Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1856-06-25

one united states carDlne, one reVOlier,
four bowie knives, two saddles. pair of
spurs and coat-tail with a flask Of
whiskey in it, lying on the road along
which the guerilla had so suddenly re-
treated.
Did Walker and his friends do wrong
in defending the house =?
Next day Gen.. Shannon with com
pany of United States troops, came down
to Mr.. Walkers house to arrest him
Writs had been taken out against every
man who was known to be in the party
who defended the house
Among them was Judge ]. A. Wake
feld-a man of unblemished character,
and an old soldier-but Free State
man, and an emigrant from Northern
State.
They searched every house in the
neighborhoOd for arms, and were en-
ployed all day-Gov. Shannon assisting
with his own hands-in feeling mattress
es, peeping into closets, emptying trunks,
looking under beds, and prying in lofts
for ammunition and rifles. Whenever
they found Sharpe's rifle the took it.
In the States we would call this action
burglary and robbery but it has a diff
ferent name at LecompIon, and in "law
and order" counties of Mis-, our.
Shannon was so drunk when he was
acting as Chief of this Smelling Military
Posse-which throws Joseph Hiss COM
pany into shade-that he staggered,
caught hold of furniture to steady him
self, and used language which even he
would have been shocked at in is sober
moments.
He asked Mrs. Haz!etyne where hel
husband was 4?
She said she did not know, and asked
what he wanted with her husband.
If Ieotch him." said the drunker
blackguard, "I'H cut his damned 6Iacl
heart out Of him, and yOurs. too. madame
| If you don't take care"
If this statement is deuied-and con
fess that if l lived remote from Kansas
would hardly credit i'll will forward
aHidayits of every assertion 1 hav,
made, or may yet make, about the Gov.
ernor.
Shannon and his posse entered Mr.
Walkers house in the forenoon, and re.
mained there several hours.
Gov. Shannon was engaged in steal
ing private property all the next day
The property consisted of Sharpe's rifles
and ammunition. Shannon called then
public arms.
A, party Of these men who Travelled
within sight of the Governors posse
stole horse from Mrs. Barber, the widow
of the martyr of Lawrence. They sale
they were told by the Governor to take
them. don't believe Shannon was foo
enough to give any such order; but thi
act is an illustration of the fatherly pro
lection afforded us by the troops.
They have dispersed one or two com
panies of Free State men-all working
for mutual protection .on one mans farm
and as soon as their orders wer,
obeyed, guerillas have come along anC
stolen the property of the squatters.
Capt. John Brown, Jr., from New
York-not o. G. Brown as l stated il
my letter from Prairie City-was vic
tim to this system of military protec
lion.
He collected a company of nearly tw,
hundred armed men, and drove two par
ties of Missourians, South Carolinians
and Georgians out of the Territory
They had come over, it was boasted, fo
the purpose of "subduing" and robbinI
the Northern emigrants in the neis shbOr
hood of Osawaldmie.
The military came along and request
ed Brown to disperse his force. He toll
them why he had organized and agree,
to disband his forces if the troops woull
protect the settlers. He disbanded. o.
the same evening, he was surprised ant
captured by a guerilla force. He vii
be recaptured before a week is over, o
a bloody battle fought in attempting tC
release him.
The house of Mrs. Barber was no
protected by the memory of her hus
bands untimely fate. Gov. Shannon
searched it from top 10 bottom. One DO.
only was not opened, screen protectet
it. "Gov. Shannon, said gentleman
in the house, "that box is Mrs. Barber S
She put her clothes in it before she wen
east after her husband was murders :
don't want it opened but, if you in
sist on it, I'll break it open 20 Gov
Shannon, drunk as he was, felt the sar
casm, and the box was not opened. Th
gentleman had spoken the truth. but di
not add that he had put rifles in it fey
moments before.-[ correspondent Chicqg
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