Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1890-05-31
A PRISONER OF WAR.
A UNION SOLDIER CAPTURED AND
PUT UP FOB A TARGET.
Ths Sensations u . Isrvy Nan IN ths
fsss ii Bsngsf.

TIA s.n.st,on, a. 4 rsrvy fsn Il IL
ssss 81 Dsns'"
Foir times ia fiy lite ! have stood
IN tho shadow Of death--death delibef-
ately planned for me BY superior
power--and four times / have escaped
Il, hays an old stager In the New
York Sun. l therefore assert
that I have right I'd my Bay Id
answering Thu Query always before
thu public. allow docs 4 man feel In
the presence bf deathT The question
does not; Of course; apply TO soldiers
in action, dr to men who face death
by accident. II is only when the grim
monster Is slow In his approach, and a
man is given TO understand that bis
very minutes arc numbered, that the
query has force.
In the summer OF 1864. when tl,e
rebel ruerilIa. Joe Shelby, Ana Nj
band were ths terror OF sduthern Mis-.
sotfi, I was aai,ttired b. 4 detsehfiteut
bf them while actina ri frtiniSntsl
mail carrier, AT lonely sp0t an tho
hieHWAv, between the Union videttes
and ina samn Three MIA kH6tleply
rnrano o,,t m Inc woods ~ me. The
hnn- 1as o,clock a the afternoon
aiid NJ / vss sI.hiA IL Union Hnea I
VA susr,c!ou. II danger .fHt 4 MIN.
ute hsSnrs tha man hetssved themselves
= rsbI;t crosssd ths h;gbw.y ahead Of
ms snJ ! haJ drsw, ~ rov",vor hor-
inc To- = sh@,t ah.rsfore hod Il &
nv hand when tho trio made ! r,,sh.
Ona .nr.nv ~ ,nv hor.s's hs.d. ard
Tho othsr ts,n rio.aa in broads;ds. I
tired ana t,iiad Inn Nr.t man assa IN
his tysrLs Al rheelcd ~ Ars an nv
v;uht NV hcr.. ,nsds 4 srr;ns mi nv
hniIr, .ss,,aL -. 500 n aha IL. s,,a..i
lar EsSore I cor,d ,nakc s,,n,har
move ,hn third maj, n,,,lad ma from
INV horsc. VS. ,~ass rriw L.iT 4 t,,;io
from, TIE rin,nn rsm,,. ana thev d;d mi
Al .nv shedtinr fof fear nf creating
an alarra a. vss iujlad ~ thc
crorna the man str,,ck mo IN ,hr had
vim The hut ~ ! rsvolvor and ror The
nert Eve n;nutes T w.a uuconscious
when I cama ~ T had hecn drscosd
az The rad into ths hnshs. S.J
Iaen Tho dead hodv ~ ths gus,;lis
and mo ho,.so ,,ss .taydin.s trss no
Tho ono ,.h",n I hsd ,sn,n5od Ind II.
tn;fe in III hand a,.d ,ssrssd 20 fs.;sh
me lint m. ether ,rossstad .na hnId
or Iwas finally nrde,rd n ,r,o,,nt.
INV foot n,ada fast nrdar thn s.ddIo
ana sfter ro,rc ,hro.,ah 1he srn,ds
ahont thirty rods 20 casns ~ az sys,s
where The onerillss had in tbcir
horses. They mounted, struck into q
bride path, and after going about three
miles we came upon the guerilla camp.
There were from IS to 100 men, and
things looked a. IL they had been there
several DAYS. They had no tents, but
some Of them had erected brush shell.
tiers. While 1 heard the name of Shell.
by many times, he was not with the
party. / do not know for sure that 1t
was q portion Of hiS command, as
there were several bands raidipo
through that section, but the impress
sion / got was that il was . party
sent out by him. The only name /
heard given the captain was "Cap'n
Bill" and the lieutenant was referred
to ~ Lieutenant JIM" They were q
tough-looking lot of men, dressed In
all sorts Of clothes and armed with
AL sorts OF weapons, and ! gave up
all hopes as soon ~ l get eyes on
them. The rebel guerillas OF Virginia
occasionally spared prisoner, but
the western guerillas lad no pity.
As soon W. II was known that I had
killed one man and wounded another
they were for killing me at once. A
dozen ways Of doing it were suggest
ed, but II was now growing dark,
there was large mail to be opened
and read, and "Cap'n Bill' ordered
that l shenld be tied to tree and
guarded through the night and added
that my case would be disposed of be-
fore they moved in the morning. /
was dashed 10 q tree in Q sitting po-
sition, q guard took q seat on .
stump near by, and thus began the
night. The gueriIlas cooked and ate
supper, but refused me both food and
drink, When I protested against this
treatment the guard was ordered to
blow NV head of II l didn't shut
up.
The mon .or,onooa "a bo honood
ho,,ss for = renr;eve until
ths Moe. = n,ocsd aronrd b;s nacL
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