New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-02
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ns al sh, cuiuy party, VIZ ord 20 % res~d Tor toe
puryne of I. sung 'bc IrcSt"r'ai - We Sru w
(, Al r;G Jones and ssv,k h,sd- with him, anh *
CHANGED Other cn,st-.i~s. H. coa'd have hen az
Ie.t-o without any officially and was his o~yn'
vhel be W. Mt TO NJ JoDe. to be- arrested, out oo ~
Aemns va made do 50 tesil M,
n n oby;ous that the only cause Of this hostiffy
n, k.swu desire of the citizens Of Ls~renos 70 make
kupses q Free state, and th.ir fepngnance 10 AWE
in,lvee6 upvn them by reridens.
Your committee de not propose 70 detaa tos incE
S~pfs co~uected with tbis fmsy. Fr'anaf4y f"r the
Desce Of country, direct contc' bet 7en tne OPP
posing :oIces Wa, avoided by an sm,oaeis a"sns
n~p, Tn lv-ser su- aned ny the s'ier, 10 pfo'eIy
tsk.H and tune end money expended IN their own ne-
kpc,-, added mrch the trials incoest 10 Do" ee'
tlersnt. May persops were oHla~iuhY 'aAea s'n
d@,au. din .o,ue eases under crcamstahcs oi gfo-s
,rev Tbi, was espec ally 10 the arrest AID trest-
mont Of DIR @. =. Cnttsr aud u r. *srfen; taey
Nv re taken, WITHOUT e-u-e or wsHans, % m"- I"'m
Lswrenee, ard chen Dr. Cattet ~as que rlch. lnny
we're compelled to 60 to the camp at h. "rence ~-re
m. into tie cu,iody of sheriff mes, sho nan no
uroce.s ~ CIT. 1t tb.mthsy were TAX into snai
ieom kept o. bqum seop, wlich was open ana very
10 iplaying poker at 25 cents a3te. The Prioaefs
wee obliged 10 sit Up oil uigss, a. there Vas no rom
70 ii. do~p, when the men ~ere pl4y'pg Jooss 10
suited tasm frequently, and 10 one OF them nc nus
either tell or ewing' Tue gu,rd then obiecte "
ths Ar atme. vt Of prOners, AID Jonec dsi-td u r.
Warren thus describes their subsequent co"do,n' n
rh.y then carried u. 0vD t. t0or enHp; h''y "
IA, Souat,r SooeyaeR, who ives 10 Atchisoa 'ns
rouno a. sal he tbrsed for blood, ami saa DC suouu
Ako ~ hang on the first tree. Cu'ieI was w
weak a. that lied niln 50 that he oect'"o NJ
Hnou,. Ibey sopi for three d,ctHs, ~n" S.me; Or.
StiDgfeDow sss one Of ,h N. They re na'et sue,o
Win Golfer uud after midnight And then " h'in up
10 th. Office, o. 1t was very cold 10 cup u,L or ",
During IN. fvray, either Georg. w: Ci1fK, OF NJ.
nnrs murdered rbolaa- Barber, while the la.'tr w:'
an the hivh~sy on his road from u vrencs 20 MS
ths .r,of 70 tell waoss shot fatal. rne details of
All. bou'i,,oe are stated 10y ey--wtn- ssrst2sal.
Among the maby scte OF Ia Tl-ss violence %aich Il
H. h4en the duty q" your Cunms,tss 10 nv--tisate,
~; ;uys,ion of La il the most def.ns leSs
e.mper ~OD of the ia Is proven with the ofc'a state
mx, "a of the off. OF the g verDm.nt, NIL show
INV grounoess we're the pretexts which gave rise 10
= < community IL whicn no CT had been CON nit
ted by any Of it, members, against none OF whom hai
q warrant been issued or complaint made, ~ho 1a1
I.teo Do prvcess the hands OF real or pfeteadea
she.r wns thi eatened With destfuctlVn III tue nalo
sf claw and order" AMI that, too, by men wao
marched from reighboriug State With arms obtaued
Iy force and who every stage OF th7ir progress,
violated many lave and among Others the CvIsstu-
The chief guilt Of IL mast rest on Samuel j. Jsnes.
