Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-08

close custOuy The news IN the meantime
spread like Wild lire all over the city and
the excitemsnt grew intense An immedi.
ate trial Of Baines was demand and final
ly it was agreed that he should be hung on
the spot, without Judge or jury. A rope
was procured and put around his neck. and
already he was being drawn up to the
limb Of an oyerhanging tree, when he ex
pressed wish to make confession. The
crowd yielded and let him down to the
ground
STARTLING CONFESSION.
lie said that he and two men. one named
John Quarles. from South Carolina, and the
other called knowlton, had laid the plot by
which Stephens was robbed and murdered,
and that the same men had murdered anoth
er man. a short time before, and thrown the
body into the Missouri river He stated
also that he and the men knowlton ard
euarles belonged to an organized body Of
about twenty-five men, who lived and car
ried on the business Of robbing and muir
d"r-ng in Leayenworth City, ON the island
opposite the city, and in the towns Of Law
renee and Topeka. lie then gave the names
of as many of the gang as he could rsmem
Der to the authorities
,,n .,,rsrs
-.
=" '''" "' ''"'"e' i"o '"',''u III,
lations he was committed TO the calaboose.
ne-story stone building about sixteen
feet square. The crowd then went off in
pursuit of Quarcs aud knowlton, and in
short time had them arrested Among the
revealed conspirators was VIM. Woods, the
proprietor oi the greater part 81 LeaVeh-
worth Island. AMI regarded ny ms acqualn-
'ahe" rs an honest man ana good c'tizeh
party proceeded AZ once 10 arrest nm ana
aner making thorough search oil ms mousse
'"hnh f~enfg.tre hn"dred dollars :" counter.
f,,f mo"fR' iot oil commencing plates ana
other Instruments, an" 3n.fe an" p'sfof, De-
'o"g"g q" ne m"fd'fe" ma" stephens. Al
these conclusive proofs OF the correctness OF
the confessions OF Baines, the people were
deeply moved ana held counsel tog' ther
III large and small parties during the whole
might,
ttIr PROCEEDINGS oS sArrRpAy-QuAILrs AND
r,,>rs uxo
suu
- 80 Nv ""' '"'''' W W. ~"
~ = a. a.. co,,ua.
w ~ 'r , 10y, ; ".'1. va .,".n.'y
Wv; u's, "',' 'on'' -. :, '''''.' ' -.
W. w''''rS '"1 , 1os".s VI '"e ''''. ' -
"'''', an" Nv N.Y. l,'t wv" VII. ~ .'"n """'
~ ~ '"' ."". va, '.'.''''',
- w. ai, ii ,s,',I...;,..
81 H." a,,.,.iar,vr5 - ,oyrr nf Law
ri -, .i..n', '.',n Ala !
-, ue,o ,.,.,,,..n,I,, ,rn,n ,h., mob
Lu, r,;lJer ,,,nsal. l.om.J :, ho travail
H. ,Ia,, =, 60 on. shou,e5 % ~.
caIabons.r all aya,. crowd ,f .Inu, ff,v
,,aJIanal ,aan s,.r,oJ in tho, .Grs.,i,n
1u'al.,.l,,' ,I,a,.','Io f,un,yaJ of,or j.,
,'a,i'.,;s. Ill ac.,n,,,,o Al
-, =, ii H. W'.r,s oa;oo ra;,,aJ
&c ~ ,hrann 90 s,,a..a,ars The Ind been
-, 90 ~, ,,';,,,,,ns nLov LoarJ a
ca, ,or Is,,r,,1 af,ar the crowd. mud
c,I,nw,J !, - H., LanL .,f .rceL which
1;y;Jos south anil North Isavenwor,b
,yL.r.. ,h.r, u,sn .,..n Lanl md an H.
.Jgs a largo ohm ire. reached the sno,
ms, in tim - So. ,marle. SUSPENDED from,
a., ,,a', .,,o..,;n, :, ,ha oc,n;as nf J.a,b ~
H., r,.,,,' s.L;oL ,,7,...,',,I l;s u..l, Will.
s",nraI 80 III mn,, mor" .w;nc;ny ou HE
,,,ns al las 90 nal h;s la.,h SIR. liz
IA. Ia ajnaal, aoaaaJ ~ ..onru,s;nns
,,h.n N. sho,, ,yos rn;saJ f.r Ra;nes
~, no,,a ,as ii nal ia mock
ana j.. was lsJ :, H.. ..loa nf ,ho h,ul
w. so,nn. M. y, ,ha o;,;zsrs a,n.areJ Lv
h;s ada and viii, a ,va,ch In liz hand do.
,nanJ.j 6y, mint. 90 ,;ma ,nr f,r,har com.
,n,,ta.s;a,s Tn. ,,ran,oJ -. ,,h.n RAIN
sa;,l :, tLav n.,ij T., III, ha wmIJ
sha,y ,hon a,,,h.r man !, town who wa.
,.nn,ornoI il a.. o,ara,;ons 90 ,ho aa,c
~, H. ,.ta,i ., ~, o,l.h'aso h,,, ..r
- - ,;a ~. 'a,;",.af;1.' a.,
-, ,I ~, IL W - 10, s'' i,:s " '"'
I.ei ~" =. a. ,''' , s w "
, 49, !. -, i al, op' ~"
aN" u ue.' we pe I W. sun. e'se''
"t 'nes ,een'e. - Wv ,'e ',''o Two parties
'ne vi. ~, ',',''r,"s '"' """s'"s ,ae prisoner
.'i ,'t % m: 'e''''.u"s .',"' LOT "'''l'-
Mars"a' i''',.1 VI '"e 'er'',"r! wac aus"
Prs,t''', an" 'n'''sn u, eN.r.eu h'1'se" WIN
an MS l"w'r, lie e"ni" not MAINTAIN ms Po
80; ~, ~ ."' uoo' VI III. ''''"o' ss "o' pre-
R.;nss also ,nn.ara5 .p1 ;n.,;,nd w. n"e ,t W
dangerous .;,pa.;on ~ hsr hns Isn1 ~ ~.
hara;c s,an1 W. ,ha aa,n m.a " a'a ,ooA
al H.. 81, a.. Ia ..., ""u ."'e",ot,
a.. .ra,h =, ,ha ,sss,, Ia" ''e''''s' 70 stay
pn, an IT. ~ ~. r Ip., "u.v.;,;,
,.r,,. 80 '.var,"uaa I'.a.N w P.a ..
r 800 Was 5rowp.s Nv 49,
NAY ,arao 80. - .;n " ~.
hans .~.m,s a. s. law, III ., fe'
r s ,.". ~ ;.e' 'o"s. anu one 'po'
ns,.a go ass ' ha". Wa neu 10y
o., - ."..i h "" l"""su VIII 'e.r,".
Of the wife's Distress and the sonnJ or I.r
screams, mingled with the rawlings and the
ehrieks Of the infatuated mob, was too much
for me, and turned my back and walked
away. 'heard another blow from the
piece If timber. aud simultaneous shout
from the crowd. which told me that the
door had given wav. and the prisoner was
at the mercy Of the people. | walked has
tily around the square. for with ali TIA ter
ror there was fascination in the sight and
reached the spot Just in time to see tie mol
rushing doti, the street with the nr;sonsr
toward the creek and the elm tree. pur
sued, and when reached the spot the BODY
Of Baines was already in the air, and his
last death struggles were shivering along
his limbs. The crowd then appeared salts,
fled Woods and Knowlton, meanwhile.
had been placed in an omnibus and hurried
of to the fort The city continued very
@ ;:; !; .:s a.: i; It,; !: