, 1872-10-15

ernment, and was afraid Of nothing. At one
| time, eaw murder in Hickox's eye; but
he was too discreet to fire at that time for had
the draw. on him. He and Williams both drew
On me just before the murder Of the prisoners,
| and Williams swore that he would kill me
certainly before he was done with me- He end
Dodson, however, came back next day and
apologlzed; but no man in the world ever knew
hlckox to make an apology. He was Northern
boar did do mighty hard work against these
power to break me- up. One timo, the store
where I kept hardware burnt MP, and, when /
came down to Little Rock to get my insurance, I
found that somebody had slipped in before me,
and made affidavit that did not have anything
there worth more than two or three hundred
dollars. The President Of the Insurance Com
pany was the Captain Of the Stats Gunrd, and
he knew the contrary, because he had been in
the store but q little while before, and be read
me- some Of this affidavit I recognized the
in it. That Hnee&ing Old hypoorite had
been active enough to try to have my
insurance stopped, hoping that it might stop
my paper to lose the money; but I got every
cent OF it, and that left them no alternative but
to burn me out: The Minstrels had no paper,
except one at Dardanel1e, which suspended two
months ago. When We Brindles went off from
the regulars, We took two-thirds of the vote in
our county. They got my foreman, Myers, to
steal my eubscription-list, and started Minstrel
NAA1AA1s
but believe even that is Brindle-Taii In Pope
County. but for these disturbances We should
have beaten the Minstrels two to one, for we
were growing all the time. There are 1900
afs ao5ss tee f?unY I sss ssmas 30 but Sn @ e
franchised, intimidated, or Indifferent people,
who do not vote. The county taxes are about
S2,15 On the hundred The county is virtually
bankrupt"
..Who reprerents Pope County in Congress- ?"
tetF1r1 EeTp1ag 1ha Sfptr1rt AZ
twenty-three counties, and stands third numeri-
cally. Bowles is B Brindle-Tail, and was Post
master at Russellville for some time.
We shall elect in the Pope District the Repre-
Pope vote or not. II they put us under martini
law, or stand their militia around our polls still,
in the ncxt two counties Of the Legislative Dis
trict, we are perfectly sure. There will be a
Conservative Legislature to follow the present."
''Dlr. Battenfeld, have you any reasonable
doubt that the Minstrel militia burned your
ohice?'
''No citizen Of Russellvi1le entertains the
least doubt Of it. Their proposition Vas to
have me- hasten to my office when the flames
prevent effectuel1y any revival Of the paper I
kept in the house, and did not venture out
Next day, q negro desperado, named JEFF En-
bry, was sent from the militia, charged with
rum, to find me and kill me-, was playing bill
struck an old veteran 1oafer around our village
fhe blood s hsad Sad sparted T d SF d7er so h tha
and the old man was lying on the
floor: The supposition vas that I
shoot me- 7 had a heavy billiard-cue in my
hand, and we had the negro covered at the same
time, and we drove him away. Before he could
make another attempt, got out through the
back door, and took no further chances. How
ever, had sixteen shots on me-, and I should
have given them all away on some Of the crew.
went over to Dardanelle for refuge, and am
now ct Little Rock"
'sDid General Upknm condole with you about
the loss of your paper2"
'No; that oold-blooded buccaneer simply
made the remark that could not get any insur-
ance this time, because I had taken my press
and appurtenances across the river. But he knew
better when he walked down to the Office and
saw, with his own eyes, the press scorched in
the fire and the apparatus melted"
Ir. Battenfeld, you have published state
ment that you have Witness who overheard
conversation between Dodson and Upham, and
and Uphan finally gave his consent. What wit
ness was TINT 2"
SWELL, the fact is, it was servant at the house
where they stopped, who slipped over and told
me-"
'.You did not believe that man Of Uphams
educntion and New England extraction would
put himself in that position ?"
Well, sir, when he went up in Northeastern
Arkansas, in 1868, he performed just the Same
sort OF assasslnations which Dodson and Wil1iaws
initiated, taking out persons without regard to
my charges OF guilt against them, and murder
ing them at the roadside; and, in some cases,
these men had their stomachs ripped open and
filled With sand, so as to sink them in the river
II you will turn to the report OF the Legislative
proceedings for 1870. you will find that the
Adjutant General had to be despatched to Wood
ruff County in order to defend Upham against
the horrible accusations which sprang up against
him from the most respectable quarters. Dam
forth, in the report, admits that, on one OCCASION
Upham arrested fifteen Of the old men IN town,
confined them in brick building, and notified
the citizens that, it he WAS attacked, he would
kill all these prisoners and burn the town. Why,
cir, these militia operations under the Clayton
Government arc worse than Haynnu's. At the
first sign Of resistance to anything, these saaried
briganus are sent amongst us with what is called
the Governors Guard; and the riff-raR Of our
communities, such fellows as Bart. Clonager,-
country waste" GATH.