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SECOND TREASURY ROBERRY.
At 8 o'clock on Tuesday evening, October 10, 1876, it was discovered that the county treasury was robbed. The city was aroused by the ringing of the fire-bell, and the intensest excitement prevailed.
The treasury office is on the ground floor of the court-house, and at the time of the robbery a citizens' meeting was in progress in the court-room above for the purpose of electing a night watchman. The treasurer, R. M. Faris, was in his office for an evening's work on his books, and some fifty men were at the meeting in the room above. The first that Mr. Faris sus- pected anything wrong was the entrance into his office of two masked men. The manner of procedure on the part of the robbers is thus narrated by Mr. Faris:
" At about 7:30 the men came in at the door; the man who came in first presented a revolver and demanded that I should open the safe .. He walked
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hind the counter and came up to me. I grabbed the revolver with my t hand and pulled it down. I told them I would not open the safe. They id if I would open the safe I should not be hurt but if I did not they would 1 me. I told them I. wold die before I would open it. One of them Arched my pockets and got the key to the vault, they then locked the of- e door and unlocked the vault. One of them then pushed me into the ult and both presented revolvers and ordered me to unlock the safe; I 'used. One of them then put up his revolver and drew from his breast & 'ge knife, he made a feint at me with the knife and made a slight cut in lappel of my coat over my heart and then by a similar stroke made a t in the right lappel, then I consented to open the safe. They then took e money and having locked me in the vault departed. I remained in 9 vault until.rescued by the night-watch. I think the amount taken was m $12,000 to $14,000. The robbers asked me 'how much is there in safe, $20,000" I answered, 'no, not half of it.' One of them thon d. 'we expected to get $20,000.'"
Mr. Faris says that he was in the vault about forty minutes.
Citizens to the number of many hundred assembled as soon as the rm was sounded and organized a meeting. Larken Wright, B. A. Math- s and J. F. Greenlee were appointed a committee to send telegraph dis- tches in various directions. W. M. Stone, T. J. Anderson, G. K. Hart, T. French and C. J. Amos were chosen a committee and authorized to re directions in general for the public safety.
Messengers were sent in every direction and the board of supervisors re notified of the robbery.
Detectives were employed and every effort was made to capture the rob- .8, but to no avail until the citizens of the county began to settle down the belief that their money was gone and the robbers would never be ›tured. In the mean time, however, the officers were diligently at work i two of the robbers, Brannan and Barkus by name, were apprehended i brought to Knoxville, November 30, 1876.
Brannan was followed to St. Louis by Treasurer Faris, and Sheriff Hawk Jasper county, where he was captured at a hotel in company of a female, t his wife; Miss Flanders by name. From some statements made by 88 Flanders and also from some documents found, one John Barkus was plicated in the robbery; the latter was traced to Atchison, Kansas, and ested. Upon the return of the officers with the prisoners Brannan's ase was searched and fifteen hundred dollars of the stolen money were ind; over three thousand dollars were found on the person of Brannan at , time of his capture.
It was ascertained from the prisoners that Horry Williams, who had led Keeton and escaped from the officers when under sentence to a m of twenty years in the penitentiary and who had been sought for in n, was in the county at the time of the robbery and taken part in it. Braunan and Barkus were tried at the next term of the District Court I sentenced to a term in the penitentiary, and the two, in company with third prisoner. the said Miss Flanders, were in charge of an officer on ir way to Fort Madison, when they came very nearly effecting their es- >e. They were, however, thwarted in the attempt and were safely lodged the penitentiary, where they are still engaged in serving out their terms imprisonment.
Horry Williams was arrested in March, 1877, at Mineral Center, about
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forty miles south of Deadwood, Dakota, and brought to Knoxville. He wu afterward taken to Fort Madison for safe keeping until the following tern of court. He was brought back to Knoxville in May, following, when he plead guilty of receiving money stolen from the county treasury and we sentenced, by Judge Winslow, to a term of five years in the penitentiary, which together with a former sentence of twenty years will afford him am- ple opportunity to repent, as well as give him a chance to do for the State some very effective service at some useful trade.
