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Lieutenant Lewis Franklin Todd (Federal) lost his right arın at Chaplain Hill. His distinguished service and severe wound entitled him to an honorable discharge from further service, but as soon as his wound permitted he rejoined his command and on the same day that Woodson died, he, too, gave his life at Murfreesboro for the cause which he thought was just, and though engaged in deadly conflict against each other, on that fatal day, they rest at last in the same consecrated ground at Frankfort. At the battle of Murfreesboro, Kentucky had seventeen regiments of Confederates and fourteen regi- ments of Federals.
On account of the threatened invasion of the State by General Bragg, J. H. Garrard, provost-marshal of Frankfort, gave notice for every able bodied male citizen of the city of Frankfort to report at the Court House on Monday morning, August 18, 1862, between eight and nine o'clock to enroll themselves for the defense of the city.
From September 3rd to November 5th, 1862, the publica- tion of "The Commonwealth" was suspended. It was during that time that Gen. Bragg and his army were at Frankfort. The Union men, as a rule, fled with the Union soldiers. Gen. Bragg gave orders that no private property was to be destroyed or disturbed, but the goods purchased by him were paid for in Confederate money. The Frankfort Woolen Factory was the greatest loser. The Confederates took seventy-four thousand nine hundred and sixty yards of Kentucky Jeans for which the company had expected to realize as much as one dollar and fifty cents per yard, but instead received only one dollar per yard in Confederate money. 1
In the issue of November 5th, Mr. William Wallace Har- ney, editor of "The Commonwealth," said, "Pressing business demanded the presence of the proprietors and editor of this paper in Louisville. The atmosphere of Frankfort, usually so good, was becoming decidedly unhealthy and a little jaunt
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was earnestly recommended. It was a coincident, perhaps worth mentioning, that just about the same time a squad of Rebel Cavalry was expected in Frankfort. Knowing their principles and necessities, we were of the opinion that they might want us 'to let them a loan' and we were hard up. The proprietor, with proper discretion, left Frankfort in time, but the editor, with a fool hardiness which gave him a claim on Dr. Rodman of a certain State institution, remained to issue a final paper to our subscribers, giving a summary of the latest in- telligence. Congratulating himself upon the admirable cdi- torials and newest news he proposed to lay before his readers, he was walking comfortably up the street, when he beheld a sight. It was several creatures, to his optics about forty feet high with guns eighty feet long, in butternut jeans, one with a dirty white handkerchief on the end of a stick and he knew by the butternut and the dirt they were the Southern Confed- eracy. He was greatly encouraged by learning through a friend, that a list of a hundred names of persons to be arrested had been sent to Col. Scott in which the letters composing his name figured. As an example of his modesty he was quite willing to transfer the compliment to any one else, but it seemed that there was a great deal of modesty in the market just then and the article was not to be disposed of." Frankfort was captured and held twice during the month of November, by each party.
Lieutenant John J. Roberts was in charge of the defense of the city. One of his men was fatally wounded and Captain Garriott of the Southern force, was shot in the side and one of his company was also wounded. After Captain Garriott fell, the Confederate force gave way and the Union force took charge of the city.
From October 14th, 1862, to November 19, of the same year, twenty-eight Federal soldiers died in the local hospital at Frankfort.
When Gen. John H. Morgan made his raid through Ken- tucky, in 1864, Gen. D. W. Lindsey, who was at the time com- mander of a division under Gen. U. S. Grant in the South, was requested by Gov. Bramlette to return to Kentucky and
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organize the home guards as a protection for Frankfort, where there was stored large quantities of commissary and quarter- master stores. In the organization which he made, Ed Keenon was made Col., Thomas J. Hutchinson, major of the first bat- talion and John A. Crittenden, Adjutant. The two companies, one under Buek-Keenon and the other under A. J. Graham, were ordered out to protect the arsenal and a large number of Ballard rifles, then on the cars in the city. A division of Morgan's command under Col. Clark was ordered to Frankfort to capture the arms and other munitions of war stored at Frankfort. Governor Bramlette, Gen. D. W. Lindsey, Gen. John M. Harlan and Col. George B. Monroe were in command when the attack by Col. Clark was made on June 10th. Mr. V. Berberich, who had charge of one of the guns located on Fort Hill, fired the first shot. A great many shots were fired but the casualties were few. Major Hutchinson was shot in the mouth; Corporal John M. Coleman was wounded in the breast. None of Col. Clark's men were killed. The spirited resistance made by the home guards prevented the capture of Frankfort at that time.
