Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 30, 1887, Page 5

NORE RAILROAD COMPLAINTS Tho B. & M, Replies to the Ohargo Preferred By a Reynolds Man, THE M. P. CASE TO BE PUSHED New Convicts Received at the Pen and a Number to Be Released— A Mather's Heart- les Deed. [rnost THE JLE'S LINCOLY BUREAT.] \ Some time dnce C. C. Wells, of Rey- \ molds, filed a complaint agninst the B, & M., alleging that the road had been so constructed i8 to cause the water to over- flow tis land. The complaint was re- ferred to fhe general manager's office and the board 18 10 receipt of his reply. He says that the Bock Island is also con- ptructing a road across the same land, and that a water passage way on the part of the B. & M. would be of no value nnless a sumilar one 18 constructed by the Rock Island. The B. & M. offers tomake necessary improvements it the Rock Jsland will co-operal The Lincoln board of trade seems de- termined to follow up the alleged Missouri Pacific discrimina- tion. A complaint has been prepared setting up the facts in the case, alleging that the distance from St. Louis and other oints on that line to Lincoln is less than Omaha, and yeta greater rate 18 charged to Lincoln than to Omaha. The ‘board of transportation will take ofticial notice of the complaint and refer it to the national commission at Washington, when a decision is hoped for which wiil answer the end desired. Friday morn- ing the commission will organize under the law enacted by the late lamented Jegislature and elect the necessary secr taries. It is understood they have been agreed upon, but the names are to be kept secret for the present. CONVICTS RECEIVED, John Kelly, from Douglas county, one year for grand larceny; W. R. Win- doner, from I)mufhu‘ one year for forg- ery; Thomas Ruby, from” Douglas, two i,e:ru for grand larceny; Joe Brown, uglas, eighteen months, same offense; john Flynn, Dodge. eighteen months, nrfillry. The following will be set free from the nitentiary on July 8: Jacob Ramge, harles Tracy, Patrick Boyland, A. F. Peterson and William Rose. ~ This will free them in time to celebrate the Fouith, ‘which they are likely to do so vigorously that some of them may soon get back to the old quarters. They are given a suit of clothes and a liitle change for a starter. ) A BAD LOT, Mrs. Brown, living on the corner of Tenth and Y streets, is fast securing an unsavory record. She has a daughter, Bertha Brown, aged about eleven years, ‘Tuesday evening she made some kind of & bargain with Washington Johnson, a gentleman of color, by which Bertha was to go with him. Washington is a gar ner at the present time and has a fruit leh & few miles south of the cit fuesday night, 1n compliance with the contract made with Mrs. Brown, he came for Bertha, and though the girl protested the mother consented, and jBertha went with him, unwillingly a3 she Bays, The same night a disturb- ance of some kind in Washington’s vicimity attracted the neighbors, and on complaint Marshal Cooper came down, but found everything quiet. However, the next morning the matt 8 ved and Johnson put under arrest by the po- lice, He explains that he hired the girl to vick pens at 25 cents per bushel and that she was to remain until his garden- ing season was over. Almost eq cen- sure is aue the mother of the girl, who seems to have fallen to the lowest depth when she would consent that so young a rl should go to remain over nightin & alone with a colored man who does not bear the best reputation. Johnson will have a hearing and be held on a ocharge of rape if found guilty of nnrv oriminal act toward the girl, as she is under the age of consent. NOTARIES COMMISSIONED, Henry Grebe, Omaha; I. N. Dempsey; Grant, Keith county; Peter Cockvell, BSouth Omaha; Frank E. Booth, Fre- mont; Samual Swan, Julesburgh, Chey- enne county; J. D. Sheets, Kearn: county; H. Schultz, Platte county; D. H. Hick, Lancaster county. NOT! Guy A. Brown and his assistant, W. H. Wheeler, expect to have a new edition of the compiled statutes ready for distribu- tion in August. A large number went to the Crete as- sembly yesterday. Three plain drunks appeared before his honor Judge Parsons this morning and received the customary fine. The city council is sitting as a board of egualization on the tax assessment for city purposes. Some changes will be made in individual assessments. 