Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-11-27
Ka,lsas aHairs.
correspondence "i
From Kansas.
LAWRENCE, Kansas NOV. % !ooV'

to b.rd labor, by Judge Lecompte, are t.
be mt upon the capitol building in few
days. and at night to wear chain and bal
attached to their feet.
While in Lecompton, yesterday, / called
upon the Governor at his office; he has but
recently returned from Southern Kansas
and reports that the invading marauders
have left the settlements where they have
been committing many depredations fol
several weeks past, and havegone into Mis-
sour. Only one settlement is now trou
bled with them, and that is in the vicinit,
of Fort Scott, where q party of robber.
from Arkansas have been stealing all they
could lay their hands on. The Governo
had ordered company of troops to b,
stationed there to drive them out.
He expresses himself delighted with the
territory. Several persons were in the Of
fee when / went in. The Governor enter
ed into conversation with me, denouncing
some of the Lawrence people for showing
no disposition to do him justice; to give him
credit for what he had done. A citizen Of
Lawrence was present and he defended the
residents and Free State men from the
charges made against them by his Excel
lency, and stated his belief, that they were
disposed to give him credit for all his acts
that were just, and proceeded to state that
they would denounce him for allowing the
five hundred murderers of David Ruffum to
escape arrest, when he had them III his
power. The Governor said, the five hun
dred men referred to were organized as the
territorial militia, and were called into ser
vice by the acting Governor at the time
and that he had no right to interfere with
them. He also remarked that the murder
er of Eafum had been arrested, and was
now in prison awaiting trial on charge
of murder; that it had cost him several
hundred dollars to do it, but it had been
done, and nothing would be said about it
by the Lawrence people. The man from
Lawrence again spoke up, and repudiated
the insinuation of the Governor, and sta
ted that the news of the murderer's arrest
had not reached this city when he left, and
that this was the first information received
of the affair, and that it should be made
public as soon as possible. The Governor
seemed disposed to charge upon the peo-
pie of this city q disposition to disregard
his acts in their favor, and to take no no.
tice of them.
AT this time, VIM. Stephens, Esq, of
Mansfield, Ohio, now engaged as counsel
for the prisoners, informed the Governor
that HAYES the murderer of Buffum, had
been admitted to bail by judge Lecompte.
A free State man present remarked,
'There, that is it. This is the one-sided
Justice we are accustomed to have here
in Kansas.
The Governor, exceedingly perplexed
and astonished that this cowardly murder
er had been released on bail, expressed him
self in an emphatic and eloquent manner
against it. He was justly indignant at the
outrage, and in loud tone of voice, he
proceeded to state the following: allow in
the devil could that man be released on
bail! He was committed for murder.
He has had ne trial. 1t is an outrage.
The Grand Jury have found true bill
been released on bail, and you know it,
= gentlemen. l will investigate the matter
within twenty-four hours; and l will re-
port it to the world with my name attach
cd, and it will have an effect. don't say
this in braggadocia manner, but am
Governor; l am determined to wash my
hands clear from all connection with the
Outrage; and the President can remove me
if he chooses. The world will sustain me
my conscience will sustain me-and my
Gcd will sustain me. 1t was the foulest
murder ever committed. The murdered
man was poor cripple. All he said was,
Don't take my horses, and he was shot
right under my eyes, as charged by the
free State men. And still the assassin
has been admitted to bail. II is an out
rage. He shall again be arrested and tried.
l say il openly to all concerned. l care
not what lawyers or judges are present. l
would say it if Lecompte was here, him
SELF"
Col. H. ]. Titus then remarked that per-
haps the man was innocent of the charge
alleged against nm.
'Then he should have been discharged"
thundered the Governor .'How can a
murderer be admitted to bail? He has
had no trial; the Grand Jury found a true
bill against him, and he has had no trial.
1t is an outrage. 1t is enough to make
ones hair stand on end. l will publish it
to the world I will make the Senate tin
gle. it's an outrage. No free State man
could have been admitted to bail; he would
be now in prison. am Governor, and this
Hayes shall be arrested and have his trial 2"
Sheriff Samuel ]. Jones at this time en-
tered the room. The Governor asked,
allow is it Jones about this man HAYES"
"Oh," said Jones, 'he has been admit
ted to bail. I am one of his bondsmen"
"What is the amountg' again asked the
Governor.
sTen thousand dollars" replied Jones.
81 would give that. for him at any time.
He is good fellow"
sThere it is, gentlemen" said the Gov
ernor sit is an outrage. | am deternin-
ed to investigate the matter"
A Free State man then ventured to re-
mark that this was the course pur-
sued towards the Free State men ever
since the organization of the Territory !;
that partiality had marked every move
made by the governmental officials for the
last two years.
The Governor replied with great warmth,
Il care not who it isl am neither Free