Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1911-06-30

state. He had no time to lose either.
for May IL the camp was to break up.
On May ., therefore, he put on the
gown, bonnet and veil of Mrs. -Alexan-
der. the blind invalid mother of Fran
els p. Blair's wife. and in a barouche
was driven to and through Camp Jack
son, carrying on his arm basket con-
tanning loaded revolvers for use if he
should be found out.
Mrs. Alexander was known to many in
the camp and the figure in the barouche,
caused no especial attention. Driving
up and down the avenues Of the camp.
Lyon noted everything and escaped with
out challenges.
That evening he called together his
committee Of safety, and telling them
what ne had seen. declared that Camp
Jackson was "a nest of secessionists"
who proposed to get control of the city,
and that. the one thing to do was to cap
ture it. The majority of the committee
agreed with him.
GENERAL FROST SURRENDERS.
Some hint of Captain Lyons inten-
lions had reached General Frost, and on
the morning of the 10th. so years ago
today, he wrote to Captain Lyon to in
quire as to the truth of the rumors
and to declare that neither he nor his
command intended any hostility toward
the United States
Captain Lyon paid no attention to the
letter. BY noon his forces were gath
cred at the arsenal and at O'Clock
he divided them into three detachments
and ordered them to proceed by diff
ferent routes to camp Jackson.
One of those who saw the troops
march away from the arsenal was Ulvs-
sees S. Grant. then a recruiting officer
for the Illinois forces, who was passing
a day or two in st. Louis, his former
home He had known Captain Lyon at
West Point and afterward
In ST. Louis also was another who
was to become hardly less famous. Will
liam T. Sherman. then president Of
horse car line He had visited the ar
senal on the 9Th and witnessed the dis
tribution of cartridges to the regiments
Of home guards.
II also saw General Lyon running
about with his hair in the wind" he
wrote. "his pockets full Of papers, wild
and Irregular. 1 knew that 1t
meant business"
Sherman was a witness likewise to
the events of the 10th He tells how
first he heard at every corner that the
Dutch were moving on camp Jackson.
People were barricading their houses
and men were running in that direc-
ton"
There could be only one result of Cap
tain Lyons act. His forces included a
battery of regulars with six pieces of
artillery and regiments of volunteers
and home guards. several thousand in
ALL General Frost's command numbered
only $685. and surrounded by such a SUI
perior force he had nothing left but to
surrender and to turn over to captain
Lyon all the arms, ammunition and
equipage Of the camp.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN HURT
while the negotiations were going on
between Lyon and Frost a great crowd
psIstlsS seM aIdoed 10 pAoIo V cps
lunionists and secessionists both, many
carrying rifles. shotguns or pistol
ready to take part in the fighting II
there was any.
Sherman had gone along with the
was gathering about the grove, COM
posed of men, women and children,
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s,IIsIa 4uBI4,. punoJ pBq pun lusIIno
-ut sI9uostId uosY9Br dmBo 9ql puB pc
around, calling to the prisoners BY
name, some hurrahing for jeff Davis
land others encouraging the troops
Many Of the prisoners were members
of families of the highest social stand
ling in the city, while the majority of
their captOrS were the Dulcn tier
man residentsJ. whom the secessionists
scorned.
Gestures and epithets, taunts and
blows were followed by stones and a
shot or two. Bewildered, the unframed
soldiers fired into the crowd. killing
land wounding some 25, some of them
women and children.
Sherman had been watching the de
Iparture of the troops with their prs
loners and was opposite Osterhaus' regi-
ment when the shooting began. THE
regiment stopped" he said. There was
la moment of confusion. Then the sol.
Idiers began to fire over our heads In
the grove. 1 heard the balls cutting the
leaves and men and women running 10
all directions, some of whom were
wounded"
That evening the greatest excitement
prevailed in the city; theaters were
empty. saloons and restaurants were
closed, doors were bolted and windows
Ifastened a riot was barely averted and
in fact only delayed until the morrow.
Yet the effect Of the days events was