ROSTER OF SOLDIERS FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY IN THE REBELLION.
FEDERAL CAVALRY.
List of Company "B," 3rd Kentucky Cavalry: Captain, Albert G. Bacon; Captain, Robert H. King; Lieutenant, John J. Roberts; Sergeant, Baxter P. Gray; Sergeant, G. S. Innis; Sergeant, Walter W. Winter; Sergeant, Bunnias Malcomb; Corporals, Charles B. Wallace, Robert Innis, John Church, William Campbell, Thomas W. Hoekinsmith; Privates, Sal- mon Harlow, Solomon Steele, Samuel MeCurdy, Alexander Cohen, Turner Rogers, John Abrahams, John F. Clubbe, Geo. Fleming, Oliver H. P. Garnett, Thaddeus Hawkins, Allen K. Prime, Thomas Petty, David Rogers, John Steele, Hugh Tyler, Edward A. Wallace, Wm. Wells, Hiram Shannon, Willis Roach.
Company "C," 9th Kentucky : Robert L. Henry, Chas. F.
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Fleming, John L. Dailey, Chas. M. Christopher, Jacob N. Boots, John C. Baker, Preston Bramlett, Edward FF. Bacon, Wister Bolden, Wm. H. Christopher, Mason B. Christopher, Thomas F. Fightmaster, Willis II. Hosler, Cassius M. Hall, David C. Hoover, James A. Hardin, Edward Hudson, Thomas S. Hosler, Alexander C. Henry, Preston Hampton, Thomas W. Han- cock, Lucien B. Hawkins, James W. Kinkade, Franklin R. Moss, John C. MeGinnis, William B. Newton, Henry J. New- ton, John Newton, Wm. H. Oliver, Geo. M. Perry, John K. Pallett, Robert H. Pallett, Albert N. Smith, Bush Sacra, Reuben Wallace, Leander Wise, James Wise, Wirt Yancy, Angus Mc- Mullen, Ashley Buffin, Jr., Thomas T. Saterwhite, deserted.
COMPANY "E" 9TH KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS.
Captains, Henry J. Sheets, James R. Page ; Lieutenants, Thomas Mahoney, Thomas M. Page, Richard II. Parrent; Sergeants, Wm. H. Stanley, John B. Dryden, George Finnell, Wm. H. Hutcherson, John W. Daniels, Jessie Whitehouse, John B. Richardson, Richard H. Mitchell; Privates, Gibson F. Graham, William Lillis, Daniel Shechan, John Conner, John Harrod, Richard Bradley, Richard Gaines, Joseph Bohannon, Wm. Duke, Francis Goins, Robert Agee, Benjamin Armstrong, Wm. Brown, Daniel Burchfield, Andrew Bureh- field, Fielding Bransom, Dennis Burns, John H. Bohannon, Benjamin Brown, Morris Caples, James Conner, William Craik, Henderson Crutchfield, John W. Cox, Richard Ent- wistle, Walter Flarity, Bartholomew Fisher, Presley O. Gaines, Squire Hicks, James M. Holder, William Hutcherson, Henry Hogan, Peter Ilarmon, David Kirkpatrick, Charles Mitchell, Henry Masters, Chas. II. Moss, Hawkins G. Mitchell, Brac- zellear B. Morris, Elisha M. Merchant, William McCauliff . Alexander McEwan, Manlius T. Mitchell, Robert Owens, Andrew J. Polley, Joseph T. Prime, John Sheehan, Chas. P. Shea, John Sullivan, Thomas Tully, Joseph Vogt, Richard Vaughn, William Watkins, John S. Williams, Benjamin M. Jolly, John Dean, Charles Snellen, Joshua Warren, Samuel Armstrong, William T. Alexander, Sandford Goins, John W.
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Peiffer ; Deserters, Willis Sheets, Thomas Gayle, David Hock- insmith, John W. Hancock and Thomas Tooly.
ROLL OF FEDERAL VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
COMPANY "A" 22ND KENTUCKY.
