The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1856-09-23
STATEMENT orIJ. A. DAVIS.

About 700 mon, composed of Gcorgians
, South Carolinians, Missourians and Alabam
: ians, have been camping within six miles o.
the city of Leavenworth. Cn Saturday anG
|, Sunday, 30th and 3lst ult, they all came in
to the city to vote at the municipal election
and to prevent the free State men from vo
ting. There was great excitement in the
city all day Saturday and Saturday night by
the firing OF guns, and shooting by the moi
necessarily. They would enter tho groceries
and imperatively demand liquor from those
who kept them. No free State man dared
show his head in the streets, but were ma
king their way out of the city as well as they
could, into the bushes, or anywhere they cod
secrete themselves, wives and Children
Many of the free State men left their wives
aud children behind them in the city, hoping
that they would receive no harms from the
hands of those in possession of the city.
On Sunday night companies Of thirty to
fity'or more went all over tho city, crying
out in a loud voice for all those who would
not take up arms TO enforce the territorial
laws and rebel the abolitionisis to leave the
territory Immediately or suffer the cousequen-
ces. They halted before my door. did
not go to tho door, although / was up. In
fact, did not retire at all that night nor the
following night. Monday night, between IL
and IL o'clock, Capt. Emory's company came
to my front door. l opened the bacl, door
with the intention Of making my escape into
the bushes with my little child, two years of
age, in my arms, but found the house sur
rounded by armed men. One of them touch
ed my breast with his bayonet and swore that
81 should not run away that way" l went
back into the room and half a dozen of
them rushed into the room and commenced
searching the house-insulted the women by
cursing and swearing and pushing them with
their guns. Two men took hold of me and
took me out doors TO Captain Emory, who
asked me if was law-abiding citizen p
My answer was, that l had never violated
the law in the least degree. He asked me
if would take up arms and fall into their
ranks. told him l would not take up arms
to fight. He then told me l had better
down street. L went to the Mayor, WIN. &.
Murphy, and asked him to extend his protec-
ton to me. He said he had no power to
protect any one who would not take up arms
on tLoir side. He told me to 60 to VIM. II.
Russell and Mccarthy went to see these
gentlemen. | told Mr.. McCarty that ], as a
brother Mason, claimed his. protection and as
sistance, and told him that ] gave him the
grand hailing sign of distress but he utterly
refused to assist me- They were well ac-
quainted with me- and told mo that if was
willing to fight on their side might stay.
am printer by trade. Twas there work
ing for the Catholic bishop at the Catholic
church; did not SO to my work on Monday
was afraid to leave my house and my fami-
ly, for disorder, CONSERVATION and dismay
reigned all over the city. About twenty wo-
men passed me with their children and bud
gets, running for dear life into the bushes to-
wards the fort. When / went down to see
the Mayor, / had to go by Mr.. Phillips |
house. / saw seventy men drawn up in front |
of the house. did not 90 near enough to
hear the conversation, but saw these men fir
ing into the house, and heard the women
who were in the house screaming and crying, |
"help, help, murder, murder" The excite.
ment was extreme at the time. | asked one
of those who came running towards me, what |
the trouble was, he said that the two Phil |
lips were killed. and that two of Capt. En- |
erys men were killed by Phillips. | saw the
people carrying the furniture out of Phillips |
hou c, in order to burn it up, but they were
prevented by somo one. then left and soon |
went home. On Tuesday morning went |
to my work. had not been at it more than |
ten minutes, when ten men Oh horseback |
came ond asked for me. | came out, and |
they told mo / must go down to thh levee |
with them. | was marched down between |
the horses, and when got there / was told |
to leave on that boat Immediately. | asked
permission to get my wife and child. They
gave me twenty minutes to do SO. left a
house and lot, and quantity Of furniture,
and left on board the steamer Emma, with |
seven dollars in my pocket, every cent of
which paid for our passage on deck to st.
Louis. j. A. DAVIES.
STATEMENT OF FRANK oUINTAL.
Mr.. EDIroR As many Of my fellow citi-
zcns have thought it best to furnish you with |
a true statement of the great wrongs that
have been inflicted upon US, also take ad-
vantage ofyour columes TO add my statement.
/ went to Leayenwnrth City, early in April,
1855, firm Morgan county, Illinois, all that
time being quiet. / took my wife along with
me. Soon after arriving there engaged in
business, which was purchasing vegetables,
poultry, &c., in Missouri, and hauling and
selling the same at Loavcnworth City. Af-
forwards opened a store, and continued fol
lowing my business, attending to it, and
nothing else, up to last Monday, when was
informed by the mob, under the command of
Capt. Emory, Wm Russell, (of the firm of
Majors & RussclD and others, that as was
Free State man, must leave forthwith; or
il | stayed, | must prepare to die, or take up
arms and fall in tho ranks told them that
would not fight with them, that | had new
or said or done anything that was in violation
the laws of my country. They then order
cd me TO leave at once, not Gil ing me time
TO settle up my business, or anything clsc.--
The steamer Emma came to our landing du-
ring the morning, was waited upon again
by the mob, and told TO take my wife and 90 |
on board the boat at once. ! asked them TO
let me take my goods with me, but they told