The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-06-24


p There was one remarkable fact con-
neeted with the sacking OF Lawrence.
in Kansas. tEiat-the leader ofthe par
| ty was the notorieus jones' the iden..
tical man who was recently shot By
some unknown psrsontor attempting
to perform his duty as Sheriff, anil for
shooting whom an Immense amount
OF capital was-expected to be maie of
the Free State nels although they dis
ayowed the act. The Euffian friends
OF. Jones put-out piteous dispatches
about the poor, mans condition, =
Never. a. poor devil suffered The tortnrcs
Of Jones. Jones spine swas crushed
Jones' limbs were paralyzed in conse-
qnence-JoDes' textures were appall-
ing-Jones groans were. ringing in
the ears Of the corresp pondent Of the
Missouri Republican Willie he wrote
Jones| was dying, and roo prostratr to
kick-Jones was dead-he had finally
summoned up sufficient strength to
kick the bucket - Poor Jones had
sad timeof-it, and tire sadder the
news of his nnIucky situation. the
1oiider and angrier the shouts and
anathemas OF the rHffians AMI their
srmpathizers, at the unparalleledont-
rage Of the Abohtionistsyywh bad.
thus maltreated the mortal parts Of
the immortal Jones AS though .
thousand souls were all swallowed up
and concentrated into the one big
sonl Of Jones, he vas a mighty subject
ofsyinpathy and Indignation. His
friends forgot that for this one man
so basely wounded and killed so very
dead. they had. killed a dozen CAB .
olitionists, to say nothing Of tarring.
and feathering many more, stealing
horses. piunderiHg honses, &c. &c.
But Presto. The shot Jones-the.
spinal l-crEsheif Jones-the paralyzed /.
.Jones-thc shrieking, groaning Jones
the dead Jones--the wept Tor. the
crushedaboat, the to be-revenged in
blool Jones--is suddenly seen riding
on horse Back at tire head of posse
of scurvy- looking men from tiie Dor
Iers of Missouri aye riding many
miles, making arrests in Lawrence.
valoreusly attacking hotel with a
cannon. hitting'thc wansat /, distance
of twenty yards thirty times cut of :
thirty two shots; helping TO murder a
man who was seen fleeing from a
house; breaking open trunks; rolbing
women other shawls; jumping oD,
and off his horse with that dreadful
spine Of his and doing more swearing
than would fill the lids OF the largest
family Bible in the country Was
there ever such resurrection! Did
men ever before e.oSuch teedssr--
Did lever poor paralyzed body, with
a crushed spine, perform sneh prodi
giessof gymnastic activity! 4zsas
Now, the only way to account for
all this is-Jones was. never shot at
all! Our ownimpression is, however.
that Jones was shot--that he was
..'shot in the neck and that there
was afterwards decided weakness in
the back, and probably pretty gcner-
al sparalyzation of Jones limbs, at
least enough to prevent him walking
with that degree Of dignity comporta,
ble with. the position Of a Kansas
Sheriff, But that Jones was Shot in
the back, or in any other place but
the neck. We totally disbelievc We
believe It a dirty trick Of the Ruffians
to arouse a more determined indigna. e
ton against the "Aboiitionists, = and
to create the belief that any officer OF
Kansas attempting TO do his elnty
would be shot by the A bolitionists. .-.