BURNED TO DEATH.
On Wednesday morning, June 25, 1873, between dawn and sunrise, the house of Gilbert Barr, situated fonr miles west of Red Rock, was burned, together with all the contents. The saddest feature of the catastrophe wu the fatal burning of Effie Robertson, a girl aged eleven years.
Mr. Barr arose early in the morning and went out to attend to some work After he had left the house the girl arose and lighted a lamp; the oil being low in the lamp she proenred an oil-can and undertook to fill the lamp withont first extinguishing it.
Fire was communicated to the oil within the can which exploded, setting fire to the girl's clothes and igniting the inflammable material in the room. Mr. Barr, who was some distance from the house, heard the explosion and hastened to the honse. He rushed into the room through the flames and rescued the girl, but not till after her clothes were burned from her body; he also succeeded in gathering up one of his own children, who was yet in the house and escaped with the two through a window. 'Before Mr. Barr arrived Mrs. Barr succeeded in rescuing the other small children from the burning house and in doing so was badly burned herself. The girl, Effe. died in about two hours after the accident. None of Mr. Barr's family were fatally injured.
EARLY ORIMES.
A number of crimes were committed in early times, the details of which have been forgotten and the records of which have been destroyed. It is perhaps well enough that such is the case; it would probably be well enough if the coming generation of Marion county could be kept in igno- rance of the madness and folly of some of their predecessors. It would be well enough to refer to two other crimes committed ju early times at Red Rock: the murder of Burns by Shaw, and the killing of Lloyd by Wines. Near the close of the long and tedious trial of the latter one of the jurymen became seriously sick, and the case had to be continued till the next term of court. Just before the next term of court the case was suddenly and finally disposed of by the death of the defendant, Wines.
CHAPTER X.
MARION COUNTY IN THE WAR.
THE census of 1860 showed that Marion county at that time had a popu- lation of between sixteen and seventeen thousand people. There were in the county at that time, according to the vote for Secretary of State, three thousand one hundred and twenty seven voters. The number of men which
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county sent into the Union armies during the War of the Rebellion s one thousand three hundred and seventy-two. Thus the county fur- hed one soldier for about every twelve inhabitants, or one for every two 1 a half voters.
At the outbreak of the war the people of Marion county were in the full e of activity and prosperity. Her material resources were being rapidly veloped and the various branches of business and the learned professions re keeping pace in the first ranks of progress. The people were just re- 'ering from the financial crisis of 1857, and those who had toiled in the d during those times which tried men's souls had begun to see the wning of better days. Immediately surrounded by the noise of industry 1 the continuous hum of business they heard little and believed less of : rumored plots and plans.of those who lived to grow rich from the toil i sweat of others, and whose leading branch of trade was the traffic in ils and bodies of men. But still the war was upon them, and the thund- ng of cannon at the very gates of the National Capital soon broke the ll of busy peace, and they soon passed from a serions contemplation of possibility of war to the realization of its actual presence and the duties ich the issues of the day made incumbent upon them as loyal citizens of Union.
Fort Sumter was fired upon April 12, 1861, and on the 15th of the same nth the President issued the following proclamation:
' WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been and are now op- sed in several States by combinations too powerful to be suppressed in an linary way, I therefore call upon the militia of the several States of the ion, to the aggregate number of 75,000, to suppress the said combination i execute the laws. I appeal to all loyal citizens for State aid in this ort to maintain the laws, integrity, National Union, perpetuity of popu- government, and redress wrongs long enough endured.
" The first service assigned forces will probably be to re-possess forts, ices and property which have been seized from the Union. The utmost 'e should be taken, consistent with our object, to avoid devastation, de- uction and interference with property of peaceable citizens in any part of ! country, and I hereby command persons commanding the aforesaid nbinations to disperse within twenty days from date.
" I hereby convene both houses of Congress for the 4th day of July next, determine upon measures for the public safety as its interests may de- ind.
" ABRAHAM LINCOLN, "President of the United States.
