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ate.thsc?aP-s-TS50Lifir.^t visit, for consultation^ upon all tiiroa ? I serve, 11 iust. heart or any chronic disease, at the | lips otWarner House, during Tuesday, the 14tli ot ^ 31 ymdefrDR. V. CLARENCE PRICE. *VscfccnDetails of the Murder'of Gen-Joseph Bailey, Sheriff of Vernon County, Missouri.Illm■c,inJvCorrespondence.of the Milwaukee Sentinel.Foiit Scott, Kan., March 30, I8G7* Yon have no doubt heard before this of the murder of Getn .Joscnh JJailev, burknown the interest you feel in obtaining the lulllt;ToSOitn;So ditadjr-.usisiinineh•S3-be nd tli: hirer •lo iehsCSparticulars, 1 send yon such as arc known here. Gen., Bailey, at the close oi the war, purchased a farm and saw-mill in \ crnon county, Mo., near the Kansas line, and dc: teraiincd. to make that. his,future home — Moving Ins family down some time-last summer, he soon attracted the attention of all ins neigh tors by displaying the same enemy and pcrscrveranec in private-life that won for nnu while in the army the thanks of Congress and. his vapid promotion. At the election last fall'the voters of Vernon county insisted on electing him to fill the important office oi ’’heriff which at the present time is no sine-• x. -1. _ -Kill li*it: rrvATn-cure, owing .to the litigation which has mownmade 1 sot im say ;Fi hi iin c den of dc lot, eeptin he war Adam I toic}locllomgouge an he i he tolc hie nm winter visit in self in and In apples dctri’s 1 bil sayhe m- ike ;eo lilealas t et.m-hem, c s-:hety,:ig,bvof the war, and tlio presence of all kinds of people, civilians, soldiers (Union and rebel,) bushwhackers, e., returned to live to--gether in a country never thickly settled, andwhich, during the war,, was entirely deserted.Gen. Bailey performed the duties of his office with a restless energy and a during that- bordered on rashness. • Only the other day lie exchanged shots with a bushwhacker, whose, horse he finally captured, and a few days before that he disarmed two'men, who-threatened liis life if he attempted it. _On Tuesdav afternoon, writs were placed •in his hands for the arrest of two men namedPixley (bushwhackers) who lived a few miles from Nevada. Several gentlemen offered to accompany him, but lie declined assistance aiid started alone, expecting to begone about three hours. lie reached the place, iound.» i . *1 1 x . ■■■% I Vi Ii tTde he?apple, away, miss t Adam * Non _ say Whim ]■ Lor o; again Lor Si tolc li So dc de fct -your'tax/ass 2sthe men, and they agreed to go with him if lid borrow saddles for their .horses,150es-:cdMici'ikldrMOofiniwosh-\Vin-ho;enVO'they eon.- ------ .but refused to give up their anus, ^t;uing that thev hud never been disarmcu ana wo a not be. 4 Not fearing imy treachery. thcUcn. consented to the arrangement, They went to a ncdirhboring house, borrowed the saudi es and ytartcd for town. When last seen they were riding abreast and apparently on the best of term?. Not returning as expected,OnlI to edmsrthosome of bis friends rode down to the place where he was last seen, and then returning, found the dead body of the General lying in a ravine near the road, having been kiiiea by si shot in the back of the neck, the ball ranging downward. His horse, arms and several hundred dollars in money were missing, and the only trace of the murderers was found at u ford about four miles distant, where a saddle cloth had slipped off the horse of the deceased. iParties are out lurmsho.a with means and orders to hunt till they find th.env. The re-vjivds offered amount to about $5,000. bodv was vesterdav brought to this place for burial, ace!. after ’an impressive funeral service in the Presbyterian church, the remains were followed to their last resting place by a iur«( concourse of citizens, and by the Masonic fiatensitv, cf which order he was a member. And so ends the life of another Wisconsin soldier.IHaECWJ5SCIKKn tr k tt a ti t ti nin T A T
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Sparta Eagle
Sparta, Wisconsin, US
Wed, Apr 24, 1867
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