| Show THE ATTACK ON ELDEE ELDER ALEXANDER fulz FUZZ PARTI particular CULAW OF THE this thia morning we received a call from elder samuel J parrish Par rish riah of centreville Cen treville who arrived last night from chattanooga having accompanied elder john alexander TA T lexander lately injured by a mob la in georgia from that point the affair occurred on the eastern border of gordon county between Plains plainsville naville ville and adairsville half hait a mlle mile from the house of a brother named reed beed brother alexander was walt wait laitine inix for the arrival of his traveling companion e ion elder wilson and on the alst aist day of may wai walking along the main road when three men armed and masked stepped out of the woods wooda by the roadside they asked him if he was one 0 those mormon preachers he replied that he was they ordered him to go into the wood re he gup sup supposed posed poRed they intended to with hickory withes after going into in to the forest about fifty yards he halted and declined to go any further at this juncture one of the brutal fellows kicked him causing h him im to fall forward upon his hands while he was down and hei hel helpless plus another of the cowardly ruffians kicked him heavily in the lower part of the left side bide causing a painful and bevere severe internal injury he jay breathless and helpless for several moments yno ino ments and as soon as aass he recovered so as to be abe able to move inove no ne regained hla his feet and aimed a blow with his bis flat fist at the fellow who kicked him but missed him they then ordered him to proceed about one hundred and fifty yards further into toto the dorest arter alter going mae mac distance he stopped and declined to go any further tho the brave fellow saying if I 1 am going to die I 1 would just as soon die hore horn as any where they asked him if he had anything to say before his death he replied by asking their reason for wishing to murder him using a blasphemous las lap P bemo expression they said if w we donet doutt donl dont kill you youil come back again if you have anything to say say it quickly he replied if emust I 1 die twill I 1 will wili offer a few words of prayer which he be then did while the weapons of tho the men were leveled upon him As soon as he concluded his prayer brother alexander closed hib his eyes and folded his aress arms armb feeling that hla hib last moment had arrived and cerfee perfectly fly resigned to what appeared to be his hla inevitable fate at the same time that he assumed this attitude the three fired simultaneously and he instantly fell and became in when he recovered consciousness he got upon his hands and knees and looked about abour but his assailants had departed depart edno no one being near he made his way to the road and finally reached the house of brother lafayette reed beed but hardly knew how he got there when he reached it be fell down exhausted one bullet passed through the crown of his hat which being low crowned his hla escape from death was apparently by a hairs hairsbreadth breadth another ball apparently aimed at hib his heart passed close to that organ going through his clochin clothing ahdout and out towards the backon baek back on t the a left side his companion elder wilson lV ilson reached him tho the samo night and proceeded next nest morning to haywood hay wood branch branca to inform elder parrish of what had occurred the injured man was conveyed to haywood in a carriage by a local brother named barber and elder parrish Par nish niah As he gradually became weaker after two days stay there he was taken to chattanooga by elder parrish where he stopped until advices advises were received from elder morgan bl organ to leave for home he stood the trip very fairly and today to day feels somewhat improved being able to sit up ho he resides in tho the loth yard sard |
