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TEXAS STEMS.• — i « ■—■■■■ ,Wo were startled on last Monday moaning., wijth tlio intelligence that about twenty desperadoes from Van Zandt and adjpining counties, dressed in army clothes, had^ade a raid. on the western portion of oar county,: com-1 mitting sundry high-handed outrages^, They * had ridden into Garden Talley a(; daylight on■ Saturday morning, surrounded tile, stores, ]wc-,■ rested the clerks, and rilled the houses of whatever* they desired. We have been' in- \ formed that the party surrounded the store of . Mssrs. iSeoton Holt about daylight, broke., open the door and arrested the clerks. ■ They -took articles to the value of about $10(X Mr. Amplias Smith’d store was entered, His loss' is estimated at $75 to $100. The same party, snrronndcd his store at Jordan Saline at nigat and broke the door, entering and'domahdin^-* tke monoy which they received, and took such: articles as they desired, worth about $5Q(X They went to the house of Mr. R., whoso wife was in bed sick, with a child but a few days old, and acted iu a most rude manner, thrusting a knife into the bed clothes, greatly torry-fyiag her. Tkoy then went to the house pf Dr. Lindsay, there being no one at home but his two little sous,..under tea years of age.They pillaged the house, destroying the far-, niture and robbing it of a gold watch apd other trinkets, constituting the heirlooms of the family — at one time preparing the torch for the house. Other outrages are reported, but we shall await fuller information before^ giving them. We understand women were: grossly insulted and threatened with violence by these men.We believe Major Jewett, ia command at Canton, will hold his men responsible for suchconductSince writiug the above, we learn from Capt T. T. Gammage, jpst in from Van Zandt, that a few evenings agp two men, in army clothes, went to the houso of Judge J. B. Hubbard, arrested him, informing him that Major Jewett had ordered his arrest, which was false. He consented willingly to go, and was carried off. The next day his body was found one mile from his house, pierced by many ballets*—Tyler Reporter, April 15.'On Snnday last a squad of soldiers came in
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Galveston Flakes Daily Bulletin
Galveston, Texas, US
Wed, Apr 21, 1869
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