The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1908-05-21

they rushed out t fight their way
through, in hope of succer and ass
istance from the battalion so near
at hand.
The officers with General Nor
gan were Major Gassett, Captain
Withers, Rogers and Clay and q
young gentlemen by the name OF
johnson, a clerk in the Office OF
the Acknowledgements. At this
time they were all, except Withers
and Clay, in the basement of the
old hotel occupied by Mrs. Fry
(wife Of the notorious bushwhack
er and murderer now in our poss-
ession) who was all the time call
ing to the Yankees, informing
them of the hiding place of the
rebels
Seeing escape almost hopeless
General Morgan directed Major
Gassett to examine and see if
there was any chance of escape
from the front of the basement
into the street. Major Gassett
looked and replied there was q
desperate one, which General
Morgan, did not hear at that in
slant the Yankees charged up the
fence separating the hoteI
from Mrs. Williams grounds,
then the general, with
Major Gassett, Captain Rogers
and Mr.. Johnson, sprang out in
that direction of the vineyard,
where the two later were captured
and the general killed. The latter
had just fired his pistol, and was
in the act of firing again when
he fell. Captain Withers and
Clay had not been able to get out
of the house and had concealed
themselves in or near it. Major
Gassett, in the meantime, sought
shelter in the basement and vine
yard alternately, but could not
elude the vigilance of Mrs. Fry,
who was all the time directing at
tention to his whereabouts. Be
ing the only rebel left ithers
and Clay having been discovered
and betrayed by a negro-Majer
Gessett,s ingenuity was put to
work to avoid capture. Mrs. Fry
knew he was in the basement,
and the Yankees were as thick
around him as snakes in harvest.
After passing to and fro several
times between the basement and
the garden, all the time under
fire, he finally took shelter in the
and at an suspicious NOM
ent sprang into the street, gave
Mrs. Fry a parting blessing in
his exit, mounted a horse hitched
near by and made his escape. A
great many shots were fired by
the Yankees, but the only one
that took effect was that which
General Morgan, piercing
his right breast and ranging
through diagonally. Withers,
Rogers, Clay and johnson are
now, we presume in a Yankee
prison and Major Gassett is again
on duty with his command.
The general was determined
never to surrender and told men,
of his staff they must not
give up He was heard to say
they have got US sure, Then
he drew his pistol and commenced
firing.
after General Morgan had
been killed the unfeeling brutes
who murdered him threw his
lifeless body across ahorse and
paraded it through the streets,
His body was subsequently sent
through the lines by flag of truce.
The above article is no doubt an
official occount of the killing
of Gen. J. H. Morgan, and shows
conclusively that he was not
killed after he surrendered, as
stated in Lees history.
Then again Morgan was not
murdered; he was killed in open
battle when he 'had just fired
his pistol and was in the act of
firing again when he fell.
And as to paradingt the streets
across a horse, it may be men
toned that his body was carried
out to camp for Identification, was
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