The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1857-1858, 1857-07-15

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0hnso.DAlA Z ~ Jolly 8, 1857.
Onc D!ood-sprintled rul1An has come hv M,
deserts 10 the only way jnstico ever rescheI
Lyle, who presided over the butcheYv ana ,r,,,;
latioE Of Brown, and Afterwards spat IN ~. 80.
Of the bleeding corpse-~ho directed the m,
ING and eaaahesiag Of Phillipa, snd subseo.e.sl,
asss'ed ~ his murder - who incitea ara -.
conraged the expulsion Of the Wee STATE go
rom Leavenworth last summer. and vho Ma
on all occasions Involving the lives ana ,;shs,
Of the Free State population Of Kan..s M.
played the most hideous side Of human 4.
TINS man has at last gone to appear - /. co.,.,
81 record where murder IL not bailatle ofF.n..
presume various accounts Of the afYrxy vh;ch
Resulted in the death Of Lyle, have .,r..S.
reached the Tribune. have jus. returned
rom Leavenvorth, and will give the bes, ~.
ne, accounf Of the tragedy have been
IHk ARRAY AND ITS ByorNNISG.
o"met'me during the forenoon OF the election
cha.any aas', herman came to the polls, on
-. .hN street, 70 vote. While making bis
pa.;s so"gn tne crowd, one Ely Moore. (not The
Register OF the Land Office thru., I nro..,.rs 80
ticket into bis hand, and y in 4 men.c;n. -
tnfe, directed him to vote il The (;erman 80
+, we ueket, made some decided exprcssion ~
n's disgust and finally tore ii 70 piece, and trod
u INTO the dirt. Moore then made ! s,.,sr,ars
20 tne eHect that be allowed 10 man IN te.r ~,
nis tickets, and, especially, no Dntchman. nrs.
facing and italicsin- this view with 1 var;e,r 40
oaths and epithets. Two or three Free ST..
men standing near, cautioned Mr.. Moore IN ~.
nave himself and not interfere with the Ger.
man sotilz any ticket he pleased. Moore
SUNK away, mutterng something abou, Du,ch
men ana Abolitionists, which would not anna.
Ven 10 print. No further trouble occurred :,
inc polls on Cherokee street during the Co.
H.. ,ba a q sa a. gradually gained credence
"s az slavery men would Ne on the
ground in force. after dinner. e'e
About O'Clock in the afternoon Moor. and
Lyie came up 70 the polls with half dozen
Unlocking attendants, and the forme, 800,
menced his quarrel with the German. W,sn,
na'er and john r. Mitchell intertered and told
we GERMAN not TO submit to Moore's buIIyipp.
wa, .hey would see him through Thew Asa
.o'a moore that be would mind his own business
u ne Knew when he was well off Moore drew
" pls.o. ana hred, but owing TO some unstesdi
ness IN ms nerves the ball passed over the he.as
OF the opposite party without coming very near
any particular person. Some one in the crowd
then snapped pistol at Moore, and Moore fired
= second time without eject Meanwhile Lyle
rnshed upon Haller and Mitchell with drawn
9o~ie'khiie. Halter was nearest to HIM aud
iodged the blow, and before Lyle could recover |
lhe ,orce OF ms own pass, drew q knife and |
',aooea MS assaiiant through the left shoulder /
'iade. Inc blow was given with tremendous
oree. me KNIFE passed down to the hill. and |
e'eIed the principal artery leading from the
'ear., Lyle expired almost instantly A scene
u wild excitement ensued. The Free State
men closed around Haller and Mitchell AMI
we corpse was conveyed to his office. Re-
divers we're drawn by both parties. and several
hots were fired Unfortunately. No one was
nlu,eo, however, and the Pro, SLAVERY portion
y the crowd, dismayed by the death of their
mel and the evident intention OF the Free
'a'e men 70 night If necessary, rapidly dispersed
the nearest grog.shops, and fortified the
oors Hailer Immediately gave himself up to :
le Sheriff, and was conveyed 10 the Mayors
lice. ,
ATTEMPTS TO LYNCH THE PRISONER
towards evening considerable number of /
he Rui'ians rallied and came TO the Mayor's |
nee, armed with muskets, revolvers, and !,
itcher knives, swearing to hang Halter before ,
orning. This movement was anticipated and
suihcent force Of the prisoners friends were ,
the ground to protect him. The editor Of
'e Leavenworth Journal made himself very |
'nspicnous IN this attempt at the application of
ynch law, and very narrowlr escaped being
mt to look after his lamented friend in another
innate. bitter personal enemy in the pris.
