Arkansas true Democrat., 1857-08-18
Murder and Robbery at Leavenworth City Judge Lynch in the Field-Gang of Murderers and Thieves Broken up

MT. Stanley Ryland, of the steamer Emma from the Missouri river yesterday, has kindly furnished us with the particulars of late mur- der and robbery, and subsequent lynchirg, at Leavenworth City.
 The Emma arrived at Leavenworth at l o'clock, P. M, on Sunday last and found consid- erable excitement prevailing in town on account ot murder committed, and summary punish ment inflicted on the perpetrators The ac- count ot these transactions Is, in substance as follows:
 From what we learned and our information comes from good authority--an eye witness It appears that there has been a regularly or ganized band of rutfians, desperadoes and thieves--for some time, infesting the ctv and neighborhood. They have made profitable business of killing strangers, robbng them, and throwing their bodies into the river to avoid detection. Several strangers, known to have been possessed of money, have very mysteri- ousy disappeared lately, and no one was able to account for their absence
 On Friday last man named Stephens went from Kansas City to Leavenworth and present. ed check for one hundred and eight dollars at the bank, and received the money. He was seen to count his money by man named Quarles, who kept gambling house in Leav- enworth, and who entced Stephens to spring | near the town, under some pretence and where they were promptly met by some members of the gang. Stephens was immediately killed and his money taken from him. His body was then thrown into the river. From some uu- explained cause, Quarles gave the alarm that he and Stephens had both been robbed He stated, moreover, that the occurrence took place at the aforesaid spring, near town, and that Stephens had been killed
 Some citizens. suspectng that all was not right, took Quarles into custody and proceeded to the spring, where the murdered man was discovered. and also some of the gang, who were arrested on the spot
 One of the arrested parties, young man, quite youth, made full confession of the murder of Stephens and also exposed numer- ous achievements of the gang.
 | The crowd of citizens took Quarles and a man named Bayse, and kept them until they | had such evidence as they thought sufficient to convict them of being implicated in the numer- ous murders recently committed in the commu- nlty. After some deliberation and hearing a speech from Judge Lecompte, who endeavored l to qulet the excitement, the crowd, fearing in terterence from the troops at the Fort, took Quarles to a tree below town and hung him. Soon after Bayse shared the same fate On Sunday, as the boat passed down, the ringleaders of the gang man named Wood and another named Knight or Knghton--were in the hands of the citizens, and were to be hung ill the evening, Wood was making his will and Knight was writing a confesson-- Wood is supposed to possess a considerable amount of property-probably the proceeds of his diabolica deeds.
 ! The names of those who were implicated by the young man who confessed were unknown. Some twelve or thirteen citizens, however, were missing when searched for on Saturday. The citizens of Leavenworth appear to be determined to lynch every one found connected with this band. The entire community ap- prove of and sanction the course pursued in re- gard to the hanging of Quarles and Bayse.-- $. Louis Repnbiican.
 Later advices represent that Wood and knighton have been hung. It is a amentabe fact that wherever gamblers congrey gate murder and violence follow