Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1875-06-11
0DORN m ARKANSAS,
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The OscSola (Mo.) Democrat of the 18th
inst. has the following: On last Monday
morning q a-eonpany consisting of about
fifty souls passed through this place, en-
rorae for the rocky plains Of Washington
Tenitery. The ohtht OF the company con-
sisted Of FIVE wagons, drawn by horses
which looked as though they had been fed
on grasshoppsrs or e1Peetations, for the
past winter. ...t gs i.toI sBi.le iH.a
An attache Of the Demoeas interviewed
the head man of the caravan, who appear
ed to be well-infoFmed gentleman.
"Where are you fremP we inquired.
From the devils land, /" promptly an
swered the traveller.
The devils landl And pray where ls
that land. We did not know that his
Lordship allowed any Of his subjects to
leave, when once he got hold Of them, We
suggested.
EAhilwsIIhe tried his best to keep me,
but it was no 60. IEOuld not stay, 50 he
letme 90. Young nan, yen see that red
scar on my neck, do your
~Yes.o .-
&You see these eight bullet holes in my
hatl
-ArYes."
s'YOu see these holes in my coat and in
nay pantsT
t9Yes"
ousee this scar on my cheek and this
and one on my handT
-T could show yoa plenty more bullet
scars on my legs and other portions of my
body, but you See enough without going
any further. All these scars are the work
Of the devils own angels Some call them
| Kn Klux, or some other Outlandisb, heath
enish name, but tell you what it is, the
devil controls those men, and they are his
servants, This scar on my neck | received
one time when the williams hung me up on
| a tree, and would be hanging there to-
| day, with my bones whitening in the sun,
| if II had not been for that woman over
there IN that wagon"
@Why did they hang youup" was ven
tured 70 ask.
"Why? Do you ask Khy7 WAY, simply
| because vas an hOnest man, and did not
| goiabOut housestealing and tkieging."
saDo they hang men Tor that down in that
Stats?p.W We asked, feeling our neck.
tYes; Sir. have seen IN one piece OF
| timber ak bodies hanging to the trees. Two
/ Of my Reighbors were called ont of their
houses and shot dead in their own door
/ yards. One Of these was minister, and
/ as good a man as ever tred the earth. He
was one Of the best friends l ever had"
/ and the man brushed tear with his coat
i sleeve from his eye, and continued; "He
i converted me and mine; twice saved my
Il life. Oh, yes, the devil has got possession
:
of that country, sure"
EFhsl slneWspapers say that your public
officers are a set of rsseals; is it sol" we
II inquired. e. $500 80
II ~ Yes, sir, it is my candid opinion that
the greater portion of the devilment is
n put up by this class Of men. Time and
time again has my house been ransacked
from top to bottom by the officials who
gave as an excuse that they were hunting
Z for evidenceP sa-
@Did these eficials'eYer cOnfscate any
/, thing?" a.5las
81 "They did, but after few visits they
: had taken everything that was Of any
: value, and then they abused my family,
and used insulting Language to the woman. :
X They never committed any burning OF
crops, did they?"
l'fThey never did to me but once, and
|, 1 that was the first time they came. They
| i then destroyed everything We had. You
+ see the result in the looks of those cattle.
!, Do they look as if they had an over
> abundance of food?"
II NO." we replied, @they look more like
:, walking bones than anything else"
I'll HYes, know.it but Icannot help it,
IT As soon as warm weather came began to
: pack up, and am now going to where
n shall never hear of Arkansas again. am
x 1bgoing to Washington Territory"
.@HDo yOu1thihk that isa better country
: han ,ArkznsasP we asked.
= at cannot be worse, and there think
Z fmy children can live without being out
= braged by every william that comes along,
! ESPECIALLY when they are 90 thick as they
{ are in Kansas"
I'll aWhati You do not mean to say that
!. the women and children are moiested, do
! your .r
: az am sorry to say it, but it is 80.
4 know Of families who have been turned
E out Of their homes BY pack of thieves
|. who happened to want to stop in the
z house over night. As rule, they would
!. turn out all the men and the women they
: did not want, telling them that the stable
= was good enough for them.P ....g ~.
e 6ub you oon'k mean 70 say mat tney
4 hare no respect for the women, doyouP"
!. EYes, sir. You sse that young girl ovel
! in that Hagoni Well, she is hardly six
/. teen, and nine times have the villains coml
; to my house md taken her away to theil
4 nigh quarters. At irst I tried to stop them
3 but as the result I got four bullets shot init
Q my body"
4 aConld yeu not get any justice done fol
such eutFsgesF
I'll "No. II / complained, they merel,
3 laughed and. thEeatsned to shoot nae.
!. have been shot, and they tried to mnrde
h me shout thirty times, but I managed t
/. escape With only some severe wounds. Blu
Is ] must be going, for we have along iourne,
Iol across the plains, and have no time t
s.diwsste. am endeavoring to drown tn
! past yapd begin anew the paths Of life
~ Good day, sir"
GKasshoppers.
LsaTenWoEth Times.
~ A trip out the Central Branch road, afev
= j. days eeo, revealed the fact that the grass
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