New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-11

usn said I'll ike it bette, than yJurs take L.. lie
then took the hose. and also one ir)m ms. Hss-y'.
Ross, stillwsn, Campbell and myself "s'e tie only
pnsOueIs ct thst tine. We we're ordered - msTCh
with the cOmpsny 10 1r. H4irgrp-es hou.e, ~E@r-
were med By NJ. Hsugr0ve, his soE asa ard 0o1
Hal who had b.en taken prisoner. 50 alter tas y
br usht Me-sis Copeiz,r ROblnsoE sUd Snyder.
We q Ell surrounded zId ~ >red 70 csa.c1 TO
ward TIE STATE ice; eai'e the arch vooDE nso
named H.l was taken from his wagon, prisOaer, by
order of Hamilton.
Shortly after halted 90 high ground Captain
Han tOp with portion II tae comply liz - t-k5
anOthey by the name OF S0yder ba.k -sntl VINO AS
a. work 10 bis shop, whi;h ~ss IN f4ll view. Some
6rrg to;k place ss tie party epproscned the shop.
Captain Hanl,ton then returned, AID ordered ~ 70
mach We cJntiaued o. 10. NJ ME, wheo We cim
TO deep ravire where we Were orde ed - Oat, a
the company and close Gp," Hamilton tasE ordered
his OWL men ITO linz; not being readily ooeyed he re
1eated the order. Ore Of the Company, brJ act,
notorious {, low living Fort Scott, an1 tie Murderer
OF u Al in JecoDptoD refused, sad turning ais h0css
reu arked thst he would have no.h0g 10 10 with sdcl
business. Capt. II. then drew ps,ol and ordered his
men 10 pIess ut eIns, take ainI Ele.
The order was Obsyed-"e al isii S)me OF t1s
ps,ty then diemountsd fOm their hOrssa and came t.
wheIe we were, to csy out az orier 10 zee tast Te
were All dead.
Hamilton remarked, There is oil Reed; give hin
another one" 10 moment tho order ags'o given
1t was asked, (Which is bel" Ssid he, rna. black
devil with is face rp." Tue .nd tnen put hi4 pistol
agsnst his ear, remsIkng, have al ways found this
tie DOkL Jdt1I place, ana HtJ. tf JItuuzltiJ iOl
Mr.. Reed bis face toward the gr0une aGd lay b.
eide the man vi ME sken for him aut snot at.
This nan already deaa; but lay WITH bis eyes
open
MI Reed says: II prevented respir stsn duriog the
time ttey examined ms aud my bsing covered WITH
blood from my mu,s.ed shoulder caused them 10 be-
Deve me dead " hen they supOosed W. were al dead,
ore Ct them remarked, that " That mat has gold
watch"
Another said that The man from Sugar Mound
(alludiDg to Mr. StDlwelD haa $780,. This they Old
not find Mr. g. having secTeted II 10 hs wagon where
it has siDce been found BY his iriends.l
Soon after the company rode of. Wheu heard
my wife calling ne, answered her, and told her 10
go ard get Assistance as Don a. po'a'1e NY opec'
YVES To have some person there before DIED. 10 ORDER
to receive my testimony in reference TO the ma sscre
GsiI ing epgtb, nept out and made iny way II tne
place where i was found.
have acted as Judge of three FreeState elections
in Linn County, which was dou5llessly the resson
they attempted to kill ne.
Another oilense might have been because wrote
egsius. the LecoDpton COnstltu'ion.
He was shot with Snsrp's rhs, the bal tak.n;
effect just below the arm, and coming on, behind ,ne
She ulder.
Wilism Hirgrove, badly shot through the Jugs,
He vas born in Marion Dis rct, South C4rolias A. D.
sC0 sequenty but 81 years of So: his appearance
indicates lim to be at lsas % 10 b.ing qae gray
He Mas resided in Georgia, Mississippi and limos,
tavirg emgrsted to Kansas in the Fall If 1857. lis
is what would designate conservative man, hav-
ing voted for Buchsnen, ard never participating in
politics with the exception OF having voted against
LecOmpton in January last. He is traly Southern in
his sentiments.
