New-York tribune., 1872-08-13


Egypt leaving behind them no green thing ana no mousse
without corpse st manifest that the plot has been
failure The plan 10 represent that Williams had
been KuKluxed that when the Sheriff aud his posse had
the offending Ku-Klux IN custody they were bush
whacked and fired by other Ku-Klux, who were at
tempting to rescue the prisoners; that the killing was
done necessarily the discharge of their duty to secure
the prisoners TO proceed at to Little Rock, plead
that the civil law could not be enforced and demand
martial law. Was more damnabe conspiracy against
the peace and happiness of the people concocted
Fortunately, however the conspiracy miscarred, inc
pretended shooting at Williams is exposed The Sher1n
and his failed arrest than half the men they
intended TO. They failed to kill all they arrested Ihree
lived to tell the tale The ambuscade scheme is un-
unmasked, and the officials appear in clear h5ht Us
murderers.
MocKERY OF JUsTICE-Gov. HADLEY AND THE huA-
pERERs COUNCIL.
The baflod villains, Dcdson, Hickcox ana stuart
now betake themselves TO Little Rock 10 conioi
with the Governor and Senator Clayton ana from
that time to the present they nave hau ~.
Quent interviews with the Governor az Ills VI
fee and house. Gov. Hadey repaired 10 nus
sellvine, met leading citizens OF the county "ro
fair promises, and said the militia W s"oue
dsbanded, the facts iuGicially investigated D
fore Judge May at once, and the Ia" ,, on,UiooN
IL He actually issued an order to Deputy oheiih %
TO disband his militia and return ther punueI' Ao
Governor then returns 10 Little Rock and promptly pro
ceeds to fulfill his fair promise oy sendhg az "'e s''
or Senator Clayton 40 stand Of STATE arms 10 "e e"''ouyV
Dodson and the other mrderer stil roaming AT largo
terrifying the county In of time warrants are
sworn ont AGAINST the murderers, before Judge May
friend of the state Administration, specially deslg-
mated as I have stated, by Gov. Hadley for
the purpose Of holding the mvesusaton'
Yet the men not arrested, Dut
were holding frequent interviews with Judge May at
Dardanee Stuart stayed at the Judges residence one
nf fhn man
were arrested and placed under guard of their friends
in RusseIville whereupon Dodson and Hickcox ride
into town armed with revOlvers and double
barreled shoguns, inform the guard that Judge May
had agreed that Of the should be arrested ana
demand their immediate release. Thus they are all
turned loose again. and no further arrests are made
On Monday the 22d July, the day set for tho
examination several of the defendants came to court
armed with guns and sidearms. The prosecution, CON
ducted by Col Whippe Judge Creavans, and COL Jaeo-
way were prepared with forty witnesses to prove every
part Of the case and announced themselves ready at the
call of the Whereupon the defendants represented
nv Gen CAN'T the prosecuting attorney for the principal
circuit in the State Judge Wiltshire, late CmeJustce OF
the State and Col NJ Gibson, the prosecuting attor-
| ney Of the circuit which includes Pope County,
waive an examination and are allowed bail, ana thus
was the Governors promise Of a speedy Investigation
| before Judge May fulfilled.
| THE SHAM PROSECUTION.
|
of the most prominent young men of Dover charging
them with being the pretended bushwhackers who were
said to have fred the posse. The warrants were
issued on the sole affidavit of DOdson This was done as
counter movement TO divert suspicion, II possible ana
confuse the public mind. Evidently the consplrators
| did not believe that the Dover men would dare
TO come TO court, where DodsOn and his militia were
present or lowering around; for will state here, upon
the coneurrng testimony Of many witnesses supported
by tie general belief Of the whole county, that the
militia despite the Governors order, never have dis
banded TO this hour Moreover Dodson Hiekcox Stuart
Co. had not given bail last Friday, as Judge May himself
stated but are in Little Rock this day in daily consua-
ton with Governor and II the Dover men had not
| appeared for examination the cry would have been
raised by the conspirators that they the ambus-
caders. But they came promptly to court with their
witnesses prepared TO prove that, at the time OF the
| massacre, they were seven to twenty miles away.
They came in quiet, orderly manner, and preserved
the most absolute quiet while attending court and re-
turning home. Some of them brought their arms but
simply for selfprotecton. Such was the prevailing
terror that they afraid TO travel TO Russeve un
armed They ride 10 miles, past the scene Of the
slaughter, their horses hOofs pressing soil which was
saturated with blood Of their brethren and friends
TO attend a court then surrounded, and as they
believed controlled by the armed desperadoes who had
produced all this trouble. Two days consumed in
waiting for the witnesses for the prosecution but not
witness for the prosecution appeared, or subpenaed
And then the defendants allowed to return home,
as Judge May himself states, "honOraby discharged"
GOVERNOR HADLEY AGAIN.
Since these legal PROCEEDINGS have closed delegation
Of citizens OF Pope County waited upon the Governor to
lay the facts before him, and learn what his intentions
were on the aabsorbpg topic Of martial law After the
first conference they received note from his Excel
lency inviting them second conference in the
ing There they found DOdsOn and Hickcox, who had
not yet given bail, still at large, although Judge May
had stated two days before that unless they gave salts
factory bail he should commit them These escaped as
sasslns were thus permitted by his Exceency share
in the consultation At that interview the Governor
announced that he still intended to carry out his promise
TO people Of Pope County, that he would enforce the
law and that he wished TO ascertain the precise facts in
the case The precise facts stated above then
narrated 10 him. long consultation ensued, extending
beyond midnight. The delegation then retired and
turned home, but Dodson and HiekcOx had several in
erviews with the Governor afterward. The fruit Iof
their labors appears n the subjoined proclamation,
under the official seal. issued the next day.
1t is such an Executive and psychological curiosity that
hOpo you will spare the space for it. will merely
premise that the citizens have returned to their homes
indeed they never left them except TO lie out in the
woods TO avoid assassination that immediately az
ter the massacre probably hundred citizens assembled
at Dover with their for the purpose OF preventing
the burning Of the town. and to defend themselves from
the unlawful militia. But they dispersed long before the
legal proceedings began.
THE PROCLAMATION.
To the Citizens Of Pope Comfy IL represented to
that evdispOsed persons, the 5h day OF
july 1872. did attempt the assassination o. j. H. VIII
latns Deputy Sheriff III and for the County OF Pope,
state of Arkansas Aferward, TO wit: On the Sh day
July, 1872 Joseph Tucker, VIM. Hale, and n j. Hale
were arrested by the Sheriff and his posse the charge
OF being connected with the attempted assassination Of
Deputy Sheriff Williams
While these persons tucker and the two Hales)
in the custody OF the Sheriff and his posse their way
TO committing magistrate. they were fired upon IN the
night time from the bushes and Tucker killed and
one of the Hales wounded from which wound he has
diedl UDOn learning these facts went In