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the salt, both herself and the child would be allowed to perish. Sargeant N. 15. ]). Jay, of Capt. Reynolds* company, andut. It. M. !' «: ci assisted U oil UiCtl IIIthe execution of these hellish outrages. All kinds of property was destroyed orcaniedoff.In April last, Jesse Price, an old man sixty years of age, two sons and two nephews, were arrested in Johnson county, Tenn-nessee, bordering on Virginia, by Col. Fouke’s cavalry, composed of Tennessee! and North Caaolina men. They were taken to Ash county, North Carolina, to be tried for disloyalty to Jefferson Dsvis Co. The old man had been previously arrested, taken to Knoxville, tried, and acquitted.When the five prisoners arrived in Ash county, a groggery keeper proposed to treat Fouke’s men to eight gallons of brandy if the}' would hang the old man, his sons and nephews, without a trial. The bargain was struck, and the live unfortunate men were hanged without any further ceremony. The brandy was furnished, and some of it drank before the tragedy—the rest after- jFIVE MEN Ul’NG
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Bellows Falls Times
Bellows Falls, Vermont, US
Fri, Jul 31, 1863
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