The New York herald., 1872-10-07
ARKANSAS nlAD. 4
CONTINUE "a History Of the Pope
County Anarchy.
Avenging the Murder of the
Sherifr's Prisop6rs.
m FUNERAL OF TIE MURDERED.
Dover Desperadoes Arming and
Guarding the Roads.
Assassination Of County Clerk
Hick0x.
ESCAPE Of DOOooN AND WILLIAMS.
War Declared and the County
BushWhackedl.
PoslTIoN " TEE CONTBsTNG FORCES.
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Appeal oe the otate Militia Gen.
eral 1or Peaee.
Assassination Of County Clerk
HickOx.
War Declared and the County
.et BushWhacked.
PoGlTIoN " YHE CONTgsTNG FORCES.
Appeal of the seate Militia Gen.
eral 1br Poooe.

eTal 1or Poo0e.
LITTLE Rocx, Arh., sept. 0s, ls1s.
ldvDBibsd In ny lnss letter ~ arrest Of four
sSlssW Of Pope county, ArA., by she radical county
swo of them on ne road. Tucker was KILLED.
Hse died soon after. The rest escaped and the
0isstia Immediately dtsbanded.
The county ofncers declared that the prisoners
had been killed BY accident while the posse was
Wayaid, and they sped or to Little Rock TO get the
governor to declare martial law in Pope county.
THE SCENE IN DOVER AMONG THE BGREAvED.
At dawn villa spectacle was witnessed at Dover
Court House square. Old N J. West had got back
70 Dover before midnight, and reused the people to
te1 the story of their misfortunes ana escape and
call upon God and man for sympathy and revenge.
The active lads ofthe village mounted and rode
6at In the break Of day to summon the squirrel
hunters and rinemen Of the country, and there was
such q mastering Of bushwhackers and scouts
~ had not been seen since the rebellion.
Lets GO and burn Dodsons house |" eaid one.
"Ayei ayei And Stuart's too Let us kill every
Yankee IN the county and march on Little Rockl"
Joe Tuckers widow, followed by her little chill
dren, walked out amongst the men weeping as
only women can under excitement, piteously cry
ing "Pa's dead PAS killed by the Yankeesl"
OLD N. J. Hale, the patriarch of his part Of the
county, stood trembling and blearing through his
running eyes, the long cottonIwlite beard lying
upon Ais breast:-
They've killed my SON. They've killed my best
boy Whhami What kin tell my old wife9'
He could be heard all over the square, and his
echo was Q hundred curses and cries Of Lets
form asband and hunt Dodson, Hickox, stuart and
Williams out Of the Stateln
1t was q bad day for the two or three republl-
nf nnvo and al ~ MruO Orvol
Hickox's friend as II they could barn her at the
jambs OF her own dcorl
People were arriving momentariy, and there
was no reason nor logic in their behavior and
when william Halc's horse was brought In with
blood On his mane, back and saddle-human blood
from his missing rider-there was howl OF hor-
r0r, recognition and rage.
my sons killed OMy son is dead, and this is
his bloodl 1t is my son Williams own bloodg"
To old Mr. Hae's cry was now added the pallid
face and exclamation Of Vests brother :-"Isham's
dead, TOO, reckon. He amt been seen since they
tuck him. He's murderedp'
HUNTING THE DEAD.
This proposition led to the formation of An armed
body Of skirmishers, nearly all Confederate SOL
diers, used TO tactics, who deployed across fields
and woods, some mounted, some on foot, and they
moved toward Shiloh camp-ground and the spot of
the massacre There were about forty in this band,
and party still larger was lett In Dover to mount
guard and to help householders and storekeepers
remove their effects to the woods and to country
places.
About eight O'Clock the Dover scouting party
reached the tramp,ed place where the firing had
taken place twelve hours BEFORE and there lay in
the road, tramped and disfgured by horses and
already haunted by flies, the dead body OF Joe
Thicker, shot through and through and covered
with blood Less than half a mile away, at Wrght's
house, they found young William Hale mortally
wounded and still showing more fear than pain.
He had believed that Dodson meant to hunt him
out and complete the killing OF him. fuckers
brothers and Hale's were in the party and the
successive recognitions were Of hard and AFFECT
WHAT TO DO ABOUT 1T.
The scouting party went on three miles farther
20 Russelville Intending to kill Hickox, Dodson or
stuart at sight, but they found none there but
friends.
'Tt'a too bad,n said these. 'It's horrible. County
ofIcers killing unarmed prisonersl Why, even Clay
tor and Hadley won't permit tnis!"
to despatch at once to Little Rock and get there
before the county officials could make their impress
process and to claim the moral support OF the peo-
pie Of the state and county. Had they maintained
snea But a te SooS was n.y. and
would answer but the precious sight Of bloodshcd.
,. 1T THE H. cEoNE ROME Pr pa TIE n MorRNERs: 1ssa M:,, ~ .,
Dover in q carriage and laid him down at the
house OF Judge Scott. Thence ne was carried to a
secluded spot In the ecountry-Irvin's-under extrav
agant apprehensions that Dodson would return
and Kill him. Joe fuckers mutllated body was
hailed with perfectly Highland howl Of grief, hor-
ror and imprecation. He got better funeral than
his character deserved for, as 1t often happens,
misfortune sometimes does in the place Of virtue
to beautify memory and tombstone.
Young William Hale lived short time, returned
TO the consultations OF religion, and died in pain
Of mind at least As Parson nckerson expressed
Baptist Church; he died shouting happy saying
that he wanted to &c home.'u
: They buried him on his fathers farm, north Of
Dover, in sight OF the Boston hills; and we may
nope that when that land becomes civilized by
respect @ i9r ne ana by respected government the
grave OF Hale VIII stir no other feeling than glad
ness that barbarism is done and family ieuds OBJ
tain countenance no longer.
TAXING TO THE WOODS.
The people OF Dover now apprehended that mar
tial law was about to be declared, and rumors
and the slouchy constable Canineer, or Changer,
were foragng Ia the county ano meant TO burn the
town Of Dover. great deal OF value is set upon
feat,n and the citizens 1t to apologize for ali
their excesses promiscuously. Everybody moved
goods To the country; there was some silver in the
town, as at Scott's and this was buried or hidden
end even Krchon, the Postmaster, Brndle or anti.
Clayton man, took his bedding to the woods. The peo.
pie los out ~ clusters, blankeed, all night, leaving
only their women in town, and by day the mounted
guard oil the young merchant, William Benjamin
town by the militia. Iiad regiment OF men
come up from Little Rock at that exciting period,
hntl, indeed, at any time within three weeks, there
~ouid nave been pitched battle and probably
CIVIL WAR fN ARKANSAS.
.oiap ire people Of the neghboring counties generally
Seeved mat the citizens OF Pope had been assas
sinateu. Battenned's Brinde paper at Russell
vile winch was written up with very fair clever.
ness sod the bloody narrative with all the effect
OF head lines and aojectiyes and the democratic
A1u brinule pagers all over the state copied the
srnc,es ~ anu sent their papers by the mails, which
ui IAN regularly back 10 the armed community
10 encourage and comfort 10.
AMP sad y. ii. Rice. United states Senator