The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1856-07-28
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j Your Committee do not propose to deta
the incidents connected with this foray
Fortunately for the peace Of the country,
drec. conflict between the opposing force
was avoided by an amicable arrangement,
The losses sustained by the settlers in pro
perty taken, and time and money expende
in their own defences, added much to tn
trials incident to new settlement. Man
persons we're unlawfully taken and detaine
in some cases, under circumstances o
| gross cruelty. This was especially 90 in tn
arrest and treatment Of DR.. G. A. Cutie
and G. F. Warren. They were taken, with
out cause or warrant, SO miles from Law
| renee, and when DR.. Cutter was quite sick
They were compelled to 60 to the camp q
! Lawrence, were put into the custody o.
Sheriff JONES'" who had no process to Or
rest them--they were taken into . small
room kept as q liquor shop, which was oper
and very cold. That night Jones came il
with others, and went to "playing poker a
IS cents ante The prisoners were obliged
| to sit up oil night, as there was no room e
lie down, when the men were playing. Jones
insulted them frequently, and told one oil
them he must either "tell or swing" The
guard then objected to this treatment Of pri.
soners, and Jones desisted. q. F. Warren
thus described their subsequent conduct:
They then carried us down to their camp
Kelly Of the Squatter. Sovereign, who lives
In Atchison. came round and said he thirst
ed for blood, and said he should like Ia
hang us on the first tree. Cutter was very
weak, and that excited him so that he be-
came delirious. They sent for three doctors,
who came, DIR. Stringfelow was one of
them. They remained there with Cutter un-
iii after midnight, and then took him up to
the Office, rs it was very cold in camp
During the forAy, either George W. CLARK.
or Mr.. Buras, murdered Thomas Barber.
while the latter was on the highway, on the
road from Lawrence to his claim. Both
fred at him, and it is impossible from the
proof to tell whose shot WAS fatal. The
details Of this homicide are state BY eve
witnesses.
Among the many acts OF lawless violence
which it has been the duty Of your Commit.
tee to investigate, this invasion at Lawrence
is the most defenseless. A comparison Of
the facts proven, with the official statements
Of the officers OF the Government, will show
how groundless were the pretexts which gave
rise to it. A community in which no crime
had been committed BY any Of its members,
against none Of whom had warrant been
Issued or O complaint made, who had resist
ed no process in the hands Of . real or
pretended officer, was threatened with de-
structlon in the name OF "law and order -
and that, too, by men who marched from
neighboring State with arms obtained BY
force, and who, in every stage Of their pro-
gress, violated many laws, and among others
the Constitution Of the United States.
The chief guilt Of it must rest on Samuel
J. Jones. His character il illustrated By his
language at Lecompton, where peace was
made: The said Maj. Clark and Burns
both claimed the credit Of killing that id
Abolitionist, and he didn't know which
ought to have it. II Shannon hadn't been
add old fool, that peace would never have
been declared. He would have wiped Law
renee out. He had men and means enough
to do it,"
Shortly after the retreat of the forces
from before Lawrence, the election upon the
adoption Of the State Constitution was held
at Leayenworth City, on the 18th of De-
cember, 1855. While it was proceeding
quietly, about noon, Charles Dunn, With Z
party VI others, smashed in the window Of
the building in which the election was being
held, and then jumped into the room where
the judges Of election were sitting, and
drove them of. One of the clerks Of cleo
ton snatched up the ballot box and followed
the judge, throwing the box behind the
counter Of an adjoining room through which
he passed on his way out. As he got to the
Ii l., h. IL
and pushed him against the outside Of the
building, and demanded tho ballot-box.
Then Dunn and another person struck him
crowd rushed on him and kicked him in the
WAS broken up, Dunn and his party
the ballot-box and carrying il Oh.
To avoid q similar outrage ut the election
for State officers, &C., to be held on the 9Th
of January $50, the election in Leavenworth
time postponed until the 18th day of Janu-
airy, 1856. Tn the way to tho election, per
sons were stopped by party Of men at
grocery, and their guns taken from them
During the, afternoon, parties came up to
the place Of election, and threatened to de-
stroy the ballos-box, and were guilty Of
other insolent and abusive conduct. After
the polls were closed many Of the set
tiers being apprehensive Of an attack,
were armed in the house where the cleo
ton had been held until the next morning.
Late that night, Stephen Sparks, with his son
and nephew, started for home, his road run
ming by the store OF Mr.. Dawson, where n
large party Of armed men had collected. As
he approached, these men demanded that he
should surrender, and gathered about him to
enforce the demand. Information Was car
ried by man in the company Of Mr.. Sparks
TO the house where the election had been held.
K. p. Brown and company Of men imme-
diately went down to relieve Mr.. Sparks, ind
did relieve him when he was in imminent
danger. Mr.. Sparks then started back with
MIR. Brown andhis party, and while on their
way we're fred upon by the other party
They returned the Ere, aud IN irregular
fight cnsued, in which : man by the name Of
Cook, Of the Pro-Slavery party. received q
mortal wound, and two Of the Free State
party were slightly wounded.
MIR. Brown, with seven others who had &C.
companied him from Leavenworth, started
on their return home. When they had pro-
ceedcd part OF the way, they were stopped
and takon prisoners by party Of men called
kickapoo Rangers, under the command al
Capt. j. w. Martin. They we're disarmed
and taken into the ONCE Of 4. S. Trotter.
By this time several Of Martins party and
some Of the citizens Of the place had be.
come intoxicated, and expressed Z deter