The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-10-01

what captaih?'
"a little fellow, who has just got home
from the army"
| How did he know it?''
He dreamt it."
I'VE have just given up $4,000 to Wise
acres crowd"
This was the first crowd who went around
getting up as much gold as they could by
persuasion.
Those boys had given up a considerable
amount and thought they were all right.
Now the question naturally arises, why
didn't those fellows leave with their money?
| There was a woman in the affair, as is almost
always the case. One of them, and it hap
pened to be the one to whom the Others
looked, had a sweetheart and delayed going,
and kept back the most of them, though
! some of them got off with good share. Let
US now see of what kind of material this ar
resting party consisted. The two men who
arrested Mcbride at the start, one who had
made harness during the war; one who be-
longed to brass band, boy who was too
young to be in the army, DOCTOR an old,
afflicted man who did not go to the war, and
few of Joe Browns militia. l can safely
say there was not a brave soldier in the
| crowd.
There was lul in the matter for about a
week. What ! shall now have to record is
the most audacious, cowardly, mean and
cruel transaction which occurred during the
! L
was sitting at my home with two soldiers,
Everett and Revere, the latter a Tennesseean,
when we espied man riding up with the
longest Enfield rifle L ever saw He hailed
me and | asked him to come in An Enfield
rifle was scary thing to a subdued rebel,
and looked at the siX-footer who bore it
with no little degree of interest. He said,
when we had interchanged few words of
courtesy: II am after you, Captain Everett.
There is a crowd coming from Washington,
and we are going below here to take that
gold from those fellows"
What felows?'' inquired Everett.
"Why, those who robbed the wagon train.
They have got it, and we intend to have
money or blood" That very fellow has tried
to commit suicide since that Everett told
him he did not propose to shed innocent
| blood. He told Everett he had come espe-
cally for him, for they all knew he was not
afraid, and all such fattery as that but with
out avail He soon left, and as he and his
! long gun were fading from our view, Everett
turned to Revere: 81 say that fellow is blood
| thirsty, Doesn't that beat all the meanness
! you have heard or seen during the war? The
idea of few homeless soldiers, for they were
afraid to go to their homes in Tennessee be-
! ing set upon by a crowd of men whose
homes they came to defend" He straight
ened himself and said to Revere; Have you
pistolY'
No; some one stole both of mine as came
home"
Borrow one, and let us go and see that
those boys are not murdered outright"
Revere said: Don't let us be too fast; let
them show their hand first"
They mounted their horses and followed on.
| The road led into the one by which the crowd
| from Washington had to come. The two
watchers had to go a mile or two from the
main road to borrow pistol, and by a cir
| cuitous route they had got to the rear of
/ hot haA ,'s
gallant little band" Everett found out
| that they had arrested crowd OF young
men, and were in a grove in front of Mr..
C.'s house. They rode up, dismounted and
asked what was up These soldiers we
! have under arrest robbed train of wagons -
| Everett happened to be next to a man who
had acknowledged he was never under fire
but once, at Cumberlands Gap and that he
never stopped running until he got to the
place to take the train for come.
| Everett said: Look here Tom, do you all
know what you are doing? Part OF Vaughns
| brigade is at Goshen, and are fixing to charge
you all" He did not know it was So but it
was, as the sequel will show. Everett want
| ed pistol. He saw the odds against him,
and told Tom to give him his pistol, and not
to have anything to do in the matter, for
| Vaughns men would lii all whom they
found with arms About dozen men were
/ coming from the house bearing bags of gold
and little behind the captives under guard,
The gold was thrown into a wagon waiting
| at the gate. From the number of sacks
about $500 Gen. Alexander ordered the
prisoners to mount their horses and follow
| him. As he turned into his saddle, Everett
brought his pistol down on his breast and
! told him another command from you, and
| I'll kill you. Hand up your pistol" As soon
as the General was dsarmed, he put his
pistol to Wiseacre's breast and
disarmed him, and the day was
won, for, though there had been
no concert of action agreed on between the
two assailants; yet as the General was dis
armed, one of the guards attempted to draw
a sword and was promptly knocked down by
| Revere. AS if by magic the prisoners were
armed by a comrade who was not arrested,
| as he was sick on the night of the charge and
was not noticed. He had all the others pis-
tolls buckled around him, and had come up
in opportune time. In the twinkling of an
! eye they formed line, and an Irish lad by
name OF Buckner cried out, Now come on;
we can whip the whole crowd" In less than
minute they had the gallant band' dis
armed and at their mercy. They started their
wagon on toward Washington with the mules
on run. There never has been such race
as they ran from there to Washington. There
certainly was not brave man in the crowd,
| for two men had released their prisoners,
disarmed and completely routed them. The
man with the long Enfield was not dis
| arineu LOT ne was seen bringing up the rear,
| his gun mingling with the bows of the trees
as the fugitives faded from the view.
vAUGHN's MEN TO THE RESCUE.
The affray was over about half an hour,
when gathering of arms was heard from be-
hind, and sure enough there came company
of General Vaughn's men in full charge from
place in Lincoln county called Goshen
They pressed on after the fugitive band, but
did not overtake them. How did those men
at Goshen find out that their comrades were
in danger? Here comes in bit of romance
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