The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-12-24
the cOaOred man to come out and sur

the coiored man 70 come out and sur
render.
"Never." yelled back the man, al win
never surrenderr
"Ready-aim-hre," came in quick
succession, and fourteen minnie bullets
ploWed their way through the siding,
doors and windows of that fated cottage.
There were screams and groans from
within, Of women and children.
load, men," said the officer. When
the men were again ready, the officer
cried out: "Wil you surrenderP'
Never" came the response in the
darkness.
Ready aim-fire!" and aseeond vol
ley was poured in. load up, men, and
soon the ring Of the ramrods ceased. !"
"Will you surrender ~ Called the OIL
Ger. A faint "neVer," was the only re-
spouse, amid the horrible cries that were
heard.
"Ready-alm-fFei'' came from the
lips of the unrelenting officer. After
deliberately loading again, and obtain
ing no response, a light was struck in
the cabin, and terrible sight was yisi-
BILE. The woman and three or four
children were In bed, one Of them shot
lenghtWise, the mother was wounded,
and l believe every one had bullet
wounds, but their horizontal posltion
had saved them from instant death. The
man was found on the floor, with a bull
let IN his thigh, which had divided the
femoEa. artery, and he was bleeding tC
death. This was discovered the mex
day. The blood of the men was up
The "nigger" had killed q white man
and that white man q soldier He wal
still alive. The men dragged him GU
of the house, and passing
q gun strap round this neck
swung him up to an apple tree
! and while hanging and slowly bleeding
and choking to death, one of the mel
seized q sharp hoe and hacked the bodl
IN q dozen places. The inmates of tn,
cottage were removed, and placed In
common farm cart, and jolted to tn
camp hospital. The cottage itself wa
burned.
In the morning, the surgeon of thu
regiment and myself rode to the place
The body was still hanging by the CUR
strap, which we found had been hastIl
put on, and was across the mans chi
and around the back of the head. TIL
surgeon took out his knife and shove
I me the large artery half severed BI
: he made a discovery. In the poor mu
tilated body were several small hole
We found out that the owner-the VIC
: maR-had been down there, and leanIn
over an adjoining fence. had deliberat
ly and reYengefullY put six shots from
revolver into the halfnude body, swim
ing there in the orchard tree"
It 'Was nothing ever done about i
n Was there no invesugation?"
e mo, nothing. That terrible Grim
l. committed under the United States fla
t was one among many OF The horrible /
d cidents of the slaYeholders' rebellIo
War Is bad enough. II deadens a mar
g. finer feeling, but Just add to that Ii
i spent as the owner of slaves
al and you have q type of men who
re thank God, are passing away. T.
n Southern soldiers were more cruel TIL
1t those of the north. sn6. those SoutheI
h ers attached to the Union service we
re little, if any better"
g. "My friend" concluded the old 8,
ID der. "If you ever have a chance to,vC
is against policy of war, you do 1t. T
;e fife and the drum, and good clothes m
of all be very fine, but there is somethi
ar higher and better sttainable than 81
T. tenn that would Justify the horrors
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