By W. H. SEWARD, "Secretary of State."
Marion county furnished not only her quota of men but furnished also r full proportion of brave, heroic and fighting men. Marion county sol- ers were on the forced march, the prolonged siege and the hotly contested ttle-field, the peers of any soldiers who fought in the war. Many of em passed safely through the dangers and vicissitudes of the struggle, d are now among the most thrifty and enterprising citizens of the county. hers, many of them, succumbed to the deadly diseases so incident to ny life, and fell by the wayside along the weary march, or fell in the
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heat of battle. The memory of all alike is 'sacred to the people of the county, the State and the nation.
The following list of all those who volunteered from Marion county bes been carefully compiled from the Adjutant-General's reports:
THIRD INFANTRY.
The Third infantry was made up from nearly every part of the State It was emphatically a Hawkeye Regiment. It rendezvoused at Keokuk, and was mustered into the United States service June 10, 1861. When it embarked on board the train, for the field, July 1st, it was magnificently equipped with burnished old Springfield rifles of " 1848." Not a cartridge, not a ration of food, not a round of ammunition, not even a' field officer above the rank of captain. This was but the prelude to what subsequently proved the saddest history of all the regiments which Iowa sent to the war. It moved to northern Missouri, and its first night in the field w near Utica, where, supperless and tired, they threw themselves on the damp ground, without even establishing a picket-post, trusting alone in Providence. Near midnight of the 3d they were first introduced to the " Gray-backs." Its first engagement was at Hagar's Woods, where, under the command of Col. Smith, of the Sixteenth Illinois, they met the enemy. The force consisted of about 450 men, supported by a six-pounder swivel gun, manned by Sergeant Fishbeem. Moving out from 'Monroe, on the line of the railroad, they came on the enemy's scouts, who at once opened fire upon them. Mr. Fishbeem hurried his artillery to the front, and quickly sent the enemy flying in all directions, when Col. Smith, under cover of night, retired. The next movement was from Macon City to Kirksville to rout the enemy, who, under Green, were in camp on Salt River, which was successfully accomplished, under command of Lieutenant colonel Scott.
At Blue Mills Landing, Missouri, September 17, 1861. the regiment fought its first hard fight, which, though unsuccessful, was unequaled for bravery and promptness to action, in the whole history of the war in Missouri. It re mained in northern Missouri until October 18, 1861, when it went to Quincy, Illinois. whence after a few weeks it moved to St. Louis; thence out along the North Missouri Railroad, where it remained until March, 1862, when it sailed for Savannah, on the Tennessee River. March 17 it disembarked at Pittsburg Landing with the fourth division under General Hurlbat. It was assigned to the first brigade, commanded by Colonel Williams. In April following, the regiment took part in the ever memor- able battle of Shiloli, making for itself an imperishable record. The divis- ions of Hurlbnt and Smith were in camp in front of the landing. Pren- tiss, McClernad and Sherman, with their divisions, held the front, from right to left. While the Third were eating breakfast on the morning of the 16th, they were startled by tiring at the front, which was soon followed by the call " to arms." Leaving their breakfast unfinished, the Third was quickly in line, and marching to the front under command of its major, its colonel being in command of a brigade, and its lieutenant colonel sick and absent. It moved at quickstep to the front, at the right of its brigade, but the left of the entire army. To its right were the first and second brigades and Wallace's division, in which were the Twenty-seventh, Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa regiments. This position the Third held until four