His character lie lu-trared by hl. angutS a, Le"omp
I'm where peace was maize: The sad Al y. Clark
ana Burps boto claimed the creoit of killing that
I'D Abolitioai-t, and he didn't know wnicu ight
~to have il. IL Shannon h>tit beeo ID old
fool, that pace would never HAYS been declared
He would have wiped Lawrence ont n hai men
and m..ps eoough to do it 1884
Shortly after the retreat Of he forces from before
Lawrence the election upon he adoption OF the st 'e
(opsttu iiOn vas held ~ l. tve0worth City, on the
18th of December, 1855 While 1t WAS proceeding
quietly, about noon. Cuarles Dunn, with patty OF
ethers sIahed IN the window Of the building IN when
tks election being hcld AID then jumped into tho
rom where the judges OF elecuon were sitting
and drove them off 1885, One Of the clerks OF election
ssa,ebed up the b,hOt box and fol- )wed the Judges
throwing thu box ben'nd the counter Of an adjoining
room through which be passed ON his way out As he
rot to the street ooO' Dunn caught him by The throat
and pushed him ny .inst the outside If the badus,
and den anoed tn. balOt-b,U2eot.
h..rp andn hos nAr-Il
fee aud b. fell INTO thu mud the crowd ru-hed on hun
And kick the head and IN his sides2s7) In this
p,anosr the election was broken up, Duoa AID his
party obtaining the ballot box and carrying l. VH
To avoid simlaI outrage al tn election for State
Aicers &C. t be held On th- 18th OF "a uiry, 1856,
the election for LesvenwoIth District was appointed
70 be held at EasOn and the tune pys'Ponec until enc
an, day Of January. leJ6(2se). Ga tue way to the
election, perons ~ei- stopped by party OF man at
0 grocery aud theu guns taken from thom2o9) Dung
the atterO On parties up 10 thr place Ot eec-
non and tnr. to deroy the ba ut BOZ and sere
guilty Of ether ipsient and abb i've condnh"5J After
the pOs cloeed many Ut the settlers Bang sppre
hsi,ye Of al attack armed IN the hJse where the
sls had BE- held until the next morning L"ethat
bRht Stephen Spark, with his son Add nephew, s,1rei
for boue, BIZ route running by the et0re OF hr Daw-
VIII. n large party of armed men hdd collected;
A. he spproscued these demanded that bs should
surrender aud gathered about him " enforce tho de-
mapd(2sO). information was carrieo by man 10 the
Company Of Mr. Spark u the house " iere tue eee
tion al h. en held K. p Brown and a company OF
men immeoiately went 0oSn to relieve Mr.. sparks,
and did relieve him when he was in imminent d1a-
g.r(29l Mr. Sparks then started back with Mr. br IVA
ana hi party, and white their way ~-re ured upon
by the other party. rbey returned The tire, and an
Irregular fgot then ensued, IN which a mah by the
name of Coos of the Poo-Slavery party, received =
nsstal sound, aud two of the Fre-State party we're
sbgbtly wounded.
Mr. Brown With seven Others who had accompanied
Am from Leaveu worth ed on their return nome.
When they had proc. eded a pat of the way, they
stcppco and taken prlsoSets ny ply y, he "f
Gait. John w. Msrtin They were dl's Fined and
taken back ~ Easton aud put IN Dawson storel2s2
Brown was separated from the Fest Of his patty and
taken into the office Of +. s. Trntcr2s3l. by the
tune several of Martin party aud svne .f the CT IL
sens of the place had become IN oxicat d aud ex-
pressed q determination to kill Brownt294. Capt.
Martin WA desirus to and did all his To save
him Several hours we're spent in discovering what
should be done with Bru~n aud his party. In the
mean time without the kno~ledgs OF bis party, Capt
Marin hb-ra'ed all of Browns party bit himself and
a,dea them in their escspet295). Tue crowd repest
eddy tired to get 10 the room where Is o VA vas,
and at one time succeeded but were put out oy
Eartin end Others. Ms,tn, fnilng that further ef'
fort on his part Ia bruwG was u5eless,
left and went home. The crowd then got posse sion
Of Brown aud finally butchrred him la oil biood Ihe
wound of which be- died inflicted With hach-t by
q man Of the name Of Gibson Ait-r he ~ been
mortally wound ID, Brown wa. sent home with Charles
Dunn and died that night No a,te,np was IN s'ia t'I
arrest or punish the muroerers of Brown. Many OF
them we're well Known citizens, ant some Of them
were Office Of the law. On the next AMI Jury which
sat In Leavenwouh County, the Sher II sur 1oa,t
several OF the persons implicated in this murd-r2s6l
One of them wa, NJ Z. Rivey, at tina. the Treasurer
before M. The reason be gives wny no Indictments
were found is, They KILLED one Ut the Pro-S,tvery
men, and the Pro Slavery meu killed one Of tue 9TH
"er, and though II was about m itual' Tue ans
Grand Jury however found bills of lnctment az siust
toose Who acted ~ Judges of Free-Stae election.
Rv.ly says, -" know our utmost EN- ieavors We're