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Arizona republican., 1911-07-31
CRIMINALS TRIED
 10 SAY FAREWELL
ConVicts at Florence Dig Hole in
 Wall, And Open Way of Egress.

If the territorial prison at Florence had a lake around it, and if the prison officers had not been watch full enough to see the preparations made by some enterprising criminals for escape, the leap planned and never made by Edmond Dantes from the Chateau diff would have been performed in Arizona.
 Last week, when Deputy Sinnott was making the rounds of a corridor in the prison he observed small par ticles of morter on the floor. ln- vcstigations showed that the first layer of brick from the inner wall had been removed. To ascertain who the would-be jail breakers were, Sinnott said nothing, but kept watch. During the three days watch he learned that Robertson and Mccoy were actually doing the work and that w J. Lyman was constantly about the door. Lyman was not seen participating in digging through the wall. but Deputy Sinnott's sus- picions were aroused by his presence near the entrance door so much of the time, keeping himself in posi- tion to warn Robertson and Mccoy of the approach of anyone from the outside.
 A hole large eniugh to admit of the passage of a man was almost through the 2-foot brick wall when the deputy walked in at an oppor- tune time on the prisoners, catching them at actual wOrN.
 Carefully preserving parts of the outer brick, when not working they patched up the opening so as to al- most challenge detection. Cotton. talk en from the mattress of a bed, was used to initiate the white mortar be- tween brick. Common sticks were used to dig and pry out the brick.
 Robertson and Mccoy are thought to have records in the criminal world. They are the pair that was recently arrested at Maricopa for burglary, and, escaping from the improvised jail. committed a similar offense be- fore being captured.
 There is slight chance for theIH to avoid appearing before the court of Pinal county at the october term.
Arizona republican., 1911-07-31
The RuStler A ROMANCE OF THE OLD TIME
 COW COUNTRY. Copyright, 1910, the Pearson Publish
 ing Company.
BY CHARLES ALDEN sELTzER.

Stafford" returned the man. "I'm managin' the Two Diamond. over on the Ute"
 What you wantin' me to shoot?"
 "Rustler."
 Ferguson smiled. why don't you put him out of business yourself?" he inquired. > ,
 "I ain't takin' any chances on this man," returned Stafford; he's too slick with a gun. An none of the boys is willin' to rile him. That's why I come over to Dry Bottom to get a man."
 You've got one," said Ferguson.
 Stafford drew out a roll of bills and pressed them into the others hand. I'm goin' back to the Two Diamond now," he said. You'd bet ter wait day or two, sos no one will get wise. Come right to me. like you was wantin' a job"
 ''T'll be there day after tomorrow" stated Ferguson. He turned and Strode into the saloon, while Stafford mounted his pony and rode rapidly up Three Mile Slope.
Arizona republican., 1911-07-31

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Arizona republican., 1911-07-31
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Arizona republican., 1911-07-31

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Arizona republican., 1911-07-31

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Arizona republican., 1911-07-31

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The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1911-09-09

gade," after the capitalization was
agreed upon and while its terms
were being carried out, made
some trouble about laying down
arms and surrendering their
flag. 1t was the typical harp of
Erin, gold on a field of green,
and was presented to them by
some organization of ladies be-
fore leaving Chicago. They
marched around the inner side
of the Fort with colors aand mu-
sic, to the great disgust Of Capt.
Bledsoe and others, who threat
ened to resume firing then form
ing in hollow square they stack
ed arms, fur'ed the flag and were
paroled with the others. Gen,
Price and staff were all this time
sitting on their horses, in or near
the outer sally port, ON the south
side, the soldiers were swarming
over the out-works, and had re-
sistance been resumed then, the
garrison would have been de-
Stroyed in a few minutes.
| never learned what became
of that beautiful flag. 1t would
be AN interesting relic now.
JOSEPH A. WILSON.
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THE BATTLE
Continued from page ~

