Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1856-05-17
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,1osnatch from St Louis dated the l2tl
inst, says;
,,.,:,o Roeder was in attendance at the ses
tho Committee of Investigation at lie
So" ,.on on the evening of the Sth, the Dep
coi"l,T lT,rsbol served on him a writ to appear
a'[ E,.a a tbe Grand Jury at Lecompton, to an
0e'o' charge of contempt for having re-
&sod to comply with a summons from the
rrsnd ,,rs"d Jury previously served upon him. Mr;
T.oJer %." refused to obey the writ, and appealed
h'tIo tIs Committee, but they decided that they
10 5rv ~, mower in the case. Messrs. Howard
H'T sherman. however, expressed as their
al" :,;on that Mr.. Reeder, was protected by
,i.,, nriyiJege. Mr. Oliver dissented, and said
~, ~ iC,mnittee could not stand between him
'.T NJ ,ro Marshal. Mr.. Reeder said that, al
a.r .rL his life was in danger in Lecompton,
S''7 | ,ronIj remain on his privilege in attendance
Il. .,o sittiurs of the Committee, and he warn
IL, Ill, ,bom TO touch him at their peril. The
W.rsbaI left, but was expected to return on
.pa 9th with United States Dragons.
rndre Lecompt charged the Grand Jury,
.,, Monday the 9TH inst, to indict all the
C,,ta officers and members of the Legislature
r,r birb treason. but up to the 9th inst. no
.oL Indictments had been found by the Court,
30 far as their proceedings had been made
II is reported that despatch from Leay
,ornrth has been received, stating that an
armed body of men were en- route for Law
~,nce for the purpose of destroying the evi-
Jaore taken by the Committee.
The special correspondence of The TRIBUNE
IN kansas has sent dispatch, to the effect
.rat Gov. Robinson was arrested by q mob
~ lexington, Mo-, on Friday last, on his way
Inst Ills wife is at st. Louis with dispatches
I,yrs the MiSSOurian, who was shot at
lawrence. is recovering
The examination of witnesses before the
Committee commenced on the oath of April,
,rl seme reports of the proceedings have come
a, hand The first witness examined, one
r,I?r Bqr5sT, confessed, on cross-examina-
-io1 that there exists in Missouri, and has ex-
.tad since the latter part of 1854, secret
.,siatv known as the Blue Lodge" " Sons
the South, =" Social Band, f" " Friends So
.:crv" and bv various other names, the object
awhich is to extend Slavery into Kansas
Il had branches. as the witResS had under
stool. in Kentucky, Tennessee and Arkansas,
not other States and this society was us
as amcans to concentrate a party of men
IN the Territory at the election of the seth of
y March.
1t was abundantly proved by several wit
passcS that at the election held in the second
district of Douglas County, on the Both Of
March, the Judges originally appointed were
compelled to resign by threats ofinstant death
in making which Jones' since known as " Sher-
fl Jones, was very active after which other
judges were appointed who received all the
Missouri votes that offered.
1t was testified that at various Districts
large bodies Of men were in and encampcd just
before the electien, and disappeared immediate
/, after, and that the names on the poll lists
far exceeded in number the inhabitants emu
maatcd in the census, while bat a few of the
names on the census lists could be found on the
laN lists