Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-28


RACES by the militia.
BY NAIL.
The late tragedy near Dover, Arkan.
sas, in which Sheriff DodsOn and posse
shot down and seriously wounded Mr.
w. 7. Hale, while j prisoner with Others
in his custody, still causes the greatest
I excitement in Pope county. A few days
ago Mr.. Hale, who is said to be dying,
and Mr.. Lsham L. West, another Of the
/ prisoners, appeared before Mayor j. G.
! Warren, Of Dover, and made depOsi-
/ tions, which were duly sworn to, and
giving a statement of facts, which shows
! that the act Of the Sheriff and his hench-
men was Of the most
COwARDLY, DAsTABDLY AND CRUEL
character. The dispositions of both gen.
| tlemen are published in full in the Rus
] selville National Tribune, and the fol-
/ lowing synopsis will be read with inter
est:
DEPOSITION OF W. T. HALE.
Mr.. Hale depOses that on the eighth
of July ne was arrested by Sheriff bod
son and a posse, who refused to inform
him Of the cause Of his, arrest, saying he
would be informed when they got to
Dover. On reaching that town, Mr.
Hale was then informed that he must
submit to be carried before Judge Nav,
who was then at Dardanelle, the cause
of arrest being still refused to Mr.. Hale
The party travelled on to Williamson
camp-ground, about seven miles from
Dover, where Dodson called q halt,
stating they would remain there ali
night if they could procure forage. Some
of the posse went out in search of prov
ender, but soon returned, and
stated that they could procure
none, and the prisoners were again or
dered to mount and proceed to RUSSELL
vile. They had marched but a short
distance, when Dodson
PASSED FROM FRONT TO REAR,
and back again. As be returned to the
that it was "darE as Egypt when
Dodson replied: "Yes! but Egypt has
no eyes,
Mr.. Hale says: ''Che firing began;
Immediately a gun was discharged ON
my right, and l looked around, and
about that time l received
A SHOT IN MY RIGHT SHOULDER,
after which l got off my mare, and got
out of sight of the road, and sat down
by a tree. About that time l heard
man cry out, "Oh, Lordn' three times;
then I heard voice, which / think was
DOdson's, saying, "GOd d-n YOU, [
have you now" Then | heard one
more groan, and the following ceased.
In few minutes they all left, and /
heard no more Of them.n
DEPOSITION OF I. L. WEST.
Isham l.. West, a respectable black
smith at ScOttville, after stating that
while at work in his shop.
ON the eighth of July, DOd-
son and his party came along, having
W. I. Hale and his father, n. ]. Hale,
i'm custody. The prisoners said they
had been arrested, but did not know for
what oftense. The party went off to-
ward Dover, and at the request of Mrs.
Hale, who was very much disturbed at
the arrest of her husband and son, he
followed them to Dover, as he had been
informed that the Hales were to be shot
down 10y the Sheriff and his posse, by
order of the Governor, who had PROM
ised his protection to the perpetrators of
the dastardly outrage. The parties
wanted to get their trial at Dover, but
DOdsOn sWore that he would carry them
on 10 Dardanelle, and then arrested
West, who had urged the request for
BEING so D--D SMART.
They also arrested Mr.. Joe Tucker,
and all were again ordered to mount
their horses. West begged Dodson to
release him, as his wife was sick and he
had harmed no one, but be received the
brutal reply: I" BY God, / have been
played-off on by your sort too much"
Mr.. West replied that be was a law
abiding man, and in favor Of the enforce
ment Of the civil law, and added that he
did not believe that the Hales had any
thing TO do with the shooting at John
Williams sometime before. Dodson told
him that it was not for the shooting of
John Williams, but for killing Morris
Williams three years ago; that now
they had found out who did it, and he |
would be God d-d if he did not pat an
end to them and stop it at once. The
party jOurneyed on toward RussellvilIe, !
the prisoners being strictly guarded. |
After crossing a creek, one Of the posse
IT Is As DARK AS EGYPF,n
to which another replied Egypt has
no eyes" and Immediately firing COM
menced from the woods on to the |
road. Mr.. West distinctly saw
the blazes from the guns and pistols, 1
and being thrown from his horse as he /
was dislnoHnting, he crawled into the 4
woods and remained perfectly quiet |
While lying hid he heard persons laugh |
ing and talking, and DOdsOn called cut, |
Where are the prisonersg" and then |
rode or in the direction Of Russellville. |
About that time a shot was fired, and |
he heard cry of distress, "Oh! oh! oh!u |
Dodson called out, a'Now, cd d-n /
YOU, have got you" Another report
followed, and then another cry of dis /
tress. West lay still till the Sheriff and |
his men rode off to Russellville, and then
made his escape home.
Th6se facts show that the act was one
Of the most desplcable and covardly eyer
perpetrated 10y any official, even in Ar
kansas. faao
Mrs. Thomas Mattingby and child
three years old, were drowned at
Topeka, Kansas, yesterday. 1t was
case Of suicide, and domestic infelicity
was the cause. Mrs. Mattingby's maiden
name was Roge Fisher. aud formerly