St. Charles Republican intelligencer. (St. Charles [Charles City], Iowa) 1856-1857, 1856-09-25

turned as Disk a lire as they could,
and succeeded in wounding several of
their enemies. After some ten or a
dozen discharges from the artillery.
a company of about eighty of the pro-
slavery force dismounted from their
horses, and having surrounded the
place of retreat made q charge and
completed the entire rout of the Free
Statement, several of whom, inattcmpt-
ing to, crosss the stream along which
the fight "a ged, were sllbt in 'thcswa-
ter, and were either Iinstantly killed
Or solbadly wounded as not to bcable
to save themselves. from death by
drowning. W ~ " -
One of our informants states that
he saw the body of Capt. Brown in the
water. He knew it was him by his
coat and hat. He thinks there is no
doubt of his being killed. Seven of
the Free State men were captured,
after which the town was set on fire
and entirely destroyed.
In marching back to the camp on
Bull creek, the prisoners were sub
jected to very cruel treatment, and two
of them. the one named Williams and
the other Dutch Charley" were taken
out of the camp and shot by their in
furiated1 enemies The latter was q
Hungarian who had fought under Kos
suth, and since his removal to this
country, had lived in Kansas and tax.
en- a very active part with the free
State party. He was present at the
battle of Black Jack, and after the
capture of the pro-slavcry party, was
appointed to guard: the prisoners, one
of whom was man named Coleman.
This Coleman was atrthe battle Of Os-
sawatomic, and after the capture OF
the free State men recognized Dutch
Charley He demanded that Dutch
Charley be delivered up to him, and
taking him out shot him dead. .a,a..,
Frederick Brown, son of Capt. Brown,
was also killed. He was one of the
picket guards of the free State camp
at Ossawatomie, and being surprised,
he was shot through the heart by a
preacher named Martin White. After
being killed, and while lying on the
ground, with the mouth relaxed and
open in death, another shot was fired
down his throat. ID, -,.5 ga .~sgsf i.
The above is the straightforward
tale of this party of men, and bears
upon its face the impress of truth,
b MURDER OF PHILLIPS.
Last Monday was election day al
Leavenworth for municipal officers.
The Free State men, anticipating a
difficulty, had resolved not to vote at
all. Phillips himself said that he was
not going to the election, and would
have nothing to do with it. One Free
State man who did attempt to vote,
our informant states, he understood
was fired at four times by the crowd
around the polls. l.eHip7q tsa Ri
Toward noon about fifty men, under
Emery, but very few of whom were
Missourians--the company being made
of mixed crowd of desperadocs, who
had mostly come from South Carolina
and Georgia-marchcd up to the
house of brother of Mr.. Phillips ON
Shawnee street, where he was board
ing, and demanded his arms and him.
self as prisoner The doors of the house
were bolted, and he replied to them,
out of window, that he wouldn't give
up his arms, and that if they attemp-
ted to force their way in, it would be
at the peril of their lives. They then
rushed up, and two OF them were im-
mediately shot dead by the pistols in
his hands. The house was soon brok-
en- open and in a moment Phillips fell
a corpse, pierced by half q dozen but
let's. His brother, who was also de.
Tending the house, was wounded in
the arm. The mob then removed the
body and all the things out of the
house, and were about setting fire to
the premises, when they were stayed
by a leader of the pro-slavery party
named w. H. Russell.
When night oGame on the mob set
fire to three Offices owned by Mr..
Phillips, which were all consumed, to.
gcther with grocery store occupied
by man named George Witherill,
who, though very peaceful and quiet
man, had incurred the hatred of the
pro-slavery party, by acting as one OF
the judges at the Free State election.
Our informant states that another
murder was committed in Leavcn.
worth, on Friday last. A butcher,
whose name we could not learn, who
had a family of six children, and lived
in Lecompton, was taken last week,
while in company with six wagons
which were going to Leavenworth.
Although a prisoner, he had been, al
lowed to walk about the city as much
as he pleased. On Friday, while in
the Office of Phillips, Capt Emery APP
preached and asked him to 60 along
with him. The couple walked up the
street, and on reaching the Lesvcn-
worth Hotel Emery walked up the
steps, and the man walked ahead.
He had gone about fifty yards when
he was fred at by, some one in the
street. He knew not from whence
the shot came, and began to run, and
had got about one hundred yards fur.
ther, when he was shot dead. Four
shots had been fired at him. After
his death Phillips came up, and adj
dressing himself to those standing by,
said, "What was this man killed for? :"