Squatter sovereign. [volume] (Atchison, Kan. Terr.) 1855-1858, 1857-02-24

- ...@s.y nature ess ssilaer tending 10 :
the lame OF resenging his insult,s y : IA
In the very presence Of the victim :,
~ $ hired secretary, and tie friend - ga =.
inmate OF his mansion, the asas,., !, us
sherrarri. had laid themselves on - q
personal structure by their remarks = :,
sherr;lrd's face. Fe, this little ass.
Mr. Jones. of Pennsylvania. did not -
tend TO revenge The personal a,,aet - a'''
upon him by Slserrard. No. be ta.s
treasured up The idea of revenge "a
basely refengcd hirnsslf.
Week before las, Geary, with h.
midon crew, MeAiis,er and Gihon ~.
The House of Representatives. Tie b..
oherrard was present in the hall =, =
.iine OF their entrance ;shis ire boiled W.T.
IN him; for he ssys even now !. :
wandering alteration of Lis mind .Is
man, and when my character is ass.;,,
susiainit IL" No, wishing 10 i,sy,, =
dignity of the House by a person.I 70.
teounier IN IFS presence, he re,iraJ ~
returning after some time, lie HE, c.,
in the ante-room of the hall of the bous..
and told him /" thai he had rudely assaii.d
his character and he spat upon han
which lie did. No effort was made by J.
Es-reetsRcy, OF MS rIyrluldons, 10 reve,s
The insult then and there; but they soug,,
refuge to their injured honor ia the Len,
lafure. by attempting TO force lie passar.
of a resolution condemning and denouoc.
ing Sherrard as guilty of contempt on Is
House and Council. They were fo.iej.
the house decided :bat the matter was b..
You'd their jurisdictisn, and refused TO take
any notice of the matter.
Fooled ti.ere, refuge was sought in Il
organized meeting. composed of ci,izsa,
from other counties, OF no intellect; men
from Lawrence. who were known to L
traitors to our laws, CAPT. Hampton an
his crew of oonvicis and the meuilers q
the Geary household, McAlis,er, who Ia,
iruahy been tie Governor, the Graha
Vizier, whose voice was supreme Oh ert
~ qaesiion Gihon. the Private Sccreia.
Ty; Jones, The youthful pro,ege Of Csa-
~.
The meeting met on Saturday evening
last. aud adjourned 10 meet. las, evening
in the open air. on the the CAPITOL grounds.
Men OF conservative principles feared
difficulty; they sought lie Execuiiss
mansion and asked Gov. Geary to Use his
influence and stop the meeting. Hig!-
minded, unprecedented men, Judge AMI,
citizen lately arrived IN eur midst, advise
The Governor 10 put stop 10 the meeting,
TO crush in It's ineipiency. BIZ, no, ;llaas
so on. Tie meeting net; The lriends
OF hr. Sherrard tried 10 prevent lie o.
jects of the meeting from being carried
inio effect. There were the traitors freM
Lawrence. ;nen who had taken up asaas
against the laws. Hampton, Win lis
consiets. armed, and the Governors house
hold The meeting was called TO orL,r.
No one was listened 10 with any respect,
save Hampton, the master OF CoLVIels
: who feeds them on pepper sauce, white
sugar, and ali tie luxuries Of the country,
&c.; ATcAiis,er, the Governors shadow
and these of Ike nature. Resolutions
denouacing Sherrard, &C.. were introduced
resolutions stating what SIr. SEerrara
conceived to be false; rnd he arose to
make explanations. A difficulty aross
between him and a certain person named
Sheppard, who had once been IN the coA'
fdence OF the pro-slayery party. but when
Lane appeared with Lis inEadeing kOfde'
be took his position as captain IN The
Northern army. They commenced firms
at each other. BTr. Sheppard vas sae'
twice. While tbs was going on, that tea,
dy, BfcAlister, spoke out and +" REMARKED
wly don't somebody shoot Sherrard
Whereupon. ]. a. W. Jones deliberately
shot Sherrard in the bead.
We have stated briefly AMI suceinfty
the material facts of the case. Jones the
assassin, was the friend of the GOvefn'E'
and an inmate of his house. MeA User
as we have stated. was in reality the G'F'
ernof OF The Territory. Taxing all Tue
facts, we are constrained to the belief that
There was sort OF conspiracy to put an en-
10 | be life of SheFrard. He has teen sacii'
feed he has been assassinaied IN eela
blood, and We leave men to Judge 10
themselves.
Mr.. Sherrard is still alive, but there
liitle hope of his recovery, part oi -
brain having been carried away. o''
citizens are indeed excIted. and there eh 4
, lists strong probability that the matter VII
no end even at this sad termination.
MIR. Sherrard is noble specimen
humanity. brave as lion, well educate
and his demeanor and character beioksH
ed the perfect gentleman.