The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-08-10
TRAGEDY IN LEAVENWORTH
CITY, KANSAS
Foaa Anrdey-Csn. .tsssioas Of he H,.raerer--A BIND
% t1n'p'rators Diserereti-7 7,co If them arrested
and HIHq

| tW'puat0s DIsereTeti- 7tpO If then. urresfst
| and Hung.
Inc telegraph dispatches published Friday CAV
an account of fearful tragedy enacted at Leayen
worth city, Kansas, on Friday night and Saturda,
morning last. Andrew Stewart, Esq, editor of tn,
oteuoenyilie (0hio) Union, who left Leayeuyortt
On saturday.night last, has asfurnished the ST. Loui
Democrat with the following details:
on Friday night, the 3lst uIt man named
otepnehs living In Kansas city, came ND to Leayen.
worth, and, while spreeing around, went into :
drinking shop called the WarI Uonze Tha "to ho .
keeper, nance Baiues, became very friendly. and
aiVe, setthg stephens quite drunk proposed a
walk up the river, and took him to a spring on the
Vi the missouri river just above the Planters
Iiouse, "here they were met and assaulted by two
men VINO demanded their money or their lives The
DAT @ keeper Baines, gave his money up and ran off
When he got to the lower end of the town no ya va
e!le alarm that man was being robbed up the
iNer at the spring Several parties OF cit
lLehs Immediately went up and arrived iust in
tihe 10 hnd poor Stephens crawling out of the
river, his body and head beaten and bruised With
stones and clubs and his chest and shoulders bear
ing several terrible stabs and cuts The citiyens
ran TO his assistance, but the unfortunate victir
though struggling tospeak, too far gone and
presently died without being able to utter single
"ofu about the manner of his death or the names
Of the nurderers.
Suspicion at once alighted upon tbs barLoo,o
balhes, and so outraged were the people and so
'ioieht the presumptions of his guilt that posse
oi the citizens at once arrested aud held him in
Ciose custody The news in the meantime spread
ike Wlldtre all over the city aud the excitement
grew intense. An immediate trial of Raines
was demanded, and finally it was agreed that he
should be hung on the spot, without Judge or iury
ioPe was procured and put around his neck. and
ALREADY he was being drawn up to the limb of an
oVerhanging tree, when he expressed a wish 10
make confession. The crowd yielded and let him
down to the ground.
STARTLING CONFESSION
lie said that he and two men, one named Him
Quaries, from South Carolina and the other called
hnowlton. had laid the plot by which Stephens
was robbed and murdered, and that the same men
I Iau murdered another man short time before and
thrown the body into the Missouri river He stated
also that he and the men Knowlton and Ouarles he.
Ionged to an organized body of twenty-five men
VINO llVed and carried on the business of robbing
ana numbering III Leayenworth city, on the island
opposite the city, and in the towns of Lawrence
and Topeka. He then gave the names of AZ many
OF the gang as he could remember to the authori.
ties.
THE ARRESTS
AS soon Baines had finished his revelations be
was committed to the calaboose a one-story stone
building about sixteen feet square. The crowd
Then went off in pursuit of Quarles and Knowlton
ana in short time had them arrested Among
the revealed conspirators was VIM Woods the nro
prletor of the greater part of Leayenworth Island
ana regarded by his aCquaintances as an honest
man and good citizen party proceeded at once
TO arrest him, and. after making thorough search
of his house, found t,centfrs httpdjed dollars -,
c0teIJeH money, lot of counterfeitns plates and
other instruments, and knife and pistol brl0noi10
10 NE murdered man, Stephens. At these conclusive
proofs OF the correctness of the confession OF
Balnes, the people deeply moved and he Id
counsel together i'll large and small parties during
the whole night.
THE PROCEEDINGS OF sArURDAY-QUARLRs AND BAINgs
HUNG.
We here give the narrative of Mr.. Stewart. liz
says:
Il went to the mayors office on Saturday morn
ing, ans found an immense crowd awaiting the re
suit OF the examination of Woods and KnowIton
Baines and Quarles were in the calaboose Wbilf
the examination was going on, Judge Lecomptt
was outside, making u speech and expostulatinn
with the angry crowd in favor of law and order -
The cry of Hang 'em, the id murderers' arose
frequently from the mob, but the milder counsel.
seemed TO be prevailing, when at once some on,
shouted, TO the Calaboosel to the calaboosel anf
away crowd of abont fifty maddeued lnen start
ed i'll that direction. The balance of the peopI,
followed AFTER in smaller parties, leaving Judg,
Lecompte almost alone, and the mayor's office re
lleved OF its throng of spectators. They had beer
| gone about fifteen minutes, when heard a grea
yell. started after the crowd, and followed it +,
the bank OF creek, which divides south and portl
! Leavenworth. where there was steep bank an,
| On its edge large elm tree. | reached the spo
Just III time to see Quares suspended from the tree
Sasping III the agonies of death at the rope whcl
was around his neck, while several Of the mol
Ike
| death sure. His body had hardly ceased its con
vulsions when the shout was raised for Baines
| The rope was placed around his neck. and h
was led to the edge of the bank, when some on
OF the citizens appeared by his side, and with
watch i'll his hand demanded five minutes time f1
further confessions. They granted it; when Baine
said, II they would let him, he would show then
another man i'll town who was concerned in tn
operations of the gang. lie was then taken to tn
calabOose but for some reason did not give salts
he tiaxyI ,,IoIl l. II
TO be returned to them. Judge Lecompte agaiI
addressed the people, and with some effect. 70
they seem to divide into two parties the one clam
orlnS Tor the hanging of the prisoner and the 9th
er demanding trial for him. Marshal Denis o
the territory was also present, and though he OK
erted himself with all his power, he could no
MAINTAIN his position at the door of the calaboosr
nor prevail on the crowd to disperse
lic vile OF Banes also appeared: and ipsniro
ny tne dangerous situation of her husband took
herolc stand on the entrance, and endesyored h,
frantic threats and entreates to stay the wrath
the populace But all efforts were unayailipg. TN
peace party were overpowered. Judge Lecomnte,
voice was drowned by the shrieks of the moi 4
large piece of hewn timber, perhaps typntv6v1
feet long and one foot square, that was living near
was llited up by crowd of men, and plunge,
with fearful effect against the calaboose door Tn,
sight of the wifes distress and the soupd of he,
screams, mingled with the ragings and shrieks q
the infuriated mob, was too much for me- and
turned my back and walked away. / heard ano
theI Uto" piece OF TIMBER. ana slmuIta
neous shout from the crowd, which told me tbat
the door had given way and the prisoner was at tbs
mercy OF the people. | walked hastily around thu
square, for, with all its terror there was fascina
tOn i'll the sight and reached the spot just in time
to see the mob rushing down the street with the
prisoner toward the elm tree. | pursued, and
when l reached the spot the body of Banes was
already in the air and his last death-struggles were
shiverng along his limbs. The crowd then ap
peared to be satisfied. Woods and Knowlton
meanwhile had been placed in an omnibus and
hurried off to the fort. The city continued very
much excited up TO the hour left, but no further
violence anticipated All sorts of stories pre-
| vailed, and many of the mysterious disappearance
and robberes which have occurred in the territory
are all being referred to this band of murderers.
IMMENSE ORGAN.-The great organ placed in the
town hall at Liverpool is one of the marvels Of nu
steal mechanism. 1t consists of four OF
keys, sixty-three notes and two octayes and hall