The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1857-08-15
Lynching at Lcavenworth, Kansas

The Missouri Ucmocr.d gives an account
O: tbs hanging of the two men hv the mob of
Ica,,nwortn. on Friday and Saturday. Ii,
a;.,1c4r> ,ha. = man named Stcnlcn>. CAME
from Kansas CT, 20 lcaycnwor,h. on Friday.
and presented a check at IN" bank for sos.
and received the money. He WIS seen u
co,ln, the l.onc> b, Il man I.ar,rd OuIrlr..
vhoA KEEP, a gambling house in Loa,cnvor,!.
This man ,rc,ailcd upon Stcph,n>;o go with
him {, a >,,r:qy o.. water near the town. ard
her, ,Lr, wcr, Joined h, several members Of
, .,,r,- of mur,jcr,r>. St,rb,n, WAS then
nur,.rIc,,. robbed. and Throw >. into IA, .i,,,.
Quarc~, on reaching town. related the a
bo>r story. adding also that he WAS robbed AZ
The same time: but his manner Of relating The
affair. AMI several Inconsistencies III his state
mrnt. aroused the Suspicious OF the citizens,
who took him into cu~tod '. y lIr3" party
then proceeded 10 the scene If tive murder.
where the victim Was discovered. Two more
ofihc gang were At once apprchrndcd and
taken into town. One otthcm. Young man
named William NJ. Bays. WAS hanged. toStth-
rr with QGarlcS III spite Of the attempts OF
Judge l.rcomptc TO prevent il. Bays con-
tr>Srd the mnrG'r. and Implicated another
man lAmcd hn""lton or hn!Shi"n. IN the
CRIME. lie also >ald they had rrr>l"u>I!
murUtrcd another man. and that hon"Iton
and Quarc> belonged to an organized bod!
otahout twenty-five men. who lived and car
RED on the business OF FohhinS ana murder
inS in l.caNrnworth City. On the island "ppo-
site tn" city. and III the towns OF Lawrence
and l"pek"-
Among the revealed con>llratorS was Vii
liam WOODS. the proprietor of the greater
part of lcav'nworth Island. and regarded by
his acquaintance as an honest man and good
citizen party Procct"td al once I" arrest
HIM. and after making thorough search OF
his house. found twenty-five hundred dollars
IN counterfeit money, lot OF c"untcrfcltng
plates. and other instruments. and knife
and pistol belonging to the murdered man.
Stephens.
Stephens formerly kept at grocery at
Kansas City. Missouri. and was regarded as
Il hard character and suspicious are enter
tanned that he was member of gang by
whose hands he persisted. lie was thirty
years OF age and had been married but
short time. QUarlcs. before being hanged,
said he had wife and three children in New
York. Mrs. Bays was at the prison when
and fought for HIM tcroclou>lv. On the next
w.: sI"' II, ''''' ~ ''' L''''.1s VI Days ANU
mandcd Woods but tbev were tn,llv anncas-
ed. sufficient to allow an examination of
Woods by jury chosen from among them
selves. knowton, the fourth person impl-
Gated. bore testimony in the case. and as the
jury concluded that Woods was only an un-
willing spectator of the murder. Mayor ADAMS
appealed to the crowd who had been vocifcr-
ating without, was received warmly and not
snubbcd and hooted at as Judge Lccomptc
ed in norSr,J;n, tbc mol, ~ ,llov tho ,,r;sor-
crs. Woods and knoxlton to have = f,sr trial
Knowlton b,s m,Jc dota;lcd statement nf
all that transn;reJ in which he atHrmcd that
he had no idea Of what was TO take nI,ce t;ll
after bc b,d hoor induced 70 On tn Tho f,t,l