Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1856-07-31
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] I'm Wentworth pabli. hsd 4 few .lavs
ago the particulars Of the ''brutal, sas.
age murder" Of Mr. Martin White. Of
Christian county. Iihnoi.. ny the rro-
slavery men OF Missouri. The story hss
gone ell over the ccuntry. The State
Register has been shown a let er received
BY Mr. Charles X. Hurst. q merchant Of
SpVingfelj, written by White, ''stter HE
MURDER" aud from that letter Publishes
the following extract. Let all our read.
srs study ,hi. letter: it gives faithful
picture Of Affairs in Kansas. CHICAGO
Times.
We have had most exciting Zine here
for the last two weeks. Two weeks ago
last night there was five men and one
boy murdered within a few miles II US.
The boy was fourteen years OLD. A part
ef the men who committed the murder
lived within two or three miles Of Us !;
they murdered them without any lust
cause, only becau.e they were pro .la-
very men. II va. the most cold blaoded
murder ever knew, their heads were Gu,
open, their Threats cut, their breasts and
backs slit open to their heart-, some Of
their baD1s, noses and ears cut of.
Some of them were not buried till Mon
day. II vas an awful sight to behold
There were fifteen men in the company
that committed the murder. They had
raised two companies Of about thirty Eve
men each TO go 10 Lawrence to ioin a
notification meeting there, and they were
driven back BY the rega!nrs. This par
ty Of fifteen cams back ahead of the bal
lance and committed the murders and
stole twenty head ct horses, and then
they went back and Joined the rest OF the
company who were engaged 10 stealing
horses and negroes. | raised twenty
three Of my neighbors and went to the
place where the murders wero commit
ted, and in the evening came on to the
company, but they were too strong for
US, and we did not attack them, though
they expected it and run like devils.
The next morning, after being rein
forced We commenced taking them, and
continued until we got fifteen Of them.
On Wednesday we were largely reinforc.
ed, and met with j. II Masterson. lie
was in company from Sugar Creek
"Jim" is a whole soldier. | also me,
with Harrison Northcut; b" was orderly
sergeant in Westpcrt company. liar.
rison is good soldier. On last Satur.
day week The companies were divided
and each company set Of in search oil
the murderers.
The Westport company started fol
Hickory point; AMI week ago thi,
morning they got into an engagement,
with the abolition murderers, and they
were all killed aud taken prisoners ex.
ceHt five who made their escape. We
don't know to o certainty how many oil
our men were killed, there has large
forces gone to release them. 1t is only
twenty-five miles from ~, and yet VIC
cannot hear the result in full. II | hear
before mail this will let you know
We have enough to DO to guard oursel-
yes. We don't know when we are 70 BE-
attacked, Tor they have taken u secre,
oath to kill all the pro- slavery men in
the territory, and all that take up agains,
them. So you will see that the free
state men are in danger, as well as the
pro-slavery men, from these abolition
know-nothings.
The Eboli:onsts have been holding
meetings and bidding diiiance to the
laws of the territory and of the Unite 4
States, and say that the constitution and
the Union must, and shall be disso'.eI
Rceder and Lane, who head them, are no
better than they are. We expect to stav
here till the last day ia the evening
though there are q great many famile,
leaving here, and claims can he had for
half the value Of the improvement.
In a postscript be snys:
have heard from the Westpart com
panv. They are released ard the whole
abolition force taken prisoners. There
is now some prospect Of peace here, and
It Massachusetts and the clergy mind
their own business il will continue.