Two or three men would get
behind a bale, roll it awhile, then
stop and shoot awhile. A line
would be advanced in this way
as close as was thought proper
and while the men lay behind
and fired, a second line would
be rolled up and placed on top
of the first. They were not so
extensively used as is common
thought-only in front of the
hospital, Anderson's house, and
for about two hundred yards on
the north. They were very
effective in approaching the
house, which has heavy brick
walls. At Jackson, Mississippi,
Gen. Joe johnson used cotton
bales.
On the third day a party
from Harris division assaulted a
small out-work, a lunette, which
can still be seen on the north
west of the college, which con-
tanned one gun and a supporting
force of infantry. The Fed
erals did not wait the attack but
leaped over the parapet and met
our men half way. After a short
conflict they were driven in with
considerable loss, and the as
saulting party withdrew a short
distance but did not retire. A
number of Federals were left
outside, killed and wounded.
Soon those inside raised a white
handkerchief and asked the
Confederates to let them bring
In their wounded. After a short
parley the request was granted.
The white flag was seen from
other parts of the Confederate
Lines, and the firing, which had,
Hntil now, been ~incessant, sud
denly ceased.
Soon another white flag APP
peared in the Home Guard Camp,
just west of the college build
ing. Gen. Price, seeing one r
both flags from the third story
Of his headquarters building,
sent Col. Thomas L. Snead, A..
A. g., to the fort to inquire their
object. Mulligan, who had Just
been informed of the flag raising,
replied: 81 don't know, unless
you fellows have surrendered, for
l have no idea of giving up" or
Words to that effect.
This account of the episode was
current in the army and gen
orally believed, whether true or
not. However, negotiations were
opened, officers from both sides
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met and arranged terms Of cap
itulation as honorable to the
vanquished as to the victor.
Officers and men, as prisoners
of war, gave parole not to take
arms against the Confederate gov
eminent until regularly exchang-
ed. Arms were stacked within
THE works and the men marched
out and returned to their homes
under their own officers, retain
ing private property, such as
clothing, etc, stores, ammunition,
tents, wagons, arms and other
public property were turned over
: to the victorious army.
There were provisions and othu
stores within the works to last
through a seige of six months,
but water had become very
scarce. This was undoubtedly a
potent factor in leading to the
surrender.
Indeed, the Federals claim
that they would have held out
until relieved, but for the want
of water. This is, to say the
least, doubtful, as they were
out numbered nearly four to
one and the place could have
been taken by storm at any
time. The ConfederateS fully
expected to storm the works, but
Gen. Price, bold and audaciOus as
he was, yet known when warines'
and patience would win. Unwill
ing to sacrifice the lives Of his
men without need, he sat dowr
before the place, confident in his
ability to carry it at any tim
The Federals numbered about
$500 men.
Col. John Reid, Prices chieI
cOmmissary, said that he is.
sued rations for that number Oh
prisoners. There were not more
than 10000 or $4,000 Confede.
rates. Federal writers claimed
that there were $4,000 or 10000
They largely overestimate oul
force. There was a large mum.
Der of unarmed recruits about
the camp, and a great crowd OF
citizens came in on the day of
the surrender. The citizens mix
ed with the soldiers who wore nc
uniforms, and it looked like an
immense army.
The taking of the Anderson
house (hospital) by our mer
led to a controversy which was
kept up after the war. Federal
charged us with perfidy in at
lacking a hospital. We replied
that they had fired from the
building or under its cover. This
they strenuOusly denied. At a
friendly court of inquiry, some
time in the 70's, it was proven
and admitted that they did fire
from a point so near the build
ing, if not actually under its
cover, as to justify our men in
the attack. 1t was also admitted
that it was, at least, improper to
locate the hospital at an impor-
tant strategic point, just outside
the works. We first took the
hospital when but few armed
men were in it. The Federals,
in strong force, stOrmed and re
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make a stand" The facts were
that his whole army vas moving
from the fair grounds, where the.
had camped, and the small force
in the lane held them in check
by an effective fire until the men
in the earthworks had rallied and
prevented an assault upon our
position. HA
For nine days the investment
lasted with but little respite for
those within the Union works.
The vastly superior numbers Of
the besiegers rendered the Wig
lance of the small force Of the
besieged constant. Col. Multi
gan gives the troops under his
command at 200, and over 700
of these were the unarmed cav
airy referred to. The effective
fighting men were not over 1000.
An acquaintance who called to
see me the morning after the
surrender said that to Gen. Price
army there had that day been
issued 10000 rations. Of course,
these were not all efficient sol
dierS, but as most of the able
bodied men of that portion of
Missouri were there, and they
