Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-12-09
FRO,I CHICAGO.
Correspondenoe Of the Ledger.

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CHICAGO, December 6, 1S7e-To- c
day as / was standing in frontof where !
am now writing, on Milwaukee ave
nue., friend remarked Do you !
see that man across the way; that
elderly person walking rapidly" |
in the affirmative. Well,
he is riddle to the surgeons and
medical men, "Why,p l inquired. Il
will tell you. Over a year ago he was
on the police force, and was considered
very efficient. One night he pursued
and captured three robbers. While
taking them to the station one of the
villains suddenly drew a pistol and
shot him twice in the head. He fell
to the ground while his prisoners
escaped, but they were afterwards cap
tured and imprisoned. Upon trial the
culprits proved an alibi, and thus
escaped. The reports of the pistol |
brought other officers to the scene of
the supposed tragedy, and the wound
ed man was taken to his home on
Milwaukee avenue. Medical assis-
tance was rapidly on duty, and the
verdict given that the balls had
penetrated the brain and the vic
tim would die in few hours.
Mr.. Kennick, the sufferer, upon hear
ing this, told his half-distracted wife
not to weep that he would not die
and as a proof Of this you see him
walking as spry as a much younger
man. And it is a fact that the two
balls are somewhere in his brain. The
wounds were of such a nature that
the surgeons would not probe for the
balls" Hearing this ! Immediately
noted it down for the LEDGER. Mr..
Kennick is about sixty years Of age
with good chances ofpassing four score
at least. 1t is said that during the
most critical hours Of his sickness he
did not lie down in daytime. No
doubt the invincible determination
not to give way to his suferings had
everything to do with saving his life.
The death notice in the LEDGER OF
Colonel Brinkley .recalled to my mind
little incident that occurred at the
Brinkley mansion at Iuka, Miss, in
December, 1862, just about this time.
: After the battle Of Oorinth, October
4th and 9Th, 1862, l was
sent TO Iuka with other Con-
federate prisoners captured al
a Corinth. Iuka was then, what many
!. of your readers will remember, "neu
' tral ground" and occupied as hospi
!. tai by the Bederals. Before forget
n ting, if TO forget were possible, let m'
e say that the services rendered the Con
e federate wounded at Iuka, by tn
If noble ladies of North Mississippi
h North Alabama and the Tennessee
D valley generally, were of the mos
IT Spartan nature, and their memory vii
e be ever green in the hearts of the hun
l. dreds of -Mississippians, ant
other Confederates, whose suffering
they helped to alleviate, of that grea
|. roll of honor. | remember the name
of the Misses Newson, Miss Kella
IN and the Misses Vaughan. Ma
re- heavens blessings be theirs, no matte
10 where they be, this December night
n Well, as was going to state, one q
n my fellow -unfortunates was a membe
~ of the Eighteenth Arkansas regiment
= Cabells brigade, Maury's division
,a Prices corps. This young fellow wa
,;s badly wounded in the right hand, tn
ID left cheek and his right thig
NO broken twice. When wounded h
o99 should have been with tn
50 medical corps, instead of /
m the ranks with musket for he wa
no Brigade Surgeon Powe's clerk Whe
a. he arrived at Iuka lie found Doctor
~ Powe. Phillips, Croxton, William
go and others of Prices command pris
he oners like himself. Surgeon Pow
he was glad TO seo him, and had his wounC
.se attended to Immediately. Soon tn
ne young Arkansian became quite fl
.ar vorite, When the December BIAS
ts began to blow several of the Mort
be | Alabama ladies turned their heads Il
H. ward home, their labOrs being aboI
No. ended at the hospitals. 1t was SUI
of gested Surgeon Phillips that he inte
ad cede with the Federal surgeon
nd charge to allow the young Arkansia
to aooompapythe ladies to their home
he being sufficiently recovered to rls
IA removal and especially as it was col
sidered his fighting duties were owe
zee Consent was given, and the youth w
,as packed into the carriage at tho Miss
he Vaughn and drove over to the Brinl
he ey mansion from the Iuka Sprin
AZ. Hotel, then occupied as a hospitf
in When arrived at the Brinkley plac
,as a hands0ms edihee where u numb
of IF the ladies' we're lodged, al
in where all were to start ''homewal
"a bound" Surgeon CroxtOn disclos,
ne the fact that a Federal ra
ion was sweeping along or across q
so contemplated eQqts lf the ladit
ers and that II would be unsafe for the
ate to leave that day In the meantir
,9l the young soldier had been remov
from the carriage and placed safely
+bo the stops Of the house while tho ladi
! ~" = arranged the interior of the yehic
H.; Clutches had been provided for t
bpo bat wounded boy, to be used if he ey
nT ,,r should need them. Thinking he cou
N@ce @ walk be rose pp while eonyersl
NV ~ with the ladies, and as he did so
nv ~ became dizzy and fell or rather, sa
ny ny down, and smashed his leg over agai
an NJ This put an end to his journey !
r;s cs was returned 10 the hospital and t
q I, ladies of the party, with the except
H. of one departed next day for tn
I;ll homes. Many who read this will
am am member the dear little creature, a I
ries Die Virginian, and an Alabamian