The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-09-05
Murder Of Hoyt.

We copy the following in regard 10 the
murder Of Mr.. Hoyt, Of Kansas, from the
Boston Advertiser. |, will be- read with
painful interest; ...
Mr David Starr Hoyt, who was Murdered
by the Southern "emigranis" encamped
near Franklin, was well known, in the west.
srn part oi this State, rs a young man OF
courage aud enterprise. He was native
OF Drerlisld, belonging 10 highly respect
able family 10 that town. He inherited
something Of the taste for mathematical SCI
ence which has Distinguished some OF his
relatives, and made some advances in early
life to the profession OF q civil engineer
He afterwards removed to the West, aud at
The period Of the Mexican war served in
the army Of the United States. He was
highly esteemed by those who knew him
here asd In Kansas was we'll known and
beloved We understand that in his Jour
neys through that Territory il was his Gus
tom TO travel unarmed, and, as will be seen
below, he was not armed when he was kill
oil. He was on horse back, but his horse
was stolen. l, Is impossible TO express any
81 prise that his cold.blsoded muider should
have at once aroused the people Of Law
renee to drive out from their neighborhood
such a gang Of marauders-the officers OF
sovernmenI having declined 10 Interfere.
Iron PRIVATE CORRESPONDENT,
LAWRENCE, KANSAS, Aug. Is, 1885.
q" Now or never The turning poin,
in the struggle has come. Before this reach.
ss you |, may be too late to do anything for
our help. Bot we are doing for ourselves
all that men can do against the odds with
which We contend. Three more martyrs
have fallen within the last 30 hours, and
probably many times that number will have
made the sacrifice befure the sun shall rise
again.
'"The murder Of Hoyt surpassed all tina,
has preceded It in fendishness. He lett
my cabin but an hour before, with no arms
but a knife In his belt, 10 rnco0noitre the
camp which the banditti from Georgia had
Jus, established within a few miles Of US
ON the other side Of the Wakarusa. Next
morning, q report came to Lawrence, that
a little boy saw several inen take a man in
10 the bushes, answering TO his description;
heard several Shots waited until the men
ish, and went in and found q corpse. A
party went out and found the mutilaied
body Of poor Hoyt, several gunshot wounds
in his breast. and his head beaten TO shape
less Jelly. This afternoon, bot three hours
since tia, camp was routed, the log fort
which they hail raised, burned. and no
lives lost. The blood Of the Free State
men is Up. We can endure no moro with.
DOT resistance. We shall drive or Be divtn.
Again the Missourians are up and pouring
over The border, bui no odds will deter DOR
,cople from fighting. They stand Gre like
veterans Of a hundred battles, and keep
cooler than I Thought possible. Bot We
mus, Be reinforced. The grossest misrsp-
RESERVATIONS win b made-have been al
rcady---ot these conflicts, and circulated
amoos our enemies. IL is understood 10
Missouri that We are all TO DO driven out or
ex,ernina,sd within few weeks. Near
| " every pro-slavssy man h:s Left this vi
ciniiy and Franssa.a, intimatini as they 90
] ,.ai our doom Is soon TO be sealed" ,. ~