Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-09-25
POPE COUNTY.
Clear, Concise and Fair Statement Of the
Troubles by Union Soldier.
The Truth about the Killing Of Drake,
Glover, Tucker, Hale and HickOx,
Return OF NajOr-Generai Upham, Muir.
derer, TO Little ROck-DOdson's
Thieves sim in Camp.
FTonl ths lAtile Rock state ioaflel, Li0oral

Thieves sim in Camp.
From the lAHle Rock state 5oafi,e,, Libera
RePublicsn,l
We are indebted 20 Mr.. F. Cottfuger for an.
tcllewing letter, received by him frOm a friend
IA hosSellNlile. The writer is a mechanic
entirely uncOnnected with politics, and sVas o
Grave Union soldier during the war. The
statement OF facts = clear. rfrrufnstuutial and
dlspassionate. Il r. valuable as additional
testimony 10 points already proven:
RUSSELL VILE september =.
tRlESD hDTrIN iEE--l ours OF The eleventh
instant Is at hand ana its contents noted. To
gave you full history Of the damnable out
] ages committed in this county would take p
veek OF steady Writing; bd; wiii gladly
I've you in si condensed form an account
W 5lch ls Cne truth. tho whole truJl:
In The first place, We have a set OF cDun Is
olncials thst nave anllIupted the county our
scrip being worth hut six cents on the dollar
ssad are determined At a1 hazards TO prevent
ga electlen OF new officers by the people. that
Thereby they may hold over for fonr years
more. To accomplish this thing they CUn-
vpctod plan by which they could sec cure mar
a al law, prevent an election, and thus hold
over. To.do this John Williams. Repufy-Sher-
T. was 10 dent the buckle OF his heit with
something and then at nlEEt shoot two or
Three shets with his pistol, then fan as though
sse Wa himself shot. moan terribly. be car
sies3 20 his house, reported bushWhacl1ed and
1}dIE WOunded-all Of which was done tA the
Very letter, a williams has siute confessed.
-lOOunC, Aickox. County clerk. Dodson.
-henn, and stuart. School Superintendent.
-slse1 a psSss OF ragged militia went 70 a
place called The Levee, in this county, and a.
s'-sted old Jackey Hale. man sixty years OF
age, William Hale, his son and Liberty West
2 aeigheor, on the charge Of shooting said
Williams and brOcght them 10 Dover. and
tIere arrested Joe Tucker, citizen OF the
5awn- also charged with the same Uffehse.
ne men demanded trial at once, but the
sheriff told them tnat they must go 20 Darda-
lalle before Judge May for -rial. The trison-
ecs then demanded 10 see the warrants for
iAeir aTTesl and eQRveyhl1ce ont Of the county
tor Trial. The sheriff refused 10 show the
warrant unJii they were brought before Judge
Nay who said that II they had a warrant il
was forged, for he had not ordered one.
Ihe Sheriff ana his gesse started from
Dover with the prisoners in the afternoon.
and when two and one-haIf miles OF this
lllace halted al a church and stayed there un-
ul dusk. They then started a party ahead
who took position IN the woods in 4 piece Of
iowlRnd, and when the Sheriff and the rest OF
the party came with the prisoners, HiekOX
said, Ut IS as dark as Egypt DOdson said,
\ eSs but Egypt has no eyes" Then the party
n n. me woods fred their guns upward, while
Hickox and DOds0n fred upon the prisoners
nom the rear, MORALLY wounding Tucker
lwho feil rom his horse and was afterward
Shota fatally wgundlng William Hale,
reach. Old Nr. Hale wa. not hit
stlS hersc became frightened, Edn against
dickoA, knocking hose and rider down
and hurting HlckOU % some extent. West was
not hurt, he having thrown himself fat on
ms horse, but the animal iumpiLT +he saddle
.CFnea end he fetl % the ground and got lu
the brush and escaped These are facts as
sworn 70 by West, aud By Hale n his dying
testimony.
