The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-11-03
ATALE OF BLOOD.


Tine s'sssaSrs Ms~ssrte .
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PALMYRA MOI Special Correspondent NJ. '~"hs
hepnohc.
Twenty-six years g tomorrow the Lit.
tie city of Palmyra. Mo. WAS the scene of
o,c ~ t,,. ma, ,iamnnblc crimes that
.,.- hl.cL.ucl ,Lc ,,ov..s az American
- =. 4. u,.,r..s 500 ill.,, r.s.r.
"so. ~ "" 49,, - -,
where n< the Palmyra b'ntchcrys IN
which ten men, not one at whom was ac-
cused of amy crime, were deliberately shot
in retaliation for the ~dnappi of a
TT,;o, No., a ~c;t;,o,, ~ ,he nl.,e... INV the
Sa"," 49,. .I,.;. il.
rens.is III one . t.icir r.,us'
This man, Andrew Allsn,an by name,
was what WAS then KNOWN az an IN
former" who busted himself i'm learning
au,hor;,;es ~ all who WERE ,uspectcd of
-rrn,,,,I;x;n. vr;,l, TIC So,,,h..rn c.ns. Tn
a.. 49,. na IA nal, I;,'...,r .,,rcr,civ
20. ~" S...-,. .....n;.,
op~Jertiotiahie 10 the southern sS'ni'atn.z-
ers, and an the occasion "f araiu on tiie
the town by the rs.hels under Colonel
Joseph Porter, Allsman was captured and
carried away.
Az that time Colonel Mcneil had about
III not quite. ali al whom were citi.ens III
TIN. s,rrrrp,ndinv country who had been
arrested on suspicion OF bs,ing southern
ss.ieas.d and ken, CLOSELY confined in th.
county iail. and il was given out that IL
Ailsman WAS not safely returned within
10 days they would b.. shot.
IL WA. not, however, generally believed
that the thry.st WAS intended To he carried
into ..xet.utis. ~, hut WAS "a pissa.of drunken
hrav;,sio.
The d,,ys. however. srs.d rapiIly by.and
still no tidings came OF AIisinan, AMI ON
the 18th of October the town was filled
with ouniuo,,s runners that ON th,. next
Iay the ,x,,.,,tioI, would take place. Still
tn:. ts.opl. could NOT bring thcTnsaiycs To
realize the nossibiijty OF such "a horrible
crime, and would not b..licyr th.. r..ports.
Late i'm the evening, however. an
tho ,royu.t-,nnr.i,nI for 10 nInip ,of-
fins. Ia n. i'm readiness nv the next MORN
ing. All night the sound Of saw aud ham
mer might have. b...n IIcarrI i'm the back
room of the undcrtaker's sI,op, as by the
dim light Of taIiow candles the worImen
Ing s,rrh Questions ns wrr,. n'.,.ssnrw In
their work, and those were spoken i'm snr-
pressed tones. as il they were oppressed
wer,. nr,.parinu' In order tn kc.., thc
matter .,s much as possible fro,u tin. pub
~ m. i'iI Is.SoS,. i.,xIinht' Iii J" snr !. -
ann, ,,sJ an, ,I,,. .,,rf,c.. a. .i,n,,i, a.
,inclnnv,,i yyi..n ,h,. ,sth ~ aSc,nisr
n 49," i,..a,, ~,s,nn ,,. r..,..r, - ,,i."t
Nal ....,, .r,i,r a., .iur;ny ~. NIGHT NJ ti',.
ander,ak'r's was spread over ih. city;
a.r m hh',i ~ S"" 20 %is.cii
s shlh9 MA" b,t ,, n.u IEs...
a pail on every h.ar,: People moved Ike
si,,s, L,,n." " ,tn,,, ~ s,,r% s "i ;' 49,,
nress..d v";c..s Jisc,'sscd I'M. avn" event
in Which many could not bring th.n,selvSs
ao ,n;1xT.v hmmn ,n' n"orm,ng ""sI ny
anu ,nino"ss .rnilRh. NO r,na''gS: I.on'
ociocN. noweNer' :lu MT. ;aeh.
sou, brptAi',le', ri.,Aeu ~ .'"ss"'
r mai %. ma.,E.". s"ruInum oun :" a. IN, ~.
s.ors' wncrt, ,h. street leaning ives. 'ns
jail ihtcrs.css Mill. ! met "a slnau os
s4iHisrs anu ,hrst army Wagons ous'oI
winch. seated uroii Their ,nIIiiis w.re Tour
anu c'Aci' me cthcr thrs-e shc um-
Iort.i,A.ss. NaIk.hH nss,.!e on1 .ne
wagon ~sicn siat SOM NicI tIe'ters.
was my oiu ir,ehu Ut. Nicf -hcetetr. ww,lo
was MrihE,il9 ms naIlus anu wcepihR IKE
80 eh w" ."tv.nuS s ~.
mao ns'Rgesl me, IN case the men were
SHOT, 10 ue prs'seht anu Jake ch"rRe OF MS