The Globe-republican., 1894-11-23
eating rifles. One move on your part

peating rifles. One move on your part
to arrest me and your force will be an
initiated. l mention this in the in
terest of humanity. If you decline to
treat me with the courtesy due to q
brave enemy, you had better retire. I
will give you two minutes to rejoin
your men,"
The impulsive general wheeled his
horse. galloped into the center of the
lawn and called, in load voice, as he
drew his sword:
capt Hawkins, mass your men.
Bring up the reserves. Prepare to
storm the house."
Hendricks leaned against one of the
pillars of the balcony.
..You see,'' said the sheriff, resist
ance is useless. 1t would be better to
surre-lder at oncc, as propose to take
YOU now and he made motion to
draw his pistol.
Before he could get it fairly into his
hand, there vas sharp crack OF a
rifle at short range and he half raised
himself in the stirrup, and fell heavily
backward upon the horses launches,
the pistol i2liing upon the ground.
Hendricks stepped down and picked 1T
up as the horse reared and backed
away-and at that moment a crack of
firearms was heard and he went quick
" back into the house and shut the
door.
As SOON as he got to an opening in
the ba-ricaded window, he saw the
general wildly galloping up and down,
fourishing his sword and calling upon
his men to fall in. But many of them
were past falling in. Their bodies
were conspicuous by their uniforms,
lying where they had fallen in the
grass and the rest were budding con-
hlsedly, running unfortunately into
the trees at the foot of the slope under
a murderous fire from all parts of the
house.
He could see when the general turned
his head that a stream of blood was
running down his face from q cut in
the temple and had dyed his white
whiskers.
Wounded as he was, the old general
succeeded after awhile in withdrawing
his men across the road to the opposite
ACTIVITY, where under the shelter of
some rocks, he reformed them and tried
to encourage them. His condition was
q distressing one. He had lost, out of
a hundred and forty-four men, at least
fifty. He could not even bring them
all off and consequently did not know
if they were killed or wounded. The
sheriff was dead. He had no hospital
stores or stretchers. for it would have
required more than the ordinary mill
tary PRESENCE to have calculated upon
such reception as this. However, he
did the best he could, and the first act
was to dispatch couriers to the nearest
telegraph station to summon assist
ance and notify the governor, he Civ
ing up his own horse to one of the
messengers.
What was his surprise about noon to
receive a communication from the
house. A man dressed like an ordinary
workman was brought into his little
camp by picket and delivered the
following note with a military salute:
ITO the Commanding Officer:
"SIR: You can safely remove'your dead and
wounded. II you are In need OF bandageS
surgical assistance or medical stores, and will
send for them, they will be supplied until you
receive help from the state. Respectfully,
AOFFICER COMMANDING OPPOSING FORCES"
The audacious GOODNESS of this pro-
eeeding aroused the old general to an
eruptive state of indignation. He tore
the message to pieces and ordered the
arrest of the messenger. Half an hour
Inter another arrived.
Il am ordered" he said, ''to say to
you that if you do not release the mes
senger sufficient force will be sent to
take him
away with him. shouted the iras.
eible old general. "If he attempts to
escape shoot him."
During the night Gen. Waterson and |
Eenning got in at the bayou entrance,
and before morning Gen. Luscomb'a |
forces were fallen upon and complete
ly routed.
CHAPTER XVIII
InJune of that year there appeared in |
several of the Indiana papers the fol-
lowing advertisement:
MILITARY EXCURSION
uniformed military companies in Indiana |
Wishing TO Join the excursion battalion to mako |
summer visit 20 New York in July. will please |
report to Lieut. Bidwell at Indianapolis On |
usual inducements are offered to organized COM |
Hanies 70 join this pleasure party. The battal- |
ion will be the guest Of New York for two |
days"
This vague announcement of pro-
jected excursion did not fail to attract |
some attention in New York. Several |
Of the papers referred to it in para
graphs, which briefly stated that the
militia of Indiana intended to visit the |
city during the summer.
On the 9th of July the superinten-
dent of police in New York received a |
formal letter from Indianapolis saying
that if the arrangements could be COM |