Tribune and telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1855-1856, 1856-05-22
THE KANSAS EVIDENCE.

| The evidence elected by the Kansas Com
missioners is of the most startling nature and
fully bears out the report which hitherto have
found their way to the public, through the
columns of the press.
The testimony, is but a history of wrong and
riot, of relentless persecution and highanded
outrages.
! The mission upon which the Missourians
were sent, it appears~as not alone to violate
the ballot box, but murder was part of the pro-
gramme and plumber the ruffianly reward
Here is a sample of the evidence:
Hammond Muzzy, sworn-Was at Douglass
on 30th of March, at election saw large
crowd there, and many wagons got there just
as Mr.. Mace did, he tried to vote, and when
the Pro-Slavery Party saw that his vote was
| tree-State vote they said he should not vote it :
several men took hold of him by the collar and
pulled him away; he took hold of me and we
were both pulled away together from the poll
| they cried out ''Cut his throat" ''tear his id
| heart out of him one man draw knife
| upon him, without doing any injury; saw a
man with lever, trying to pry up corner of
the cabin; others cried out, Don't do it until
you have orders !" saw Ellison come out the
cabin with the ballot-box in his hand, and cry
out, "Hurrah for Missouri! ~ Ellison was one
OF the judges; heard Jones (now Sheriff. say
he would give the Judge, five minutes to resign
or die Jones gave one more minute, and they
then left these Judges were Ramsay and Bur
son, both Free-State men; was there when the
other judges were appointed; the crowd then
commenced voting; saw no Frees State man
vote; don't know whether Jones voted that
day
Marcus H. Rose, of Seventh District Have
examined census-rol and pol-books, of Seventh
District, of 30th March there are 50 voters on
h. r1f4 al Al II 4
are 234 names on the poll-list; legal voters
on the poll-ist are not on the census-roll; 6 of
the had been there and built cabins and were
away when the census was taken; are new
corners there were 607 votes cast in our Dis
trict on Nov. %, 1854; in my Judgment there
could not at that time have been more than %
or 80 resident voters in that District.
Thomas d. Hopkins, called and sworn-Came
into the Territory, June 1854, from Carol Co,
Missouri; j settled nine miles south of Law
renee, and have resided there since was here
at the election on the Both March met here
good many of my acquaintance from Carroll
County; saw them in camp and about the polls.
(Witness here gave the names of many with
whom he was acquainted from Mlssouri.)-
They told me there were about twenty-five of
my acquaintance there from that settlement
it is about 125 miles L think from here; they
said they came to vote and intended so to do
they said they wanted to make it slave state
if it wasn't they would lose their property, and
If 1T was necessary they would come again
they told me there were from 700 to 1000 in
this place, and that there would be from 5000
to 1900 here in the Territory from Missouri to
vote.
N. b. BLANToN called and sworn--Came into
the Territory in September, 1854 settled on
the Wakarusa, five miles from here, and have
resided there ever since; came from Jackson
county, Mo-: was appointed one of the Judges
of election for the district; was in Missouri for
two or three weeks before election when |
came up home on the 28th March, met a COM
pany of men did not know them; they told
Inc they were coming to Lawrence to vote
some of them told they from Boone
vile, and some from Columbia; they found |
was one of the Judges they wanted to know if
l would let them vote without swearing; came
about fifteen miles with them; should suppose
there 100 of them; some eight or ten ask
ed me this question; saw some of these men
here at the election of the 39th of March; told
them l could not let them vote according to the
oath would have to take they said they were
all citizens of the United States, and had the
right to vote they cndcavored to persuade me
to let them vote.
They endeavored to get me to resign, and be-
came much enraged because | would not an
old man ask ed me to continue as Judge, receive
their votes, and they would pay me - did not
then resign, but left them; | resigned on the
morning of election was in one of their camps
near my house; they came there the evening
before the Seth; they came over to Lawrence :;
saw some of them here; there were fifteen or
twenty there; looked over part Of the poll list
and know some of the men whose names are
there to reside in Missouri.
Cross Eramined-They said that if did not
receive their votes, their ,ooutd hang me
they told me they wanted to get a Legislature
to suit them, and make Kansas a Slave State.