Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1889-11-22
CAPTURE AND ESCAPE.
A History Of the Experiences Of
doc" Jones During the War
of the Rebellion, as told
by Himself.

worry much refreshed. In the evening
Anderson's leg was very much better
the calf of his leg had protected the
bone, and he was not seriously injured
other than few punctures in the nest
from the teeth Of the trap. We wcn'
to the house spoken Of, and after get
ting us some supper, we sat down for 0
couple of hours and had talk. In the
conversation, after learning that Mr.
Brown was dunkard, mentioned the
fact that my home was in Ohio near
Lake Erie, on the Portage river, and
in little town called Elmore. Brown
inquired If knew an elderly man in
that town by the name of Kimball. /
told him | knew Mr.. Kimball very we'll,
and had known him for years, and that
he was dunkard. had never seen
the dunkards worship, but knew Mr..
Kimball to be one, and had been told
by my father that they wore their hair
long, as Mr.. Kimball did his.
Mr.. Brown said he had several times
heard Mr.. Kimball preach, n few miles
from where he lived.
You can imagine that this convorsa-
tion was invigorating, as it made me
feel as though was almost home.
When we started on our journey
again, Mr.. Brown accompanied us n
short distance, to the residence of n
neighbor.
We made but little progress that
night, and but little the thirteenth and
fourteenth nights, as we were too
royalty received by the dunkards.
Many times in after years l have re-
called their kindness. In being intro
duced to them, it meant kiss all
around, and although it was very en-
barrassing to us, still we knew it to be
their manner of greeting, aud we could
not help but feel u loving interest in
their welfare.
Before we left the dunkard settle
ment, we felt as though we had long
rest, and had recuperated to such de-
gree that our marches were attended
with much less fatigue. But Wood
was getting more and more disgusted
with Anderson every day. The latter
gentleman was very much addicted to
boasting, and in this was Just the
opposite of Wood, who did but very
little talking, but what he said was to
the point, and he meant every word of
it.
On the evening OF the fifteenth night
we started for big nights march but
about o'clock n drizzling rain set in,
and kept it up all night, and we jour-
neyed rs best we could in rough coun-
try, and under such circumstances. /
do not see how any more darkness
could crowd in it seemed almost neces-
sary to cut our way through it. Wood
and myself determined to go on, but
Anderson was begging to stop. l think
this had tendency to urge us on.
am sure it did Wood. Perhaps we
might have made time by stopping, as
we learned next day that we had borne
entirely too much toward the West.
Nearly always We kept our course by
the stars but when they were obscured
by the clouds, we had to trust to the
direction oil tho wind. But on this
particular night, there seemed to be
neither. Many times during the night
l wet my finger and held it up in order
to get our bearings.
BY morning we were very wet ana
nearly worn out but found very nice
place to stop on the ridge. 1t was
beautiful morning, and when the sun
was up so that we could get the benefit
OF its heat, we soon were comfortable,
and laid down to sleep. l did not
awake until late in the afternoon
probably five o'clock. When | did
finally open my eyes, Wood and Ander-
son were quarreling about whose turn
it was to forage for food the coming
evening. After listening to them
awhile, said thought it no more than
fair that Anderson should GO; in fact,
by this time, had become very much
disgusted with Anderson myself, as his
selfshness made itself more and more
manifest every day. When no saw
that was in earnest, as well as Wood,
he succumbed to the inevitable and con-
sented to go. / did not think there
was any real danger, as in that section
all seemed to be union men, except the
slave owners, and to their houses we
never went voluntarily, because we
were not compelled to do so.
Just before dark we began casting
about for n place for Anderson to 90
for food. About half mile from the
woods where we We're, across the fields
we saw house, n very common looking
one, yet from outside huts, looked as
though the owner might be slave
holder. About half past nine o'clock,
after we had cautioned Anderson not to
go to the larger house, but to one of the
huts, he started on his errand. We
had no fears, as we had been reliably
informed that there were no hounds
In this section, and the only danger lay
in the rebel scouts or cavalry forces.
Anderson had not been gone to exceed
twenty minutes, when we heard him
coming up through the field putting
like quarter horse. AS he came near
us spoks to him two or three times,
the last time rs loud as | dare, fearing
that some one might be pursuing him
and would hear me. Wood suggested,
slot the ID fool CO."
That was the last seen of Anderson
by us. Whether he ran until he fell
dead, or fell from prccipice and killed
himself, cannot tell. Possibly the
latter supposition is the most reason
able, as the country was exceedingly
rough, and there were numerous preci-
pices that In his mad career he would