Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1885-09-26
CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON Dl-
NlS.
Lieut.. I>"rieS Recent I;o,nanee
Very ElIrciualIy Disposed ofby
Mr.. Davis Himself
Ef>rvurr Mis-. 5"p,. .. lSSJ

EE>Uv"IE. Mis-, o"n,. .. lonj.
Tofre '.a..o ,rroe N-, Yola Hers...
Ga ny lc,ufp after Il rror"c'eI
absence from houe Iccci,oG Il Sip
from your j",,r,iai, which inc'ose
for "rea:.r convenience ia np,icius
it. cOn)e tents.
LuAN,PoL~. Aur. 1f.--At the re-
cont rruuion IF the vric"au~ Il he
Fou1ih iadi;Ma Cavalry III t,is .ijy.
Lieut.. i,9ri@". of the command, VINO
WAS Provost Marshall at Macon, G.,.,
1t }he ,ilue 0fthc captmc OF Jeiftr-
son Davis. related the circumstances
of he capture. lie described lis
participation in tin, affair rs follows.
II went out 10 the lmc Of III, ju,i>-
dictioa to receive Davis Two miles
an" Il halffiom Macou he became my
prisoner, and | Brought him 10 ,he
CITY IN an old farm wagon. Ii WIS a
veh,cie H..h a great deal to condemn
it IN the way oi u,I>i- ailincSS u haG
weaknesses nj over it. but sufficient
Strength to hold Jefferson DAVIS. my
self anG his SECRETARY. Tie Rebel
c'lief sat octween Us. and over lis
head from a pole tiScd t. lie seat,
hung the h.orek,r, calic" wrapper
ana an old s.'aw hood. which formed
rs disguise whoa captu~ol.'
Jeil'mas a.o"uiscd<'
"lce. !, X i.p u>c 20 question thc
fact. 1,,e a~.iclc, of Us costume
hung from 'hrt pc'e DAYS bore
himself VIII ,he foritdle of Il Lra,c
man ~ trou"'e. He Was Courteous
10 me and 10 the guard, talked freely
% every question but that relating
10 t.le ~c>n', II the war.
when We stopped at The Iutcrna-
lional Hoe. aud were about To get
out of the WAGON. Capt Thompson.
of lhc fourth Indiana Cavalry, Grew
his revolver 10 nre at DAVIS. SAW
his movement, struck Inc wednon
with my arm ana The bullet tore NV
coat and sli~t. At the moment Dasis,
seeing Thompson's purpose, ciied
out, For Gods sake. lieutenant save
INV life - got the prisoner out Of
the wagoa and into the ho,el with
good deal of alacIity.
After that met Davis at ;he
Louisville botel jn.lS72. when herec
oguized me, and approaching, sad
i must ,hank YOU again for SAVING
my life.' We had quite "A chat about
;he war then. Before this ! hal re-
ceiveG letter of thanks from lm.
He was my prisoner ciGht days, to-
9c;Ler wnh his wife daughter aud
the commissarv Of his guard. These
three we took into Macon in an old
fau.ily carriage. JEFF was not sulkv
as Il prisoner, but one could see that
,Lc 1reak;rg Of the Confe,lcracy bore
.c,evou.: . on his thoughts
Though accustomed to sec SANDER
Gus publications ia rear, to lny>rIf
| nave read tn,s wit!i Hy iiule SUI
prise because of the toi,! absence Of
any foundation or preiext oh which
20 build the fic,ion. | avail myself If
your usual coGrtesv in asking you to
publish tLis seriatln refutation Of
the story.
1t Is not true. a. state,., that | Va.
turned over 10 tie custody of one
Lieut. Iss,ig9 iva and a half miles
(or al" o,ler di,raucei from Mtcpn.
The ,roops by whom | was captured
remaineo n.y @uard 10 Macon, and
Il detachment Of them accompanied
me 10 Fortress Monroe ia charge Of
the;r owI officers.
Equally untrue !, II that I t"le
with ne said Is9ri3s aud my sec'e-
tarv Tor with any ono el,eJ in San
old farm wagon Ny private scene
uary. Burton y. Harrison. E-1, nos