'he new Baptist church assuming shape, It stands at the north west entrance to the capito[ grounds, and is being constructed on a somewhat different plan. A frame work is first put “fl and sheeted, then a single layer of brick will be laid around the outside, It will be a handsome church. ‘I'he Colorado delegation ot Lincolmtes were materially augmented fcsu, day Among the forty were J, D. Calhoun and wife, well known as the fat editor of the evening State Democrat, H. D. Hath- awaot the Journal, H. E. Noble and family of tho Phantograph and C. L, Baum, of the Baum Hardware company. They will sojeurn a month 1n Esty Park. Of course they paid their fare. Lol # # & Premature decline of manly- wers, nervous debility and kindred liseases, radically cured. Consultation free. Book 10 cents in stamps., Address, confidentially, World's Dispensary Med fcal Association, Buffalo, N.Y. e A PLAYFU ORANK. How Ernest V. Underhill Dosed Poor Lo With Castor Oil and Other Medicine: RosEBUD AGENCY, June 27.—The Chat- tanooga Commercial in acolumn editor- ial of June 18, explodes with a flourish of sweeping assertions, evidently under an immense pressure,over what it is pleased te call the “‘Indian Bureau Boodlers.” It imagines it has found a large and robust case of crookedness at Rosebud Indian agency. The editor charges the agent and farmer with ;|n-ny and grand lar- ceny, robbery and ncnrl{ overything olse, murder excepted. We have no friends to reward or enemies to punish g the Indian service, but we happen to something atout the atlairs of agency. We know there is undation for the accusations of the mmercial,and wo also know from what at paper. derived its intelligence. fountain is cracked and the siream muddy, and the information is entitled Ruoonlhhnllon whatever. We took npon ourselves to send a representa- 1Q the noy to ascertain the facts. uu.fl“ rsons it was learned that W““ 0,1835 & wan by the name of hill, from Ohio, was appointed amoney mu‘lehn. during the administra- ut James G. Wright. About L fter, at the solicitation ~ ot Dr. Underhill, Ernest V. Underhill ven & position at the agency by Wright, Soon after his arrival it was discovered that he was a drinker and an opiuw-eater. Dr, 1l being in ver: health, and ml‘l‘i-‘bed I.he’mul the time, Gt the son had fre access to the govern- ment dispensary where he — could revel in stimulan nd anodynes of all kinds. At first he appeared to have some little control over his unnatural appetite but after ns father was forced tc i and go home, he became o disgr the " service. Colonel L. F. Spencer of New York, was gent and relieved 3 T 1, 1886, and his attention called to the bad conduct of Ernest Underhill by see- ing him partly intoxicated one the next he would be stupid and v unfit for duty. At times he would cranky and display ungoyernable tem- per and at all times he an insane de- €ire to stir up strife_among the other employes. One of Ernest’s many de- lusions appears to haye been that in his person was combined the attributes popularl; aseribed to Ciwsar's wife and all else was “shifting sand.” Pregnant with this idea he sought to im- press fresh arrivals with his convictions and if his eflorts failed as they usually didsthey too werevile. He lacked moral qualities and showed a disposition to be vicious, During their absence and be- fore another physician was appointed he assumed the responsibility ot dispensing medicines and m some of his fits of mental aberration he would amuse himself by giving In- dians tincture capsicum, Spanish fly, and croton oil. Old-red-nose, Iron- shooter, and Bear-runs-in-the'woods, complained bitterly and said that Crazy- eat, (the name given to him by the In- dinns) had given them medicine which had nearly killed them, Onone oceasion Old-man-afraid-of- his - mother - in-law, called at the dispensary for a bottle of cod liver oil, wherewithto o some cough, and one of his frenzie gave him a pin carbolic acid, and but for the timely terference of an employe, when the Indian was about to take his first dose this noted red man would have, presently, been chasing buffalo across the plains” of the new Jerusaiem. During a sudden and violent