Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1856-09-12
The Kansas War.

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account Of the arrest OF Mr.. Mute, as well !
as of the murder Of Mr.. Hoops furnished .
by Mr.. s. 5, lloughton Of that city, who .
left Leavenworth on the 18th ult, and who .
was captured in company with Mr.. Mute. /.
Mr. Houghton relates the particulars of the .
murder OF Mr.. Hopps who was n brolherin- .
law Of Mr. Mute and formerly resided in
Somerwlle, as follows;
"Mr Hoprs had been on n visit to Mr. .
Mute, aud was returning to Leavenw0rih, .
when killed HIS name was Fugate lie, /
Fugale, went to the house Of gentleman
named Wallace, on the l.envenworth road,
about two miles from Leavenworth, and stop
ped about an hour He used most offensive
language 10 the lady, who was alone at the
time, aud finally started of, swesring that he
meant TO kill and scalp Free State man be-
fore dark. He went 10 the corner Of q field
fence, some distance from the house, and
had been gone but a short time when Mrs.
Wallace heard the report Of his gun. She
didn't know nj that time what had occurred
In few moments teamster, driving one of
the United States transportation wagons,
came up and saw the body, which was rec
ognized as that of Mr.. Hopps lying IN the
road. II had been scalped. The murderer
had apparently attempted to rob his victim,
as the watch was found with blood marks
on It, lying on the ground by the body, but
was scared off by the arrival of the team
stcr. The corpse was taken TO Mr.. Wal
laco's, aud buried. The murderer went to
Leayenworth, aud hourished the scalp about
the streets, Boosting that he had killed an
Abolitonst' but nobody raised a finger to
arrest him"
Mr.. Nate, 10 bis last letter from Lawrence
stated that he was about leaving that place
IN company with a small number Of vo'un-
teers for the purpose of recovering the body
Of Mr.. Hops, together with his property
and II was while on his brotherly crrand that
he was arrested, on the 9th ut., by party
of men headed by q Mr.. Emery, who is n
United States mail agent In company with
Mr. Mute were some fif cen or twenty per-
sons among whom was Mrs. Hops. We
quote from the journal:
" Mr. Houghton aud the company with .
him, some fifteen persons, were captured by
a band of rutiians under the command OF
Nh Emery, Mail Agent, or some other Of .
f,er, the day after laaying Lawrence, last
Thursday, and were taken 10 Leavenwolih. /
la the company were Mr.. Mute, and the wife
Of the murdered Hops, who were going TO .
Leavenworth to ascertain the facts 10 regard
10 Ailt llhlltlt hlil 10 AnhH lihdNtoHiNN W AllH
deceased's goods IN that place. When the .
company arrived at the place of the murder,
the gallant rufiln captain refused 10 let the
widow see the grave of her murdered hus-.
baud; but sent her, with the other ladies' of
the company, and the men in whose charge
they were travelling, into Leavenwofh. -
The rest Of the company were held prison.
ess and taken to the ruflisn camp. Among
them was DR., Avery, OF Richmond IN tins
state, "a gentlemen Of sixty years Of age,
who had possession of ,he papers OF tle
murdered Henry Shombre, which be was
bringing home. Mr. Houghton says That
The Doctor happened TO drop ittle diary or
memorandum book, IN winch some expre-.
slons offensive TO The ruflians had been PEN
ned, and some Of them picked II up. lie
wa OF op~- t.t outa~ close guafl ana stands +
a good chance 10 be hung, as some OF t1e
more Outrageous Of the band swore he should
hang
The ladies' aud the men with them were
taken into LcuypnwOrth, aud forbidden 90 20
out Of the house, They were held in custu-
dy all day, and at night, Friday night lasU
were taken down to the river and put on
board the steamer As Mr.. Mute, with Mrs
Hops stepped on the ganrway plank 10 20
on board, rutiian, with rife loaded md
cooked, ordered them 20 stay. Mr. Mute
wanted To know why, but no answer was
youchsafed, and he aud the lady, under strict
guard, were taken bnck prisoners into the
town As Mr., Mute was quite prominent os
q Free Kansas advocate throughout the east
not long ago, IL Is not az all Improbable that
he VIII have TO suffer either death OF
such terrible lynchng ns was inflicted on
Mr. Sellers
While IN Leayenworth 1 G srmaa who had
been captured with the Free State party, at
tempted 10 escape, but was seen by the guard
and shot. tie died almost instantly This
occurred while Mr. Houghtou was 10 l.oay-
enworlh, and he knows the fact Mr. Eme.
ry' the United States officer said it was
right, and he would have killed the Dutch
man himself if he had been in the guards
place.
In regard to the battle at Ossawatomie
we have the following from the Glasgow.
Mo, Tunes Of Sept. ,. # says;
"We have just received, per steamer WIN.
Campbell, an extra from the Western Dis
patch office, dated Independence, Sunday
evening, containing important news from
Kansas. The letters below were brought in
by Mr. Shepherd, Of Independence a relia-
ole man. lie also reports battle had been
fought IN the direction of Fort Scott, in
which l3 Southern men were killed. No
particulars.
Capt Reid writes ! moved with $50
men on the Abolition fort and town of Ossa-
watome, the headquarters of old Brown. on
night before last marched 10 miles, and as
saulted the town, without dsm0untng the
men, about sunrise on yesterday. We had
a brisk fight for an hour or more, and had
live men wounded, none dangerously-Capt
Boyce, William Gordon, and three others -
We killed about thirty of them, among the
number, certain, son of old Brown, and al
most certain, old Brown himself; DESTROYED
all their ammunition and provisions, and the
boys would burn the Town TO the ground.
could not help 1t.
Mr.. James Chds writes Gen. Reid with
two hundred and fifty men, had fight at Os-
sawatomie yesterday. We had five men
wounded. Capt. Boyce of Lexington had
his wrist broken; Frank Gordon, of CLAY.
was shot in The shoulder; young Jackson,
of Howard was shot IN the individually
hurt George Gordon, of Lafayette, was
shot IN the thigh young Parker, of Lafay-
cite, was shot IN the leg The Abolitlonlss
made the attack. We killed twenty aud
burnt the town
On the same evening large number made
their appearance near the camp. We ex.
pect to have fight at Prairie City. We
then march to Lawrence where we will
have the big fight. We need men and
means There are here now 1900 men, and
about 500 opposite Lawrence, that will on
crate with rs.
Brown was supposed to be killed at Ossa
The 81. Louis Democrat has a correspon-
dent 10 Kansas, who thus exculpaies the
Free State men:
81 have characterized the several battles
Of which have kept you fully advised, as
being imprudent on the part of the Free
State settlers but when we consider the
fact that the United States troops were APP
pealed to dlsband these gangs Of Young
gentlemen m vain, when we consider that
not one of the murderers of Free Stale men