Show 1 ss I 1 I 1 1 Z JEFF DAVIS EXPLAINS he iowa was not captured in a aco hacop 1 skirt and wass was not treated to Any Incivility by union troops I 1 BE miss sept 9 1 to tile the F bitor of lite new york jr herald erald on oil my return after 1 si I protruded protracted ob bence from gioino I 1 received fl a slip from your jour journal nalI which I 1 enclose for 0 greater convenience in noticing its its contents almli aryam ind au augle cig at lie recent reunion of the veterans of tile fourth indiana cavalry in this city lieutenant 19 isgrigg ri of 0 the command who was igmos provost t marshal at m oll go ga at the abc time of the capt inac are of jefferson davis related the circumstances of tile the capture lie ile describes liis his participation in ili tile affair ns as follows 1 I went out to the line of my jurisdiction to receive davis two miles and a 1 lal halt from macon lie ho became my prisoner and I 1 brought him to the city in an old farm fann wagon etwas it was a vehicle with wilu a g reat deal to condemn it in the he way of it had 4 weakness eak rices all over it but sufficient clent strength to hold jefferson davis myself and his secretary tile the rebel chief sat at bc between us and over liis his lead head from it n pole fixed to the seat scat hung e tile hoop skirt calico wrapper and nn an old straw hood kiich formed his disguise when captured so jeff was wa disguised 0 yes it il is no use to question the the fact the articles of his costume hung from that pole dalls bore himself with the fortitude of a brave man in trouble lie he was courteous to me and to tile guard talked freely on every question qu but that mali rc latin to the result of the a livar when we live stopped at the llie international na lional hotel and were ngou to get out of tile wagon woon wo on cap captian ian thompson of the fourth indiana cavalry drew ins his revolver to fire at davis I 1 saw his movement struck the weapon with my arm arin and the bullet tore my coat and shirt at tho the moment davis seeing 0 thompsons Thomp sons purpose cried out for gods sake save my MV life I 1 0 got I 1 ot the prisoner 0 bojt it of I 1 the it e wagon tin and into the hotel with ith a good 0 d deal cat of alacrity after tit eliat it I 1 met divis davis at the Lous ville hotel in 1872 when lc he recognized me inc and approaching said 1 J wust must thank yott again 0 lieutenant isri Is isgrigg c ri G i 0 for savin saving in my y life lifa 1 ive vc had quite a chat about the t war thin before this I 1 hall had received 1 a I letter of thanks from him lie ile was my prisoner eight days together 0 with his wife ditt daughter ate and the commissary of his ds guard 0 these three we took into macon in an old family carria gc a jeff could not sulky as 1 a I prisoner but one could see sec that the breakie breaking of the confederacy bore C y on oil his thoughts though accustomed to see sec slander publications in ili regard to myself I 1 have read this laith no little surprise because of any foundation or pretext on oil which to build the action ic tion I 1 abrill myself of your courtesy in ili asking you to publish this seriatim refutation of the several statement of the llie story it is not true as stated that I 1 was turned over to tile the custody of denaut isgrigg ishri no and andali a bialt alf wiles miles br or any 0 oilier I 1 he r distance front from li lacon tile The troops by IA how horn r was cap inca it cd remained my guard to 31 acuti I 1 and lt a detachment of them thein accompanied tile me to fortress in ili charge 0 of their heir awa own officers offic alu erg equally untrue is it that I 1 lode with s I 1 ill tile the said Is isgrigg 1 I anti and toy my secre tary lary or with anyone else in ili llan an old firm farm wagon my illy pr ivall secretary barton S Hari jison esq now a member of tile hie liar bar of 0 f new X 6 r york was captured with me anil and rode on oil horseback to I 1 had for several days occupied anam an ambulance bu lance latice with ith my isly wife and children aud rode into macon in ili it there was no such cowardly attempt to offer insult to we me as 19 would hive been shown by hanging my iny head the OF of J clothing lottino w U aich isgrigg falsely aaers a ars I 1 lad hi d cn it at the C time of my cip turc nor did my captors obtain at the time of wy my C capture iture pt ure the hoop skirt etc milich ls Isgrig 0 rim ii describes unless they found it among tin tile tip patel taken 11 when benthe tho trunks of my iny eife ife aud and her female ser servant tant wera pillaged pilla ed on our arrival IA the colel lit in ilia ila con coil a q small body of troops in ili trout front of lite ent entrance ranLe were ere ranks f facing ahen ig I 1 got 0 t out of the iho ambula to enter tho the hotel they the presented arias anns as I 1 passed through and I 1 received tile the salute as IS an expression of tic ie feeling brave well show to 1 a I fallen foe tile the story of captain thompson ta I 1 ompson of tile the indiana cavalry 1 attempting tempting to shoot me its I 1 entered cilL ered the I 1 aa macon coil hotel is wholly Hii hillious lious and I 1 leave it to billat illat regiment 0 itself to lo repel the imputation that one of 0 its olli cers would have been e guilty of so dastardly ili an assault ass null on oil a 1 I prisoner upon that filsell the alic narrator n h hangs 1 1 9 another that I 1 met liim hill sit at tile louisville hotel in ili 1872 recognized mill him and ami thanks to lo liim hini if for or saving S my irly life and that I 1 had previously pr written letter of thanks to him I 1 have liivi not in iii the lo 10 louisville 11 is ilotti bince the alic war I 1 do not re remember ever to linvs seen or heard of this lieutenant Is issig rigg ill al any time lime or place mid find ac it I 1 ia i not true that as liu lie alleges I 1 was ci ciglio 1 0 rl days in in liis his custody or th thai I 1 li liec 1 ever written lim hint a letter of thanks I 1 remained in oil but a few hot hours I 1 rs slid and asai as sent forward to lor tres monroe the llie D of tile dav liay of ni arrival there yours respectfully 1 I q DAVIS |