Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-04-09

SEC. &. This act being deemed OF
immediate importance shall take
effect Immediately from and after
its publication in the Iowa State
Register and the Iowa State Leader,
newspapers published in Des Moines,
Iowa !, anything in the Code notwith-
standing.
From IA history of the town oil
Grinnell, Poweshiek county, this
State, now being published in the
Herald, of that place, we clip the fol-
lowing in reference to the murder OF
the u. S. Marshals in that county in
1864. With the circumstances re-
lated those Of our readers who were
here at the time were painfully ia
miliar but others will be glad to
know the truth:
During the latter years Of the wM
the military headquarters and Pro-
vost Marshal's office Of the 4th dis
trict WAS Mt Grinnell in charge OF
Capt. Mathews. The time of draft
ing came, owing to clerical blunder
at Washington, and the township of
Sugar Creek being behind in its st1o-'
IA, two honored soldiers, Capt. Ba-
shore, of Centerville, and Woodrnf,
of Knoxville, were sent down 10
make notification. After taking
dinner Is miles south, at James ~.
Craver's, now deceased, they We're
informed that military company
was drilling some two miles distant,
and were advised, as resisting tho
draft had been threatened, not t0 80
near the company that day. Resolv-
ed to defer the visit, they started
back in buggy; When about a milo
north Of Craver's, where the road
passes through 81 thicket, they were
fired upon and one of the officers fell
dead instantly; the other continued
in the buggy as the team ran out III
the bushes and was there beaten by
a musket with such violence rs 10,
break the stalk, and being otherwise
injured died; not, however, until li5
had shot Mike Gleason, one Of the,
assailants, aud broke his leg, which
rendered his capture an easy task.
The dead men were taken To Cra-
yer,s, where tire i,ext day lsalIisi-
tudes had assembled, and the coun-
try was wild with excitement. Glea-
son was only saved from lynch law,
in his own house, from consideration
Of his broken leg and Il promise to
tell all he knew of the murder,
which he professed to do, criminat-
ing two brothers, named Fleeners,
living near, who were known tn
have left the drill ground armed,
and were regarded rs desperate men.
They fled the country, leaving prop
erty and family, and, so far no ~
known, have never returned. a
large reward is still offered for their
apprehension. The corpses OF the
assassinated officers were taken To
their respective homes, occasionlng
the deepest detestation for the nur-
derers and firing anew the patriotic
spirit.
Martial law was proclaimed in
GrinnelI. Sentinels were placed ON
every road to prevent the execution
Of threats to destroy the MarshaPs
office and burn the town. More than
thirty military arrests were made or
persons on suspicion, all Of whom
were guarded in what 10 now Davis
& Myers grain wasehouse, and set at
liberty when no criminal acts could
be proved against them. Many wor-
thy citizens, politically Democrats,
were unjustly brought under suspi-
cion. A revived charge against q
prominent citizen, and a member Of
the military company, against whom
no crime was proved, made by the
Montezuma Republican, is the oc"a-
sion of libel suit now pending.
Mike Gleason, the coWardly assassin
who had his leg broken In the affray,
was lodged in the Oskaloosa Jail,
tried for murder, found guilty, and
sentenced to be hung; but owes to
President Andrew johnson an arrest
of sentence, and is now in the Iowa
State Penitentiary for life-not less
than his deserts for the unprovoked
murder Of two brave officers.
From the Register we learn that
"the Secretary OF State is overrnn
with applications for copies Of tho
Do;I-,ad Iaw a ha hos no mint