The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1859-10-28
BEDFORD, PA, FRIDNING, OCTOBER IS, 1853


..,.s Several citizens have been killed, as well
several of the rioters.
f,,io' ipALrihoRE' Oct. IS, 8 O'Clock, A. Nth
'oi,q"lng Is the regular report
HARPER's FERRY.-The town bo, -. u
80, POSSESSION OF by companies from Charles
,s Ma ano n 0nePpardStown, Va, and Frederick
ire ~ "e tio'erS are entrenched in the Armo
as ry, and hold Mr.. Washington and M tn. r,,o
be feld as prisoners 4Ai' hd'en'
IT. ihe insurreclioEists, commanded bv Ca6taio
hroWn, (of Kansas notorietv} nnoohaSoS 20:
= naily seventeen white men and FIVE porroo1
5. Vefal OF whom were shot.
y wo men of the Martinsbur, oo,.o-
: ry. '' ''@'s'"g on 'ne aFmo-
n portion ofthe insurgents here left under
command OF leader named Coot who WITH
.aIge party of slaves, is supposed 10 be moving
toward Pennsylvania.
Allen Evans, one OF the insurrect,on;s,, :.
iyIhg IN dying condition here. having been
S"o' through the breast. He is from Co9nac,i-
Olt' out has been in Kansas. He SIMS The ,,boJo
SSIe@ts 1caS got up By Broaca, ,gho reDypssofed
',44' "a me negroes U0uid rise 6y Nousaadq nnd
Stat es. "O"'U 0e "aae Jree
Col: Shrlver, of Frederick, has lust had .,
interview with Brown in the arporv He 81
% 20 De allowed to march out with his man
aHu dVerfed ms intention of defending bimsal(
70 the last. His men are very strongly nos,ad
III Tue Engine House, and cannon cannof he ,,s,I :
they still hold. F'''oneiS
killed. '''O'0'' - N40e 0een e
fountain Breckmqn, a railroad a,snt p,..
not dead from the armory.
Three rioters are lying dead under tho br;I., p
iaVlng been shot by the Shephardstown troao. u
their charge on the bridge. 70 81
Capt. Brown had been about here and ro, !"
ID farm four miles off which was tho rsn 'I
ezVous OF the rioters. Captain Cook was aI.o " "
bout here, and at one time tau5bt - scbaaI D' [
Il The other white men are unknown IT, a.
e supposed, however, 10 be men ubo ba,, M M
zen connected with Brown in Kansas. 'i''
HARPeR'S Ferry, Oct 1913 o'c!ock A Su'
Inc conflict on the Bridge was tongbt sp' spu
aInIy by the RalroadiT men from Ne 'ne
lsbu-g, led by Captain AIburti. Evan No. aoo
y, conductor of the Railroad Company u,a. !Ir.oi Iroi
He'd, and conductors Bowman and Hoil,,, anu
ere wounded 'S'
nj Il Be ,ad Fifd 5sqqq9 % Il 1r tA s
o O'Clock, M.-Preparations are now priS
KING Tor the attack on Inc Armory. The ogn
dlefs are posted all around the grounds, and kno
the last hour every thing has been quiet. bat
The rioters have still the following persons the
their custody as prisoners Armistead Ball, poss
ief Draughtsman at the Armory Benjamin and
Ills, Master ot the hrmory 1ohn p. Danger 20 r
ID, PaymaS'er, and Clark Lewis Washington, brid
armer and prominent citizen; Joha Altadt. SUP
armer, and son, Is years old. The three last way
re seized on their farms several miles from can
ferry. r
George Turner, a graduate of West Point, wa
one Of the most distinguished citizens IN 4 Ia
s vicinity, was shot yesterday, whist coming four
o town. He died during the night He has by
'rother llVIng IN Baltimore, married into the and
lterSoh ldmiIy. SO S,
lhfee OF the rioters are lying dead IN the the
eets theFe are also three 10 the river, and two
'efal are SAID 10 De lying within the Armory he i
closure. had
The following is the list of killed among the who
izens and soldiers fountain Beckham his
ywood, negro porter at the railroad station sent
). Burney, of HarPer's Ferry Evan Dorsey Wa:
Gao. Richardson, OF Waterbury. Gen
Another r:oter, negro named Lewis Leary, heir
10 has just died, confessed 10 the particulars chal
he plot, which he says was concocted 5y at st
own, at fair held 10 Ohio, two months AGO. ty as
The rioters have uSt sent out flag of truce Sunt
ing that If they are not protected By the SOL and
RS here at present, they will hang all they ted,
oture. his
ryr ,p,on,, sro,,,,r adva
60 form
The armory has Just been stormed and taken. IN
80 Sysr,.'''.ieu e.. nSs4 Iss,s'aHC e., Fro5
Ia5 80 VIZ" nag OF truce with
-, aua,e,,,,..;n u Tue aFfnory' and
used.
% -iaI ,: - anu iha"e lad o
50 eaN oPen 'ne ooor all
rts. ;. -
A large ladder was then used as batterrpg bsna -
4, and the door gave way. The rioters fred nIa.r
;kly and sho: three OF the Marines, who ex- o.,
nged shots through the partly broken door. to,rr
e Marines then forced their way through the ,ov,r
ak, and in few minutes all resistance was T,,r
IN end :, al
The rioters were brought out amidst the most were
ense excitement, many Of the armed militia medi
sent trying to get an opportunity TO shoot recti
m. was
Captain Brown and his son were both shot slave
latter is dead and the former dying. He 800
in the armory enclosure. He talks freely, 1t
says that he is The old Ossawattome Brown was
ose teats in Kansas have had such wide no. conti
=. He says his whole object was to free the also,
yes and justify his actions says that he had out t
session oil the town and could have murder who