The National tribune., 1903-10-15

noted Chomna EerpuSon with four or five
men renorted os pnide, The new men had
Chime Not more than 10 Of the men sur.
nrised at Lebanon We're now with Morgan
However. he again assumed the offensive,
directing his march toward the territory
Of his early service in Kentucky, around
Bowling Green. he hoped 10 hnd points
OF Importance guarded by weak ana care.
less garrisons: under the impression that
the disaster OF Lebanon had put MN per
manently out OF the hight;
Morgan, as usual. marched raPi9IS' the
ground belng famliiaf TO ms guides ana
many OF ms own men. iraVeiing Dy uil-
Ireqnehted roadS ana oypaths, ms move
GUARDS oil southern hentucky, py means
Oh conch-sheils ana horns Dlown along MS
route, transmitted ihteihsence faster thal
even ms meet norsemeii could roe.
Two days after leaving sparta, the httie
band arrived IN the vicinity OF Gassow'
NY; where 1t halted until john Hines, an
inteliigent and daring scout, could WISH
bowling Green ana ascertain the strength
OF the garrison, Morgan desiring 10 capture
the town ana Durn the valuable mlhtafy
stores he knew were there.
Wheh Zines returned with the lnfcrma-
ton that bowling Green was garrlsoned by
JoO hne troops, tue place ceased to be at
tracuve to Col; Morgan, VINO then deter
mined to strike the raliroad between
bowling Green and the river ana capture
the hrst tram that passed. Marching all
night, he reached Cave City early the next
day.
CAPTURING TRAINS.
Ra;n, Soma d;storca IN odvonoo with
fva mon Morc.n had the GOOD Fortune IN
GOO a lone train annroachin~ Tba com.
mond coming m in time The tram was
aa civ contnred and das,rovodeo an. az" o,,
s,;na nd n fre;aht IL oorS IT, CnIonaI ,'ad
menNca ntnred at I.hannn-t ~ nr;snn bmt
tbev had been cont off nv tho ripar
After disnns;ng Of ,ha fra;cht train
,,ronara,;ons ,1ano s .tSn -. 81
sanpar LnnS,, 90 ha a on, ~ 't - ,"I p
y;iis co,r.e.on US fiiad Iii, aiVA ,,nr;aht
taa,ns and nar,v "% r.s sont " ,,n +ta re.d
to Iia in amhrsi and ,Sben tb up tr rn T u
nossed 60 thnn,,, o 49, me H. - ~
To nreyent tic r.t,,rn Snrno va ,nor,en hoi
Coz, tbe mon ao;na in am,Inst "o md n ni
Ged ,bn tro;n n7 ,hat tha,, ,-or anu J., o.
nrosanna ~ danaar hmt ;nsto,5 ef han,.; .ne
,he sreed nf .he ,.,; n nao Ja ~,
III saa;ra a. a EaaI.a "a ~ $500, ~,
A., sees , .mg :; oi'chau .me ensieer SUI
~ ga iHe1heu h ~ anu Deda a, GaSAhsi oiis
" nhe an obstruction Dehinu. helng
49,. ~ d;@ LAP 'He Tram was sap'IIeu
m,tiout u1W,nG Itsi MaJs. Cohee anu ael-
Yetl, OF Wo,IorG regiment, ana rev
other federal oiicefs were on the tram.
a Morgan man VINO participated in the
aHair tells the following story:
MAJ. CoHee came out upon the plat.
form ana opened upon us with battery OF
COTS pistols. Ben bigstaff dlsmounted
and LOOK shot at INN with his MIME
rlne' the bullet striking within an inch OF
great many women were upon the train.
ana naturally they were much frightened.
Col. Morgan exerted himself to assure
them OF their safety. The passengers
manifested the greatest surprise when they
Learned that they had been captured by
Col. Morgan, 1t being generally believed
that he had been killed and his command
utterly destroyed. One of the captured
officers was accompanied by his wife. The
weeping lady approached Col. Morgan,
and implored him to spare her husband
My dear Madam, he replied bowling
courteously, and with the arch smile which