Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-05-14
DAILY IIRGINIAN.
Great Excitement at Leavenworth City, X. T

Great Excitement at Leavenworth City K r.
Prominent Politician Of the Pro Slavery Par
~ Killed al a Sguatter Meeting-The Perpe-
traitors Threatened NTH Lynch La,o--Mob u
oience apprshcnded.
We indebted to passengers on the Missouri
river packets down, last evening, for the follow
ing account of homicide at Leavenwofth City, I
which has created the most intense excitement
III and around that town. Ii seems that there
was meeting of squattcrs aud citizens of the
town and ncghborhood generally, in Leavenworth
City, on Monday last got together for the pur-
pose of making public demonstration of opinion
with regard to the claims Of the squatters, the O.
lection the slavery agitation, aud other promi-
nent questions agtatedin that section. There
WINS large attendance of both pro slavery and
anti slavery mon, and tho meeting was character
lied by uproariousness, pickering, confusion and
obnlitions of nnimosity between the two factions.
question. among others, was put to vote by
tho Chairman and the vote being close. divis.
ion was called by ordering the nyes to ono side
of tho house and the noes to tho other. Malcolm
Clarke. n prominent politician of the pro slavery
| faction, and largo owner of or n squatter on
land in and about tho town, cried out, "Wo have
the ma ority; to which lawyer named McCrea
II loadcr of tho free soil faction, answered, ATS
n lies" wheroupon Clark advanced upon him,
and struck him with n club, which would have
fellcd him, had ho not been prevented by stgager-
ing against tho wall. As soon as he recovered
from the stun, McCren drew revolver and shot
Clark, killing him instantly. MeCrea then fed,
hoty pursued by number of Clark's friends,
who fred several shots at him, none of which,
however, took effect He ran 10 the river and
| sought shelter bohnd the bank, which was alb
rupt and high whence his friends took him in
their protection, removed him to tho fort, two
| miles distant, and delivered him to the military
authorities who locked him up in the guard house.
Great excitement cnsued. Threats of mob
violence and Lynch law were circulated, but no
unlawful demonstration made. petition wns
gotten up by the mob, and signed by three or
! four hundred names requesting the officers in
command at tho fort to give up tho prisoner,
! promising to give him the benefit of trial by
! jury. The petition was not acccded to, and tho
prisoner was still confined in the guard house at
tho time our informant. left.
The following handbill was printed and circu-
lated oil over the country, up and down tho river:
TO TIE PUBLIC.
GREAT INDIaNATI OK MEETING
| irouse and Arenge he Blood of yoRr feiioto
Man ~
Whereas: Malcomb Clark one of our most
worthy and cstmable ctizens-a man whom it
was impossible to 500 without admring, or to
! know without ostoemng, and of whom it might
| be said that those who knew him best loved him
most, was consigned to an untimcly grave, killed.
atrociousy murdered, without any just cause or
proVocation In this city, on the oOth ultlmo, by
the violent and ruthless hand of an assassin, c..
McCroa-a meeting is hereby called in this place
ON Thursday, May 3D., for tho purpose of taking
somo action in relation TO this foul and atrocious
crime by which happy family has sustained a
sud and irroparable bereavement, and our com
munity been deprived of ono of her most useful
and enterprising citizens.
Here is another life that has been taken by the
murderous hand Of atreacherous villain Where
will these fatal consequences end, God only
your feet tho hydra. headed monster, ABOLI-
TIONISMi
ID Scott Boyle, John Harris, James NJ Lyle, ID j
johnson, ii Rives Pollard, J Marion Alexan-
der, Bennett Burnam, l. McAleer, Jarret
Todd, John II Mcbride, members of the COM
mittee appointed by the citizens of Leavcn-
worth 10 frame n call for public meeting.
Leavenworth city, X. T., May lst, 1855.