ners guard, took deliberate aim at him, and
ut for the interference of prominent Free
tate man, another corpse would have been
ided 10 the horrors OF the day. Mr.. Hender-
IN, OF the journal, was escorted away from
ie scene OF the excitement in some trepiation
his late peril, and promised, with great earn
'tness, to let the law take it's course without
celebration on his part. During the whole Of
onday night, the excitement in the city was
the increase, and marauding parties circuIa-
d around the Mayors office. The prisoners
tends, however, maintained their guard, and
he opposite party could n,ustar tho force |
: the courage to make an attack
THE EXAMINATION. II
Tn Tuesday the examination commenced be-
re Justice Taylor. Moore, and several other =
Lyle's friends, sworc positively that the de.
ased had no weapons, or rather that they
ere standing in position to see the whole
Fair and saw none. The witnesses for the
Tense were equally positive that Lyle had
andished a large bowie-knife several times
ring the day, and at the time Of the affrsy,
,de desperate plunge at Halter and Mitchell, 0
tn the weapon drawn. Moore testified that o
(Moore) otteays carried arms in Leayenworth,
d he deemed them especially useful on cleo. d
n day. 1t seems entirely improbable, then, n
1t SO notorious a character as Lyle would visit !
; polls on Cherokee street, where he had no h
siness, AID where he knew his friend Moore c
d a quarrel to settle. without bringing some ?
ably weapon, and ii is equally improbable that r
Melee could occur in his vicinity, under such a
without, his being engaged in il :
ii murderous intent. IL was openly asserted
'ore the examination commenced, that the e
'nds Of the deceased would lynch the prisoner v
ore the trial came on, or, failing in this, they .
uld swear his life away at the witness stand.
e examination resulted in the commttal of X
Her tor trial at the next term OF the District y
lr.. | n
REINYORCEMENTs. b.
IN Tuesday, while the examination was pro-
ssing, courlers were despatched to Weston, Ii
kapoo and Delaware tor reinforcements. On 81
following day they arrived in considerable ~ ~
nbers, and arrangements were made for a | 10
ut attack on the Mayors office. The Free "
te men in the city organized; guard was III
med about the Mayors office in military or Oh
, and two bodies of extemporc militia were VI
Toned within hearing distance. One of the 20.
lpanies composed of Germans, and com. on
nded by men OF their own choosing During
whole of the excitement they displayed tie OIL
n
" when ordered not to fire on the marauders | mo
o attack was made on Wednesday, but the rio
tement was evidently on the increase cI
e Kickapoos arrived during the night, and Of
nant of Buiords scoundrels found their way co,
somewhere TO Leayenwortb, reeking with ma nj,
whiskey, and swearing oaths enough to pave m,
town. One individual, whose zeal consider ma
oerran his discretion, attempted 10 stab The
er, while the latter was being conducted '0l
the court room, but was fortunately re- hor
ned BY his friends. raj
wo
THE PRISONER CONVEYED TO THE FORT. bas
he determined action OF the Free State men '
ented any attack on the prisoner The on a
ems guard, armed with Sharp's rifles. WAS be,
taned day and night, and the excitement
ually subsidized. Gov. Walker arrived Oh l
". did not learn that there was anything i
is Excelency to do, but have since heard N
he procured admission for the prisoner at \
ort on the ground that the jail would not \
sufficient security against the mob. p
rstand that Capt. Emery, late desperate in =
'order Ruihan interest, and now an office y