Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-10-27
rom the Cleveland Herald.
The Insurrecti0n az Harper's
Ferry. A Lorain Co. Negro
among. the, Insurgents.

OF OsSawotoElie fame, was at the head OF
the insurrection at Harper's Ferry. The
dispatches say that man named kagi.
one of the leaders, has been killed. This
Kaigi some of cur citizens will remember
as hanging around here last summer dur
ing the Rescue excitement. He was
much younger man than Brown, and was
in this city in Browns company, and vain
ly endeavoring to get up sympathy for
those who ran off slaves from Missouri in
to Canada. .Kagi considered himself as
an outlaw, and often spoke of the fact that
there was price set upon his head by the
Governor of Missouri. He went hea:ily
armed, as we are told, and seemed anxious
to be looked upon as a martyr and an out
law, whose Land justly was against every
slavehoder. Kagi is one of a brood of era
zy, desperate men, who have been driven
10 these excesses by the brutal violence of
shareholders in Kansas.
Our exchanges bring US some particulars
additional to those received over the the
wires, and yet not enough for US to deter
mine the full object and aim of the insur-
rection.
In the Baltimore Eschange we find the
statement of Conductor Phelps whose
train was stopped by the insurgents. He
says:
The Captain of the outlaw band, or q
person who seemed TO be the prime mover,
was middle aged man with grey hair,
beard and moustache. His name was
signed to note or paper as Anderson, or
something similar thereto.
He assumed to be the chief of the insur-
rectionists and was heard to say, in ad-
dressing the conductor, thai if ou knew
me and understood my motives as well as
l and others understand them, you would
not blame me so much"
In another speech, the marauder chief
was heard to exclaim, "If you knew my
heart and history, you would not blame
me-"
This leader no doubt was Brown, but
bis age is not stated old enough, but the
grey beard and moustache re like him.
1t was Samuel P. Youug-not Turner,
as We had 1.-THE gentleman spoken of
as graduate of West Point, who was killed
while coming into the town of Harper's
Ferry. Mr.. Beckham, the Mayor of Har-
per's Ferry, was killed by ball entering
his breast and passing entirely through his
body.
The account says:
Mr.. Beckham died almost Immediately.
He was without fire arms, and was ex-
posed for only a moment while approach
ing water station. His assaiiant one of
Browns sons, was shot almost Immediately,
but managed to get back to the engine
house where his body was found next day.
Conductor Evans Dorsey of Baltimore,
was killed instantly and Conductor George
Richardson received wound from which
he died during the day. Several others
were wounded, among them son of DR..
Hammond of Martinsburg. This was
when the railroad men made dash at the
Armory when men were held as prisoners.
A lnulatto was shot Just outside the Ar
mory gate. The ball went through the
throat, tearing away the principal arteries,
and killing him instantly. His name is
not known, but he is one of The free n,-
groes who came with Brown. His body
was left in the street, exposed TO every in.
dignity that could be heaped upon it by
the excited populace.
A tall, powerful man, named Evans Ste
phens, came out of the Armory, conduct
ing some prisoners, it was said. He was
twice shot-once in the side, once in tie
breast. He was then captured and taken
to tavern.
This is the man who, in the telegraph,
is called Allen Evans, and in the newspa-
pers sometimes called Aaron Stephens.
The reporters visited his room where
Stevens, or Evans, was dying.
The FIRST visit was made to the bedside
of Aaron Stevens, the wounded prisoner;
they found him TO be large, exceedingly
athletic man, perfect Sampson in appear
ence. He was in a small room, filled with
armed men, who threatened TO shoot him,
where he was groaning with pain, but an
swering with composure and apparent will
ingness every question in relation to the
fray in which he was engaged.
He said he was native of Connecticut
but had lately lived in Kansas, where he
knew Capt. Brown. He had also served
in the United States Army. The sole OBJ
ject of his attempts was to give the ne
groes freedom, and Brown bad represented
that as soon as they seized the armory the
negroes would flock to them by thousands,
and they would soon have force enough
for their purpose-one for which le would
sacrifice his life, but he thought Brown had
been greatly deceived. He said that prep
arations had been making for some months
for movement, but that the whole force
consisted of seventeen white men and five
free negroes.
This statement was repeated without va
ration by all the prisoners with whom we
conversed. All agreed as TO the number
in the movement and as TO its objects,
which some called the work of philanthro-
py.
Lewis Leary, negro, shot at the rifle
mill, stated before lie died that he enlisted
with Capt. Brown for the insurrection, at a
fair held in Lorain County, Ohio, and re-
ceived the money to pay his expenses
They all came down to Chambersburh, Pa,
and from there they they travelled across
the country to Browns farm.
The terms of surrender of the Arsenal,
as demanded bv Cant Brown when the