The following is his statement: On the 10Th ils.
was at work on my claim, covering corn; about 10
who it was at my house. l told HIN il was my son
Asa. He tpen said he wanted ms to go with HI q 10
Hsll's "a neighbVr) asked him by what authority.
lie drew Shapes ifia aud aid, AK no questions
Lu. go along" ! walked before him up 10 Mr.. Halls,
Nheie found ihitsen persons who had cangreg..ed
Together; sme ng them was Mr Hal, prsoosr. The
company tbeu io'med and marched NJ. Hall AID my.
self back 20 my house, where they TOOK my fpsn OF
mules. While on the march from the house they sent
party to arrest some of the neighb0fs. O1e s1ua1
under Hamilton, went out to take Eh Snyder, BLACK
smith who at work seeing them coming, and 40.
tcipatipg their object he prepared to cefend nsef
Az Hamton's men drove up, one of them discharged
his gun containing buckshOt, one OF which hit hlm on
the leg the other on bis breast. Mr. Snyder retained
the fire. the charge taking effect 10 the neck of am-
ons hoTte upon which the patty Tetreated, and sms
back to where = 8 were. Mr.. Hairgroves statement
in reference TO the shooting the same as ststed by
the Rev. Mr.. Reed.
There are three by the name of Hamilton Tho were
engage in this assassination. They three broth
ers and designated folio VS.: Capt. Chas. A. Hamil-
ton member elect of the Senate under the LecOmpon
swin0e: DIR. George Hamilton, member OF the Lee
comp ton Constitutional Convention, Alvin Hamilton,
assassin No. 3
They all came in with the notorious Bufords Caro-
lima party and were officers under the same. Dr.
Hamilton took deliberate aim at the Rev. Mr. Reed.
The rufians numbered thirty, ALL with one exception,
fire. at only distance Of ten feet from the prisoners
ard then fired their revOlvers when standog over
their victims who numbered ten. Those killed we're
JOHN +. Campbell VIM. Siilgell, VIM. CJpetzer, Z.
Rose Michael Rob nson. Those wounded were Wn
Hairgrove, Asa Hairgrove the Rev. Chas Reed, Chas
shy der and Amos Hsll. Austin Hal was kicked over
by a ruffian who remarked, THIS man IL as desi as
the devil" Not one of the Free-State men were
armed The Rev. MI Reed says he does rot own
remarked to Mir. Hsirgrove tina, l should have
supposed that he would have resisted thou unaIms1
az perhaps but ore chance 10 hundred Of esc4pe,
rather than 10 he deliberately aimed az and shot down
like dog lie replied " Itrus'ed IN ProVdence, ana
believed would not be killed. Such faith Is very
rare and seems almost Ike tempting God.
was doubtless the intention OF the lutians 70 XIII
every man: in fact TIE order was given that t1ey
be sure all were entirely dead, SO that no one be lei
to tel the tale" During the march, the prisoners we1O
continue ly tortured by jeers and oa,Ls from the heart
less crowd. Some said, We will have fred scslps
for dinner; Others said, " We can make women and
children cry. Such the restn mt received by men
for opinions sskemen taken fToln their work IN NE
felds with only their IA ming utensils to defend them.
selves-driven Ike cste, abused by language too
feLCish for civilized ear.
Some OF the fends residents Of Fort Scott, aud
prefer ded friends of their victims never having hsi
any difficulty either OF private or political m are,
although some of them have repeatedly sad TIA, II
"the Ciittenjen Montgomery bill passed every Free
State msn in the neighboIhood shonld bite the dus'
Thus Pre- Slavery as well a. Fee State me have
been murdered 10 cold hood for having voted against
Buchanan pet measure
Twill withhold sl objareatory remarks, but leave
your readers to judge for themselves, having given to
them the simple, unvapshed tale as iela'ed ana coz
filmed by honest minded, intelligent meo.
Ex-Setretsry Stanton arrived IN town TO- dsy lie Is
strongly opposed to Lecompton Junior, and seems
eager Tor contest He says he Intends to stump the
Territory against il. ,,
We feel grateful for his good intentions, but think
he had better save his BREATH for il will be super
fuous labor. We nesd urging TO treat with COZ
tempt such baref.ced imposition.
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