The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1875-04-28

back, if you have, ct He'd ola White
yousahall"novewsee home, forsIH'wii
kill YOU" That, 4 thSr6abon, tn,
prisoner, on the following Mopdal
night, about 'Yl0thu'olook ,Ftboks t'th,
identical rife given:byh i Bowen, ,auG
wentnearT tho homo Occupied y bi
\ Col. White that ths, lastor; ;Yas SIT.
ting in his bed room, near the .wipdow
.[whsro tic pfisGner oodld sHct hfi% L L
\ tho hoad or body, or anywhere else
a but not wishing to- shoot lhim s6 o en-
ply! Rrisonerdsentsto tho hide9toff ithe
house and fred Through the we athsr
! boarding, in, tdirsctivp different
fro nj chat il Which be believed 'Col,
| W hito to be sitting that thu TILL,
ho%evsr,sSfuS ope o: tho lsgs:: :ofe EUJo'.
Whi.e.whiob Mas istfretoL al ds os.ss and
IiEflieted aswodndaofMbioh hs died ia
a few days that prisoner, thersupou
thr pw the gun iuto ,aEditell,,, end aud
EpasSed miserable and 1htappy anight,
aud tho next morning wont 10 Col. =.
White and confessed tho, deea.ggsa
| ., THE DEAD MAN s. oPINloa.sS
That Col. White said that hu balieyed
and forgave him, bpts stbatBowsn was
n black hearted villain, and should
suffer for the crime. That Col. White
spoke to prisoner as fathsr would
!'Hpeak to 9 son., and that ,pris9ner, af,
terRardsi ffearing ithb loansed dah ces.
! esoa ped from the guard while they
verb bringing him to Charleston, AID
from that time has been at largo in
Ge eorsia. That he has suffered re-.
| NOR 20 Of conscience Us the resdls of
tho crime he committed, and has'
nev1 1r enjoyed page. Of mind sinloo
Eths bot. ,... th&9}"h9n q,
! - ,7YoTHERr CONFESSIONAL, 2,:in.
That on several n occasions, in 1851
and subsequently, The made"a full
statement Of theI eIGirS,pm.stapoes Ito; Mr..
Lunipkin, Mr.. John, L. LlFimore and, i,
eeveFal other respectable oitizsns, Of
Georgia. That he is now twenty-four
years of age and waslseyentaen at the
time Of the murder, That be would
have ,glyssao ohimselfsup long ago, and
infor med the relatiyes Of Col. Whito,
that as soon as soon as Bowen MAS ar.
rested he would appear against bin
in evidence, but did not dare do 80
while Bowen was at large, from fear
hat Bowen would kill him.
a warrant was issued against Bow.
en-, but Sheriff Mackey was ill sever.
al weeks, and then went ohla{trip for,
his health, and in the mean time
Grimes had again escaped /, SO that the
prose thought it useless to ar
rest Bowen. Thus mnttofs rested
until, in the late campaign, the News J
and Courier renewed the charges
ag inst Bowen, and for this Capt. Il.
W. Dawson, the editor and JOINT pro-
prlctor, is on trial.
In this connection it may be of in.
tcrest to our readers to see what
Judge T. j. Maekey had to say of G.
g. Bowen. This article appeared in
the Charleston News on 18th August
1869 in answer to charges made
against the writer by Bowen.
After admitting thai 10 was an
ox.Confcderate, MIR. Mackey (he was
, not judge then,) says "In tho course
Of that service, performed no act
unworthy Of a good soldier. or man
of honor. - ". /. ( <
But how stands it with G. C. Bow.
on, whose namc, by civic fiction,
now bears the prefix "Honorable p
, lIe is New England man, born
and reared iu Rhode Island, near the
very altar Of Liberty. He entered
the Confederate army as q lieuton.
Eant Of cavalry, and after an
ignominious career Of two years, he
was cashiered {as can show by the
offeial record before ,ne} for the
crime Of }ergory9
1t is also true that WAS indicted
with Gen Walker on the charge of
violating tho. neutrality laws Of the
United Statos, Abut ] have yet to
learn that this fact could. detract
| from my standing as a gentleman.
I Tmmediately after my trial and 40
qnitta tal on that charge, was appoint.
| ed by tho authorities at Warrington
us OK xamincr of United States surveys
for Kansas and Nebraska.
! l was not a. clerk, but the examiner
eff a accounts, in the Frecdmcn's
| Burea au, and in that capacity be-
came acquainted with the evidence
on which G, G. Bowen0 was arrested
and oo,pmittod 10 prison by Gen.
Sickles, on the charge Of STEALING
MONEY from the freedmen. 1t is
true that wes private secretary TO
Gov, Scott, tho same gallant soldier
and worthy gentleman whore duty it
became, as assistant commissioner of
the Freedmen's Bureau for South
Carolina to have Bowen arrested
| (for sTEALiNG) aud to mako him,
through tho military authorities,
ldisgorge large amount of his i'll.
cotton gains.
| 1t is true that ! Am ,"well r. known
a n II ~, -