attack of hsllucination, he got the agent up ont of bed at midmght and asked to have the police force stationed around his house as he was sure, and in- sisted that Crow Dog’s band of Indians were coming to wmurder him and family that night. About December 25 Agent Spencer thought proper to in- quire into the matter and an investiga- tion found that Mr. Underhill had drank all the alcohol, tinctures and everything that contained any stimulants and had eaten all the morphine, opium, chloral and everything possessing any narcotic propert This at once accounted for his strange behavior and he was prompt- ly dismissed from the service. This 1s the great reservoir who peddles olcomar- garine, cheese and slander in Chatta- nooga and furnishes the Commercial with its information. It will be remembered that General Garfield was killed by a crank, Queen Victoria narrowly escaped being killed by a crank and that Agent Osborne of the Ponca agency was recently obliged to kill ms_cranky farmer. This crank was not killed but forcibly cjected from the government office and ‘“‘ftired” off the reservation for the good of the service, The only way of accounting for his im- osing on the Chatanooga paper is th: he is a very good talker during his lucid intervals. The charges of stealing as alleged by the Commercial is the merest kind of rot as Inspector Banister and Special Agent Parsons of the [ndian department have recently visited Rosebud in their inspect- ing tours, and found everything very sat- isfactory. The Indians ‘are peaccabie, and making fine progress i farming. The schools arein good condition and are well attended. The agent 13 an in- telligent,vractical man,with broad views, a soul above petty larceny and is doing Zood work. It WonN'T BAKE BREAD words, Hood's Sarsaparilla impossibilities. ~ Its propriotors tell plainly what it has done, submit proofs from sources of unquestioned reliability, ana ask you frankly if you are suflering from any disense or affection caused or promoted by impure blood or low state of the system, to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. The experience of others is suflicient as- surance that you will not be disappointed n the result, REAL Tranafers Filed June 28, 1887, William F Allen and wife to Alonzo P Tukey, lot 8, blk 18, w d. Gottlieb Gross to Lo L lot 8, Barker's allotment, q ©........ William Coburn et al to the public plat of Eidora, being lots 30, 2, 34, 3, 4and 5 Himebaugh's add, dedic tion . x William T Seaman and wife to J A Haines et al, e 22 fectlot 4, block 201, “of —In other ill not do L V Morse et al tothe publie, plat of Morse and Brunner’s sub div of the neis of blk 1, My Richards and Tilden’s add, dedication Patrick Ford ‘and wife to William Beyer, lots 9 and 10, Ford’s Saratosa add, wd. ... W55 Louise Hillieke to Georze W Hall, si¢ lot 19, bk 2, Armstrong’s first add, ry ill, nig, lot 6, blk “U,” Lowe's add, wd . Heury O'Neill fo George R Lasbury, trustee north ¢ lot6, block “U,” Lowe’s add, w d. Voo George E Barker Ehjah L Lyon, south ¢ 1ot 8, blook &, Oro ard Hi wd.. Frank Leavenworth, Place, w d Alvin Saunders ru: Althea Larson, lot 19, block Saunders & Himebaugh's add, w d Peler M Bach et al to * S lot. view, w d. lots 3, 4 and 16, block 4, C Park, wd....... Jeremlah C Wilcox and wife dore F Lewis, lots 16 and man ada, w d.. August Felder and wife to 1 Bamfora, lot 19, block 11, View add, w Benjamin M al, east 30 feet of lot 5 and north 20 t of lot 9, block 1, Pope place, w d John Moran to Michael Leary et al, e i lot 3 bik 60, wd . “ WL Hail to Mary & Hall, sw 1 Lemon to Marion J 13 blk 2 Hillside add No 1 James D Hainsworth and w A MeMillan, lot 9 G ot blk £ Shinn's add, Wd..ovre ... C E Mayne and wite to Edgar Roth- " ery, ot 36 bik 17 Orehard Iill, wd. Evert V Smith and wife to Augus! Abendroth, lot $blk 19 E V Swith’s add, wd, sess R Frank B Johnson and wife to Mary E 5 ft of lot 17 Mack, w50 ft of o 75 Kountze's 2d add,wd W T Seamon and wifo to Hannah Ledingham, e 50 ft of n 80 ft of lov 4 north, blk 14 Shinn's add, wd....... John Bégley srand wife to Mary £ Mack, €25 £t of lot 17 Kountze's 2d add, wd. Matilds Gardiner to iewis itoy, & strip of land bet Kountze's 3d " add and lots 256, 257 and 238, Wd......0 August Cleves to Mary K _‘Thompson et al, lots 3 and 4, and s 16 feet of lot 2, Coburn’s subdiy, w d Arthur Remington et al to the 1'ublie, plat of Remington’s subdiv of lots 92 and 93, and 938 feet of iot ¥, Gise's add, dedication. s 1ae John 1 Redick and wife to B lot 3, Gise’s add, w d . Samuel E Rogers and wife to ' Welis Drage, 40 feet of lot 3 blk 15, lmprov asso add, wd. . . 