Freeman's champion., 1858-04-08


happen that Hamilton was in town ?
| IWby, BIyno sent him in to inform
some ofthc supposed Law and Order
citizens that he was about to enter
town with writs to arrest those per-
sons who werd "charged Of abusing
Johnsoa,' Campbell, Crawford and
Judge Williams knew ir all before
they went out, oThsy neveuitDll
Bayne she could enter townif that,
was his object" There was no
"coald" about it, He went thsre;to
go into tawn.and went in with0at
"could. NaNtn 4 .uuUrn~my
Az for the "system ofrobbsry and
bloodShed which has been kept up by
these m,n and their band, for the last
six months on the Osags = this,
charge comes with very good grace,
from Fort Scott. How long since
the citizens of that place became SO
pious as to be Mortified at [" robbery
and bloodshed?" They must have a
less exalted idea Of "robbery" than
they had some time ago when they
robbed four teanes OF sIxTy-slx HUN
DRED POUNDS OF FLOUR and compelled
tile Owners 10 pack IL into their aeaS for
Memi and portion of that Hour be-
longcd to a poor ciaO,O and her orphan
[chadren!! The robbery" item in
that letter, no doubt, will be edify-
ing to the Governor Asregards the
"cry of Missourians invading this
part Of Kanzas," it was true. It was
currently reported throughout the
county that they were coming, alarge
number of them; and, under the pre-
tence of hunting stolen horses, to
clean ont Usage, Mill Greek and
Marmaton," The "cry" was true,
whether there WAS any ground for the
alarm remains to be seen. The letter
says 'fOe or SeOen men, did go to
B .nesville" &c,, "cili,enS of this
county," Why did thy not boldly
and tWthfully tell the Governor that
nine men did so to Barnesvillo from
Fort Sjoh AMI thlt they were there
joined by nine more from Missouri,
aud that they there to oka young nun
named Berry a prisoner and after
finding out from Barry that Bayne
had u force SufIi ,ient to defend them
selves, thsy released the prisoner and
returned home ? Why did they not
60 on and hunt the stolen horses?-
Because it has not been shown that
any horses have bsen stolen, and fur
ither no horses been {" found in pos
session Of the thieves attheir fort and
recoveredf' Mr.. Ripley lost four or
five horses, they were gone three or
: four days and returned themselves, -
They might have been stolen by some
body, bnt nobody knows-by whom
h Another item in tie Fort Scott
'"budgct' Is concerning "robbery,
horse-stcaling, and shooting with ev-
ident design Of murder" "on Marmaton.
Aside from that point on the Marina
ton where Fort Scott is situated, there
is not a more peaccable and Quiet
settlement in Kanzas or anywhere
else than on MTm 'ton. There has
not been q, siaglo instance of robbery
or Understanding on that stream, aud
buta single case Of shooting and chat
was caqJol by whisky and an Old
Igradge. Neither have S the inhabit-
ants ofthe Couutry on those STREAMS
and region around, arisen to oxpsl
these so called BhypoI Of Lane men"
Marshal Mars Little pnk ap4. his posse. Of
lIUitS Drayppns are the mqn that have
arisen to expel thoSe menp and no
body else. aSTho citizens ofFort Scott
"have been constrained from d sense
Of duty" 70 tho Governor %Sto testify
to the truth" Wolf why dila't they
tell it2 The Govethorin his e ofli-
ciul capacity" would have been glad,
no doobt,' 70 got d few yacts RON Fort
Scott, p.1 IN a., w.'..',
"Thhic, nanosofI three Or four Free
State men APPEAR am monRYthe sigma