The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-09-11
For tie Herald Of Freedom.
Willow SPRINGS, K. T.,l
August 80, 1853.

Ny attention has Just been called to an
article published in your paper of the
21st inst, which is taken from the Osa-
watomie Herald, in which my name is
mentioned in connection with the name
of Mattock, one of the men recently ar
rested on charge Of murder, and now
confined in Jail at Paris, K. T. hope,
as you have given publicity to the above
article in your paper, that you will be so
good as to publish this, my reply. The
Herald says that "Mr. Snyder recently
made trip to Missouri, and succeeded in
ferreting out Mattock, who was one Of theE
party, (alluding to Hamilton's party and
who is now in custody at Paris" He
further says, that "Mattock is the second
arrest made. VIM. S. Wells was the first,
but was discharged by Judge Cato, not
withstanding the weight of evidence
against him; and so will every other one
of those hounds if the bogus law is de-
pended on"
Mr.. Editor, as to Mattock, 1 have moth
ing to say he can make his own defence.
But in regard to the charge against my
self, it is false from beginning to end
AS to my being discharged by Judge
Cato, that is true, but not as the Herald
has it-that l was discharged, 3" "notwith-
standing the weight of evidence against
me-" as is we'll known by all those who
desired to know the facts in the case
What are the facts ? They are simply
these: That after my attention had been
called to a charge made against me by
one Hargrove, of being concerned in the
shooting scrape at the Fort, in Linn coun-
ty, and published in the Lawrence Re
publican of June Sd, 1858, proceeded to
Lawrence next morning, in order to have
contradictory statement published, which
was done in the Republican of June 10th,
and has long since been read by the public.
While there, was arrested on the affida-
Wit of one Lewis N. Tappan, by the dep
uty Sheriff, on a writ requiring him to
take me forthwith to the nearest Justice
of the Peace in Linn county, where it was
charged that the crime was committed );
but, contrary to all law, justice, or equity,
l was thrown into prison at Lawrence, and
detained for the space of five days, during
which time messengers were dispatched
after Hargrove and Snyder. Hargrove
arrived in advance of Snyder, and was
escorted by Col. Eldridge & Co. to the
prison, where was confined. Twas called
to the window, so that his holiness might
be- able to point me out. On the fifth
day after my arrest, the great man Snyder
arrived, who, it was said, knew all Ham,
ilton's party. was taken out of prison
by Sheriff Walker, and marched down
town to the house where this so-called
Solomon was, accompanied by a large
number of the citizens of Lawrence and
vicinity, in order to see the elephant. !
was marched up stairs, in company with
ten or twelve other men. All formed a
circle in the room, in presence of this man
Snyder, who was reposing himself on a
bed of down, suffering from shot in the
arm and left side, and not in the leg and
thigh, as the Herald has it. He was re-
quested to look over the crowd, and see
if there was any one present that he recog-
nized; and after looking at the men,
answered that there was no one he knew.
We bid him good day, and started down
stairs, when the congregation which had as
bled in front of the house to hear the
result, enquired whether Snyder recog-
, nized any one of the number; to which
Walker answered, that he knew no one.
This seemed to cause general silence fol
the time being, as they confidently be-
, lieved that l would be pointed out by
, Snyder as one of the men; but he had
not been sufficiently drilled, like Har'
grove. All at once, one little, pusillani-
. nous English wight, by the name oI
: Hinton, cried out, " Let Mr.. Hargrove look
over the assembly, and see if he recog.
! nizes any person who was engaged in the
affair" halted, and faced about. Har
D grove seemingly cast his eyes over thu
: multitude, but looking at me all the while
q having been pointed out to him in thu
!, jail, some day or two before,) and sale
Y that "that man resembles man saw
o there, although his countenance does no
: look as red as the man saw" told hin
:, where lived, and that was determined
e to have the matter investigated, and
t, he desired it, he could find me at Willow
: Springs, at any time. ! was then con
! veyed back to prison. In short time
v Sheriff Walker came and took me out O.
+ writ of Habeas Corpus, and took m
+ before Judge Cato, at Lecompton, on tn
= 9th day of June. / had sent after m
v witnesses, and asked for continuanc
20 until the 18th of June, SO as to give theI
IL time to arrive, which was granted. Nv.
Is then set at liberty by Walker, on parol
10 of honor, until that time. On the 18th
or June, made my appearance before H
y Honor. But, 10 and behold! l was iii
Us the woman that was taken in adultery
I had no accusers, no prosecutor, no l..os
he cutting attorney or sheriff. / had to a
is as sheriff, hunt the writ and call up q
'e, case, and demanded an investigate
= which was had, and was discharged
: 4 not al the aditny of the 0zav atomic Herd