1,000 Wilson T Graha; lainey, 12 89 and 10, Fred Delones add, w d 6,600 John L sleCague and wife to Wilson i ts 18 1920 and 21 blk 6, West Cuming udd, w wife L Frank W ingl awthorna add h i, 1,900 6000 6,000 5,000 e 1,85 Hills and ton, lot 10 blk 1, H 1,85 George 1o Kate Mc! d 30 ! 30 | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY., JUNE 30, 1887, ESCAPED FROM SING SING. How Convicts Get Out of the Great New York "Pen. Henry Stewart Takes French Leave Boxed up ina Laundry Oase— The Ingenuity Displayed by the Zebra. Pcople living In the river towns twenty-five to forty mules north of this city are interested in a novel kind of hunting. A convict has escaped from Sing Sing, and every ne'er-do-well and many reputable but financially hard ressed citizens in that vicinity are keep- ing their eyes peeled in the hope that they may recapture the fugitive and s cure the reward of %30 offered by the state, Convict hunting is so rare a sport that it has not been reduced to a science, and the hunters in the present nstance confine their operations to sly strolls along the river side and tnrough the woods, and to sharp scrutiny of all tiamps and hapless looking strangers generally. Few cases are on record since the opening of Sing Sing prison where the return of o conviet has been effected by a citizen, but the inducement of the reward is suflicient to cause a glow of hope whenever it is known that a run- away is at large. In the course of a v to the prison lately the writer learnc from Chief Keeper James Connaughton the story of TIE RECENT ESCAPE, the first in more than two years. Keeper Connaughton said: 4 convict, Henry Stewart, was em- ployed in the laundry, He had been there some time and so knew the ways of the prison thoroughly, To understand how he could plan his peculiar escape, which was the cleverest operation of the kind that ever happened in my experi- ence, you must know that our laundry work is not of the job character. It is entirely upon new goods. Manufacturers send here hundreds of dozens of new shirts and the convicts prepare them for the showcase and the retail trade. 1 pre- sume you may have bought many a picce of goods that had the finishing” touches ‘m! on it here. Shipments of the shirts back to the manufacturers are made every morning. Stewart was employed in packing the cases at the time. Come to the laundry and I will show you how it is dome.” The keeper led the way to the building that has been used as a lnundry since the fire destroyed the original building a few weeks ago. The cases, when ready tor the freight wagon, are put 1nto a small hallw: Seyeral empty cases were standing there. They are of a uniform size and shape, ordinary looking boxes, about three feet and a half long by one and a half wide and two deep. The cov- ers are easily removed or adjusted. *“I'nere,” continued the keeper, “you see it was THE WORK OF BUT HALF when the under keeper’'s attention was momentarily directed elsewhere for him to slip off the cover of an empty case and get into it. Of course e had “a con- federate somewhere—-who we have not le to discover. Every detail of ion bad been carefully and thoroughly attended to in adva Not only had a hole been made in the lower end to allow of the entrance of fresh air, but the case in which he packed himself had been marked with the number that identified a in the bill of lading, which was to be sent on that day. i was No. 85 and the genuine case of that number was left behind in the hall, Ten wore shipped that day. Wlhen the as lifting them on to his aid of one of them: ‘‘This case seems to have its weight all in one end.” The convict who was assisting him understood him to say that the case had more weight than the othe; something to that_general effect, a i hose are Troy goods, you know,’ ing by that that the goods were of heav aterial. ng was thought of 1t then. A short time after the wagon had left for the depot one of the men came to me and said that Stowart b being sick that A MINUTE, ked meo to a: body to assist him in carrying the laundry. did so, and went down to thelaundry to make my round of the shops. 