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o'clock in the afternoon, until the troops on their right and left bad beer utterly routed. The Eighth, Twelfth and Fourteenth were captured. I was at this position the enemy hurled its forces for five hours, in unsuc cessful attempt to break it, but which was finally accomplished by flan] movements. It has always been a marvel how the Third got through the circling lines of the enemy. Of the 450 officers and men of the regimen engaged in this battle, more than two hundred were killed and wounded The correct historian attributes to stubborn valor of Iowa troops the sav ing of Grant's army from capture at Shiloh. During the siege of Corinth the Third was present, but took no active part. After the fall of Corinth the regiment went with Sherman to Memphis, and led the van into the city July 21. September 6 the regiment moved back toward Memphis, and October 5, 1862, took part in the battle of the Hatchie, with two killed and sixty wounded. Little of importance transpired with the regimens for several months subsequent. May 18, 1863, it left Memphis for Vicksburg and its days of rost were ended. It shared in the capture of that strong hold, and then set ont with Sherman against Johnson, who had planted himself at Jackson, Mississippi, where an unsuccessful attempt was made to dislodge him July 12. The regiment returned to Vicksburg, thence sailed to Natchez and joined Sherman in his march to Meridian. Soon after its term expired, when it re-enlisted as " vets," came North on a furlough, in the spring of 1864. It returned to the front, and joined Sherman in his march to the sea, and at Atlanta, July 22, was put in the front and lost heavily Its color-sergeant was killed and the colors captured. Subsequently, some of the regiment who had been taken prisoners at Atlanta, saw their color borne through the streets by a squad of cavalry. They rushed upon them. re-captured the colors and tore it in shreds. The regiment became deci. mated to 318 men, and July 8 consolidated with the Second, and on the 12th was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky. It literally fought itself out of existence. Marion county was represented in this regiment in companies B and H.
For list of casualities, see page 184.
The following were staff officers from Marion county:
William M. Stone, major; wounded at Blue Mills Sept. 17, 1861; cap. tured at Shiloh; promoted colonel Twenty-second infantry Nov. 22, 1869. Benj. F. Keables, assistant surgeon; `promoted surgeon April 8. 1862.
John W. Schooley, assistant surgeon; wounded at Vicksburg June 4 1863; resigned June 21, 1864.
Prosper H. Jacobs, chaplain; resigned April 18, 1862.
COMPANY B."
Wm. M. Stone, captain; promoted major July 6, 1861.
Daniel P. Long, first lieutenant; promoted captain July 6, 1861; resigned February 13, 1862.
Albert Hobbs, second lieutenant; promoted captain February 14, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, and died April 8, 1862.
Benton A. Mathews, first sergeant; promoted second lieutenant April 10, 1862; resigned October 15, 1862.
John L. Ruckman, second sergeant; promoted to captain September 4, 1862; died July 13, 1863, of wounds received at Jackson, Mis- sissippi, July 12, 1863.
John C. Woodruff, third sergeant;
- wounded at Blue Mills, Mo., Sep-
"Enlisted May 21, 1861, unless otherwise stated.
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tember 17, 1861; killed at Jack- son, Mississippi, July 19, 1863.
S. Sylvester Howell, fourth sergeant; promoted to first sergeant; to first lieutenant April 21, 1861; re- signed October 31, 1862.
Caleb Core, fifth sergeant; promoted to fourth sergeant; to second ser- geant; to captain July 14, 1863; mustered out July 11, 1864.
Francis M. Zuck, first corporal; dis- charged October 18, 1862.
Joseph Ruckman, second corporal; promoted to second sergeant No- vember 1, 1862; to second lieu- tenant November 1, 1862; died of wounds at Jackson, Mississippi, July 17, 1863.
John F. Norris, third corporal; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; discharged November 8, 1862.
Wm. H. Sumner, fourth corporal; captured at Shiloh.
Oliver H. S. Kennedy, fifth corporal; promoted to first lieutenant Au- gust 5, 1861; resigned April 19, 1862.
Thomas R. Smith, sixth corporal.
Wm. A. Stuart, seventh corporal; promoted to fifth sergeant May 1, 1862; wounded at Shiloh.
Henry H. Sherman, eighth corporal; killed accidentally at Chillicothe, Missouri, July 24, 1861.
George Darrow, musician; promot- ed drum-major June 26,' 1861; died at La Grange, Tenn., June 29, 1863.
George Henry, wagoner; died at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Mis- souri, November 21, 1861.
Andrew Gemmil, musician.
PRIVATES.
Agnew, Wallace G., wounded at Shiloh.
Armstrong, Henry.