all had something to shoot with
the statement was a very rea-
sOnable and, no doubt, truthful
one. .- : Is 4
Considering, as Gen. Price
states, that the surrender was
, preceded by "fifty-twO hours of
continuous firing" the fact, in
view of the numbers and con-
dition of the Union soldiers, dis
closes a courage, fortitude and
endurance that will compare
with any incident of the war.
As an evidence of the character
of the defense this fact will suf-
flee: The colonels in command
of the infantry were Mulligan,
Peabody, White and Grover. AT
the surrender Peabody, Grover
and White were in the hospital,
wounded, along with the writer
and Adiutant Graft. All five
were together in the parlOr of
DR.. Franklin Cooley, who took
all he could find room for and
gave them his skill as a sur
geon, while his good wife, and
the wife of DR., Alexander sup
lied them with the attendance
and care that woman alone know
how to provide. The action of
DR.. Cooley and the noble woman
who aided him was not only hui
mahe, but in view of surround
ings, was heroic, requiring a cour
age and self-sacrifice in no de-
gree inferior to the men who
stood behind the breast-wOrks.
There were two incidents of
the siege that, so far as my OBJ
servatiOn has extended, have not
been truly explained-the burn
ing of the Wallace and Fleming
houses. As l was a witness to
both, it may as well be given
here. The residence of Mr..
Wallace was but a short distance
in front of the college and earth
works, and was made a shelter
for sharp-shooters. A consulta-
ton of our commanding officers
was held and the decision made
to burn it. A detail of men was
ordered to do the work, and l
saw them go on the errand and
return after the fire had been
started. In the case of the Elem
ing house, it was further from
the earth-works, with a ravine be.
tween, and was used as a shelter
for men manning a section of a
battery, and was harrassing the
Union garrison very much. The
order was given to use red-hot
shot to set it on fire, and the
attempt succeeded. These are
the facts as to the two cases.
As this is not a report. but
oonf;nod - ua:l
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be given, for the charge was
in fact a forlorn hope. But as
/ was an eye witness it must be
said that there were two com
panies Capt. Gleason, Of the
23d Illinois, and Capt. Joseph
Schmitz, of Co. B., Col. Peabody's
command-or, as it was called,
the German company-all from
st. Joseph. l was present
when the two companies were
drawn up to receive their orders,
saw them start on a run for the
hospital, saw them enter it and
met them on their return. l
never saw a more gallant charge
or a more desperate venture
and it is due to the now dead
that the facts be given. AS said,
the omission must have been by
the reporter-for Col. Mulligan
could not have forgotten the
memorable scene, and the pie
ture of Capt. Schmitz waving his
sword and charging at the head
of his men is today as vivid in
memory as it was the day I
saw it enacted. Again, Col.
Mulligan is made to say it was
800 yards to the hospital. This
is evidently another mistake Of
the reporter, for it could not
have been over 200 or $50 yards
at most from the point Of start
ing to the hospital. But this
is not so important as the other.
The charge was made, and one
of the most desperate, and at
an enemy sheltered inside a house
and using the windows as port
holes. 1t is due also to Col.
Mulligan that the notes and rec
objections of an interviewer
should not go into history as if
it was his own report. U4
| will recite another occurrence
illustrative of personal GOODNESS
and bravery-this time in a
boy not over u or IA years old.
| happened to be in command of
that part of our lines including
the college building, in which
were stationed sharp-shooters,
BledsOe's battery was stationed
some blocks away, and fronting
the building. One of the sharp
shooters called to me, saying
that red-hot shot was being used
to fire it. On going into the
building on the second floor l
saw the smoke rising from where
a six-pound ball had fallen. As
the tools for throwing up the
breast-works were near l took
a shovel and threw the ball out
Of the window. Just then a
boy came up and said: 81
can do that" l looked at the
lad, a mere kid as we call the
small bay, and said to him DO
you think you cant" OF course
he was confident. By this time
another shot came crashing
through the front wall
; and fell in ON the floor. He at
once grasped the shovel and
threw it out. As / was needed
otherwise, | showed him how to
shelter himself and watch the
flash at the battery and wait for
the ball to strike, and gave him
the job. As long as the shot
We're fired he threw them out.
c%heeringly calling attention to
each as he did the work. Being
IN the hospital at the surrender /
was unable to find him or to
know where he belonged, and did
not even know his name-and I
regretted that I was not to know
VINO ne was or where my little
hero belonged.
Some five or six years ago |
got a letter from a place in
Southern California, telling me
the writer had seen my name in
some proceedings as from Kan
sas City and he wrote to ask
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took it. We then approached il
with our rolling breast-works OF
hemp, captured and held il
with a number of prisoners.
Perhaps the greatest loss, al
any point, was in these three at
tacks. Gen. Price reports his