William Gainey, William H. Milam, William T. Walls. COMPANY "F" 22ND KENTUCKY.
Captain Daniel Garrard, Jr., killed at Chickasaw Bluffs. Captain, William W. Bacon; Lieutenants, William H. Sneed and Richard F. Frayne ; Corporals, David C. Bledsoe and Ben- jamin Merchant; Privates. Henry Cecil, John F. Henderson, Cornelius MeCarty, Jeremiah Tyre, Geo. W. Willis, Thomas E. West, John West, Chas. Boucher, Henry K. Brawner, Har- rison Cohorn, Theodore F. C. Polk, Charles Shaw, Wiley Smith, John Seal, Charles Rossen, Orlando Brown, Jr., Wil- liam Bledsoe, John Buffin, Dennis Bergin, James Baldwin, John B. Campbell, James Hollywood, James Lunsford, Enoch Marshall, Christopher Merchant, Nathan Nolan, Joseph North, Geo. B. Pitman, Byran J. Quin, Joseph W. Roberts. Alexander Snelling, James A. Shea, James T. Shaw, Leonard L. Wells, Joseph Montgomery, Geo. W. Feitmaster, Robert Semones, Geo. W. Merchant, John Walker: Deserters, Alexander Burns, Daniel Smither, Reuben West.
COMPANY "I" OF 22ND KENTUCKY.
Captains, Frank A. Estep and William K. Gray; Privates, James Linton, Peter Brawner, John R. Gore, Isaac C. Mitchell, Spillman C. Owens, Hiram Shannon, Jacob Swigert, Jr .. Frank Updike, John B. Walker, Edward B. Coleman. John B. Veach, James M. Pearson, Henry R. Bradley. Geo. W. Crumbaugh, Litz Combs, John M. Gayle, Leonard Striff, John Sullivan, Geo. W. Tweedie, Samuel F. Eperson, John R. Burke, Geo. W. Chinn, Henry Gergle, John Hoppell, Robert Hatcher, Charles
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Marshall, William Howe, Thomas Abrahams; Deserters, Gco. W. Easly, Jessie Gibson.
ROSTER OF CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS IN THE RE- BELLION FROM FRANKLIN COUNTY.
CAVALRY-COMPANY "C" 9TH KENTUCKY-MORGAN'S COMMAND.
Lieutenant, A. J. Church; A. W. Macklin, T. B. Wilkin- son, George Wilkinson, Terry Freeman, Thomas Freeman, Mason B. Lucas, T. W. Scott, Joel E. Scott, Joseph Bell, Jack Ilead, Moffett Crutcher, Louis Crutcher, William Crutcher, killed at Columbia; E. O. Hawkins, W. Price, W. H. Church, Robt. C. Church, Frank Chinn, Thomas E. Dailey, Ed. Mc- Laughlin, Dan Hodges, Geo. Holloway, Geo. Scarce, John Sheets, William Sheets, Ben Sheets, William Updike, Ben Hockersmith, Theo. Ilockersmith, Jessie Hockersmith, Robert Sheets, Wheeler Winter, John Bryant, John A. Lewis, W. J. Lewis, John Howe, John Harrod, James Harp, Merrett Wil- liams, Jessie Tillett, Black Mitchell, Thomas Hopper, Joe Gib- son, Joseph French, Sidney French, Robert Jones, William Duvall, Byron Montgomery, Aquilla Talbott, Howard Stead- man, Loyd Wingate, Cyrus Wingate, Dr. Ben Duvall, Sur- geon.
FRANKLIN COUNTY MEN IN CONFEDERATE INFANTRY.
INFANTRY-COMPANY "E" 4TH KENTUCKY.
Major Thomas B. Monroe, killed at Shilo; Reg. Surgeon, Preston B. Scott; Captain, Ben J. Monroe, killed at Shilo; Lieutenant, George B. Burnley, killed; Lieutenants, Isham T. Dudley, Robert A. Thompson; R. L. Russell, Thomas T. Price, Sam W. Shannon, Alfred Clark, George W. Lawler, W'm. T. Price, S. S. Stringfellow, Ben Baxter, John T. Card- well, Joe Cole, James G. Crockett, Cornelius Duvall, J. K. Exum, Dan C. Graves, John J. Graves, killed at Chickamauga ; W. W. Hawkins, killed at Chickamauga; Dennis Haly, Wm.
