Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1857-03-07
--latest from Nansas--Geary's Coll
yenffOn Broke up i'm Fight
Four Men Ki7Eed-Beausies OF
Popular sOyereignfy.

Four Men AliEeu-Bedusles Oi
Popular sOvereignfy
AsOur latest news from the Chicago Trib-
urae Shows that the war in Kansasdid not
close with the Presidential election, but
thatsthere is room for aJlitte more "Ffee-
dom Shrieking." 1t now becomes the ho-
gus democracy to s'shriek" a little for Their
dear friends, the Ruffians, who have got
into aswar ofexterminationi among, them
selves. q The Tribune givesahe' following
statement. '@'ss''a-74A ~ s-~e'-'
ss0 LpcoMProv, kansas TERRtroRY,
~ .9oelbeN February 10, 1851 ~
Ia meeting which was held here. thissaf-
Etcrnoon has. been broken up in arrow and
Ibloodshed. It was q Gov. .Geary and an
III sherrod Convention. It was called at
the instance Of GOV. Geafy and his friends.
The Intention Of the meeting was to pass
resolutions supporting Gov. Geary, and as ex x:
l.pressipg disapprobation of the recent out
rage Of Sheriff. Sherrod on the Governor.
The friends of the Governor from this
place, as also Topeka and Lawrence were
present. Mr.. Sherod and his. friends
came to the meeti 70. armed, to break il
Iup. There, was one hundred and twenty
or more. present. A committee was APP
pointed to draft resolutions. It consisted
| of both parties. The Mayor Of Lecompton
was President. One of the clerks of tbs.
Herald Of Freedom was Secretary. Be-
fore the resolutions were brought in, there
were some speeches by Capt Hampton,
master of eonyicts, the editor OF. the Lee
compton Union, and Mr., McAlIi>ter, the
private secretary Of the Governor. The
committee. on resolutions could not agree,
and framed two sets. The Gealy resou-
tions were read. Just after they were
read, Mr., Sherrod got on the platform and
| declared that every man who voted for
these resolutions or declared his conduct
wrong was a Coward and liarm He con-
tinued to do so until an alteration ensued.
He was armed with revolvers, as we're all
round him. raaa7 v aSie ,aelsa
"A Nj. Shepherd, formerly pro-slayery
man, contradicted Mr.. Sherrod, when Sher-l
rod drew his pistol and fred at him, and q
general shooting commenced with asinall
party che centre Of the circle. A great
many shots were fired; Mr.. Sherrod had a
shot through his head, which blew his
brains out. He was shot by~J. w. Jones,
a young man who came out with the Gov
ernor, and who was attacked by Sherrod
some time ago. Sherrod had been about
to shoot this person when he was shot
The usmostconsternation and confusion ex-I
isted for some moments. The Pro-Sla-
very men stopped firing when Sherrod fell, |
and no one else fired afterwards. Mr.
Shepherd received two severe bullet
wounds and blow on the head from a pis-
tol from Sherrol. Two other persons in
the crowd were wounded, as great many
shots were flied, ana as the scene was ri
The middle Of the crowd, it is surprising
that 50 few were killed or hurt. There
was an attempt to resume the meeting. -
Mr.. Jones, who shot Sherrod. was im1ned-
ately arrested by a bogus Sheriff. They
intended to lynch him on the spot, which
would have caused general fight in
which the Pro-Slavery men would have
been defeated. ~ hQo
The Governor has sent troops to guard
Jcnes who is still in the hands of the Pro
Slavery officers. The troops are to protect
| him till an investigation takes place.
There is a very excited state of feeling in
Lecompton. CHRISTIAN.
RAILROAD TO GUTENBURG.--A circular,
dated Goth Feb, has just reached us, CIV
ing notice of a Railroad meeting at Gut
enburg on Monday next, to take into con-
sldesation the early SURVEY Of the .'Guten
burg, Turkey River Valley and Minnesota
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