The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-09-21


about the place in the eating line, and for
age enough to feed Eve hundred horses,
though l stepped of and went home that
night and bsck next morning. Some Of
the men swore they would burn the 'Trib-
uns' Office and about one block Of other
buildings before week. We then moved
to the farm of John Bradley Ia brindlc,)
whore we campcd for two days, until they
plundered and took all he had. Dodson
then said thcy would have to move on to
some other brindletails, and cat him out.
Amer that We moved ~ the farm Of old
stuart, and commenced on Mr.. ]. T.
Wharton, killed the stock, and captured
all the catahles and everybodys cattle
that they could find TOR the owned none
thcmselves), and our general orders were
not 10 take anything from q minstrel or
Clayton mAn--only from the ,rindles and
democrats. After finding out was no,
legally summoned, and they could no,
hold me- concluded thai l would stay
With no such gang Il thievinc rcbhers.
ana Informed then that was going home.
They told rae that l ~As q; liberty 60 60,
~; vSGid have 10 safer the conse-
sce-csA sa9 gave ne g. understand ths,
Aey wSslS kill me Il they caught me
s-r3 l ,NcaSAt IL advisable o. leave the
sNc9n;-y, and sccSc.iasly moved 80 Little
Scsk, l cc4.,3 tell more ~ them than
has svss Scea sela yei sai ;Arcoeh fear q
ssS.s Killed. I refrain from SAYING more
have oSea hoard - noasors ana stu
x-ss men ara themselves, say and
swear iAsy vaslS ksa !. II. Ssuenfela
IRE f-s chance aha; he and the 'Trie-
1pt sffs should EGO aY;' IL not now,
sfs-s wss q ht~akSt-, ana. believe they
w. 1lL fsn !. Dc SAWS 81 home where
sisr TAI are Inn IL hsa The means 81
lnsS ne Tie STATE ! wael5 make q full
,1sssr,fai n regard g. Al their aannsble
.,inss AIls schemes ~ villxiny. / was con-
.1Sf-e- o -11.ss-sa. bot / want IL tho
-rairf3r ErSs-s;cc3 that arc. sll their
.5aaSy vork And --ia.ica; murders l 10
zps-s e.elarc .: sy1psihire with any such
rIll.ias ls-. vo1rs FOR REFORM.
ASovEKx iEvvrs FRoM HIcKERsoS DE-
TENDING THE PEOPLE.
TIE following letter from Rev. ]. NJ.
P. Hickerson explains itself We give 1t
- . par. Of the history Of these Pope
county troubles
LITTLE Rock, September l4th,
EpIToRs GAzETTK-As citizen of
Pope county, and as one well acquainted
personally with tie parties, propose 10
examine the characters OF some Of those
involved in the Pope county troubles. 1t
would be objectionable in me to say
nothing on this subject at this time.
Therefore, to the thousands with whom
have been so intimately associated as o
travelling minister in north Arkansas, and
to the church of God in Tennessee, Ala
bama and Arkansas, by whom 1 have
been SO long honored as a minister and
presiding officer, would say that during
the last few years my general health has
been so precarious that have done but
little itinerant labor in the church and,
on the fifteenth day Of January, 1872, l
accepted q position for few months as
deputy clerk Of Pope county. 1t was a
meat and bread question with me--there
was no politics in IL. / remained in that
Office until the thirtieth day of August, at
which time was discharged for the fol-
lowing reasons: After Wallace II. Hill.
cox, county clerk, and E. w. Dodson,
sheriff, and w. A. Stuart, the school
and, on the eighth day of
July, so brutality burdered two of the I'M
armed prisoners they had in charge, they
fed TO Little Rock to get martial law de.
clared. They represented to his excel
lency that civil law could not DO en- forced
that no civil officer in the county was
safe in the discharge Of his official duties,
etc. The citizens Of Pope county sent me
to the executive with different message.
performed my mission and returned.
No martial law was the result The sher.
iff and clerk refused to come back to Do
yer TO take charge of their Offices without
troops TO brace them said the country
was full of armed men in resistance to
civil process. In the meantime had as.
sured his excellency, by private letters
two or three times each week, that there
were no troops in the county.
Governor Hadley sent General A. w.
Bishop to Pope county to examine and as
certain the facts, and report to him. Gen.
eral Bishop and myself travelled alone,
unarmed, to the different townships and
public places in the county. We found
no posses of armed men, and my message
and letters to Governor Hadley were sus.
tanned. The next step taken to get mar
tial law WAS to close the clerks office.
Hickox ordered me to close it said it was
unsafe for me to remain in it and do the
work. told him I had no fears. He
ordered it closed. kept it open and done
all the business for month or six weeks
during which time General Bishop was
in Dover. And on the morning that
General Bishop was to address the citi-
zens Of the county in the courthouse at
Dover, Wallace II. Hickox came
to my residence about daylight
and ordered me to lock all the doors of the
courthouse and not let Bishop enter il.
l told him Governor Hadley had sent
General Bishop to the county and
thought he ought to have the court house.
Hickox swore Bishop had no business in
the county, and should not speak in the
courthouse. He left, and at the proper
time ! opened the courthouse and gave
General Bishop admission. About the
fifteenth or twenty-frst of august, Dodson
and Hickox came to Dover and nailed uT
all the doors Of the courthouse except one
locked that one and left HicKox Their
sent certain parties with deeds to be recor
ded, thinking that had been fastened on,
and Hickox could then report TO Gov
ernor Hadley that the office was closed,
that his deputy could not feel secure in the
office and had sent deeds and mortgages
away without filling or recording the
same. But, to his surprise, took the
deeds, unlocked the door with the dupli-
cate key he gave me when ! first went in.
to the ofiice-But which he had forgot.
| ten-I filed the deeds, and sent the man
away. Here he was foiled again. On the
thirteenth day of August Hickox came,
| laid his pistols on a table by his aide in