The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1856-11-15
Murder of William Philips.
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I.FANE\WoKIU. Kansas. Oct. 4

found Jared fh'ilip> .ln" ON the lounge
in the parIor. A> introduced mv>elt. IIt-
tie color cam" INTO his paIIld conutenance.
and hr rNrru,r,d his only remaining hand 10
me Ills l,ir arm has been snput,tcd. and
he has >'iI two hr,k shot in that side whirh
II IS Thought cannot be extracted. Whether
they will ran>,. hin much suffering in the tu-
turr. II Is d,.hrui "A. Vet to declare.
A. many contradictory reports of this az
far have gone. out. will give a> briefly as
possible The FrIicIpal facts.
On lhe morning Of the l>t OF September. a
hort clock. Capt. ncry. with :ii mount
ed men. procrrd'.L to thr house. halted and
formed a .inc-the men lr,elln. their pirc
es at the front door Four men were then
wheeled round to face George kcrntrS :
house, which Is on the opposite side OF the
street. and it'Ie farther east. The street
rur> nearly east and west
Not one N ,hc house had anv intimaton
of their con'n". or knew what their design
was Ever since the tArring and tra,htrnH
of Phillips. however. the pro slavery men had
made violent threats aHa,nSt him. and he was
fully resolved that ht would never aHaln fail
al.r,nto their hands.
Two men then lett the ranks and entered
the front door The, showed no warrant and
refused to state their oritc, in cOmlng. Wi
liam Ph,lir>. who WAS IN t = Lall m"untrh "a
the head OF the staircase AMI ordered them TO
leave his house. Their onv reply 10 this WAS
"Goi d-n Won. com" down here" Ilr tl.-n
III, k.d up an old mu>krt which stood there
and a"A,n ordered them to leave. telling then,
thar It they dared to remain i. would toe AT
their peril. The men then rttrratcd, al
VIII h t,p' Emery >worr loudly, H.. called
Them Il i COW rd>. and >worr he would burr
, down l'hit,ip> house hut what hc wuuld take
h,n. and would plant their fl -" IN his blood
Alter ph,'ips wa> killed he, gave a ore.
nnmhrr ot reasons or pxcn~.'> tor their vIsi
--nnc was that they wished 10 search III,
house tor concealed arms. and Others OF
: hike character. but 10 ever, dem md at III,
, Fh,IiiI,>' thr, refused Il, The time .rvr WAY
AT Emory : order a number of men the,
burst INTO the hall William Philips >,,l
stood at the head Of the stars, and warnc,
: them 20 atvanc" AZ thor peril
4 Jared Phillips (WIlIiams hrother) VIII
!, had also been in the hail when the men rn
tered. c>raI"i to the room on the rIgh
II which was his bed room and where. his wit
then was The winiow was open and th
9 curtain ha,prnin. TO blow aside. Emery
- men fir. d through the window, wpundInG h,r
IN the left arm and >l,!r. (lt has since bee
found necessary to amputatt the arm \
II the same moment the men IN the hail max IN
e rush at the stairway William Phnll,p, fire
s down it. killing one n,an and wound,ng Al
other.
MIR. Phillips hest position was at the hes
u OF the stairway. bu; tor some reason hr left
IS and went to the front hall window (up stair
=, The window was raised little more than
foot. He must have been knrei,ng TO sho
cut when struck. Several balls passt
Is through the lower strip OF the sash tram
le and the partition wall in the side is riddle
10 with bullets. One ball struck him in Il
right eye. aud a number in the breast. /
was no doubt instantly killed. He fell ba,
a, tull length on the floor, which is deep
- stained with hIs blood.
III The lad, who showed me the hall sal,
~ 1--WE have tried to wash the stains out, b
10 cannot"
The visitor in IIo!vrood, in Edinburc,
shown the little room in the tower IN viii,
'e R,zzo was murdered The Scotch lassie wi
ar oilirlatrd a> guide TO me. after rerounting Il
w clrc unstanctS OF the murder in strong Sec
t,sh accent, concluded with: There he I,
pdirced by forty seTnoonS, and there, (pOir
III Ing to some dark spots on the foOr) are I
ry dark stains OF his Luid." | was lncIln
nj then to smile, 10th at her accent and h
:, creduIitv, but have since come to belle
that human tlood will not wash out.
al Domestic lite should be sacred, even frt
the r-por'er. Or the interesting but tffl,c,
females Of this family, it does no, become
he to speak; but there is one circumstance
b., this story SO sad that cannot withhold it
The Young, the beautiful, the accomplish
"d wife Of William Phillips is maniac.
All her pride IN lite rentered i'll her youl
nd her noble husband. When he suffered
80, lndignuy OF being tarred and tearhered, S
felt 1t IN the depth Of her soul. She '
"e then about to become a mother, and I
es, wound to her spirit so Preyed upon her
a her critical condition, that at the time OF
20. delivery che became temporarily insane
She was recovering, however. and ho]
ia were entertained OF her complete restorat
to san,ry ard rhe-rtulnrss, but this last bl
To- has destroyed forever all such hopes.
There can be no GOubt that the tarr
10" and feathering OF Phillips Prryed also W
his spirit He felt after that ,ndgnity,
IN VAS worth but little to him. Oh, how N,