| From the Quincy Dispatch (Quincy, Fla.) |
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| March 15, 1865 |
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| Deserters Caught, Tried and Shot |
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Most of the deserters who attempted to destroy the
Railroad bridge over the Aucilla river on Saturday last {on
the Pensacola & Georgia RR}, have been
caught, tried, and were probably shot at Tallahassee last evening.
Their crimes have been numerous and damming, and their punishment as
swift as it was righteous.
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As soon as the attempt on the Bridge was discovered, our
authorities were on their tract. Two were killed near the Bridge at
the start. Of the three others captured, two were run down by dogs.
One of these is Martin, a notorious character, who has committed all
sorts of depredations, and was much feared by the people of that
section. The other was Strickland, a Captain among the deserters, and
formerly an overseer on the Railroad, who had also made himself very
obnoxious. The name of the third is not known to us. Such speedy and
wholesome treatment of these desperate characters will drive their
associates out of the country or induce them to take refuge under Gen.
Lee's amnesty Proclamation.
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