Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1855-12-15
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SPECIAL Correspondence of the y. Y. Trjbpro ,

200 p bAMhhNtE, n. A ~, MONDAY Nov. gG Is
Late last night | arrived at this placo o,,
learned that tbere really was cause to arr "m'
bend serious trouble here. "rp'-
The scene Of the late tragic Occurrence u
Hickory point, a settlement some twelve = H..
southLtrom Lawreneea Lear tie Waukarnsa
River. In that settlement there arc 60
f%sTniires Of missouri ans-Pre-Slarcrv men
Ote OF these, a Mr.. Coleman. " iumned a..
cisim" he now holds, and built the horso hs
has been occupying from materials for ,%c
house of another man. Lately there has ba",
some difficulty between this Coleman and
young man named Chas. W. Dow. who had"
claim near the same place, 1t seems that
Coleman and one or TIVE of his neighbors and
friends have burned a imekiln on BOWS land
cutting the timber tEerefrom. This, of course
gave offence, and Dow prohibited them 20,
peatlng the trcspass. 1t appears, however
that they made up their minds to do so.
On last Thursday Mr.. Dow had gone totba
blacksmith shop, which is near Coleman,s resi-
dence, and while. there met with Coleman /,
appears that they left the bIacksyltb sbon f..
gether, and came along the road in comrarv
wrangIihg about the subject in 5ispnte -
While close to his house Coleman left Dow,
and the latter, after going on a few stems
heard a cap burst on a gun. INSTANTLY tpru.
ing around, he saw Coleman with a piece rro-
scented at him. He raised his hand and said
"Doift shoot - but at that instant Coleman
who had put another cap On his gun, fired
the contents, a heavy charge of buckshot
lodging in the breast of the unfortunate Dow
and killing him. Two of the balls had pierced
L., boo,+ Garoro I. -. bor .or.a, .,
friends Of Coleman aad settlers from Missouri
The napIes of these. men are IIargus, Kukler
Moody and Wagner. Two of them had par.
ticipated in the lime burning, and were doubt.
less accessories to this most ATTRACTIONS murder
which had evidently been coolly prcrncditatrd
Coleman fled, and the body of his mfor.
tunate victim lay where it had fallen in the
whcel-track of the Santa Fe road. The friends
of Coleman allowed him thus to lie, and peyrr
interfered nor appraised any one.
Yesterday a meeting was held at Hickory
Point, and nearly a hundred persons assemble
The body was examined, together with all the
testimony that could be elected. All the
evidence obtained was from the frieDls f
Coleman, as given to the ncighbors. who hal
first found the body. The meeting passed
resolutions, and adjourned about dark last
~night-haying determined npon means to Sc,
cure the murderer and bring him to justice.
Now came the second act in the drama
1t appears that Coleman had fled to Gov
| Shannon at the Shawnee Mission. What
there TRANSFERRED | know not, further than that
the murder returned to Lecompton, where
Court is to be held next week. Fearing the
testimony of a Mr.. BranSon, the person with
whom the murdered mai had boarded. a war,
rant was placed in the hands of Sheriff .Joncs.
an officer elected by the Legislature of tn,
Shawnee Mission, for the arrest of Bransua,
under the pretense that he had used threats
The real object was to ruin his testimony with
a Jury, as he was one of the most important
witnesses in the case, next to the Pro+Slarev
men. The Sheriff summoned a posse of four.
teen men, who armed themselves and proceed,
ed to the house of Branson, where they ar.
rived about Q O'Clock last night. Jones neither
read nor produced his warrant, but in a pro-
fame and domineering way told Branson he
must come with them, or they would blow
him to HI" There being no alternative,
that gentleman complied.
Scarcely had they gone when with a speed
most necessary, a Free State man near. who
MAS apprised by Branson's family, galoped
for %neighborS, and soou a company of fifteen
men, eleven of whom were armed with Snaps |
rifles and one with double barrclcd gun, Terr
in pursuit. BY a rapid detour they c%oatri7ei
to head Jones's party, and planted thcmseI7e'
in the road near BIantou'S Bridge on the Var
karuSa. As JOncS'S party approached tins
spot they were Boosting of what they would
do, saying they wished they had got Their
when the meeting assembled and they would
have done so and so TO the hundred men con
gregated there that day. When they ap
preached the r~escuers, the latter drawn across
the road, ordered them to stop. The number,
were exactly equal, only JoncS'S fifteen men
were all armed to the teeth and the Free
State men in the hurry had not procured arms
but the Sheriff s posse seemed to have no III
clination to fight. One of the rescuing party
requested Mr.. BranSon to step out a voice
from the other party told him they would sh@t
him if he did, but Branson joined his friends
and there was no shooting. Jones here SH"P
and threatened terribly said the G'vern@
had promised they should have 10000 meH@
enforce the laws of the Legislature Of TIE
Mission, and that they should immediate!
hear of it. The two parties then separated
ANOTHER VERSION OF TILE plttt
GUILTY.
ST. Louis, Wednesday. N@.a