Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-08-22
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'tS 'iT'tiS W lIH ClluCuiiS ~ i ia. IA, HlISS.,
which cuIrina'ed IN shc death ii Henry Diyan,
Il thus summed uu Ivy The New York World ::
''C&pi. Oxen wa4 always q democrat, aui
Vas Will kuo"n in Mississippi as planter. His
c'hraG; was u,QacSioncd. 10 1915 he vas
rFeseOifd with L massvo slid silver pitcher,
% which WAS the Inscription To the traves;
OF the brave, Capt, il. ". Dixon, from his dem
oaraic fsilo9 citzels OF 100 Ga. IS 4 taBtlulo.
NAL OF their high appreciation Of his brinut
services 10 lie redcup!i0D Of the cJuny irQIn
radiHa! rule. What these services we're is not
more clearly stated. 10 Juuo last Dixon al
bounced himself IS al independent Candidate
l9r sntlllt OF \ a2Do county. lie was endorsed
by such democrats as * Judge Il. s, IIudsoo,
Of ls2)o City; Major Dohcrty, The couGy
treasurer; iroI. GaGbcrry. Long q professor 10
the medical college at Louisville, Ny, and
nearly thirty representative planters aud mGr-
oh&na. There was regular democratic csn
dldatc nominated Hgalost h!il By coagcGtiCn
Early 10 July rcgistraIion began. \ number
OF democrats tried to prevent the fccistratinn
OF Dixon ncp. SEINE Of thcs, Oh the lass FRI
day Ct July collected at tho town ct Benton,
AID gave cut that Dixon WAS about 20 assemble
2 large armed tcrco OF EoITocs at That point
Presently Cant. Dixon and two friends rode up
IN buggy. lie faced tbs crowd Of advc!serics
dcE2d thun, and returned home. Thithcr
q mob followed tia, and demanded that
he should ea0o tho county, never to re.
tUrn. Several Of his democratic friends
attempted to stay tho mob. who threatened to
burn their houses and his own. Finally, 10 save
the property Of neighbo1s, he agreed to with ..
draw as 3 Candidate MisssaippsGs who knew
tho man and the region assert that personal
terror of Dixon had much to do with tho oppo.
sltion TO him. He is believed to have killed
many mon, snd it is known of him that in 1915,
when nc was rodeeming tbs county from radical
rule. he on ono occasion compelled crowd Of
negroes TO hang thor own loader. He had heard
lbs. movement WAS preparing among the
negroes against him. snd RODE along on horse
back to Tho place where the negroes had gath
cred togother, carrying rope over his saddle
bow. When he came upon them no covered
tho leader with his revolver and ordered him to
step out, Tho man obeyed. Selecting four
other negroes by namo ho bade them to come TO
him and take tho rope which he gave them.
Put 1t around that mans neck he said. They
obeyed. Now, then, one of you 20 up that tree
and reeve it ovor that Dough- This was done.
Now. then, pull away, you three The three
mon pulled. and upon. Dixon's command made
the rope FAST when their unfortunate loader was
fairly swinging in the air. Dixon sat on his
horse cycling tho scene until he was satisfied that
the man was dead, and thon, forbidding the
negroes TO cut him down for ri hours, ordered
them to disperso, which they did, and quietly
IONo On uOWC.
The Washington Star of yesterday ssys 1.-THE
mother and sister of Henry NJ. Dixon reside in
this city. The brother is clerk in the Treasury
Department. Captain Dixon was q boy of Ia
when tho war broke cut and was student at
Georgetown College, Ho WAS induced TO run
aWSy and join the Southern army, but was cap
tured after four months absence and remained
neui,a! during the remainder of tho war. He
married, st the age Of II, the daughter of very
wealthy Mississippi planter, who died not long
alter thls event, leaving his large plantations in
the 4azoo country to Mrs. Dixon. Young Dix.
on went thero TO live snd has been a resident of
MISSISSIPPI for thirteen years. He kept aloof
from politics until 1872 when he organized the
rifle club and was made captain of the BULLDOG.
err. His experience seems to have disguised
him finally, and in 1871 he left the club TIE
deceased was a son of the eta Major Henry
Dixon, who WAS shot and killed in Alexsndris
about the close of the war;
James II. Barksdale, who killed Dixon, has
heretofore borne an excellent reputation, and
prior TO the present campaign the two mon were
on friendly terms. Barksdslo is nephew of
Hon. l.. Esrksdsle. prominent democratic
candidate for the Unitod States Senate. editor Of
The jackson Clarion. and chairman Of the demo-
cratic State executive committee He was also
u nephew of Gen. William Earksdsle dis,in.
gulshed Mssssipp;an. who Was killed whilst
commanding confederate brigade during the