casualties at 25 killed, 70 wound.
ed. The Federals had $50 to
300 killed and wounded. There
were more killed than wounded
which is very unusual, and is ac.
counted for by the good marks.
manship of our riflemen, who
could see nothing but the enc.
mics heads above the works.
The Union authorities were al
first disposed to disregard the
parole given by their men al
Lexington, Missouri, not being
out Of the Union and not rec
ognized by the Confederate gov
eminent nor Prices army yet
In the regular Confederate ser.
vice. Some of them were forced
into the service at once and were
exposed to the death penalty if
recaptured. They gave a great
deal Of trouble and some were
granted discharges. Mulligan
remained with our army on il;
march southwark for some time
travelling in his own ambulance
and camping near Prices head
quarters. He was treated as a
guest rather than a prisoner,
and it was the impression among
our men thai ne voluntarily re-
manned with us until the status
OF the paroled men was settled
by his government.
AS to the bank matter: Gen.
Price restored the money to the
directors of the bank, burt it was
short $4,000. That amount
had been stolen while it was in
the Federals' hands, by cutting
open one of the tin boxes which
contained it. Detectives were
employed, who traced the money
to Chicago, where most of Null
hgan's men had gone, thence to
Milwaukee or Detroit. 1t was
nearly all recovered, converted
INTO gold and finally restored to
the bank, with the exception of
about $4,000 which was paid
out in expenses, rewards, etc.
There was a large number of
Union men in Lexington, among
them several skilled surgeons.
These asked Gen. Prices per-
mission to go go into the works
and assist in taking care of the
wounded Federals. This was
granted, and ON the second day.
about dark, the doctors were es-
corted through the lines, under a
flag, after giving parole not to
convey information of a military
character.
In passing the lines, however,
one of them managed to whisper
to a Federal officer, "Look out
the rebels will make an assault
on this part of your works to-
might" This was at the west
sally port, looking towards the
Anderson house. The hint was
taken, the works on that side
strengthened, and a large guam
tity of telegraph wire stretched
and tangled in front. (Barbed
wire was then unknown). The
other Out-works were already
protected by 't'rous de loup,'
pit three or four feet deep with
sharp stakes in the bottom and
mounds between, disposed in
quincunx order. Our men must
have discovered the extra prep
arations, for no assault was
made.
Mulligan's famous eIrish Bri.
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l utNtI ltdlittu WAL D6cdlll
of that beautiful flag. 1t would
be AN interesting relic now,
JOSEPH A.. WILSON.
Dear Sir;-In response to your
request for a brief article for
your book about the siege of
Lexington, for it was a seige
rather than a mere battle
lasting for twelve days from first
to last will endeavor to com
ply. As the official report of
Gen. Sterling Price and the in
terview with Col. Mulligan will
no doubt appear in your book, l
shall not attempt a history by
dates or detail, but CONNIE myself
to incidents and events within
my personal knowledge and rec
objection, and such criticism as
subsequent experience may sug-
gest. ~4,G..
Col. Everett Peabody, with an
incomplete regiment he was form
ing at st. Joseph, landed at Kan
saS City about the LIST of Sep
tember, 1861, with an order for
me to join him with part Of my
command, leaving one company
with Maj. Berry's mounted men
20 garrison the post. | reported
to him with two companies, B
and G OF my battalion, leaving at
once for Lexington. About the
9th Col. Pabody received an
order from the commanding Of
ficer at Fort LeavenwOrth, hts
immediate superior, to proceed
by forced marches to the aid of
Gen. Lane, taking the route either
direct from Lexington or via
the river and Kansas City"
Gen. Lane was between Licking
ton and Fort Scott, somewhere
This viii explain the movement to
Warrensburg, where Gen. Price,
not meeting Lane, arrived about
the same time we did, with his
whole army. Col. Peabody hast
lily fell back to Lexington with
out important incident.
Arriving at Lexington we met
there Col. James A. MuIligan,
23rd Illinois Infantry, Col. Mar
shall, with about 700 cavalry, and
the command Of Col. Grover and
Lieut. Col. White, some 300 or
400 strong. A conference of the
colonies was held, and it being
a%scertained that Col. Mulligan
had the oldest commission, he
took command.
The first mistake (and a fatal
one) was that Col. MARSHALL s
cavalry, which had not received
its carbines, being armed with
only with sabres and some old
holster pistols, was not sent
over the river by the boats yet
under our control. 1t was those
horses, Tie finest I ever saw to-
gether-owned by the men who
ride them-that exhausted our
water supply and weakened our
lines Of defense, necessarily ex-
tended TO protect them.
The fighting began in earnest
on the 18th, the first severe fir
ing being in what was called
"the fight in the lane.' AS the
Union force was under my own
command l can speak more know.
ingly. Col. Mulligan is report
ed as saying there were "six
companies of Missourians and
calvary met them in Lexington
cemetery, and the fight ragged
friously over the dead There
were no cavalry present in the
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-03