Allender, Wm. H., promoted to seventh corporal May 1, 1862; wounded at Jackson, Mississippi,
#Veteranised in the Second consolidated regiment.
July 19, 1863; died Angust 18, 1863.
Andrews, James, wounded acciden- tally April 9, 1862; transferred to Marine Brigade July 3, 1868. Brobst, Daniel, wounded at Shiloh and Jackson, Mississippi.
Bousquet, Herman F., transferred to singal corps, November 28, 1864. Bains, John M., transferred to Thir- teenth Iowa infantry, November 19, 1861.
Ballar, Andrew T., transferred to marine service April 4, 1863.
Bussey, William.
Conell, Wm. H., discharged Octo- ber 4, 1862.
Coons, Henry E., died in Marion county March 2, 1862, of scrofula. Cecil, Hiram F., wounded at Jack-
son, Mississippi, and died of wounds July 22, 1862.
Cowman, Thomas J. Cook, Morton S.
Clark, Barrett W., wounded at Shi- loh; transferred September 3, 1863, to invalid corps.
Cowles, Leonard A.
Cowan, George.
Collins, Thomas L., wounded at Shi- loh; discharged August 13, 1862. Dawson, Wm., killed at Jackson, Mississippi, July 12, 1863.
#Dennis, Jermiah H.
¿Darron, Augustus.
+Farley, John, wounded at Hatchie River, Tennessee, October 5th, 1862.
Gregg, Tillman P., promoted to eighth corporal July 25, 1861; to captain April 10, 1862; resigned September 3, 1862.
Hart, Peter M., killed at Shiloh.
Hendrix, William, discharged No- vember 21, 1861.
Horn, Peter S.
Hart, Wm. F., wounded at Blue Mills, Missouri, September 17, 1861; promoted to eighth corporal March 31, 1862; wounded at Shi- loh.
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Johnes, Oscar L., discharged April 20, 1862.
Keables, Alonzo F., promoted to third sergeant November 1, 1861. Kline, Reuben K., captured while foraging February 20, 1863. Latham, Edwin R. Lewis, Eliphalet L.
Lindsey, Eli H., killed at Jackson, Mississippi, July 12, 1863. McKinnis, Henry. tMcClelland, Mailison, promoted drummer October 18, 1861.
Meyer, Jacob. Metz, Theodore, died at Corinth, Mississippi, June 15, 1862. Molesworth, Thomas L., died April 21, 1862, of wounds at Shiloh. McCorkle, James E., promoted to fifth sergeant.January 4, 1864. +Moore, Napoleon B., promoted fifth corporal July 7, 1861; wounded at Shiloh.
¿Nutter, Francis M. Oleny, W., transferred Jan. 21, 1864, to colored regiment for promotion. Pettit, James L. +Parrish, William O. Paul, James M.
Rhoads, James F. Ream, Isaac, promoted wagoner April 10, 1861.
Ream, Emanuel, wounded at Hatchie October 5, 1862; discharged Jan- uary 6, 1863. Robertson, Thomas W.
#Standwood, Miles O, wounded ac- cidentally April 9, 1862.
Smith, Aaron. Shepherd, William J., . killed at Jackson Mississippi.
Sperry, Emery F., wounded at Shi- loh; discharged August 4, 1862. Stone, Melvin, wounded at Jackson, Mississippi; discharged for wounds November 23, 1863.
Totten, William H., died July 9, 1862, at La Grange, Tennessee. Taylor, Philip, discharged March 31, 1862.
Taylor, George R., killed at Jackson, Mississippi, July 12, 1863. Vos, Joseph, transferred to Third cavalry.
Van Rooyen, Peter, discharged No- vember 21, 1861.
Waggener, Joseph B. Waggener, Rufus.
Wright, Wm. E.
Wright, Samuel M., died February 18, 1862, at Quincy, Illinois.
Woodruff, Josiah M., wounded at Blue Mills, Missouri; discharged February 11, 1869.
Wilson, John W. Wells, Darwin E., discharged No- vember 1, 1861.