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Howe, W. H. Hieronymous, Chas. Howe, Dodridge A. Jett, died in prison ; W. L. Jett, Dennis McSweeney, Frank A. Mon- roe, Jessie R. Middleton, Wm. W. Menzies, John W. Miller, Andrew J. Witt, William J. Watkins.
COMPANY "K" 5TH INFANTRY.
Captain, W. D. Acton, Lieutenants, J. T. Gaines, D. S. Crockett, J. C. Robb; H. S. Green, Ben F. Rogers, James Yount, William Ellis, Neill Hackett, Felix Long, James B. McQueen, N. L. Moore, James D. Moore, William M. Robb, John Roberts, Alex Sheets, Presley Sandford, Jerry Spaulding, J. K. Tracy, Jacob Williams, W. W. Wright, James Lowery, Jack Pattie, C. H. Menzies, James McQueen, Tom Hawkins, William G. Crutcher, William Glore, Ben Hickman, Henry Marshall, Lewis Moore, Thomas Powers, Harry Roberts, Sam Sheets, W. N. Shelton, John W. Smith, Jerry Tracy, Henry White, James Wright.
COMPANY "G" 6TH INFANTRY.
Ben F. Dickerson.
COMPANY "A" 2ND INFANTRY.
John A. Scott, Surgeon; A. G. Montgomery, Thompson Scroggins, John S. Stout, Samuel S. Willson, Pias Pulliam.
COMPANY "B."
William H. Duvall, Marine Duvall.
COMPANY "C."
George Sebree.
COMPANY "E."
J. T. Atkins, Walter Bradley, F. M. Chambers, John Crutcher, Andrew Carter, Robert Carter, J. W. Cunningham, W. C. Church, Joseph Dailey, Willis Hensley, E. P. Mershon, John W. Payne, James Plasters, John Pulliam, J. W. Robinson,
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Sam Sheets, Ben Sheets, John T. Sebree, J. O. Sebree, George Sebree, Robert Sebree, Ben Wright.
COMPANY "H."
Alex G. Brawner, Thomas P. Brawner.
COMPANY "T."
Lieutenant, S. S. Collins; John P. Aubrey, Ben F. Brown, E. J. Collins, Geo. W. Cheney, James Paxton.
Dr. Wm. C. Sneed died November 20, 1862. For twenty- five years he was a successful practitioner at Frankfort. He stood high in his profession and he was known as a man of in- tegrity and honor. He contributed many valuable articles to the leading medical journals of the country. For some time he was president of the State Medical Society. His history of the Kentucky penitentiary was so well written that the Ken- tucky Legislature had it published at the expense of the State.
Hon. James Harlan died at his home in Frankfort, Feb- ruary 18, 1863. Hle was the father of Justice John M. Harlan. He was Attorney General of the State for many years and was one of the most prominent lawyers and politicians in the State. He was elected to the U. S. Congress, where he at- tained high rank. He was afterwards Secretary of State, At- torney General and District Attorney of the United States, which position he held at the time of his death. He was a man of distinguished ability.
One of the greatest men, if not the very greatest man, who ever claimed Frankfort as his home, was the Hon. John Jordon Crittenden, who died at his residence in Frankfort, on July 26th, 1863.
"The Commonwealth" said of him, "Thus has passed from the earth the last of the great men of post-revolutionary times, who kept alive, in the presence of the whole world the great truth that man was capable of self-government. He sur- vived his illustrious compeers, Clay, Calhoun and Webster and at the time of his death did not leave his equal behind him in
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the Nation and scarcely in the world itself. In all that con- stitutes true greatness he had no superior. Great without am- bition for place or prominence. Patriotic without any selfish inducements, brave, virtuous and self-denying, from the in- stincts of his nature he was the model of a citizen, a patriot and a gentleman. The great Kentuckian is dead. Millions of Americans, both North and South, will hear this announce- ment with profoundest sorrow, while to his own native Ken- tucky the news will come with a sadness that will make her feel as if she stood alone in the blast to mourn the loss of her well beloved son."
