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AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS 229
upon the people of your state and your chief executive.
So I will bid you good-bye."
I returned to Jacksonport and rejoined my com-
mand and marched directly to West Plains. There my
men bid each other goodbye and returned to their
homes, hoping that this thing of war would be over
forever.
On my arrival home I found, to my great surprise, a
new political organization, composed of men who styled
themselves Liberal Republicans, and democrats and rebels;
and through some of the most vicious and unprincipled
rebels, they charged me with being a thief and a mur-
derer. My friends came to me and requested that I at
once institute suits of slander against them, for they
knew that it was false from beginning to end. During
the intervening time they had called an indignation
meeting and publicly denounced me as a thief and mur-
derer. I instituted a civil suit for slander against all
persons who took part in said indignation meeting. I
also instituted suit against one other man on the same
charge. The county of Howell at that time, especially
the judicial circuit, was presided over by a judge, who
was an extreme democrat. The defence made applica-
tion to the judge for a change of venue from this judi-
cial circuit; he ordered the change sent to Laclede county,
to the city of Lebanon, before Judge Fian. The defence
then set about taking depositions. I was notified to meet
them in Sharp county at Evening Shade for the purpose of
taking depositions. When we met at Evening Shade
they commenced hunting around for witnesses to prove
their charges, but failed to find a single one. But every
person they interviewed touching the charges declared
that they were false and that Colonel Monks enforced
discipline over his men while he was in their state and
Object Description
| Title | History of southern Missouri and northern Arkansas : being an account of the early settlements, the Civli War, the Ku-Klux and times of peace |
| Author | Monks, William, 1830-1913 |
| Description | An autobiography of Colonel William Monks |
| Subject.LCSH |
Guerrillas -- Ozark Mountains -- Biography Missouri -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 Arkansas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Underground movements Missouri -- History -- 19th century Arkansas -- History -- 19th century Howell County (Mo.) -- History United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives |
| Coverage | United State -- Missouri |
| Source | West Plains, Mo. : West Plains Journal Co., 1907 |
| Language | English |
| Date.Original | 1907 |
| Date.Digital | [2003] |
| Type |
Books and pamphlets |
| Format | JPEG |
| Collection Name | Civil War in Missouri - Monographs |
| Editorial Note | All blank pages have been eliminated |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Digital Library Production Services |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact contributing institution for information. |
| Contributing Institution |
University of Missouri--Columbia. Libraries |
| Copy Request | Contact Ellis Library Special Collection, University of Missouri - Columbia at (573) 882-0076 or email: SpecialCollections@missouri.edu |
Description
| Title | civk000030p0229 |
| Description | AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS 229 upon the people of your state and your chief executive. So I will bid you good-bye." I returned to Jacksonport and rejoined my com- mand and marched directly to West Plains. There my men bid each other goodbye and returned to their homes, hoping that this thing of war would be over forever. On my arrival home I found, to my great surprise, a new political organization, composed of men who styled themselves Liberal Republicans, and democrats and rebels; and through some of the most vicious and unprincipled rebels, they charged me with being a thief and a mur- derer. My friends came to me and requested that I at once institute suits of slander against them, for they knew that it was false from beginning to end. During the intervening time they had called an indignation meeting and publicly denounced me as a thief and mur- derer. I instituted a civil suit for slander against all persons who took part in said indignation meeting. I also instituted suit against one other man on the same charge. The county of Howell at that time, especially the judicial circuit, was presided over by a judge, who was an extreme democrat. The defence made applica- tion to the judge for a change of venue from this judi- cial circuit; he ordered the change sent to Laclede county, to the city of Lebanon, before Judge Fian. The defence then set about taking depositions. I was notified to meet them in Sharp county at Evening Shade for the purpose of taking depositions. When we met at Evening Shade they commenced hunting around for witnesses to prove their charges, but failed to find a single one. But every person they interviewed touching the charges declared that they were false and that Colonel Monks enforced discipline over his men while he was in their state and |
| Source | A History of Southern Missouri and Northern Arkansas |
| Type | Books and monographs |
| Format | JPEG |
| Identifier | civk000030p0229.jpg |
| Collection Name | Civil War in Missouri - Monographs |
| Editorial Note | All blank pages have been eliminated |
| Publisher.Digital | University of Missouri Digital Library Production Services |
| Rights | These pages may be freely searched and displayed. Permission must be received for subsequent distribution in print or electronically. Please contact koppk@umsystem.edu for more information. |
| Copy Request | Contact Ellis Library special collection at: SpecialCollections@missouri.edu |