We have bought out wholesale book store. One of
the large mail order houses into receivers hands
and their stock sacrificed at the mercy of the buyer.
You get wonderful books written by the greatest
authors at prices from &c to Sl00, these books are
worth from 25c to Sc. 90 book.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-12


 The Merchants & Planters Bank, of Philadelphia, have op. ened their doors for buiness. The officers of this new banking institution are k. A. Stuart, pres. ident; T. H. Abrahams, vice. president; J. J. Kress, second vice president, and John Stuart cashier. As a unique advertise. ment the cashier has placed an. nouncements in the local papers stating that for the benefit Of those yet to be born he will open bank account of $l for every boy born in Clark county within the next twelve months, provid- ed the parent will add another dollar to the account.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-08-12

The report of County Exami- her R. D. Martin to the state superintendent shows the follow ing: Enumeration, 7,377; enroll ment, 5,460; teachers, IA; salari- es, S25 to SSl; new buildings, S25, ,6SS; Prescott new brick, $25,- GOO; total buildings. S9; valued at S122,50
 Miss Jennie Jordan, who has been spending the past few weeks with her parents at their nome few miles south of PreS- colt on route one. is in the cit y visiting relatives and friends. Miss Jennie will return to Los Angeles, California, where she was reelected as teacher in the public school, the first of next week.
 One of the largest water mel ons brought to this market to date came in this morning. It was raised by w. w. Trimmer, who lives a few miles from Pres colt. The water melon weighed 50 pounds and was of the Tom Watson variety. Mir, Pfrimier has also marketed a good crop of cantaloupes.
 Dr. R. l.. Hinton will fit, and furnish eye glasses and spec tacles. and do any kind of repair ing at reasonable prices. No charge for testing or advice. Satisfaction. or your money back. Over 30 years of study and experience. Moncrief Drug Store, Prescott, Ark.