Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1856-09-17
HORRIBLE AFFAIR.


NUMBERING AND ScALPING.-Dr. Root, who
went out to Kansas with the New Haven COM
pany, has Just returned, via Iowa, having
reached New York on the 9TH Sept. in COM
pany with Mrs. Hops, widow ofMr. Hops, who
was recently murdered and scalped near Leay-
enworth City. The facts in rega-d to that
savage murder, as related by DR.. Root, are as
follows Mr.. Hops had been in the Territory
but a few days. He had hired house in
Leavenworth City, with the intention of max
ing that place his home, and was on his return
from Lawrence, whittier he had taken his wife
(who was out of healthy to remain few days
with her brother, the Rev. Mr.. Mute, the L nj
tartan clergyman. When he had returned to
within about two miles of Leavenworth City.
and within sight of the residence of Mr.. W al
lace, a Free State man, he was met by Ru-
ffian on horseback, who inquired where he
was from and being informed that he was
last from Lawrence, the stranger drew revol
yer and shot him through the head. Mr.. Hops
was in buggy, and the horse starting along,
the murdered man fell to the ground. The
Ruffian sprang from his horse, took out his
knife and scalped his victim, when he remoun
ted, and putting spurs to his horse, rode rap
| idly of in the direction of Leavenworth City.
| This ficndish outrage was witnessed by Mrs.
| Wallace and her daughter. A teamster in
the service of the United States, drove up and
saw the body before the pulse had ceased to
| beat. The name of the savage who perpetra-
| ted this horrid deed, is Fugert, and he is well
| known in Leavenworth, and belongs to the
Ruffian party encamped at that city, under
command of Atchison. He had made bet of
| So against a pair of boots, that he would go
| out and return with an Abolitionist's scalp
within two hours. On his return to camp, he
| obtained his boots, and, then placing the scalp
| of his victim on the end of pole, paraded the
streets with it, boasting of his prowess; and
all this almost within hail of Fort Leayennorth
| where the United States forces are stationed,
under command of Gen. Persifer F. Smith
A German named Bimber, who expressed HIM
self rather freely in regard to this horrible
barbarity, was shot dead on the spot, and a.
| mother man, who also reprobated the act,
saved his life only by precipitate flight, with
pistol-balls whistlng freely about his head.
On hearing the fate Of her husband, Mrs.
| Hops, in company with her brother, Mr.. Mute
| and about dozen other citizens of Lawrence,
| started for Leavenworth to obtain the body of
Mr.. H., and give it Christian burial. When
near Lawrence the party were captured, and
held as prisoners, by band of ruffians under
Capt. Emory, the man of whom Hops had hir-
cd the horse and buggy. The body of the
murdered man had been buried, and the ruff
ans refused the widow the consolation of look
| t,- dol
lars were found in the pockets of the murder
ed man, all of which went as funeral expen-
| ses, leaving the disconsolate widow in the
hands OF the rufians, without dollar. She
desired to leave the scene of her terrible sor-
rows. The ruffians at first refused to let her
depart, knowing that she would be a swift
witness against their savagery but she finally
succeeded in getting on board boat bound
down the Missouri, the captain of which, out
of compassion, protected her, and gave her
a free passage to st. Louis. On the boat she
related her story and was tauntngly told by
the heartess and ruffianly passengers that she
was uttering another ssAbolition lies
Among the party who accompanied Mrs.
Hops from Lawrence to Leavenworth, and who
were taken prisoners, was DIR. Avery, an esti-
mable Quaker gentleman from Richmond, In
diana, who went out to Kansas to obtain facts
in regard to the actual state of things there,
intending to return in a short time.
SoLnooUY.--While walking in the Mall the
other evening we overheard the following so,
liloquy by an individual who was reclining al
his ease on one of the granite ottomans-ssl
| wish was ghost blam'd if don't. They
goes wherever they please toll free-they don't
owe nobody nothing and that's comfort
Who ever heard tell of who had a bill
against ghost Z Nobody. They never buy
hats and wittles, nor Ticker, nor has to saw
wood, and run arrents as l do. Their shirts
never have to be washed, nor their trowsers
don't get out at the knees as / ever hearn tel
on. Ghosts is the only independent people ]
don'tn'