New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-07
The Herald June s. fayers its readers with the
foowir account of ths late Wholesale massacr e

The Herald (June 81 favers its readers with the
following account of the late wholesale massacre
neor the Trading Post in Linn County Kansas:
"THE Rows AND RUFFhSS OF KAssAs.-Our
Black Republican contemporaries working desper-
atey to get up little breeze of excitement
ing the ate border ruian outrages in Kansas; but it
is no go. These recent outrsges confined to two
hostile bands of fierce bsnditti, the one headed by
Capt Hamilton, Pro-Slsveiy, and the other by Capt.
Montgomery, no Slavery. They came into collision
rather Unexpectedly to the latter party and the con-
sequence was that some ten dozen of them were
rather unceremopiously killed ard wounded. Had
both petes been eaterminated in the encounter the
people Of Kansas would have had occasion to be
very thankful. Ard this, We believe, Is the whole
matter in LutsheN. TIE Kansas agitation is played
ou..'
We have published several letters from citizens
of Lima County who are known 10 US as men of uu.
questionable probity and intelligence, giving full &C.
counts of the horrible butchery of which the above
is The Hraid's version. We have seen several let
tiers from other residents of that county who were
acquainted with the murdered men, and who have
visited the scene Of the massacre. Al these let
ters, without exception, concur in stating these
facts:
/. There was no fight, nor the shadow Of a con-
test, between the murdered and the murderers.
2. Neither Capt. Montgomery nor any Of his
band was present, or knew anything Of the matter
till sometime sfterward.
3. The RuffiaDs, under Hamilton, came direct
from Missouri, and all but very few of them are
known to be residents of that State.
4. Their victims were peacefully at work on
their farms or in their shops unarmed and ursus-
picious of evil when Hsmilton's band suddenly ap-
pesred and took them prisoners Several OF them
were recent immigrants.
s. The murderers started for Missouri (ohly a
ftw mile. distant With their prisoners, but stopped
at tie first ravire ordered their prisoners to form
a line, and theu fired at them. AL the prisoners
fell-Fve Of the eleven dead, five were severely
wounded and one unhuIt. The RLffians then rode
of, but part of them returned to rob tie bodies,
when one Of the wounded, showing signs of life,
was dispatched by pisto he'd sgainst his head.
6. The nuTderers made haste into Mis- sour.
where they started the lie that they had had fight
with MontgoneIy's men and killed eleven Of them.
This lie of the murderers is the only basis of The
Huaids story aud is expressly contradicted BY
the people of Trading Post, who witnessed the
cspture-by all the survivors Of the mauacre-by
Mrs. Read, the wife Of the clergyman who was
shot, WHO was following the banditt and their
prisoners IN rxious fear for the safety Of her
husband, who heard tie firing ard who was the
fret person 70 reach the victims as they lay welter-
ipg ii their blood her husband being severely
wonderland BY every published letter from Linn
County, giving an sccOun. of this tragedy, without
che exception.
:. Not enc of the assassins las returned 70 show
himself on tie soil Of Kansas since, and Hamilton.
their tader has been ysinly sought in Missouri. Ii
is believed that lie has fled TO bis uatiye Georgis
Such are the established undesirable fac:s in
the case; AID toe isct tss. tee Pr, Slavery D.