Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-04-21
HOODWINKED.
fHAr REnAnKAsLR STORY ABOUT TIE
DIXON MARfYRD0x.
Tie True Inwardness OF His Death-A Fair
and square fight
NoteS
frror Our Regular cOrespondsntl


WASHINGTON, April 20. some OF the
o,pers have printed rsther remarkable
stories about q family Of Dixous In Virginia
and Mississippi the occasion for alt this
being The appointment OF Henry NJ. Dixon,
of the latter state. 10 West Point cHCei-
shin. In addition 10 what hiss already
been seat the Dispatch on the subject.
n nay be OF interest TO tell just what
many Nirclnians now in the city think
al The siuG that has been prlnied
Nv some Of the Republican papers regard
ing the msrivrdom Of Henry I. Dixon,
the grau ifalher Of the bow, So the ola msu
lived Tor many years In Fauquier county,
,rnere nc was well known. The points
were obtained from people who have re-
s,ded 81 their lives 10 that part OF virginia
Including scvcrni w0o we're Wings before
TIE war and who have been Republicans
sluoc fhc war.
Major Henry T. Dixon was well reared.
,rfWas the p1sscssOr ~ considerable pro-
80, nj one iime. lie lived ioi many yeo'-
a, ti.rd. not far from Rect1rtoWn. '
T,-ry'.- county. Shortly after becoming @
fri.r,swn man be developed preuy TX
temner. ard was always looked upon a. q"
Gyhi,r. 10 rotsO that he went armed al i'e
time. and frequently seemed 10 Nea'h TO-
fights. ife was ia number ~ scrapes' ah'
on ono occasion beat a man named fhihP'
30 torr.llv ttet the ueighhors called on lle
officers 81 me law 20 arrest him. DIS
dcfc1 the officers. and Dr. Z. Clay MadduA,
who lived then IN the reighborhOod, under
took the Job % arresting Dixon. lie ana
Naddux shot OF each other, and each one
vas wounded.
CIT HIN BADLY.
Lister on Dixon cut q msn badly with a
knife aud was Gned $500 for the act Alter
2. rsid NJ fine he remarked that u was ex-
pcnNge pork that would cost 5000 for one
Slice. u got 60 that nobody had anything
10 do with the DiX0u- In faVQuler county.
The war came on, aud toward IL close Dixon
leit FsuQuier and came 10 Washington.
At toe close. and when Alexandra was
in charge 81 Inion troops, Dixon was 40 as
Ssfaut paymaster, and used To 20 down
there 10 p1y OF nseTo troops II was while
down there on this business that he was shot
and killed ~ DR. Clay Maddux. Martin
Naddux and his brother were keeping the
old Mansion House. now the Seaddock
Uouse. several people told Or. MadduX
that DIXON had said he would XII
him when he met hlm, and the Doc
.og. hearing that Dixon was awaiting
a chance 10 shoot him, took his pls-
tol and walked down King street. When
be got ncar the Old city Hotel he saw Dixon
on TIE opposite side Of The street Mad
duX crosse over aud both men pulled their
pistols simultaneously. Each one nred TWO
SHOTS. and all four bullets TOOK effect Mad
dux received one 10 each leg. sud the two
balls fred from his weapon entered the side
OF Dixon's body, causing The latter's death.
Two PERSONS who were cOnVcrsed WITH
here TO-DAY saw the iigbt-one Democrat
and the other "A Hepublican-snd both OF
them cav that II was a fair. square light, ana
that Dixon was not shot when his back was
turned. os he pulled his own pistol and
frsd ,wice. each buliet lodging IN the body
81 MadduX.
FX0NERATED.
Ano.bcr proof tha; Msddux took no unfair
advantage Of Dixon was the action OF the
bye magistrates who tried the Doctor. They
were All appointces OF President Lincoln,
aud without leaving the bench they exOne-
rated Maddux and ne was set free. Yet old
Mrs.. DIXON appears 10 have hoodwinked
General Harrison and Secretary Proctor by
telling them that DiXop was shot because he
dared vote for Lincoln IN 1860.
