The Forrest City times., 1892-09-02
WEAVER OF IOWA.
THERECORD OF THE POPULlSTS'
 CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.

I Fl r. RECOHlJ UT | ft E FAf - Lio | .
 CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. The Giles County (Tenn.) Democrat Pays
 Its Respects 10 the General, Who Was
 Conspicuous During the War. A very interesting and significant letter has been received by citizen of Keolkuk from an old gentleman living in Pulaski, Tenn, where Gen. Weaver, the Peoples party candidate for presi- dent, had command in the latter part of the war, says a Keokuk correspon- dent of the Chicago Herald
 The sentiments contained in the let ter will doubtless be spread abroad throughout the South and put the Peoples puty candidate on the defen- sive when he enters upon the canvass in that section, where his friends claim he is so strong. A portion of the letter reads as follows: "He (Weaver) will ecipse Bull Nelson or Ben Butler 80 far as the doubled-dyed william reaches. l send you piece cut from the Giles County Democrat of the goth, aud youch for the truth of every word. 'AIl three of the men were old friends of mine. He (Weaver) had Baker Shepard. George Petway and $. w. MCGrew arrested, and would have had me arrested if 1t had net been for 1 McGrew. When they passed my house McGrew told him 1 was deaf. Weaver sent Shepard and Petway out of the lines. Messrs. Newbill, Rodes and | AbeTnathy paid him the money. These are the facts and can be proved. He l was perfect terror to both men and women. The refugees never received l dne cent of the money. All Of the old citizens are dead now. Most of them were very old at that time. Weaver will get very few votes south of Ma son aud Dixon's iine.o The following is the clipping referred to above, he;lded Something About Weaver"
 HIGHWAY ROBBERY.
 Gen. Weaver, while in command at Pulaski in January in 1864 issued an order to Charles c. Abernathy, John l H. NewbIlI. Robert Rodes and others that they pay into his hands Sl0N for the maintenance of refugees (mean- l ing negroes and renegades from Ala bamal. This order was accompanied 1 by d threat that if tine money was not paid they and their families would be sent South and their property given to said refugees. All of these parties are dead now, and were over sixty years old when that order was issued. Can auy Southern man vote for such a l heartless wretch2
 l THE COTTON TWIST ROBBERY. A man by the name of c. W. Witt sold MT. Jasper Cox-a very poor man | ft,atgataI r.AIrtfIS nf huR0n fnr | which he received the cash. Mir. Cox took the bacon tO the cotton mills in Lawrence county and traded it for 1 cotton twist. Tlis lie carefully slowed away in the loft of his little cabin l thinking that it would assist him in purchasing little home after the war, KS he was very poor with large fami- | ly and no home.
 l Weaver learned through some source that this gentleman had the cotton | twist and sent a detachment of soldiers to his house and took possession of it and shipped it to Iowa for his own use.
 This cotton twist was worth at the time it was stolen 5000.
 Jasper Cox is living in Giles county.
 ROBBERY OF HOGS AND TURKEYS
 John r. Williams, poor but highly esteemed farmer of Giles county, had twenty-five fat hogs, which at that lime were worthy ten dollars per hun dred, gross, and a lot of turkeys. 1 Weaver, in person, took a file of Sol dIers out to Williams place and made Jhe soldiers shoot every hog on the place, and had them brought to camp | When Williams asked for voucher Weaver said, ,"I don't give rebels iI the South vouthers. l would rather furnish ope to hang every d-d one oi them" Mir. Williams is still living and will swear to the above, if neces sary.
 The hogs were valued at S750.
 The turkeys belonged to Mrs. Will | Hams and she begged to have then spared, but the heartless wretch haC them all killed and taken to headquar- ters for his own special use, remark ing to Mrs. Williams that she had nc business being the wife of rebel.
 BARTERING IN PASSES.
 Weaver made it a practice to charge our citizens ten cents each for passes to come into and out of the fedora lines. This money he put into his owr pocket This pass read as follows:
 Pass the bearer through the Fedora lines.
 | J ID, WEAVER, SOmmanuer.
 RoBBING AND IMPRIsoNING PRoMI NEWT CIrIzens.
 Weaver had number of law-abid ing citizens arrested and put in jai and then charged them from $l00 |, $500 for releasing them. There wer, no charges against them. Several oi the gentlemen who were put in jai and paid the money are still living Among them is Dr. J. c. Roberts, ont of the most highly respected citizens O. Pulaski.
 FoNDNEss FOR HORSE FLESH.
 Weaver had a great fondness foi horse flesh, and whenever he found ; horse belonging. as he called it, to { rebel spmpathizer," he took posses sion of it without giving any voucher for it, and if the owner valued it verN highly and did not wish to part with It he charged him from Sl00 to $500, ac cording to the value of the horse, fol returning it to it's owner. This money he put into his own pocet.
 Weaver was a terror not only to the male portion of our people, but wa loathed and despised by the women and children for his brutal conduct He was regarded by all rpsnpct hlf