Kansas weekly herald., 1855-05-25
Gross Decepttoss- -SsU5aseJlssss
Operation.

Fraud Of a Kansas Emigration Sociefy-
DEATH of Husband and Father-.NeI-
anesoly cause Of Destitation-Good
Samaritans.
There came on board the steamer Ja-
cob Strader, at Louisville, on the 3Oth ult.,
a man named John Garrison, with his wife
and seven children, in state of great des-
titution. They had expended the last of
their means, which had been eked out by
the sale of part of their clothing, In procu-
ring deck passage from St. Louis. They
were generously franked on the Strader,
but the man was very i'll, and died on the
way from Louisville to this city.
The wife, a woman of intelligence,
states that they were in comfortable cir
cumstances, altogether above want, living
in Westchester county, New York, worth
some $500 or more above all claims, when
they were induced by the subtle and plausi-
BILE representations of one Geo. Waters,
agent for the Kansas Emigration Society
to dispose of their little all, convert it into
an outfit, (paying him fee of ten dollars
for his disinterested services, and to insure
material aid, if needed, on reaching the
end of the journey to move to Kansas in
the early part of March last; the said
Waters assured them they would be fur
nished with means of support. funds, SC. !,
in that land overhowing with milk and
honey. In less than two months, what a
sad fate is theirs, and what punishment is
too great for the traitor who so deceived
them, and reduced them from their happy
condition to beggary and death.
After reaching Kansas, too late they dis
covered they had been too grossly betrayed.
The town and the lots, that had been gaud-
lily displayed, and of whose rapid growth
and unexampled prosperity so much had
been eloquently and earnestly represented,
were nowhere to be seen. Even the town.
ship itself could not be found, and its name
had never been heard of. Their means
were exhausted, even the sale of their
oxen proved unfortunate, the purchaser
driving them off without making payment
and thus defrauding them of the last prin-
cipal resource they had. The promised
succor was not to be procured. There
was no one to make the advances pledged
by the emigration society, through their
agent, and, detected and dispirited, they
turned to retrace their steps to their old
home, and seek solace among their old
friends. They endured great suffering
and privation; the man was taken ill and
died, as has been represented, on the Stra-
der yesterday morning, leaving the wife
and children pennyless in a land of stran-
gers, far yet from their destination. To
make matters worse, two of the children
are i'll, from the privations endured, and,
probably, will not survive.
Learning some Of the foregoing partic-
ulars, little band of good Samaritans,
William 5. Davis, James w. Graham,
James C. Evans, all of Louisville, and
Mr.. Younger, formerly of Shelby county,
Kentucky, but now of Indiana, constituted
themselves committee to raise a collec-
ton to aid the distressed family to reach
Westchester. They succeeded In raising
| $45, 80, which Mr.. Graham handed over
to the bereaved wife; and we understand
the gentlemen of the committee interested
themselves to procure railroad convey
ance for the stricken ones, but so stringent
were the rules their could be no free pas
ses for the destitute, in the absence of the
president. but they arranged the matter to
send the widow home with her little flock
of fatherless children. Cincinnati Enqui-
Ter.