The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-07-06

| ers. by daylight sunday morning an
army yarlously estimated NJ from
fiye hundred 10 several thousand were
on their way 10 rendezvous agreed
upon on Skunk river south OF sigour.
ney Here they formed camp ana
spent the day molding bullets, gath.
erlng ammunition and arms. Bill
Tally, a cousin OF the unfortunate
victim at South English, was select
cd as their leader. This hastily as
gembled body OF men are known in
history as the skunk River Army
Governor Kirkwood had been prompt.
ly notified Of the occurrence and with
his usual foresight and 9ctlyIty was
ready for the emergency. He at
once ordered eleven military compa.
MES and squad OF artillery to pro
coed forthwith 10 Sigourney, where
no himself with three aides met them
on Wednesday. The governor made
an address at 10 court house 10 the
large assembly who were In waiting.
He urged obedience 10 law, and prom
iged the power Of tne state 10 bring
guilty parties 10 justice. The army
had called Charles Negus, promi.
nent Fairfield attorney,to act as their
counsel After conference with the
state authorities he wisely advised the
leader Of the army Of the utter folly
Of trying 20 resist the legally organ.
ized state authorities. Col. N. r..
Chapman was commander Of the state
guards. When TaIy reported 70 his
crude goldiery hat they were called
upon 10 dispense or face the state
troops without delay, their courage
gave way 10 noYu mature Judgment
and they concluded 10 disband. The
temporary encampment Was abandon.
ed in az short space OF time az they
had gathered. Ik1s estimated that
about one bupdred and fifty men
from MahagJA county were members
Of that ipsiorious mushroom army
Peoria Riot
on August 20, 1863, similar oc.
cnrrencc took place in this county,
1one.half mile west Of Peoria, at a
democratic rally. Capt Simon q.
Gary and Sergeant A. r. Aiioway,
both OF Company II, Third Iowa In.
fantry, were In Peoria At that time
at home on wounded fur1ough. Gary
mad been at this mass meeting In the
forenoon and had bad some trouble
with parties wearing butternut
badges. In the afternoon after IN.
dulging IN some liquor no returned To-
the meeting anu took with him his
comrade, Alioway, from whom no haa
borrowed a pistol. Capt. James A..
Sewers, Of ogkalooga, was the speak.
or for the afternoon. The two
wounded soldiers got into an aiterca
ton and were persuaded 10 retire by
some Of their friends AS they were
leaving the grounds partisan nam.
ed Mart ayers stepped in front and
dared either Of them 10 remove his
badge. The hated symbol was at once
removed and Alloway and Myers
cilnched. In 30 struggle which fol
lowed Myers shot Adowsy, who was
unarmed, through the body. Where
upon the soldier, now suffering from
a second wound, gna'ched the weapon
from his antagonist and threw him On
tho ground, ana after stirling Myers
several times with bis pisto,, he fell
10 the ground completely exhausted.
Immediately after the first sfiot war
fired, II was followed by the discharge
Of a number Of other weapons. Gary
was wounded in the WRIT and DIR.
Spain received wound In the leg.
Excitement and condemnation follow.
Cd and the meeting broke up, The
few republicans present placed Scr.
geant AIloway IN wagon, but INC ex.
pired before reaching Peoria. The
dead soldier was 70 have been mar,
ricd In a short time 20 q cousin Of the
man who took MS life.
Sheriff Frank Alumbaugh and two
narshaIs shortly afterwards arrested
Myers and he was placed in the
county jail In OgkaIoosa. After two
lengthy and expensive trials, one in
0ttumwa and the other In Abba, In
which hard effort was made by the
defense 10 prove that - was the shot
fired BY Gary that killed hIs com
rade, the county already having been
at large expense, with no hope Of
conviction, the case was dismissed,
and Myers remained unpunished for
his crime. There "a not much won,
der mat such men went unpublished
when we remember that IL was esti-
mated by Governor Stone in that year
that there were thirty thousand mem
bers IN the dis,oyaI organizations OF
the state.
Raid on the Times offIce.
The Times was a democratic paper
published in Oska1ooga. A. A. Vince
lock was itg editor. He was cf the
radical democratic type Of that per-
iod an in commenting on The death
OF AIIoway bc n said 10 have referred
TO me murdered soldier az being
only Lincoln hireIfIg, employed
in killing his Dstterse Several cop.
ies of The Times reached his com