Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-24

sAs0 ASANo " DOPusy 0uuLA
Woolard, who came up from Fair
field to make arrests. On reaching th,
scene Of the war, this officer Of tn,
law found that It required something
more than q mere declaration from
him: You are my prisoner r. to make
an arrest. Men who had banded
themselves together by the strong tie
Of honor and courage, ~ the, M0Ores
Kittermans, Kites, Earls and others had
to protect their rights, were not to be Or.
rested In this way. The Deputy Sher.
III, Woolard, called to his assistAnct
Andrew Weir, who was Q mere youth,
acting as constable, but OF prudent
courage, to assist him in making ar-
rests. But II waa Of no use. These
men would not be taken; on the con.
trary they took the officer, Woolard,
keeping him over night, and IN the
morning brought him ont, placed him
on his horse, escorted him to the pub
lie square IN Dahlonega-or rather,
the place Intended - public square.
Riding around him here, with thyir
wen trained rides II hand, giving %
they paused, smost respectful military
saluts, be fetorning tho same. After
this ceremony closed, Captain Moore
advanced and informed Deputy Shsr-
III Woolard that he and his men had
no further use for him, and would not
longer detatn him from hiS family and
home, and that he was atliberty 10 70,
and when they wanted him again thew
would let him know IL; and that Ii he
came again, until thrls called for. he
had better make his last will and tes.
lament before leaving homo. Sufflce
II to say Woodland never returned.
A somewhat laughablo incident Il
said to have occurred during this war.
or ct its close, with ono Of the attor.
neys engaged, only professionally, for
Woody. VIM. II. Galbraiths and Geo.
May were retained by Woody, and w.
w. Chapman, for Koontx. During the
excitement growing ont OF thls dim
Guilty, the Koont4 men corralod May
In Woodys house. Finding him In 1
back room In bed, they called him ont.
George came forth, and seeInr the
crowd by which he was surrounded,
and having the love or honor before
Ais eyes, then and there implored his
capt0rs, for the sake OF honor, for the
sake Of God, and the love which he
bore towards his family and home. mot
to tar and feather him, nor ride him
on rail, but rather than be thus die.
graced and sent away, he preferred to
be shot. Well, they aid not shoot him
nor did they tar and feather him. nor
ride him on rail, but II 10 said, tho
for the truth Of this l will not vonch,
that the cloud war passed of, and the
angry waves Of passion were hnshed by
May asking his capt0rs to 60 out and
liquor. You know George was good
on expedients. But whether the party
liQuored or not, / cannot stats. Ny
friends, N. d. Earl and Peter Kftter-
man, who are on the ground, can tell
you, for they were there.
1t is due to George May, an ab-
sent friend, to say that he Was In NO
way implicated In the effort of Woody
TO take Ko0ntx's claim, and that. he
lived long amongst %, and when he |
left, had no better friends in the coun-
ty than the men who espoused the In
terest Of old Mr.. Koontz.
= The prosecution, which had been,
commenced in Jefferson county
against the K0ontz men, remained un-
disposed OF until Wapello county was
organized, after which, from some
oversight in legislation, Jefferson
county lost her jurisdiction, aad they
werc dismissed- And thus endod the /
Dahlonega war, and its consequences. /
Woody, Of course, lost the claim.
This, perhaps, was the hercest war
that was wagod In the county. II
other localities, like disturbances toek
place, but can not stop to refer to
each, In detail. I have only alluded
to this for the purpose Of advising the
uninitiated more clearly how Justice
was administered In the olden times
in Wapello. when the laws delay did
not supplant justice with mere forms.
Let me now 20 back little. have
already said that In l842 treaty was
made with the Sac and Fox Indians,
by which this portion Of country was
purchased and owned BY the United
States, and that Iowa, at one time,
formed q part Of Wisc0nsin Territory.
On the 18th day OF June, 1888, the
Congress OF the United States passed
an act organizing tho Territory Of
Iowa. The boundary lines of this
new Territory extended from tho State
Of Missouri, on the south, 10 the Brit.
ish Possessions, on the north, and
from the Mississippi on the east, TO the
Missouri on the west. Tho seat
of government OF this new Territory
was fixed at Burlington, and the Ter
ritory was organised on the 4th day of
July, 1888 Robert Lucas, An honest
man and good officer, was the first
Governor; VIM. B. Conway, Secretary;
Chas. Mason, Joseph Williams, and.
Thos. 8. Wilson were tho first Judges,
the former being Chief Justice, and ell
of them able jurists- and honest mon.
The Chief Justice and his associate,
Judge Wilson, are yet livlng,--Judge
Mason, at the city of Burlington, and
Judge Wilson, ct Dubuque.
Among the very earliest settlers In
| the county are tho following:
In. Competins township, Joseph
Leighton, Gather Of A g Leighton)
Maylon Wright, Jesse Scott, DR. Lewis
| Alexander Smith and others.
In Pleasant township, were George
Harmon, John Henderson, James
Hill, John Murry, John Hnastuttsr,
James T Coleman, Lewis r Temple,
George Hanna, Thos. Larw0od, SAINT
MCGEE, Thos Brumsy Gather Of Sam'l
Brumsy, Esq, now Of this city, Manly
Blanchard, John Phillips, Calvin Car
son. Hiram Fisher, John Mcdowell
and Tcmplin Mcdowell.
| In Agency township, were James
Weir, subsequently, Judge OF Probate.
and father Of DR.. Weir, nowof Agency
City, Jas Stevens, Charles F Harrow,
8 8 Dwire. VIM Fl Cogswell, Joseph
Myers, Major John Beach, VIM B
Street. Alex Street, J II ID Street, cons
of Gen Street, the Indian agent Reu-
ben Myers, Jesse Brookshire, Fl d
Hendershott.
/ think ! must stop Just here and
tell . little anecdote on Mr.. Brook
shire, most upright honest man.
Jesse was On aspiring man, dssired
very much to be delegate to the tlrsl
constitutional convention. When ha
was canvsssing the county Ia that di.
rcction, the question came MP - 10 thu
propriety Of holding sesslons Of the
| Legislature each year, or less frequent
The general opinion seomed d
favor biennial oosaiOps. Tho pub.