1 o all through the shop twelve times a day, sometimes more, and at the laundry I ‘asked where Stewart was. The supermtendent did not know. He was not in his cell. My suspicions were, of cour: aroused. Noticing standing in the hall, T ask it *Oh,” said the superintendent, ‘tha empty ' 1 put my hand on it and found that it was packed full. “That set- tles it," I said, ‘the man is gone.” Just as fast as I could go I went to the depot and hunted up ‘the car into which the cases had been placed. Lhere were nine there all right, The tenth, No. 85, was uncovered and empty. In'it was & small saw and a chisel, and a suit of conviet's clothes, Stewart was very much absent, ‘The’ trick was completely successful, Somebody had furnished him a swit of 8! CITIZEN'S CLOTHES, and he got out ot the car in them." Las this method been tried betore?'’ “Notin my experience. You may be sure that it won't happen again. I have every case examined now before it goes to the wagon.’" “Are attempts frequently made?” It is seldom that any method is . Pris i e, however, do what w up- wards of I will y any system of prison supervision to prevent communieation with each other and the outside world. One feature of this prison that 8 communication outside comparatively easy, though it is mple task, is the daily presence of ens who work here. If we should catch a citizen in the act of secret com- munication with a prisoner,or fix it upon him by other evidence, we should try him, and get hin into the penitentiar; but that is difticult. Wheneyer we have the shgntest suspicion that one of the citizen employes is dangerous in this re- spect we fire him out without ceremony, Still, convicts the world oyer find means of communication, and they always will. Former ATTEMPTS TO ESCAF were made by sh for the gates when the citizens went home, or trying to slip out unobserved with them, That is impossible now and had been for a long time, for we make the rule that ciuzens shall not leave oefore the ‘all- right’ bell sounds, which means that all the convil in the prison have been counted and locked up in their cells. Then the gates are opened and the citi- zens can go out without danger. The scheme most resorted to for escape is ing to the river, Some of them have been ingenious and successful, and others simply daring and foolhardy and unsue- cessful, A few l)'vurs ago a conviet worked in the machine shop who made claborate preparations to get away. He invented a hat with a tnbe projecting from the top. It was his intention to tuke the water and swim to a considex ble distance under the surface, getting bis air to breathe through the tube, which ran from above his head to his nose and lips, He had got everything ready and had set the nh\y. On that morning, in the course of my rounds through the shops I noticed that HE WAS FIDGETY, Me kept looking about him, could not luck atme, and yet kept watching me and blundered in his work., I asked him what was the matter. You, sce, the ma- ority of men who conceive a plan of this ind are sure to give some hint of it as fbe e approackes for its operation, and we get to recc the svmptoms, ade confus nswers -to my ques- and I had him marched to 1y of nd searched. He wore about his \ blessing, such as Roman Catholies d to carry, and at the other »on by ‘Which. 1t was sus tached o photograph of Tied to tho picture, which ested on his back between s shoulder blades, was a letter which gave the whole thing away. It" was addressed to his wife, and he had written it so that in case he should be shot in the attempt it would explain to her how it happened. It was a pretty fair scheme, and whether it would have succeeded if his nervousness had not betrayed him, can only be con- {v(‘“ll’l\l. His name was Schell, Men have managed to ESCAPE BY THE RIVER, though, and not get caught. A curious eace of tho kind ocourred during my sor- vice here, The prisoner got out of a second-story window of a building near the water’s edge, left all his clothes, every scrap, behind him, and disap- peared. Notrace was ever