The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1856-05-08
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Kansas News from am Eye-wit-
meSS-A Murder--tIle truth told.

Kansas News from am Eye-Wit-
ness-A Murder--tIle truth told.
A gentleman who arrived in this city yes
terday, from Kansas, gives us the latest and
most important intelligence from that terri
tory. He is gentleman we'll known in
this city, andhis statements can be fully re-
lied on. We may state that he is not a
Democrat or party man, aud makes per-
fectly impartial statements. He gives the
facts, and leaves the reader to draw the in
ferences.
He left Lawrence, Kansas, on the oath
ofApril, and reached here late at night on
the 29th. Only five days through.
He says that previous to April 10th, every
thing was quiet in the territory, and free State
pro.slavery men were living in harmony,
and attending quietly to their own affairo.
On the the 10Th Sheriff Jones left Lecomp-
ton with small posse of men for Lawrence,
for the purpose of arresting the notorious S.
N. Wood, against whom he had no less
than six warrants, one issued on the com.
plant of free State man. On the arrival
OF the Sheriff at Lawrence he arresteted Mr..
Wood. A crowd Immediately collected and
rescued Wood, taking from the Sheriff at
the same time. pistol the only weapon he
had, and drove him out Of the town with
many insults H. returned to Lecompton,
the place ofhs residence On Sunday, the
goth of April, with small number of as
sistants, he came to arrest Wood again.
On his arrival here he made list of the
names of the men in Lawrence on whom
he called for assistance in the discharge of
his duty. They refused to obey. Finding
he could get no assistance, he quietly re.
turned to Lecompton. 1t is presumed he in.
formed Governor Shannon that he could not
make the arrest without military force, as
the Governor Immediately sent to Fort Lea
venworth for troops and sent telegraphic
message to the President. Only IL soldiers
were sent for, as it was the aim to prevent
anything serious from occurring. They
came to Lawrence with Sheriff Jones on
Wednesday, April 23d, and proceeded to
make the following arrests: J. G. Fuller
b and A. J. Smith, charged with rescuing s.
N. Wood from the Sheriff, on the Saturday
previous; and the following persons for re.
fusing to assist the Sheriff on the nextsday
after the rescue: Geo F. Warren, F. Hunt,
A. D. Lyman, and the noted John Hutchin-
son. The citizens did not interfere with
these arrests. No resistance or disturbance
arose. After the arrest he took the prison.
ners to public house kept by man named
HiBnmaD, where he left them in charge of
the soldiers, giving them good supper at
his own cost Our informant was stopping
at the same house, and eat at the same Ia
BILE. ........
The Sheriff was in and out OF the house
until twenty minutes past nine O'Clock at
night. . The Sheriff then went out, and some
three or four shots were soon heard. Mr..
Hinnman came in twenty minutes after
wards, and said that Sheriff Jones was shot
and desperately wounded. Our informant
went out to ascertain the facts. He found
every thing apparently quiet. The people
appeared to have all retired TO bed. The
soldiers had pitched two tents back ofthe
inn, in one OF which the officers of the mill
tary slept. 1t was ascertaiaed that the Sher-
iff was shot at three times, but not injured
He then went to the officers tent and sat
down In the back part ofit Some persons,
fas yet unknown when our informant left
walked round the tent and fred ball
, through the canvas Of the tent. It struck the
Sheriff in the small of the back, destroying
the spine. He sent for doctor. who adyis-
ed his removals. to the Free State Hotel, where
the Congress Investigating Committee then
were. The Sheriff was carried from the tent
TO the hotel, where four physicians paid HIM
Thllattention during the night. He bled pro-
fusely and suffered severely and by morning
be was very weak and almost pulseless, and
no hopes were entertained of his recovery.
Even should he recover he must be Grip
pie for life. On that day our informant left,
and isnowin Pittsburgh. On the Wednes-
day that the Sheriff was shot. party Of ten
soldiers on their way from an Indian station
passed through Lawrence. and crossing the
river encamped some FIVE hundred yards
fscm ths city. After the Sheriff was shot
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