White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1857-09-24
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Reports of awful proceedings at White
Cloud, have been circulated in various
quarters, during the present week. 1t has
even been said that all the Slavery
men had been run out Of town. To those
who know anything of the matter, these
reports will sound ridiculous !; but as
strangers to the facts may be led to wrong
impressions, we will make brief state
ment.
On Monday, small difficulty occurred
between several persons, in business
transaction. A young man, an entire
stranger in the place, mixed in, and Off
ciated rather largely and during the trou-
bic. called a gentleman liar, which he
repeated several times, when the latter
gave him a Gaming. The young man then
got pistol, and went about the streets,
threatening to shoot the gentleman. At
this, some of the citizens became ineensed
first, that a mere boy, and stranger,
should DO the cause of renewing diff
Guilty which was on the point of being
adjusted and secondly, that be should
be clustering around with pistol, threat
ening to shoot some one. In addition to
this, gambling, drunkenness, and fight
ing, had been carried on largely, and hor-
ses had either been stolen, or their halters
cut and the animals let loose. The citi.
zens determined to put down these nuisan-
ces at once. They appointed Commit
tee, who, on Tuesday, determined to make
the young man "scratch gravel" But
the evening before, and about the time the
first difficulty occurred, one G. w. Crow,
pettifogger residing in Oregon, true to
the instincts of mis- first cousins, the Car
rion Crows, smelt something rotten afar
of. That was precious morsel for him.
Where any little dirty affair can be stir
red up. there he looks for fat fee. Early
on Tuesday morning, he posted off for
White Cloud. On the way, he boosted
that he was going to do his best to kill
White Cloud, and was going to work
against her, on every possible occasion.
He had been doing so, as was well known.
Through his means, much difficulty had
been experienced in obtaining a title to the
town site, at the land sales, because, as
he has confessed, the Company would not
pay him fee to keep silent How he
got news of the difficulty here, on the
same evening that it occurred, we know
not, unless it had been concocted before
hand. But his boasts and threats reached
here before Lin, or as soon as he did,
His presence created renewed excitement
Some were in favor of shipping I'm
across theriver Immediately, knowing that
he came with the avowed intention of Gre
ating disturbance. But majority of
the citizens were opposed to this. they
knew such move would give the town
a bad name abroad, where the facts were
unknown. Some twenty of them signed
polite note, requesting Mr.. Crow to quit
the town forthwith, as he was here to in !
cite disturbance. The note was handed
him, of which the following is a copy
At a meeting of the citizens of White Cloud,
held this day. it was
Resolved, That the presence of G. w. CRow
Is detrimental to the peace and quiet of their |
town, and that he be requested to leave town
September %, 1857.
But this had an effect contrary to what
had been expected. Grow, unused to be-
ing addressed as gentleman, and seeing
a majority of the citizens peaceably dis
posed, commenced to tear and bluster at
a terrible rate-declsring that they only
wanted to gas about it in the paper, and
that he would leave as soon as he got
through with his business-that il was an
outrage unheard of-that he, George w.
Crow, an Attorney at Law. of Holt Coun-
", Missouri, and peaceful citizen of the
United States of America, should be or
iered out of town, as a disturber of the
peace, when he came here on business.
He could bring two hundred men here. in
a few hours, who would sack the town,
and he dared any man to touch him, as
be was armed The idea of his sacking
the town, only diverted those who listen
I'd, as they could not believe that two
hundred men lived within a thousand
miles of the place, who were mean enough
10 follow after the lead of this Crow. At
hat, several of his particular suckers "
commenced casing, and declared that
hey would die for him. He went about
% various persons, entreating them to
stand up to him, but he met with poor
Encouragement. In the afternoon, it was
given out that Crow had determined to
'tay here all night, and the persons deter
mined that he should not. The citizens
again collected, and determined that, if
be did not leave by shutdown, at which
lime the fery-boat stops running, they
would put him over the river. His friends