New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-10-27
KANSAS.
JUDGE LYNCH IN PARKVILLE.
my company,


PlRKvILLr, Mo-. THURSDAY, o.. Is, 1855.
Her the American hotel, Kansas CRY, yesterday a,
noon crossed the ver In ferry with my horse, and
roce on the State side Of tho muddy Niseouri" 70
the CITY Of Parkvs The road runs along tho foot Of
the bluffs through heavily tiubefed suo thokly under
wooded low lan6s which are often overlooked whes
the SHOWS melt in the mountains, or heavy rams swell
The Missouri and lis tributary streams. lhtfe Is very
little cultivated land along ths road. The bl0fs are
rather .co preciptous for agricultural PURPOSES, a.
long AZ leai' Other lands can be purch cheapy
ara the low ground beside being liable to nundaton.
only awaits the scuon Of ne ploS 10 produce heavy
crop OF eseases Ii is rich, though; and some day
will Weld sn abundant harvest.
On the other sde-the Kansas roal 10 Parsvne--
tie and Is billy, 'isp, heavily imberod, and we'll
wstesed. It is the Wyandotte Rsssrve. Walnut,
white burr 3 REQ oak elm, cot on wood Snd pecan
constitute the Forest. T. 10 ten niis to Kansas
City BY the territorial road, and about rine on tho
State sce
srrived IL Plrkviue shortly at or o'clock.
Intended 10 stay hodG sLd then start for Leave,-
worth.
In waking through the town, paragraph hunting,
saw a crowd OF about twenty men arouua tie door Of
Col Summers off e. The colonel Is q justice Of tho
peace. OF r'aise drew nigh.
Hullo Mir B." exclaimed voice nom ,he
crowd, here : an item lor youi
/. was Nr \ ais OF The Southern Dcslocrdt, tae
successor of Tie PdykriRe Lam,nary.
After the usual salu,a,ors he informed ma that IA
Epllsbnau zane Joseph Atkinson, had been arrested
by bic honor Judge Lyi ch charged with attempting to
run off negro girl, aud that the crowd awaiting
The arrival oi viii before deciding nos 10 punsh
u sccused
looked into the Office to see the tar-snd-feathsr.
doom ca Individual There at least fifteen persons
ia the room, which hsd the ordinary appearance OF .
Justices office with green table before the nags-
tIates 81 ak, homemade iibrarycase with sheepskin
bound volumes on its shelves IN one corner locked
closet or bureau 10 another; forms around the room
close TO The wall ana he usual unswept appearances
of offices in eenera scrutiniZed the iaCes Ut every
one usde but sigDaly failed 10 recognize the prisoner.
Atkinson WAS pointed out to mo. He was sitting on
low form, leaning slightly forward, his legs apart,
vbuhIg BIS cap between taem round add Toued, 10
his HANDS He KEEP, up, also, very vigorous chew
in sns eXpectorstDg process. But DO one would
have suspected the critical condition he was placed
from bis air or cOanteneoce. never saw man mors
app arenly unc0ncerncd.
He was a fair-coupleyioned blue.eyed firmly knit
"a her stupid.looking man. about twenty-five years OF
age He - q rope usker py trade, and had worked
near Psrkvlls for FIVE or six weeks pas,.
l. appel ar. that he had tried To induce negro gin,
sale to be the property Of widow Hoy, but employed
by Mr.. Dale Of thu place. to go with hin TO ST. LOUIS
where he proposed TO spend the Winter with her and
then take her TO free state. The girl AGREED 70 20,
bat wished him 10 take coOre1 couple, friends OF
heIs along with them. He did not seem 20 Ike the
proposition, but finally sgreed 10 DO 30 The day OF
h.ht hyed The oolored ros clothes, 1t is ssid,
we're already pscked up They lntesdod 10 start o,
Saturday; bat the secIet 10 the of Negro
boy osncd by Mr. Hoy, 20 whom the colored coupls
s-o belonged, and be diyrged it TO his boss, who in
aca:oly cot a committee of nvestig alton organized
10 watch the white man and procure evidence agans.
him ron the negroes Implicated in the affair." Akin.
son mistress aud two others 10 whom the secret vas
known, but who had kept IL from the white folks,
were privately whipped and Questioned til they coa'
iessed all that they knew.
The committee 0finves'iya ton-cOnsistingo OF hiessls
J. " sllace T. Tolsou John Bird. Patrick Cooper N.
PCmbertoD, Col. Summers. MBj. Jesse Summers, Wn
Hoy, Col. +. Burns, j. Gilltr, }. Hughes, aud f.
HeDsbsw, all men Of property aud high social stand
..lI a. and in fEs Ignty
psroIod the street for two nights, koepDg watch GA
Atkinson and the girls Tney finally arrested aad
slerrly Intercepted hiD. He gave contradictory &C.
counts OF his connection with the analr, but saaa
enough, in The Judgment Of the committee, 70 preyo
bis guilt
Thus the MISTER stood when ] came NJ.
After a private conyer,st.on bet zen members Of
the committee, the CROWD went inside aud seated
themselves.
Col Summers opened the meeting, BY aIludinr b
the that had ed them together. There
was a klra of properly ia this community, he said,
guaranteed 10 By the Constitution and sss which
must not be tempered With by any one. IL w1s
much property 10 Us Sc 30 many dollar and csnts-t
YVES our collars and cents IN fact and recognized?
the statutes Of Missouri and the Constitution Of the
United States. Evidence had been obtained agan&
the prisoner, be continued from negroes which agreed
with biz own statement infinitely enough 10 convince
the speaker, that Atkinson guilty. What Is to BE-
done with bin, gentlemen Shall we merely DIVE
him out Of our city, and e. him go unpunisLed, In
opposed TO faat course, gentlemen, for ore. worf
he this meeting 10 decide what 10 do wi h him.
Major Jerre Summers next called 90. Not hsy-
sided very lcug among them, he said he had D1
wpbed TO appear prominently 10 this matter; but "a
bio opinion on this subject expected be thought,
if all the committee were sstifed that ;be person H'
rested guilty Of this crime Of which he had -
doubt himself they ought TO give him cost Of ,H ssa
{ stkers snd let him 20.
SIr starns called on the COMMITTEE iudy!dGalyD
lIve their oIit.oLs as 10 the prisoners guilt.
They each declared themselves satisfied the, be was
guilty.
Ar Strns then said that IS this wss an exirs:jut'
cla case ROT provoeG for in the ststu.e.0ook Il de,
vow Ell on tbs meetlf cay Whist puushn mt ssoui1
be Hticted or TIE prsoror The president Of uS
meeting he'd suggested ihs, be be tsrred nd ieaheei
ard started out OF town.
Tie motion was secouded. Those approving
were requested 10 Hold up their hands.
Every rish: hsnd in the room except those OF Two
Pes sops tof whom the prisoner wss one WA inns
dint'ly held Up.
Sir Starns-TLe meeting hes de,iied 'bst be be
tsIred and fshefed.
Nj Hughes" And Lghfed."
Another Voice" Let's hang him; hs 100 gosd 10:
him.
Dir. S.arns-No, no, Gentlemen; tar and fea'bsring
ls CROUCH Oh negro evidence.
Some persons in the room objected 70 this resson,
steued 20 think that negro evidence IN such cases
was as good as gospel.
Capt Wallace moved that he be given fry stripes,
wLeA another person amspded by subfiita.nS sns-