The Governor issued a proclamation dated at Frankfort, July 27th, in which he said: "When a great man dies a Nation mourns. Such an event has occurred in our midst, in the death of the Hon. John J. Crittenden. Kentucky's longest tried statesman in her public service, a man faithful to every trust, one who has added, by his talents and character, to the fame of the Nation and has pre-eminently advanced the glory and honor of his native Kentucky. It is fit and proper that all testimonies of respect and affection should be paid his remains by all in authority as well as by private citizens. I therefore earnestly request that all places of business shall be closed on Wednesday next, from the hours of 10 o'clock in the morning until 5 in the afternoon and hereby direct all the public offices in Frankfort to be closed during the entire day, and I appoint Gen. John W. Finnell, Col. James H. Garrard and Col. Orlando Brown a committee to make suitable arrangements for the funeral.
By the Governor.
J. F. ROBINSON.
D. C. WICKLIFFE, Secretary of State.
Hon. John Jordon Crittenden was born in Woodford - County in 1786. He was educated at Washington Academy and William and Mary's College in Virginia. He studied law with the Hon. George M. Bibb and commenced to practice the profession at Russellville, Ky. In 1811 he was elected to rep-
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resent Logan County in the Kentucky Legislature. He served six terms from that county; the last term as Speaker. Dur- ing his last year in the Legislature from Logan County, he was elected to the United States Senate, and was the youngest member of that body. He moved to Frankfort in 1819. Ile was elected to represent Franklin County in the Kentucky Legislature in 1825-29-30-31 and 1832. He was the recog- nized leader of the Old Court party in the controversy between the Old and the New Court. In 1835 he was re-elected to the United States Senate and he remained there until President Harrison appointed him Attorney General of the United States. After the death of Mr. Harrison, he resigned and was elected to fill out the unexpired term of Henry Clay in the Federal Senate. In 1843 he was re-elected to the Senate but resigned in 1848 to make the race for Governor. He also resigned the position of Governor in order to accept the appointment of U. S. Attorney General, under President Fillmore. After the ex- piration of his term he was again elected to the Federal Senate. He was serving his second term as a member of the lower House of Congress, from the Ashland District, at the time of his death. He was the recognized leader of the Peace party, and he did all that he could to prevent the war between the States. As a man he was loved and honored, and as a states- man he was held in reverence by the people of his State and Nation.
In 1863 H. M. Bedford was elected to represent the county in the Kentucky Legislature, and II. B. Innis was elected Sheriff. In November, Gen. D. W. Lindsey was ap- pointed Inspector General of Kentucky, which gave him the rank of Major General and Acting Commander of all of the military forces of the State.
During the summer of 1863 Knight's bridge across Elk- horn was built by John Gault, contractor.
In 1864 Harry B. Innis was re-elected Sheriff, John R. Graham was elected School Commissioner, and William Craik was appointed Jailer in the place of R. HI. Miller, resigned. In the month of August guerrillas became troublesome in the county. On the 22nd they went to John Steadman's store at
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Steadmantown and took what they wanted; they also went to the house of Zachery Lewis and made a search for money. They took a horse from Lawson Noel and terrorized many other citizens. One of the guerrillas was known to be Hugh Harrod, a deserter from the company of Capt. R. B. Taylor, and probably all of them were deserters from the Union Army.
On January 24th, 1865, a band, commanded by & man named Taylor, was at Bridgeport and robbed the store, and citizens indiscriminately, and the following night the samo band visited and robbed Farmer's store at Farmdale.
By order of Steve Burbridge, on the afternoon of Novem- ber 2, 1864, eight men were brought from Lexington to Frank- fort, and on that same afternoon four of them were taken to a vacant lot in South Frankfort, corner of Todd and Shelby streets, and shot in retaliation for the death of a man named Graham, who was killed at Peak's Mill. On the 3rd, the other four were taken to New Castle and executed for the two negroes who were killed there by John Marshall.
The official returns of the Presidential election in 1864, show that Lincoln was not popular in Franklin County as a presidential candidate. He received 253 votes and MeClellen received 689 in the County.
O. G. Cates died on May 10, 1865. He was a resident of Frankfort for many years. He was a lawyer of ability. Dur- ing the administration of Gov. Owsley, he was appointed At- torney General of Kentucky and served with distinction. He was afterwards President of the Board of Internal Improve- ments, which office he filled with fidelity to the State and honor to himself. He was buried in the Frankfort cemetery.