Charles McCabe, OF Leesburg, who was a
wing before tie war and weo IS now Re-
publicsn IN politics, was ASKED il ho ever
heard Of any ono having 20 hold pistol
IN one hand in Virginia before the
war while be put in bis ballot,
and no said il VAS news to hin.
Mr.. McCabe SAYS further that bis recollec-
ton was that Lincoln did not receive vote
in Fwuuuier county, and he got only two in
loudouu county. Nearly everybody IN Lou
doun voted for Bell aud Everett, and it was
pretty much the same way In Fsuquier,
though breckenridge and Douglass each re-
eeived aomo yOtes. bat Lincoln votes were
few and far between in that part OF Virginia
THE MISSISSIPPI STORY.
Another part Of Mrs. DlXon's warn, when
she touched The hearts OF Harrison and Proc
TOR and got her grandson appointed cadet
"a. that her son, Henry VI. Dixon, who
went 10 Mississippi just after the war, bad
been assaSsinaied IN 1879 at YaZoO City be-
cause he was Republican. Persons who
claim 10 know the facts say that
that Dixon was = gambler and that
be was Killed by another gambler, but OF
cOafss It sounds quite natural to the average
Republican here IN Washington TO be told
thar be "bit the dust because he was Re-
publican, shortly after arriving IN Missis-
sippi Henry NJ. Dixon ran away with q
fchOoLgirl whom he married. and she IS the
mother Of tho boy Just appointed cadet at
" est Point.
General Harrison and his Secretary OF
War must be men who can be easily de-
reiyed # they Will take such 1tGnsy stun rs
ttatwhtch seems TO have Influenced them in
giving the appointment TO young Dixon.
Tho grandfather Of that boy, according to
velLknown citizens Of Virgins, was no
more OF martyr 10 the ciuse OF Republic
c,nism" than q monkeys tine mother OF
parrot
QUEER OLD PILLOW.
Hon, Jeremiah RusS, OF Wisconsin. the
rutabaga member OF the Cabinet, Is queer
old fellow, and when be gets stirred up he
hasa WAY OF usiug language that Is more
emphatic than elegant The other day
representative Of q lar South paper received
Memorandum from The editor OF his paper
which read something like this: " Things are
Gull apparently up al Washington. we nave
en- Agricultural Department which we want
10 boom. GO over and see Secretary Rusk
md get nice, interesting interview with
him regarding agricultural pursuits. ASK
him his opinion as 20 the best crops 10 raise
In the soUth. Also find out what breed OF
hoss he thinks will thrive best in the South,
sud find out what he knows about horses
fowls, etc. You win know best how to
tackle him. Send the interview down by
mali a. soon as possible
over the voung man went, and when once
10 the presence OF the man who il supposed
10 know all about farming, but who. a. a
matter 81 Tact, utcsn SNOW enough ""O".
tais branch OF industry 10 " come IN out OF
the wet" the old fellow wanted 10 know
what be could do Tor him, aud the
newspaper representative attempted to
tell bin, every now and then clanc-
ing al the memorandum The Hon.
jeremiah jerked the piece OF paper from bis
hand and read it. Then, he got hot. " DO
Won take INC FOR 4 iool?" he Inquired.
.'Whst - the best breed Of hogs 10 raise In
the SoutnY DO YOU think / AN an agent
Tor hogs; Look here, young fellow, | was
never south OF Mason 81 Dixou's line IN my
lie, and how 10 you suppose know what
crops are best o. rli,e!'
WARsiER AND WARNER.
Then the rutapaga member got warmer
and warmer said naughty words, but nnally
cooled down sud declared that OF the proper
time his agricultural ideas would be given
70 the public.
New York politicians who have been here
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