapon dropped, and with a
wild cry and CHASTITY face he rolled head
long from his saddle into the edge Of the
pool, FLASHING the water as he fell
Bell then returned to the dead courier,
who was almost hidden by the grass in
which he had fallen. His head lay in the
pool. and the blood that flowed from it min
gled with the muddy water. Bell, rs me
looked down upon the dead body, shudder-
ed at the work which he had done. IL was
the first man ne had ever killed though he
had been engaged for two years in the most
perlous service of the war. He stopped
down ana picked the dispatches from the
breast pocket of the mans cavalry jacket,
and, without attempting To move the body,
concealed it more carefully by the grass,
and rode hurriedly away"
We now dismiss the subject, "the game
not being worth the candle" We leave our
readers to decide whether or not Hodges
or Bells statements are most to be relied
upon. We confess, that rs neither have
regulations that are to be envicd, we place
but little confidence in the statements made
by either; and had not the latter charged
the former with the importance of keep
ing dark" so far as TIE CLARION was con-
cerned, we would not have published so
long an account of the arrest, neither would
we have said that Hodges was living i'm jail,
in accordance with law, and Bell i'm the
Blind Institute contrary to law, both at
the expense of the State. The jailor has in
formed us that he knew that Hodges was in
Jail. Have the trustees OF the Blind Insti-
tute learned where Bell lives?