The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-14
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES @sahktd8 S4AshsFEE
| The telegraph ia another column nm.
nunnces Che death Of Deputy Sheriff III
liams, who was shot in Pope county. Arkan,
sas. There are two accounts OF the manner
Fofs his death. One, In . telegram from Little
Rock, says:
Deputy Sheriff Williams Is dead. 1t up.
pears that he was out recruiting above Do
yer. He had twenty-seyen men with him.
He came across four young men Of Dover
young Haley, a brother OF the one murdered
ny the shcrifi's posse some time ago; Perry
West, one of the prisoners who escaped on
that OCCASION, and two others. He fired on
them, when they returned the five, mortality
wounding Williams and slightly wounding
| one Of the men.
STATEMENT OF AN EYEWITNESS.
Another account il by Rev. j. NJ. =.
filckcr5on, an eyewitness of the occurrence.
1t is graphic picture of ''Iifc in Arkansas. -
He says:
81 was sitting in the drug store door. As
they Civilians, DodSon, and Hickox. passed
Mr.. Dodson spoke to me and also to young
man on his right Hickox and Williams did
not speak to any one. After they had passed
me about one hundred feet Williams refined
his horse of the street and rode up to his
right on the sidewalk in front Of the resi-
denee of Mr.. w. IL. Ii. Poynter. / was pro-
| foundry 1astonished to see such conduct, and
instantly rose TO my feet and watched
his conduct with regret and surprise.
lie rode along near Mr.. Poynter's
lence, and appeared to be looking
tn:flt Itttn fl,, NIL ,>f
ter. When he reached the gate he
appeared to hold his horse back, and was at
| the same time looking toward Poyntcr's
door. Turning his head, he looked in the
direction of Il wood-shop. about seventy five
or one hundred feet in front of him and on
his right, where Mr.. Poyntrr was at work.
He appeared to throw himself forward and
rode on, keeping his horse on the sidewalk
until he got in front of the shop, when lrc
threw ont his hand and fired pistol-Shot
into the shop. or in that direction. | saw
the smoke from the pistol rise from his hand.
In quick succession another pi>tol-Shot was
fired from WilIianls's left which | thought
was fired Ivy Wallace I'll. HickoX, and in IN
Instant two reports of Il shotgun came from
the shop. HickoX fell from his horse dead,
and Dodson and Williams galloped off,
shooting back toward the town. So soon as
Dod.un and Williams commenced firing back
toward town, some of the men who had pi>-
tolls ran from the steps OF the two houses
young, Halle Il Co., and the drug store),
and a> they rsln forward fired probably twen-
ty-five or thirty shots at nodson and Will
lilln>. One shot (citllrr from DuuSun's pis-
tol or from those running from the steps
abovel took effect i'll the pastern of Will
liams'S horse, and the last saw of Williams,
his horse was going on three feet. bod
son had passed out Of sight some dis
lance in front of him. When the men
commenced firing, who were running
from the steps, several of us who remained
called to them TO stop, which they soon did
II there w:lSany gun Or pistol fired from any
house after the shooting already mentioned
from Pointers shop. did not hear it--and
most certainly would have heard them had
any been fired. l saw no one about the shop
OF Mr.. Poynter to assist him, and believe il
| there had been would have seen them.
have 10 doubt but the above statement will
he fully verified by twelve or fourteen other
persons of sound vcracity and Of I'LL polti'
tai pcrsllasion>.'
THE MILITARY SITUATION.
\ telegram from Little Rock on "Wednesday
says:
Parties from Pope county this evening re-
port to the Gazette that General Upham l.
still ut RusSclville with his guards. Sheriff
DOdSon'S militia, about one hundred anC
| tty men, are campcu two miles from that
place Everybody who could get away has
| left the county. DodSon goes to the stores
| and orders whatever he desires, giving il
| pav his order on the county. On Il refusal
| to let any thing 90 in that WAY he threaten:
| to break down the doors and take what he
wants. He says they will have martial law
| in IL few days. then the people can get theil
ply in State money.
! On Sunday General Cpham sent four 81
lliS guard, and a wel!-knuwn citizen to Do
yer to ascertain if the parties there whom
they desired to arrest, loyntcr and others,
would surrender to the civil authorities
They replied That they would do so cheer
| FULLY if Il fair trial was assured them thai
he could select any justice of the peace III thu
county and twelve jurymcn from among the
leading Republicans OF the county not llcn
tilted with DodSon, and that they would
abide the result of Il trial by them. The!
desired to come to Dover if they would guar.
antec them protection, but they would moi
surrender ~ DodSon.
10 these propositions General Upham re-
| piled that it was for him, not them, to pro
pose terms; that he recognized DodSon a'
The proper civil officer to whom they should
surrender.
Uphnm sent two of his guards to the city
to-day, who arrived this i. Vi. with dis
patches for Governor Hadlcy. 1t is thought
| they come for more men, and that l plam
| before moving on Dover. will await rClr
toremcntS. Bloody times are anticipate,
when he makes II movement in that direction
with Dodsou'> militia.