Welchhouse, George.
#Wilson, James L., promoted to seventh corporal, company I, Second veterans.
Young, Alexander. Young, Robert M., discharged April 20, 1862.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS. +
Bousquet, John J., November 23. #Burch, John T., November 23. #Burch, Richard M., November 23; wounded at Shiloh. Killenberger, John H., November 1; wounded at Shiloh.
#Nickols, Elias L., November 23; wounded at Jackson, Mississippi, and July 12, 1864, at
Nickols, Newton H., November 23, wounded at Shiloh; discharged January 24, 1864. #Parish, Orson B., November 23. Simpson, John W., September 3; discharged February 12, 1862. Stanfield, Asbury, October 18 .. #Norris, Adin, November 23; cap- tured at Canton, Mississippi, Feb- urary 27, 1864. ¿Cecil, Hazel, F .; wounded - discharged June 29, 1865. Stanley, Goldbury B., November 23; transferred February 15, 1864.
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Taylor, Sanford, October 18; died at
Memphis July 23, 1862.
Williams, Geo. M., August 28, 1862; - died March 17, 1863, at St. Louis.
EIGHTH INFANTRY.
The Eighth infantry was organized during the summer of 1861, rendez- vonsed at Davenport, moved to St. Louis in September, where it remained two weeks, received its equipment and moved to Syracuse, where it was sta- tioned for three months engaged in scouting and pursuing Price in his re- treat through Arkansas. It returned to Sedalia, in November, and went into winter quarters. In March following, it went by steamer to Pittsburg Landing, arriving just before the battle of Shiloh, in which it was engaged and was its first battle. It was commanded by Colonel Geddes, its first colonel, Frederick Steele, having been promoted to brigadier-general. In this battle the regiment, with the Second, Seventh, Twelfth, and Fourteenth Iowa regiments on its right, held an important position, the Eighth being the connecting link between the divisons of Wallace and Pentiss to defend a battery placed in front of them. The struggle to capture this battery by the enemy was desperate, and the Eighth lost heavily in stubbornly and successfully defending, losing nearly two hundred in killed and wounded. Colonel Geddes was severely wounded in the leg; Major Anderson was severely wounded in the head, thus imposing increased labor upon Lienten- ant-colonel Ferguson, who received special mention fer his gallantry. His reckless exposure of his person to the enemy evidenced his prowess and bravery. After maintaining their position from early in the morning until after four o'clock, Prentiss' line gave away, on the left of the regiment, and fled to the Landing, when, there being no opposition in front, the enemy swept around to the rear of the Eighth and thus effected its capture about six o'clock in the evening, together with a greater portion of the Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa and Fifty-eighth Illinois. Companies I, C and H of the Eighth, partially escaped capture, and were subsequently attached to the Union brigade, which fought in the advance of Corinth with the second division. The Eighth was the last to leave the advance line of the Union army at Shiloh on that terrible Sunday battle. It could have retreated and saved itself from capture, but its motto was to obey orders, and it was left alone to defend itself and the battery before it for an hour after its support- ing column had fled in terror from the field. From this date the paths of companies E, H and I diverged. The history of companies H and I is that of the Union brigade. The troops captured, were sent to Corinth, thence to Memphis, Mobile and Montgomery, where they were placed in cotton-sheds and treated badly for six weeks, when they were moved to Macon, Georgia, and were worse treated, being shot down without. provoca- tion for three months, when they were taken to Libby prison and there ex- changed, when they were permitted to come home on furlough, and in De- cember the regiment was re-organized, and in the spring of 1863 joined Grant's army at Milliken's Bend, being assigned to third brigade, third di- Wyjon, Fifteenth army corps, which it accompained in all its tedious marches through Mississippi. It did not go with the army to Chattanooga, but re- malned at Vicksburg until winter, when it re-enlisted as veterans, came home on furlough, and returning, was ordered to Memphis, where it re- mafned on provost duty nearly a year. It was while there, in August, Forest made his dash into the city. It was at the capture of Spanish Fort,
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