The Kanzas news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1857-1859, 1857-10-03
More,- Is.omcial,, Literature.

specimen of "Ohclai Literature Inc
aOficial Literati'' of Kanzas. headed by
Sam Salters and Judge Elliott, viii some
day occupy ssfront seats In the pagesof His
tory Mr. Elliott, is the Border Rufian
Probate Judge of Madison county, although
living in Breckenridge county. He is an ar
rant coward and scoundrel, and ran off to
Missouri last fall on the breaking out of dis
turbances,-not, however, before he had
committed some mean and despieable acts
in the neigbborhood. After difficulties had
ceased be came back. bringing with him a
yoke of cattle which he had stolen from
widow near Hampden, and other stolen
property. The theft of the cattle was prov
en- on him, and he was obliged 10 return
them. He has acted as spy upon his
neighbors ever since, keeping around him
all the time gang of five or six 'tRufians, -
whose character for thieying has been es-
| tablished beyond question. The Free State
men have grown in numbers around him.
until he has found himself unable to enforce
the bogus laws, which has excited his ire
| They have also Stunned him as they would
viper, holding no intercourse with him.
The Judge has been frightened at the in
fux of ''abolitionists,' and sees Thousand
dangers. He has never been robbed or NAL
treated; but he wants the .tabolitionisls'' ex
terminated So after hearing of the dough
ty deeds of Gov. Walker before Lawrence,
he wrote the Gov. letter; it was not an
swered and he wrote another; the same fate
befei 1t; he wrote another and gave it to a
friend to take to the Governor, but stsome-
how" it didn't get there, but after going
through several hands, came into the pos
session of Mr.. G. D. Humphrey, who kind
ly allowed us to copy it for publication, and
we accordingly lay it before our readers, as
sfmorser' too good to be lost:
Madison county
Kanzas Territory, August 9th 1857
To r. j. Walker Govener of Kanzas
after Ny Respects I am onder tia pane
fully neadesesity of writing 700 fue lines
to in forme VOC of tina Disturbance in this
part of Kanzas Last fall we were ROBBED and
compel to move to Missouri until tina war
vase over and then we Returnd Miss car
yer vase kill in her one House By men that
we can prove that Done it and now Boldly
base taken them up as yeait we can find
some of them and now J. D. Humpher and
Goodwill and Middlesmus and Other men
Hase thrtend Over Lives that tina will kill
all of tina proSlayer party in this nabor hood
in a fue Days ths. are a gone to attack US On
Monday next we are bout twenty Strong
and Hase TO Ly out ever night in tina woodes
to ceepe THEM from Killing us tina Last night
of July Mr. Cook from lawrence Made an
attack apon Me after night how vase capt
Of tina Robing party last fawl tina Have made
threats that tina will kill Me this is j. D.
Humpher and that shal not Live fore weeks
this l am able to prove On him that thret
vase one mOunths gov and ceepe it up
still we are not able to force tina Law in this
naborhood I am a member of tina cort and
Dare not Cow to Columby TO attend my
Bissness nor l Have not this Spring nor
Can Dou it with out Healpe from 700 to
Sustane me and my family and tina Law
Have Bin Robed Last faul and Hase Bin
ROBBED few Days Cow Please force tia
Law in this naborhood and give me Back
my Stolen property from Goodwill and War
ner and Maxion and some fue Ina Balance of
tina Majors tina Have thretned that if VOC
come in this naborHood cha will Kill 700
and Run tha troopes Back tia are mity
/ Strong On this neosho River VOC must not
come in this naborHood with out troopes
and that Strong Gard for you will Bee in
/ danger l Have writing two Letters to 700
before this and Got now answer nor Shal
Send this to 700 By Hand and if you will
Plese Send tropes to tina mouth of cotton
wood and if we can not git Healpe from 700
in Hast we will Bee COMPEL to Dispatch to
Missouri for Healpe to Save us and Over
family for we can not Ly out in that Brutch
eney Longer we are in tina Right and we can
make it a pere this is iba wosh of my na-
bors to wright to 700 in hast and may you
bealpe US for Once for we are in CRATE meade
of it at this time I have Menney charges to
make But not able TO make One with out
Healpe Sou yourse Respectfully
To Govner H. B. ELLIOTT
r Walker commissioner
of Kanzas of madison county
When the contents of this letter first be-
came known, it was with difficulty that
large portion of the neighbors were prevent
ed from "dispatching' the Judge" .'to
Missouri, in hot haste, with good coat of
tar and feathers on his back. But prudent
counsels prevailed and the &c Judge is still
allowed to occupy his night retreat in the
'Brutch" near the mouth of the Cottonwood.
with '|none to modest or make him afraidl''
How much longer the forbearance of the
Rufians to remain where it is we cannot de-
termine.
Whiggery.
A Wing party has been organized in Lea