The COUNTY officials then hurried Z. he Gov
eruar 70 secure martial law. saving that the
people bushwhacked them whs taking pris-
oners 70 Dardanelle for trial The Governor
came up here ana found II ala lie, and made
a great many promises 70 the people, none Of
which he has carried out. The next thing
Hickux was missing, aud they reported him
tUnstely HiCkOX was found, and again they
failed. Lately HickOx, DodsOn and Williams
concluded 10 move the records and papers
from Dover 20 RuSsellvI'e, Williams and
hlckoX thinking il a good time 70 take re-
Nenge on Harry POyEter, an Ole enemy,
though a young men, fired on POynter whilst
at work in his shop, but missed him. POynter
returned the FIRE, killing HfcRox and wound /
ing Williams horse. POyuter says he could
have killed DodsOn too, but DOdson I'D not
lire on him.
when this occurred there was terrible ex-
element all over the county. The sheriff, |
after visiting the Governor, called on the /
militia, and about three hundred turned out |
but were afraid 70 90 20 Dover, where there
were about fifty reSolute men. Then came
General Cpham with some Of the Governors |
guard.
on the day tie General got here Williams
was up in the mountains collecting militia,
and on his way back was attacked and run by
three men, He had tWenty-six men. A short
time after, Williams saw four men out hunt
ing attacked item, got whipped, was NOR
tally wounded. and has made the confession
as above stated. What the end viii be do
not know. The General has gone 10 Dover To- /
day.
More than half the militia have deserted /
and gone, although D0d~Ou offered them four
collars per day in script.
These are incontrOverflble facts. show this I
20 all my friends. 4 am Well known in all the 4
printing Offices Of y0flr city. Thanks, old 1
friend, for yoUI kind favor.
The TRg ia ABOUT TIE KILLING OF /
DRAKE AND GLOVER.
RUssELYILLE. 1RK., September l6.
EDITOR JOUREAL-In the Little Rock Re 4
pJblicgR OF "A recent date notice letter from /
this place, purporting TO come from one ac-
quainted with the killing OF Drake in this 1
county on the ninth instant. The ReDU5li- 4
rgIs'S correspondent admits that mot many
particulars had been received. which state /
meni was used as blind Tor his willful diSpo-
slllon 10 p-srNeIt facts and 70 enable him 10
make little political capital out OF the cir
cunstaDce. have put myself 10 the trOU be
20 inquire into the facts IN the case and
hasten 10 lay them before your readers. In
40 this same man Drake had q personal dff-
lcultN with one Glover. a noted desperate Of L
thls county, IN which Glover was shot, but re-
covered Since then a bitter enmity has ex-
iSted, csch one keeping well armed, III mixing
that az any meeting repetition Of the shoot
ing might take place. On The ninth Instant,
said Glover came up on Allen Drake sixteen
miles west Of Dover, on Piney creek. and fired
on him, killing him instantly. Glover fed 10
Dover and boaSted 10 the citizens OF fthat place
OF what he had done, and told them that he
had burned several iails in the western cOun-
AAte HlllNE mao hNInGQ LAE one az AlOhEr
years ago. The citizens Of Dover arrested him,
and when party who came in pursuit with
a writ, demanded him, they turned him over |
TO them. But they proved 10 be brakes per
sonal friends; and, after getting some distance
from Dover, they shot and killed him. II is
vel known that politics had nothing 10 do
with the affair but that it was the result Of an
old feud. Drake came ont OF the wa with a
bad record, while Glover has always been con-
sidered an unblushing villain and desperate.
The citizens OF this county deeply deplore
these lawless acts, aud since the beginning OF
the troubles in our midst, have been presented
10 the people OF other localities IN a false
light by the infamous tools ami pets OF the
Ing election and 10 perpetuafe their tyrannies
over Us. But, by the aid of truth and Justice, /
we hope 10 survive the evil machinatiOus OF
our opponents, and finally conquer them and
consign them 70 the oblivion they 80 justly
deserve. RUSSELLNILLE.
From the Little Rock Gazette Of sunday
DODSON'S MILITIA STILL n CAMP.
Maior-General d. 2. Upham, commanding
the combined forces Of Arkansas, returned
from the front last night. We are not ap-
prlSed Of the nature OF this second visit, as
General Upham has not vet succeeded IN 3
bringing about that peaceful state Of affairs
Pope county 50 much needs. DOdson's mill
Iia are still camped near Russellville. They
lake supplies it appears. n0lcEg oOisas wher-
ever they can be obtained. COrnnelds and hem
roosts suffer 10 an alarming extent Why
lhese men are kept Quartered upon a commu-
nifty as quiet as Pope, IN command, too, OF the
murderer DoQson- We are unable TO divine.
ieneral Upham or Governor Hadley, one or
both, are 70 blame for this. and viii be held
iOr II. Sir. George Alfred Town.
end, Of the New York Herald, leaves for the
seat Of war" tomorrow 20 make sketches OF
he country, and 10 see with hls own ewes the
condition Of affairs. His reports 20 the Her
I'd viii be eagerly looked for.