Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1857-08-13
1YNcHINa Ar LEAvENwoRTH.

The Missouri Democrat gives an account OF
ne hanging of two men by a mob at
.oavenworth. on Friday and Saturday. I'll
ppears that man named stephens, came from
.ansas CITY to Ilcavenworth, on Friday, and
resented check at the bank for SlOS' and
,ceived the money. lie was seen to count
ne money by man named Quarles, who kept
gambling house i'm Toayonworth. This man
revailcd upon Stephens TO 20 with him to a
pring of water near the town, and here they
ere Joined by several members of gang of
urderers. stephens was then murdered,
lbbod. and thrown into the river.
Quarlos, on reaching town, related the
bovc story, adding also that he was robbed
the same times but his manner of relating
ie affair, and several Inconsistencies in his
tatcmcnt. aroused the suspicious of the cit
zons who took him into custody. A large
arty then proceeded to the sconc Of the muir
or, where the victim was discovered. Two
r more of the gang were at once apprehcnded
nd taken into town. One of thom a young
nan named William NJ. Bays. was hanged
ogother with Quarels, in spite of the attempt
f Judge I.ccompte 60 prevent it. Bays con-
esscd the murder and implicated another
nan named Knowlton or Knighton, in the
crime lie also said they had previously muir
dured another man. and that Knowlton and
Quarlos belonged TO an organized body of
about twenty-five men who lived and carried
on the business of robbing and numbering IN
Loaycnworth City, on the island opposite the
city. and in the towusof Lawrence and Topeka.
Among the revealed conspirators was VIM.
Woods. the proprietor of Lcayenworth Island,
and regarded 10y his acquaintance as an honest
man and good citizen. A party proceeded at
once TO arrest him, and after making thorough
search of his house. found twenty-five hundred
dollars in counteleit money, lot of counter
foitng plates. and other instruments, and q
knife and pistol belonging to the murdered
man, Stephens
stephens formerly kept at grocery at Kan
sas City, Missouri, and was regarded as hard
character, and suspicious are entertained that
he was q member of a gang by whose hands
he persisted lie was thirty years OF age and
had boon married but a short time. Quarlcs
before being hanged, said he had wife and
three children in New York. Mrs. Bays was
Mt the prison when her husband was dragged
ont to be hung and fought for him icrociously.
On the next day, subsequent to the hanging OF
Bays and Quarlcs, the populaco beset the
prison. and demanded Woods, but were finally
appcascd, sufficient TO allow an examine ton
ofWoods by jury chosen from among them
selves Knowlton, the fourth person impli-
Gated. bore testimony in the case, and as the
-urv concluded that Woods was only an unwill-
ng spectator Of the murder Mayor Adams
appealed 90 the croud who had been vociler-
atng without, was received warmly and not
snubbcd and hootcd at as Judge Lecompte had
been on the previous day, and he succeeded i'm
pcrsuadng the mob to allow the prisoners.
Woods and Knwoeston, 90 have fair trial.
Knowtou has made detailed statement of all
that TRANSFERRED in which he affirmed that he
had no idea of what was to take place till ai-
ter he had been induced 70 go TO the fatal
spring and then only believed robbery wa.
to take place lie says that Bays knocked
the deceased down. and Quarlcs stabbed him
and that deceased got away, and swan 60 th'
opposite shore of the river before he died
Ills confessions reveal the existence of largl
gang Of countereiters.-Bos Iranaer
THr EMANcIrAuoN MoYNENr rs MIS-
sounI-The St. Louis Democrat. comment
ing upon the returns of the election. says:
Tho returns are now given, with the OK
ception of two precincts, which unofficial.
give Rollins a small majority, thus making
his majority in the entire county Of st. Loui
more shan eighteen hundred and fifty votes
The vote polled in the county was smalle
than was Anticipated q great many adopted
citizens refusing to vote for Major Rollins o.
account of his having been a Know Nothing
Many Americans too, voted for Stewart oi
the slavery question Thus the whole yot
polled was about eleven thousand five hun
dred Since that time there have been mor
than Thousand voters natura'ized, and many
whose residence entitlc them 20 vote THU