NP, QD 3/15/1865

From the Quincy Dispatch (Quincy, Fla.)
 
March 15, 1865
 
Deserters Caught, Tried and Shot
   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.
   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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