Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1858-06-11
Moro Horrible Outrage. in Kansas.


Inflated territory. These dispatches were
highly eolored. and lay the blame at tho
dOors Of the free State men and some OF
them charged the free State men with muir
der. robbery, and other crimes, which the
border.rufhans have been IN the constant
habit Of committing ever since the frst set
Element OF Kansas. The truth has at last
come out. revealing the most fendssh cruel
~, showing that tie Tre'ent dynasty at
Washington has still faithful servants in
Kansas, ready to butcher free State men to
order. ny whole rlatoous We publish be-
low a letter from a reliable gentlemen in
that territory. written from "Sugur Mound"
and dated May 2ls,, aud published in one
Of our exchanges. Read it, icllow.citiIen.
Of Maine, and II you repress your homes, in.
digna,ion, you can do better than We can.
about o'clock r. NJ, on the 10Th
inst, a band Of MissOurians, some thirty Ia
number. commanded by the notorious Capt.
Hamilton. aud the equally ulainous "BrOc-
ke,i," made an unpsrccrNc1 descent upon
the Trading Post, a hpurishing village some
ten or twelve miles from the border. and
completely sacked the town, taking over
a dozen rrisnusrs. ~ tho surrounding
country was perfectly quiet, and the villa.
gers, unsuspectlng an attack, were all en-
ploycd at their various avucAtion., no de-
tense could Dc offered aud none was attsmp-
tel. After LAYING their rulhln hands upon
Whatever pleased their fancy, IN and around
the town, they began their retreat 10 the
border. carrying thris prisoners along with
them. Some distance from the town they
passed a blacksmith's shop. in which the
owner and bny Uhcir names have for
cnttcnl were at work. they called upon
him % surrender. hut the noble hcru snatch.
ed up a gun double barreled) and fired at
BrOcksi, slightly woundins him, ami XII.
ling IN, hur-e under hig. Then aiming
the other barrel ~ the cowardly gang, he
commenced his retreat aud strange 10 say
both he aud the bny effected their escape.
.tll more cxasperatyd hy thIs manifest tlon
Of ire state c.uragc. the ruthian' now TO.
solved % wreAk their vengeance on the un.
armed inofTrn.i,c prisoners. 81, stopping
in a r,,ine near g" Fort Hamilton. +" they or.
d.r,d them g. step 81 ten pace, aud form
line They dit -, and the demonncal or
der % Take aim make ready ." accord.
ins O. an c.,apcd prisoner. W.. the fret in.
tmatiln uf the horrible fate that awaited
th,m. How s1lemnly awful must have
been their le,linss % know that the next
instant they must meet their Maker. with
out even time u breathe PRAYER for their
souls salvation, | will leave the reader a.
Judge. Fire p" was the next Command OF
demon Hamilton. and score OF gun. (he
him.,li setting the cIamp'e) dislOdeei their
cout,ns ui buck-shot and ball IN that doom.
line Of men. Every one drupp~d 20 the
caria, Eve OF them dead and Eve more scri-
ously wounded.
Tne band then proceeded 90 plumber their
pockets. and In ~ doing discovered that one
sliil brcaihci and was unhurt. The cap
tain placed bis revolver g. his ear. aud put
a hall through his head. Tho other unin.
iurrd man escaped observation. and after
the murderer. LETT the scene Of slaughter.
ran hack % 10 the post aud communicated
the terrible iii,ngs % the village Run.
ncrs were immediately despatched in all 1T
rcc,ipns to alarm Ihe settlers. and before
suu~t over 80 men had collected In the
llttlc village AZ the Poet, while from every
part Of the Territory armed men were com.
an. In. on horseback Ani on foot eager 20
a,yngc the terrible wrong just cummunica.
tel - them. A large number OF hur.s IN
stanily s-t out unier the command Oi somc
of thy leading military ufcrrs O. oyrrtake
II possible, the murirryrs. Cln-pirijus
among the chiefs vas the notci Capt Mont.
gptnvry. Whose name D. a. much house
household word IA southern Kansas ~ was
ever " Mad Anthony or "Miron's
In the dly,oi -. Not the rough ir.sb,o.
Ter IL he that he has bcen represented. but
bold. determined man, acting upln princi-
pie, oi warfare, and m0lcs.ins nuuc hot
those Nhu arc " have been the assrcs.5rs.
Armed 20 the teeth, a. be aud hl, troop
ever are. they are az once the champion,
ol +" Kansas and the terror Of her enemies.
.ay this much 10 behalf Of one who Is MS.
Understood, and whose whole course Aas
bcyn belief.
When the impartial historian writes the
history Of Capt. Montgomery, Il will BE- very
different from that Of Ihc lawlrss freebooter
he j. generally represented. The troop. re.
turned u the Post late in the day. bringing
the intelligence that they had tracked the
baud Wet. east, south and north. and In
all directions, and finally lett the trail where
il b1re susplciously near % West Point.
noted RENDEZVOUS w the Missouri border.
Ia the interim the dead anu wounded were
brought IN 70 the Post. aud strict watch
kept OF the town all throughout the night.
Some VI the wounded, u ~ thought, will re-
cuyvr. bat two OF the I've ara gwen up as
hopeless, and all are shuckngly mauslrd.
~ nv pace OF duty was IN Paris ~ the
tme, dad not learn all the names OF the
prisoners. Ia fact some oi the number we're
strangers staying ia the post AZ the time.
aud whose name. were Cnly guessed at.
one wa Siil.ell. from Sugar Mound. he
Vas going IN "a wagon 10 Kansas Guy for
,Omc goods, aud had stopped to water his
horses at the Post. liz leaves vile 10
whom he had been married buta lew years,
and two children to mourn hi. lJss. lie
VA. - brave fellow. and when be found they
wrrr going 10 shoot them, hs only remark
was, " IL you are gnlns to murder US, Tor
God = sake take good aum." lie is 10 be
buried to-day. Another Oi tie killed was
a preacher by the name ol Reed, man
whom everybody IA the Territory respected.
\ thlrd Mas a young man Vt the name OF
Campbell, - clerk In the store at the Post,
origiually from Osawatamie. Ii Is impos-
sibic o. describe the excitement which this
Wholesale slaughter VI some of the b,st citl-
lens Of the Territory has created in South
ern Kansas.
The whole community is in arms. Every
thing but active preparation Tor immediate