discovered of him after that. Whether nhe was drowned or met friends who were wait- ing for him in a boat cannot be told, but the pro xhihl;’ is all in favor of the latter supposition, forif he had drowned it seems reasonable to suppose that his y would have turned up some time."” ‘Are men caught who take to the rive “‘Yes; the Iast case A man y. Itisnot gate. A guard is cc out from a cor! ond of the pended he had his wife. ocecurred was at work in the from the north astantly on the look- er of the wall, and he is armed with a sixteen shooter, There is also a guard on the ground at the gate similarly armed. A basin of the river lets in at that point, on the further side of which are several open buildings, in which a man might have a chance of hiding if he could get in, The convict 1 speak of took advautage of the moment when the under kc#her was being re- lieved and shpped out of his gang. He made for the edge of the basin, keeping HIS EYE ON THE GUARD on the wall. He did not know that there was a guard at the e, and so took no pains to avoid being seen by him. He succeeded in escaping the notice of the man on the wall, but when he was about half way across the basin the guard at the gato caught sight of him and shouted. The convict did not reply, but kept on swimming bravely. ‘T'he guard called out three times, ordering the fellow to come back, but'the fugitive paid no at- tention, The guard was then privileged to fire at him but he refrained from doing g0 because be saw that he could run around to the other side of the basin and intercept the convict just about as he would be getting out of the water. This he did, and easily captured the man. The convict said that he had been so ab- sorbed in km‘pinf his attention upon the guard on the wall that he had not heard the order from the gate guard to come back. Had he heard it he would un- doubtedly have returned, for the con- victs believe that the guard will shoot without hesitation, and indeed he would if he saw no other way of surely prevent- ing a man’s escape. *'Speaking of that north gate rewminds me of a curious thing that is a FEATURE OF THIS PRISON. Prisoners e to passin and out there every day to d from the shops just out- ide. Tley have a hubit as they pass of picking at the gate with their finger nails, ach one chipping ofl a splinter of wood, as much as he can get in one seratch. We an to prevent it, but it is rtheless necessary from time to time to repair the gate, on account of the cav- ity made by so many hundred digs into it with the'fi The ideais probably that constant chipping away splinters will finally wear a hole big enough for some one to erawl through, and in this hopeless task they all take 'part, though even if it succeeded only one could possi- bly make use of it out of the thousands who co-oy o make the hole, and chance might fix it so that one who had done the least toward parfecting the scheme should be the one to profit by it.” ot i A DOUBLE ELOPEMENT, Birmingham ®Greatly Excited Over the Flight of Four Lovers on the Same Train. Birmingham, Coan.,-has been greatly excited for some days past over a double elopement that occurred recently, Henry Clayton, a married man, and Mrs, Al Hanchett and Robert J. Galpin and Nellie Garling disappeared together, and nothing has been heard from either of the couples since. Clayton, who was employed in an organ factory, has been known as a good deal of a “masher for ar or two. When not at work dressed in the most noisy style he could attain and seemed to make a business of trying to break as many feminine hearts as possible. Some months ago he happened to meet Mrs. Hanchett on the street. He was struck with her appearance and immedi- ately tried to get up afl n which he was quite successful, Hanchott is a tall, handsomely formed woman, with a pretty face, and Clayton was much charmed with her, while she, in turn, seemed to be equally fascinated by Clay* ton’s seductive smile and masherlike manners. The fliviation was continued and become so marked that it was town talk. Clayton and Mrs. Hanchett acted as much like two young lovers as possible and seemed to be’in _each other’s com- pany all the time, Finally Clayton pro- posed that they elope, muf:u Mrs. Han- chett was willing they took the