The Kansas herald of freedom., 1858-07-24
From ae E6rs Scat D.n.,,-
News from For, seo,,

We learn that some few days aeo
raj horses were stolen OF The H,tIs ne
River, near the State line. and -.
the State. I've gentlemen r. r. = -
Eamesof Harris and Polk, from wbor. = -
horses wers stolen. started in parsn;, sss -
trailed the horses TO Papnensvile. in a
non county. No. They there csms
With party Of notorious Characters s,'
who have formerly lived in the Teri ,sS...s
and proceeded On in the direction J.
Stumptown. When about two miles -. -
from the former place, Harris and pm
was attacked by these rufians; Mr. H,,-;.
succeeded in making his eseane: v.
Pelk was brutally murdered, reeeivirst--
shors in the head and several ssrs,.
wounds in different parts Of the bodv !,
the citizens of Vernon county do moi tsI.
this matter in hand and punish the MIS-.
ants. they must not complain If a fs,sAs.
method is resorted tc This gang is besS
ed BY a man calling himself Turk sos
Tom Morrow, of Barnesville, in rs.
county The right name of this n.,
Turk is Miller; he was otlige to leav.
Fort Scott for stealing last winter. h
never was resident of the Territo5y
This party consists of some twenty me.
and have threatened, we understand -
come into this region to modest some AZ
our citizens. Such course would m.
doubtedly rid the country Of them soons,
than any other they could pursue, fer thev
are known to many Of our citizens. ana
if they ever get ont of sight of the STATE
line in this Territory. they viii be pso.
perly cared for and give the people po
farther trouble.
SINcE the wholesale thieying Operations
on Drywood Creek, in the vicinity of Csio
by some vagabonds from the North, the
people in that locality have taken the
initiatory steps to prevent its repetition
They have organized themselves into a
company to act purely on the defensive
Capt. Brown has been selected as Their
commander, and the next time thieves s-s
caught lurking in the neighborhood. lei
them come from where they mar, they
will be dealt with severely. The citizens
of Drywood have heretofore sustained 3
good character, and now mean 10 Enaintaip
it Quite a large meeting was held at
Cato on Saturday last,
Mr.. Conrad, the Chairman, introduced
Judge Williams to the audience. The
Judge made one of his usual happy
and effective speeches, which was wei
received by the attentive listeners. Mr.
James J. Farley was next called upon
and addressed the people for a short time
upon the prospects of peace and the Re-
cessity of a concert of action to securs
these ends. Had it not been for the
swollen streams, in consequence of the rain
the night previous, this meeting would
have been large one. Preparations were
made for an extensive barbecue, but the
storm was so violent that it was found
impossible to carry out the previous ar
rangement.
THE Lawrence Republican publishes a
statement that Col. Titus is in the Neosho
country with a body OF men, hauassing
the people; also, that Capt. Hamilton is
on the border ready to make war upon the
citizens of the Territory. What motive
could have prompted this false statement
we are unable to imagine, unless it wai
an attempt to stir up the feelings of our
people, and by so doing, reopen the dis
graceful scenes of the early part of the
summer. Col. Titus has not been in the
Territory since he started for Arizona, and
the last heard of the HamiItons they were
in Now Orleans. The people of the Ter.
ritory have nothing more to fear from these
men, and the idea of the abolition papsrs
continually harping that these ruffians ara
about to make demonstration against Us,
is ridiculous, and if the Republican vii
use its influence to keep the horse thisFe;
of its own county from giving us trouble,
we apprehend no farther danger.