The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-04-27

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sion to superior numbers vixen about
Loco rebels occupied the town. This
force consisted Of Maryland bat,
tallion under command of Major
Brown, and Virginia regiment un.
4 der command of Colonel Hartman.
5IThey# called at the different houses
and tayernss for something to eat.
Some were engaged in squalls scour.
ing the country for horses Others
We're trying to get into the stores,
4 which were all closed. Some of them
got in and purchased some few goods
/ Others forced their way into Capt
VIM Lazier's, Chas. Watts and Frank
Domains stores. They took many
1 things at Domains and Lazier's which
they did not need, but gave and sold
boots and mems shoes from, all the
stores, and all the hats. Our citizens,
epescially the ladies', talked freely
with them and gave them something
to eat with as good grace as possible.
Shortly before night the whole force
left on the Independence road. This
force had crossed the railroad about
Oakland and came via Cranberry Sum
NIT and kingwood. destroying the
wire suspension bridge across Cheat
river. 1t was evidently their intention
| to get to Morgantown, capture the
funds in bank,p put their picketS around
| the town, permit all the persons com
ing to court toEpass within their lines
and none to go out, and thereby cap
ture a number of horses but they were
foiled in this. and Col. Hartman was
evidently much incensed at his i'll
success. and was disposed to be crab
ed They were successful in getting
GO or 10 horses
The force bivo,lacked along the In
dependence road. distance of to
10 miles from town. Towards morn
ing they again started in the direc-
ton of Independence and met the
command of VIM. Ezra Jones. Briga.
| dier-General, said to be son of VIM.
Jones. a citizen of Marion county, in
| the neighborhood of BaSnettSville,
and who emigrated South several
years ago, and all then returned in the
direction of Morgantown. At Morgan
town many of the citizens had re-
turned, and several people from the
country had come into town and were
standing around the streets in small
crowds discussing the events of the
day previous, until about 10 o'clock,
when about 50 rebel cavalry came
| into the main street of the town on
charge at their highest speed, yell
ing like devils, with their cooked pis-
tolls in their hands, and commenced
gathe ring the horses The most OF
the people got off the streets in
hurry, supposing that the rebels were
intending to shoot. burn, conscript.
&C. In few minutes it was discov-
cred that they We're after horses.
They canvassed every street. search
ed every stable, and at the sound of
the bugle assembled in front of the
bank, and left town within IS min
utes after they had come in, with
about 35 or 40 horses. Soon after
ward the whole force commenced
corning in. They occupied the town
and surrounding country during the
day, and they conducted themselves
very much as on the previous day.
only On more extended scale. The
General put guards over the drug
stores and the bars, which were kept
there as long as he stayed in town
Toward evening he left, and some 200
who stayed behind succeeded in get
ting whiskey and some of them got
quite merry. !. One soldier, about half
seas over, a private in Jefferson coun-
ty company, by the name OF Bush
rod Washington, and a son of Lewis
Washington, one of the witnesses
against John Brown, apoIoSized to the
ladies'. for drinking SO much, by stat
ing that the wlliskey he got here was
so much better than what they got in
the Confederacy that they could not
restrain themselves. Upon being in
terrogated as to the age of their wh1s-
key down South, he replied: "a week
old all to six days. When the charge
was made into the town for horses in
the morning, several persons who
were trying TO escape with horses
were fred at but none injured as far
as we can learn. AS they came TO
town they were fired at, so the rebels
allege, by some citizens, Lloyd Beall,
Andrew Cassel and Albert Robey.
about miles from town.and they shot
them, killing the first two dead and
wounded the other, who feigned death
and is now recovering. Lloyd Beall