first con- venient train for New Huven, whence they probably went to New York. Before going Mrs, Hanchett took nossession_of several thousand dollars worth of dia- monds and $1,500 in money. Clayton has a wife and two children, ‘and Mrs, Han- chett also has children, which she left in Ler husband’s care. Robert J. Galpin and Miss Nellie Gar- ling, it is thought, left town on the same train with Clayton and Mrs. nchett, They su;?muud to be in New Haven at present. Galpin, who has been mar- ried for three or four years, has made love to Miss Garling for over six months past and had been trying hard all the time, it is said, to induce her to run away with him. Miss ' Garling, who is described as a fine looking girl of nine- , at last consented Galpin telling her that Mrs. Hanchett was about to elope with her lover, and so, without bidding any of her friends good-bye, she packed a small valise and started off with Galpin. The Iatter leaves a wife destitute ' circumstances. AL Cooling Their Heels in the Corridor. Washington Letter in Baltimere Ameri- can: A stranger passing along the corri- dor in front of the postmaster general's oflice this afternoon might have supposed that one of those old-time Maryland dele- gations about which he had heard so much had swooped down on the post- oflice department, or that & committee of Wisconsin democrats had come on to offer their allegiance to Mr, Vilas for vice-president. Seventy-six men of vary- ing stature, form ‘and shades of complexion, sat, stood, walked and lounged about the corri- dor, some laughing and talking, and some wearing an anxious look. They were the men who want to be postoflice inspectors, and who have just been ex- amined by the civil service commission. Postmaster General Vilas was going through with the task of inspecting them individually before making up his mind to make them inspectors of men, and each man was in turn called i, talked to and looked at, to see what manner of man he was, Mr. Vilas has the report of the clvil service examination before him, and the appointments will be made to-morrow, As there are only thirty-five 1o be appointed, there will be forty-one disgusted men, 4 about a in HE HAD A GOOD NERVE GENERAL BRAGG AT CORINTH A Young Soldier Ordered Shot For Disobediénce of Orders—Calmly aces Six Muskets — Rragg's Discipline Tempered By a Soft Heart. A Dawson, Ga,, correspondent of the American Recorder, relates the follow- ing: When General Bragg's army evae- uanted Corinth, Miss,, in 1862, there was a great deal of sickness among the soldiers, nearly one-fourth of the army being unfit for service. aptain S. R. Weston, of company H, Fifth Georgia regiment, and myself (be- longing to company E, same regiment), were on the sick List and not able to mareh, but still able todo light duty. So we were put in charge of the sick of our regiment, who were to be sent down on a scparate train, While we were at the depot getting the men aboard and looking to their comfort, we noticed another squad to our left, as we faced the town, loading another train with quartermasters’ and commissary stores, and everybody seemed to be ina hurry and in some confusion, Kvery straggler was put to work, and many of the sick were made to work who ought to have been in bed. Some boisterous, over- bearing fellow was bossing the job, and eral Bragg, who seemed to be s tending the whole movement in person. Finally & young soldier came along on his way to the cars for the He ap- peared to be about twenty years of age, tall and handsome, but pale and delicate. The man (or brute) commanding the work-squad saw him, and yelled out: “‘Say, young wan, fall in here and go to work! Heave these goods into these cars, and be quick about it.” ‘The young man replied: “1am not able to work. If 1 were I would be with my company.’’ “Eh? won't work, ch? We’ll see about that. General!” halloaed out to General Bragg, who was passing, ‘‘here’s a_man who refuses to work,”” pointing at the youth, who stood as firm as a rock. General Bragg stopped and gazed at the young man, his eyes blazing as no other man’s eyes can I)f‘ , and repeated the order to help load these cars at once. The young man repeated his former answer, that he was not able to work; had he been able to work he would have been able to march and would be with his command. 