Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1856-11-20
Late from Kansas.

Ihe Lawrence correspondent OF the Gin
cinnati Gazette, under date of October 80,
thus writes:
Seven young men of the Free State
prisoners who have been indicted for nur-
der in the first degree,were taken into
Court at Leeempfon to-day by the United
States Deputy Marshal, and their trial
commenced. The witnesses for the Ter
ritory were introduced and gave in evidence
to the effect that some of the prisoners at
the bar were recognized as being engaged
in the warlike attack upon Hickory Point
on the l4th of September last, which re-
suited in the death of Chas. G. Newhall,
who was shot while engaged in the fight.
Some dispute existed as to which party fired
first, the witnesses manifesting considerable
shrewdness in an attempt to evade direct
answer to the question. Two of them were
overheard boasting in private conversation
that "they fred first, but it was not known
to the attorneys" and they took considera-
bic credit to themselves for their success
in not letting the Court know about it.
One witness testified that on the morn
ing of the 14th of September, party Of
men numbering 200 surrounded the house,
and with their cannon commenced an at
tack upon it. The assailants were under
command of Colonel Harvey, well armed,
DC. That the party in the house were in
two companies-one, the company from
Atchison, was commanded by Capt. Rob
ertson; the other was raised in that vicin-
ity, and commanded by Capt. Lowe
They numbered 80 men. When Harvey's
men approached, the men in the house had
a black flag flying from it, and after a
fight, which continued five hours, it was
taken down and white one put in its
place. They surrendered, made treaty,
and Harveys men started back to Law
renee; while on their way they were cap
tured by the United States dragons, un-
der the command of Col. Cook, and taken
prisoners to Lecompton.
As was expected, every one of the jury
men on this case are of the most ultra pro-
slavery men in Kansas, each one taking
the oath prescribed BY the bogus laws, to
support the Fugitive Slave Law, &c, &c.
The Marshal did well for his party, in go
ing about the country, and wherever he
found pro-slavery man of the Atchison
school, to subpoena him to appear as
juror. He got sixty men in this way, and
made only one mistake, getting one Free
State man among them; but he was soon
disposed of by the attorney for the Terri
tory, who challenged him and thereby pre-
vented him from serving.
The Governor has not returned from
Southern Kansas, where he has been for
some time with the troops, engaged in
Free State men charged with
the commission of some crime or other in
defence of their sacred rights. The last
heard of him he was on the Neosha.
Capt. Emory, of Leavenworth, the muir
derer of William Phillips, the man that
took the Rev. Mr.. Mute and Mr.. Wilder
prisoners while travelling on the highway,
and imprisoned them in q dungeon for
days, and stole their teams and other pro-
perty, appeared before Judge Lecompte
and gave one thousand dollar bonds to ap-
pear for trial. Emory has been indicted
by the grand jury, and the Court is not so
severe upon pro-slavery as upon Free State
men, accused for crime.
Judge Lecompte refuses 10 admit
Free State man, now a prisoner, to bail,
man that is sick, and has a family of four
children at home to provide for. He is
not SO iudulgent towards him as towards
Emory.