Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-01
The Story of Captain Boone.

IHc story OF captain Boone
DEMOCRATS cling to some falsehoods
with great tenacity. The energy they
exhibit in denying certain assertions, if
it could be managed on the change of
direction principle, and turned into
practical channel, would give the party
some show of life and spirit They have
insisted, and still insist that there are no
Ku-KiuX in the South, and that the
stories of their outrages are mere fabri-
cations. Facts are stubborn things, how
ever, and when facts come to the surface
on every possible occasion and in every
shape, denials do not weigh much against
them. Facts about the Ku-Klux and
their outrageous doings startle us most
when they come to us in the shape of
personal narrative. When reliable man
can say, 81 have seen these things" and
can give every incident of events that
have only been outlined in the news
papers, his evidence becomes interesting
to the people.
Perhaps no man is better qualified to
speak of the secret societies of the South,
their nature, their aims and their doings,
than Captain Robert W. Boone, now
in this city. This will appear if we
glance at his career, certainly enc Of the
most remarkable shaped by the war and
hv tho avantu which followed in tho
South
Can't. Boone is a native North Caro-
linia and great grandson of Daniel
Boone. He Was about fifteen wears of
age when the Carolinas seeded, and he
made his mark by tearing down rebel
| flag which had been raised by his broth
er, Captain in the Confederate service
Encouraged by his mother, he stood firm
1
State, made his wav to Kentucky. and in
few weeks entered the secret Service of
the United States Army-a department
that became SO famous and so useful in
the army operations in Kentucky and
| Tennessee.
The old Boone instinct made this boy
a good scout, good pilot, and good
spy. So efficient was he that after the
seige of Knoxville he was made Captain
| with headquarters at Knoxville. He op-
Grated with his organization or command,
in East Tennessee, Western North Caro-
lima, Northern Georgia and South Carolina.
He was captured seven times, and was
sentenced to be shot at Salisbury, N. c.,
in 1862. He scaled the walls of the prison,
however, and though shot through the
body, escaped. In 1858 he was captured
by Wheeler, and was sentenced to be hung
at Ashville, n. G. Again he escaped.
During these eight wears of service he
belonged to eight different Confederate
regiments, serving part of the time as a
private and part Of the time as a commits
stoned officer. and gaining much valuable
| information. He. of course. had MANY
adventures and came ont with mony
wounds He was known then as CnarIey
Davis. and hundreds of Tnion officers
piloted by him to the Union lines. rescued
by his command from rebel guards OF
prisons. have good cause to Remember
him with grateful feelinps
After tho uor f,on+ Do,;, noo,,,, o.,,,.
North INT ,an+ ~ S,,th Hn Cn1' oe,
to oroanS7o the Setective fornn nf llf III tt'
Stata T. bocon,inn oJ-;Son+ t1.o+ +bu,. .m
was q secret organi5ation of reheI svn,,o
, thizers arainst which thn loa;t;n,oto ~ rrpr
ernment could mako 1ittie beaSSSou
Can't, Roone disanneared from Sonth CsI
olina and onnear rod in Georr;o q . q ootto,
bnner from North Carolina rehe =, oo1,U Syr'
nathv and violent in his tait agains+ tb
tvrannv of the Federal Governxant H
, ;oined fbe ordor thon L,o1,,,, os tho WI;
Rrotberbood whose doolorod obioot y ,,-o W..
~ .,nn+oot;a' - ~ r-':Sn,1,a 49, "a
of daoooSed rohoI so1dio," 'ru d VI PIC,
u io.eo,,, :,a1,lSoS 'ilu " lios
IN S,,14h;noIs of al A. enut ~
sd,snnar,,a,,+ of ,oarsnoI 81 o1ita1 ~, u, =
t terast Tho Societv which + ITaS co;
} hod orcr, ,,iaad i, Ea,sb;no.tn,, ,,,,1,.a so
at Oft tbot tine saa 600 m,nnsbors ;unI,1d;',
al, 4ho ra1,o1 s1,,,,,,ot1;nors - H. ,ni Su,til
,norohatS snars fa,,r LII tnodou" tmu IL,
nbanins Host;1it15 70 nnnro,s 'iSh Shonad ~ !;
: so1f in r;o1onon c,J n,,froo.o s"eu III ~
| ~ 1nodors nf +tn 1'o'N aiiu Iu?
f tod that in th;S % Uon ', nn1n oor1d ''+iho tIa
.eu t.iaI III this way oniy coulu tne
+ n1e H IN, ono oiaono. oo9o'oinS - M
q 9ell VI aiI tlie Signs, pasSWorus etc', zap
y DooHe IeIulheei W Ssuth oaroilla 10 p!
tne denials OF such- an organization
.naaS .naI nIa'e 70 'ne Iest: Hs traveleo e.
oensdseLy, was lecognIzea every"nere
r. r. menloeI VI inc oroer, ana saw all the
, PIans anu aims from Denlnd the scene
Inc c9clety adopteo the name hu-Alu
Il 10 lrlgnten the negroes, ana the fecKle
= men OF the ORDER perpetrated outrag
u that were never mentioned IN PRINT. Du
y ing tne years e9 ana "|O, nlnety-lhr'
|, cold ploooed murders were perpetrated
= oouth Car0llha alone. Hundreds
q nJS,ues 'iaa a,e d iiad,y Wits Mgre pIutai
mmppIU aad Trt a,,t J1loon Mn. misG apuseu ~ La
y iIo5 Oou,s @ ~ n.ouse, tisiiIeen .i Ilen we
70 har,, ,,1d alrI liz az iNo
y so1n sIannbtar Of G1nin 49,, 80 ~ M =,
n Ganta;n Pnooo omnd W Jn - NJ, 80 iau - Il
MI IL, ~, o,a,ao..,'., Sre,, ~ ,iaa0 ~
P;s tLnio 1 Tppeai ee II
> datoS ~ Uo Ef,'ione o o1iio'teu Lac.s, n'lii.
u an;mns Of tho ordor a2d ,,ndorstood orS Sod ,h1