3 The general’s eyes seemed to flach fire as he exclaimed: “What! you dare to disobey my or- ders?” “I do,"” calmly replied the young man. The general called a lieutenant of a Louisiana company of regulars doing guard duty, and 3 *“Take six of your company and carry this man to that grove and shoot him.” The lieutenant called out six of his men and ordered them to load their guns, and whiie they were doiag so General Bragg beckoned the lieutenant, stepped behind a garden wall, spoke to him in a low tone not heard by any one else and walle ay. The guard marched the young man to the grove, about one hun- to the right, placed him upona stool against a large oak and started to blindfold him, which he would not per- mit, but took off hus gold wateh and chain and a fine gold ring from his finger, handed them to the licutenant and re- quested him to send them to his mother, at the same time writing her name and address on a piece of paper and handing it to the lieutenant, resumed his position against the tree, and with a proud smile upon his lips, and without a tremor in "his voice, he sad: “Now, sir, I am ready.” The lieutenant stepped off ten paces, brought his men to “‘attention’ and com- manded, in a loud voice, distinctly heard by us: “Ready'—Aim!" I beoame so weak [ thought I should faint, and caught hold of a small oak for support and closed my eyes to shut out the awful deed. There sat the young man gazing into the muzzles of six muskets pointed at his "heart, a single one of which might send his soul into eternity in the twinkling of an eye. He looked on as calmly as if he was looking at a camera and simply having his photograph taken. But the licutenant’s next com- mand was: “Recover arms!’ which was willingly and promptly obeyed. The lieutenant then stepped up to the young man bade him rise, grasped his hand in admiration, returned watch and ring which be reccived with a polite bow and and the word “thanks’’ and walked I\\Vn_{ a3 unconcerned as if nothing unusual had oceurred. The lieutenant and his men returned to their_ former position, within a few es of where we were, and pretty soon al Bragg returned and asked: o is the boy?” * said the lieutenant. *‘What did you do¥ ed the general, “Just exactly as you directed,” rephed the lieutenant. "He handed me his vatch and ring to send to his mother, took his position, refused to be blind- folded, said he was ready, and never bat- ted his cyes even while we were at ‘aim.’ the bravest man I ever saw m my And tears came into the licuten- is he, and where 18 he?" de- manded the general, evincing much in- terest and looking in every direction. “I don’t know,”’ answered the licuten- ant. “He his mother's name and address,” handing him a slip of paper. He glanced at it, putitin his vest poec- ket, and said: 'Well, tind him. T'll promote him." And away they went to fiind the young hero. But whether they ever found him, and if so, what came of 1t. [ never knew, When General Bragg first gave the order to shoot the young man, I suppose there were a hundred soldiers who heard it. They soon scampered away, some to ome to hide out, and others too sick to do either, took the places assigned them 1n the cars. And only Captain Wes ton and myself, and, perhaps, two or three others, watehed this evisode to the end. Those others all thought, and those still living think till this d General Bragg had that youn Brage was, indeed, a severe disciplinarian, but not 8o bud at heart as many deem him. e Belle of Bourbon Ten-Year-Old Whisky., £1.25 per quart bottle at druggists, cers, wine merchants. As it is abso- ]leeiy pure the offensive smell and taste of common whisky 18 ubsent. UNEXCELLED FOR DYSPEPTICS. EXPRESS ROBBERIES, How Wells-Fargo and the American Gouge Shippers. OxanA, Neb., June 20.—To the Editor of the BBE: A good deal of attention has been given to extortions and impo- sitions of railroads while the biggest of all frauds—the express monopoly—has been painfully vegiected. This is es- vecialiy true of the Wells-Fargo and Awerican, Their methods of doing business amount to more than an im- position—highway robbery would be a wmore appropriate appellation. 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