The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-05-24

and cried out, Hurrah for Missouri Eli
son was one of the Judges heard Jones
(now Sheriff say he would give the Judge
i've minutes 10 resign or die; Jones gave
one moro minute, and they then left these
Judges were Ramsey and Burson, both Free
State men was there when the other Judges
were appointed the crowd then commenced
voting; saw no Free State men vote"
Here the Missouri mob obtained entire
control of the poland, with Sheriff Jones
at their head, compelled two of the Judges
nnder threats of death, to resign, and then
put two Others in their place. In the Seventh
District. Marcus H, Rose testi6es that there
could not have been over 80 legal voters in
the District-and that 234 votes were cast,
J. B. Titus testifes that over 200 MissourianS
encamped near his place, and told him, they
had come there expressly to vote. William
Jessie swears that he was at the polls in the
Second District, and that
"Things went on until about So votes were
taken, when one man came forward whose
vote was objected to the Judges would not
receive it until he swore he was resident of
the Territory the crowd cried out, : he
should vote without swearing;' while this
was going ON, a dozen came to vote and were
pulled away; pistols were presented to the
Judges, and they were told their brains
should be blowed out if they did not re-
ceive the votes of these persons who re-
fused to take the oath they declared they
came there to vote and they would vote"
The mob finally demanded of Burson and
Ramsay, the Free State Judges, that they
should resign, and threatened to blow out
thor brains if they refused. Jessie further
SAYS
81 hunted for Messrs. Burson and Ramsay,
the other Judges, to see if they had come
out; found them, and heard man telling
them he would give them five minutes 10
resign or die; | went into the cabin to see
Burson again, and saw man holding a
watch in his hand | told Burson he had bet
ter leave his house; he said he did not want
10 leave his own house he finally did with
Ramsay and myself; we went, some fifteen
in number to Mr.. Ramsay's house asked
Burson where the poll books were found
the poll books in his pocket; he handed them
to Mr.. Humbacker Mr.. Ii. and Mr. b. then
went towards their homes crowd Of men
came on horseback and asked where the poll
books were; we told them we did not know ;
they swore they were there--went of and re-
turned again and abused us ; Mr.. Jones, now
Acting Sheriff, was with them, on horseback,
with Mr.. Humback behind them soon others
came after Judge Wakefield they demanded
he should 90 with him /; he consented to 20
with them after three had promised TO pro
tect him against harm Jones was one OF
the three; the cry and search was then for
Burson found him and went away with
him; when returned, the bigger part OF the
company had gone; Jones, now Sheriff, was
the man who was holding the watch and
telling him they had five minutes TO resign
or die; some were there voting when ! got
back when they left they went down East;
| suppose there were nearly 400 strangers
there; have not seen them in the District
since; they were we'll armed, with knives.
guns, and revovers | do not know that
settlers of the District voted"
Thomas b. Wolyerton testified that he was
at the October Election IN Willow SPRING
and that he was told by several men there
that they had come from Missouri to role.
in order to make Kansas Slave State; and
Thomas d. Hopkins, residing about nine
miles south of Lawrence, says that, at the
Election he saw many Of his old aequainances
from Missouri he adds:
"Thev told me there were about twenty
FIVE Of nv acquaintance there from that set
element they said they came TO vote, and
intended so to do; they said they wanted TO
make ii Slave State; if it wasn't they
would lose their property, and if it was ne
cessary they would come again, they told
me there were from 700 to 1000 from Mis-
souri, in this place, and there would be from
5000 TO 10000 here in the Territory from
Missouri TO vote"
John C.. Davidson sworn-Had resided for
Is years in Missouri, and came to Kansas in
June, 1854 his testimony went to prove that
large parties OF Missourians had come 10 the
Territory TO vote at the March election,
(l855,) when the bogus Legislature was
elected; he had seen large body of these
Missourians voting, and knew many Of them
when in Missouri he had visited party
in camp from Carol comfy, Mo-, and con-
scrsed with them; they told him that they
had come to vote; admitted that they had no
intention of settling in the Territory; said
they had right to vote under the Nebras-
ka BILL as all were residents who were in the
Territory, no matter how long they staid;
they also told him that they did not intend to
be kept from voting, but were determined to
fight before they would be prevented.
DIR. John Day sworn--Gaye testimony
about settler from Missouri, in Lawrence,
having provisions in his house previous TO
the March election, to supply the Missouri
men when they came up; this man, called
''Red Robinson" on being asked By witness
about the piles Of bacon, -Four, meal and
corn, said ''some Of the boys were coming up
to help them vote - witness also saw them
dealing out their rations to the different
camps; several Of these camps had inscrip-
tons signifying where they came from, such
as "Clay County Boys testified to the yo-
lence used TO Free State men in Lawrence, by
the MissouriauS driyinv of Stearna md