The New York herald., 1872-10-07


mt; Hickerson, !" he 1ald, "you have played fast
and loose With me ever since employed you. !
@ '1s you &c owe your 70
and SaS to your country Sit down, sir BY cOdlf
Hicke son sunk into coincidence in no time, and
hited up his eyes as If addressing the Throne OF
"You went TO Little Rock to grind axes for these
id rebels. You know that they need martial
they paid we'll Time and again I You have agreed
with me that there was no living otherwise in the
SSfun Tina, id nv SSe .oS S%ssSG S
@ mSu are a bland snd
those papers; not TO let Bishop get into the Court
dWn you, S' i dismiss S soa You Give me your Keys
Among Among your other decelts you have altered these
Mo- said Hickerson; my key-the same key
hlckerson went TO open the door and found Hickox
had locked II. He shrunk back afraid.
s s1 sy and
ing some papers, II he wanted to.
mo, sr,r salt Hickerson II can never write
black line for you again, SIR
Rickerson went out related the interview to the
on, on, shot Wallace n Hicsox sv Sssd. 0-n '0"'ns
Saturday. AUGUST 81 ncsoa 1hs sss as Before
paired to the Court House and remained there
until inst before noon, when Dodscn, the sherin,
and Williams, D0dsons deputy, who had been shot
at and had recoved miracuousy, rode in All par
ties appeared to be distrustfuL hiche.sqn having
boys OF Dover, all apprehended that somebody
gouns me a anS
When the of1cals met together II was resolved to
DsVsr SnS store
and Halle Young's store large number Of
yoang fellows gathered, armed with shot sug9s
sire either to hunt or shoot The county authOri-
| ties could see nom the Court House this mean
| locking group Of lOw-lved characters ready for
them and they felt that under the present ciTcum.
stances moral influence or mental force would be
safety II must be physical pluck to see them
Hickox met the question OF life or death with his
old indomitable gallantry, and sent outside and
EGs o oioSnscrews & and began to man up the Court
gathering Of hammers, and Knew what s was going ing
s1s@ nat THIS was the last day in Pope county Of
About one O'Clock ia the afternoon Sserir Dod-
es his L was pushed up 70 's the south
door Of the Court House. too far on for hearing by
Steps q Johnson SeMurrays store @0 and aa OF o the the
store OF Halle Go. In short tinlc the sheriif
and county papers and pack them in the wagon.
The fellows sitting: around the store steps turned
to old Hickerson, tae parson VITO was standing
"why these Ysnkees are taking away the
county records, the tax books and things neccs.
sary to make Dover the county scat. ParsOn, IL
there Is no rule nor law Tor this action, viii go
over over there in . body and make them put the rec
There was distance OF few score yards be-
tween the door,ol the Court House and the store
and Hickox from within saperntended tho Job
away In the wagon, and while this was being done
the officials eyed the group at the store as non
1a ro ss seey ana
Ben Young the old commander OF the Dover
army, had been or to Texas and had returned the
| day before. The crowd at the store had with them
Hogan and 80 On and the county officials who sur
s roa shon anS sspea az
tween three and four O'Clock Dodson's son. driving
the heavily laden wagon passed down this road
and Halle Young. He seemed to be scared, and
nodded TO two OF three persons whom he knew,
and they spoke back again In o surly way He had
two mules and full load
RUNNING THE GAUNTLET
House looked over n ssnacan Way the crowd
and seemed to be in that nervous condition Of men
VINO thought they were TO be shot at. They went
over TO Mattress Orreil's, where their horses were
htched ana Drought them back TO the Court House
door aud went in again and loitered around, az If
| nervous ana unwilling TO pass the crowd on the
steps OF the two stores mentioned.
Directly, as II satisfied that a bad thing must be
faced and had better be faced In the bodest man.
horses.
| DotlsOn rode at the head on fine horse which he
owned. IlicEox and Williams came behind-Hick-
| OK on the left-riding also excellent horses Dod-
! son and Hickox had two navy revovers apiece
stuck in their breeches and Williams had three
navies, two in his breeches and one in his side
saddle. Hlckox wore slippers an old slouched
hat, suit OF army blue, no collar and dirty white
sblrt He carried his Old arrogant, irrecOncflabe
manner, looked at nobody and rode right past the
| store with mad and defiant expression OF count
enance. D0dsOn was more quiet and conciliatory,
and bowed TO two or three. mentioned Hckerson
N m nC 0 ~ pnn nalc atnnkn tn
Warren Brown, who was walking on the other side
Little Williams looked dsdain and seemed to be
| passed the group at the two stores nobody said
word and there was an Ominous quiet.
THE ASSASSINATION.
The street down which the three men rode Is
fifty feet wide and scattering frame houses line 1T.
and Williams, looking apprehensivey at the shop
OF Harry Poynter, rode up on the sidewalk and
AT this action the group at the store lceped over
| and some rose up The distance from the store to
Poynters shop was perhaps eighty yards. DodsOn
! says that before he had quite passed Johnson n
| McMurray's store he saw two men with cooked
| ''naviesn lurking in the rear OF 1t. Their names
| Poynter's shop had its gable to the road and was
closed up at that end except wooden easement,
which had its top broken OF. Whatever Williams
saw there caused him to make movement with
his right hand, as If to cut his horse or draw his
pistol. AT the same instant Hickox's and Dodson's
horses SHE'D or were pulled aside.
There was movement OF dust in the roadway.
Everybody at the store stood. Two heavy reports
VI guns sUOOh Tic anu lIleH lHcfc were SteH
three gaoping horses dashing out OF town and the
saddle OF one OF them was empty
Hckerson says he saw all this in the space Of a
few seconds, ana cried OUT
"Boys, Hickox Is killed.
DEAD AT LAST.
Yes; HckoX received three buckshot in the
throat and bali through the brow which blew his
brains out OF the head behind. lie fell into Dodsons
lap, Dods0n riding at his side, and the Sheriff threw
where he lay sidewise, with one hand pushed out
In front clutchng and the other hepessly turned
a IN m hA nnIth ha hlnaI
sought out each other and helped hide the strong,
resopte features.
There lay man with the spirit OF piZarrO slain
on the site OF his conquest and dominion. over his
remains his retreating friends and pursuing enc
mics fired an involuntary military salute, as all
the lads and men charged out from the
store and QaYc q YolleY Mlicl called all Dover