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The Daily Dispatch: November 17, 1862., [Electronic resource], A Bloody Leaf in the history of this War--ten lives for one. (search)
dare (?) to carry out the threat. The ten days elapsed, and no tidings came of Allsman. It is not our intention to dwell at length upon the details of this transaction. The tenth day expired with last Friday. On that day ten rebel prisoners, already in custody, were selected to pay with their lives the penalty demanded. The names of the men selected were as follows: Willis Baker, Lewis county; Thos. Numston, Lewis county; Morgan Dixler, Lewis county; Herbert Hudeen, Ralls county; Jno. M. Wade, Ralls county; Marion Lair, Ralls county; Captain Thomas A Suider, Monroe county; Eleanor Lake, Scotland county; Miram Smith, Knox county. These parties were informed on Friday evening that unless Mr. Allsman was returned to his family by 1 o'clock on the following day, they would all be shot at that hour. Most of them received the announcement with composure or indifference. A little after 11 o'clock A. M., the next day, three Government wagons drove to the jail. One containe