New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-09-19
out this morning under an escort of United st,,..

| eovu' '"'' ''s Ni"c' an oecort OF United State,
! troOpe.
Mr.. Parrot demanded an immediate trial.
Dr. Robinson asked that the motion for co,,;,,
snce with the reasons appended, be read and The,
| were read. BE then asked Judge Lecomn.s Z
that was to be matter Of record, and Judgs 7 a.
compte told him that 1t was.
d.. Robinson-Will it be in order for me "a
make counter statement which also shall appear
IN record
| Judge Lecompte-I suppose that il will
| DR.. RObinsOn-l want it to be understood that
protest against the reasons alleged in that moton
! for the continuance Of this case There il M in.
.urrecton in this country no introduction of armed
bodies of men for the purpose of resisting the law.
~ the Territory, and no disturbance or excitement
e,cest sscS as has been caused by the tyranny
prscticed upon the people.
Ccus;deYsble sensation was produced by this
Judpe Leeompte then gave his decision on the
r,st;Dn TO continue the case. He said that he had
M evidence before him of any such insurrecton as
Was mentioned in the motion, nor had he any official
Lnosl,dpe of the presence Of large bodies OF armed
men y,koee purpose was to resist the law; but he
aid that there was excitement in the country TO
-sucb an .atent 30 to prevent fair trisl, and he
should therefore continue the case.
DR.. Robinson was Immediately admitted to bail
in the sum a. $50O.
Robinson and others was then called and continued
for the same resseus. Judge Lecompte. after d.
Gliding TO continue this case, said that he had IN,
evidence that the prisoners were NOT ready for trial
On the other hand. il was to be presumed that they
were. 1t did not appear that the Government was
ready. or that there WAS any good reasO3 why they
we're not. He therefore thought it would BIZ a hard
ship upon the prisoners to cOnfne them longer, and
h. should permit them to be discharged on BAIL He
had thought at first of filing the bail at $4,000.
hat upon consideration lad concluded to Fl it at
$500.
Rail WAS forthcoming Immediately; Judge
Smiths bail are PrO-Slavert nsen. DR.. RObinsoa's
bcu1.mep are his brother and Mr.. S. n. Simpson
There ID no title to real estste in Kansas, and of
course bail amounts to nothing legally. Judge
Leconvte, however, manilesteha disposition to be
very easy in regard to ball. and appeared to be
quite anxious to get rid Of the prisoners
Two of the prisoners, John Brown, jr., and Mr.
Williams had never been indicted xnd OfcOurse were
not included IN the number admitted to bail. They
had been summoned before Territorial Court and
After the other prisoners were released, Judge Lee
compte was sitting in the tent OF Col, Cook, who
has command Of the United States forces at Lee
compton, and has had charge Of the prisoners when
an officer came in and said that these two prisoners
were not included in the discharge. Col. Cook,
turning to the Judge, said For Heavens sake,
60 get rid of these men if you can; We don't want
81 Them here any longer" So Judge Lecompte
supposed An Indictment of treason against them,
and discharged them on s. 900 bail each, as in the
other cases. These men do not yet know what
they are charged with