The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-08-18

IN u few minutes Colonel Ross came 10
the door aud sought 10 onter. Henry
MoCullOcll sud; "COloncl Ross, the
lndies have come here for refugee you
cannot come In! Every well, gem
tlenlen," said Ross, az bullying Is
your game, ! am ready,n at the same
drawing II pistol IN each hand, ana
While presenting them IN the net OF iir'
Ing, MoCuiloch sad "Well, II II has
10 he, lot u be- with the words hiring
the only shot he had from single'bar-
rel pistol, the ball piercing Ross breast,
who fell dead, his body across the door
sill.
Henry McCnlloch at once surrender.
ed 10 the proper authorities. A writ OF
hnbeas corpus was sued out before the
district Judge, Ex-Governor James w.
Robinson, resident Of Gonzales. Judge
Robinson, on account Ut his known
friendship for the McCulochs, very
properly made the writ returnable 10
the supreme court at lts then first SEES
sion In the republic (Rusk, chief JUS
tlce), In Austin,
The writer, then boy, arrived In
Gonzales few days later, en- route for
tho newly located capitol at the city
of Austin, and the Indians being then
much dreaded, We formed u common
party for the trip. Judge Robinson, OF
The district court, Ma Or James Kerr, OF
Jackson, John :. Stunps, sheriff OF
Gonzales county, Henry r.. McCulloch,
James T.. liinkennon, G. &. C0lley,
the writer, aud perhaps one or two
others, mndc up the purity.
AT Austin, Judge Robinson resigned
and President lamar appointed ia,
Hon. john llemphill as his successor
McCulloch gave bond for his appear
,Anue at the next term of the Gonzales
district court, and When the time mr.
rived he was tried before the district
court, Judge Ilcmphill presiding. The
proof on the trial elected the material
| facts hereiiibefore set forth. The jury,
composed of twelve OF the best men O
Gonzales county, promptly returned d
verdict of not guilty, aud Henry Me
Culloch stood forth u free man, com
manding the respect OF every respccta
BILE man In tire land. t.
At the battle of Plum creek, II
the August following, when Captain
Sweitzer Ind exhausted his rifle ant
revolver, and was shot by an arrow
from wrist TO elbow, and was In emf
nent danger, though still not on speak
ing terms, Henry and Ben McCulloch
with Alsey s. Miller, Andrew NELL, G
G. Dewitt, Arch Gibson and Others
rushed to his rescue and covered hi
retreat, Every heart present, nc
quaintcd with the facts, went out Il
those brave aud noble spirits, an,
Sweitler with the arrow piercing hi
lacerated arm for several inches, mani
tested his regard for the gallant enc
mics who had 80 acted.
In the year following Captain
Sweitzer was killed ut Hodges place
six miles above Gonzales, by Majol
Robert 5. Neighbors, then II quarter
master of the Texas army, afterwards al
Indian agent Of the United States ~
the Brnzos agency, near Belknap
Major Ncighbors was killed in Fort
Belknap in September, 1859, just after
the removal of the Indians to the thel
new reservation at Fort Cobb, by ,
reckless man named Cornett, said t,
have been Il want0n assassination, ant
TO complete the story, Cornett was kill
ed by some frontier citizens or vOlun
teers during the next year.
There may he inaccuracies in tn,
narrative, but | feel confident of sub
stnntial correctness. j. II. B.