Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1879-04-17
Who Killed MorganP
AndrewUampbeIE,o of Bloomington.
Indiana, Says Twas lie.
His Account OF the Death OF the
Das.,s;sg a-erriIIa.
Cincinnaii enquirer.

Ci-VPAAASo AON, "a Jill CA
Enquirer representative, having
read the account Of the killing
fof John Morgan IN the Enquire.
of March 29th, was reminded of
having been introduced here to
man named Campbell, as til,
man who had shot Morgan somc
months before, and at once made
inquiries as to his whereabont.
for the purpose Of an interview
! 1t was learned that he was stil
in the city, engaged as day la
borer on such jobs as he coulC
| find in these scarce times, anc
the gentleman himself was scor
pointed out as he passed along
the street, followed by his little
son. He is man of quiet de
meanor and prepossessing APP
pearance, with nothing Of the
ruffian in his makeup. Any one
would scarcely imagine him {
man OF extraordinary nerve from
a casual observation.
10 the question by the En-
qulrer man as to whether ht
was Andrew Campbell, he return
ed an affirmative answer.
care you the man who killed
General John Morgan in Ten
nessee?"
eyes, sir" with smile.
odd you see the account Of
the affair in the Enquirer of a
few days ago?"
eyes, | have the paper in my
pocket. Major Muiky brought
it to me. He first told me a.
bout it, and l could not imagine
who had written tie account-at
first supposing it was Lieutenant
W, but when he brought me
the paper saw it was DIR. Dow
ney.'
"You are acquainted with him,
them"
ooh, yes, he was our surgeon;
but | don't see how be could re-
member the circumstances so
well for SO long a time. 1t must
be nine years since | told him
the particulars
ole gives a correct account,
does hep"
"Well, some things he remem-
bered rightly, but he is mistaken
about several things. Morgan
had on no coat at all when shot.
He had on nothing but a blue
pair of common soldier pants
and a spotted calico shirt. And
| did not tell DR.. Downey that
the proprietor Of the house from
which Morgan emerged informed
me that it was Morgan / had
shot. 1t was a citizen in the
street that told me. / had shot
Dick Morgan's horse from under
him Just before the occurrence,
as he was attempting to escape
from the same house, and be
jumped over into the cCrn-fe.d
on the Opposite side Of the road
and got away. Some little war
ming had been given by some
shots fired at persons attempting
to run by our troops as we en-
tered the town, and l suppose
Dick had been quicker than the
General and succeeded in get
ting his horse. At least, after |
had shot. Dicks horse l saw a
man running toward the fence
dividing Mrs. Williams garden
from another field Ct corn and
commanded him to halt. As he
continued running | fired, but
missed him. | then brought up
my gun again and fired a second
time, when he fell in his tracks.
lie was not riddled with bullets,
as has been stated by some;
there was bat one hole in him,
and that passed through his
heart. The surgeon showed il
to me after he was brought back
to Mrs. Williams house and
stripped, not knowing that ] had
fired the shot. The way we cane
to make the raid at that time,
news had been brought to our
camp-Gen. Giliem's command
that Morgan was about that
place with some of his command,
and was making his beasts that
he was going to gobble us up.
We started about eleven O'Clock
at night and got there about
daylight. ] guess our captain
knew that Morgan was at Mrs.
Williams, as he took us directly
to the house, while the other
troops were posted at otherpoints.
"Was Morgan armed?"
eyes, he had two splendid pis-
tolls, which had been presented
to General Hardee by Col. Colt
at one time, and afterward by
Gen. Hardee to Gen. Morgan
they had these facts engraved on
them. Before he left the house
he gave one of them to his Adj
iutant-General and hid the 9TH
er under a cabbage in the garden. |
Mrs. Williams saw him place it |
there. and afterward pot If and |