On June 12, 1865, an explosion of a locomotive boiler oc- eurred at the Frankfort station, which caused the instant death of three men and the injury of ten others, six of whom were fatally injured. The station was almost a total wreck, the walls were knocked down and the roof torn to pieces. The sand box fell through the roof of Mrs. Campbell's residence on the north side of the street, and several other houses were ma- terially damaged. Those who were instantly killed were, Wil- liam Brown, of Frankfort; William Carroll, of Lexington, and
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Louis Pumphry, of Louisville. Those who afterwards died from the effects of the injuries were John Henderson, Jr .; a young son of John E. Miles; Mike Fox; a soldier by the name of Kelly; J. W. Hunter and a boy named Cornelius. The cause of the explosion was never satisfactorily explained.
In 1865, James Harlan, Jr., was elected to represent the county ; Richard A. Bohannon was elected Jailer and Stephen D. Morris, County Attorney. In October of that year, seven convicts made their escape from the Frankfort penitentiary. They put a ladder to the top of the wall and told the guard that they had been ordered to do so by the foreman, and in that way made their escape.
On Wednesday, November 22, 1865, the public building in which were situated the Governor's office, the Secretary of State, and the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, was destroyed by fire. The fire originated in the Appellate Clerk's office and the entire contents of that office were destroyed. All of the official and public documents in the office of the Governor and Secre- tary of State, together with the Governor's private law library and practically every thing else in those two offices were saved. The money loss was large, but the loss of records were of small consideration.
In 1866 gas mains were laid in South Frankfort and that section`of the city was supplied with gas.
The oil portrait of Henry Clay, which hung in the Legis- lative hall of the Old Capitol for about half a century, was painted by William Fry, of Huntsville, Alabama. It is a full portrait of the "great commoner," life size, 7x11, and it is in every respect a fine painting. The likeness is good both in features and expression of the face and in the general appear- ance and attitude. "The noble figure stands out in bold relief upon the canvas as if endowed with life and animation, still charming and thrilling an audience with his golden and burn- ing words."
Col. Robt. H. King died at his home in Frankfort, on June 9, 1866. He was Colonel of the 3rd Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry. He enlisted in the Union Army as First Lieutenant, in Capt. Albert G. Bacon's company, which was raised in
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Franklin County; on the death of Capt. Bacon, at Sacramento, Lieut. King became Captain. He was afterwards commissioned as Major, and later as Lieutenant Colonel and afterwards breveted Colonel for gallant and meritorious conduct. He com- manded a brigade in Sherman's "ride to the sea." Col. King possessed fine talents. He was a genial, social and gallant gen- tleman and was greatly loved by those who knew him. "He passed through the war unharmed, but early in the days of peace and in early manhood he fell a victim to that insidious foo which destroys more men than pestilence and war and which produces more sorrow than all other evils combined. He was buried in the Frankfort cemetery with military honors. The pall-bearers were Maj .- Gen. Thos. L. Crittenden, Gen. D. W. Lindsey, Brig .- Gen. George W. Monroe, Gen. John M. Har- lan, Lieut .- Col. James T. Bramlette, Maj. James R. Page, Maj. John M. Bacon and Sergeon J. T. Hatchitt.
On May 7, 1866, a colored boy by the name of Charles made a criminal assault on a small white girl seven years of age. That night the negro was taken from the jail by a mob and hung. The hanging was done without any excitement or disorder. A merited punishment was sternly and speedily ad- ministered, an example was set which has been closely followed for half a century and which ought to be a sufficient warning to the negro race, and the white too, as for that matter, that the women and girls of Franklin County must be protected. During the half century which the negro has been free, not one of them has ever been tried in Franklin County by a legally constituted court for criminal assault, and doubtless during the next half century not one of them will be so tried. Such crimes arouse a natural indignation and the general public de- mands an immediate execution of the criminal, with the idea. that in order to thoroughly and effectively eradicate such crimes the punishment must not only be certain and severe. but it must also be speedily administered. On the night of January 30, 1868, a negro by the name of Jim Macklin, who had committed an assault on a young white woman near the State Arsenal, and had thrown her body down the embank- ment near the tunnel, was taken from the Frankfort jail and
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