The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-12-01
ANOTHER RESCUE Party GETTING up.

vi Afdue
nand OF Capt Michael Heliar--iaeiy . csuuio "a for
rradier e. neral Of the Berka Comfy Bigaae-to oIn
The oib.r Dscon,'n;s the ars rescue John Hrown
fell~r person Of loose social iss ana utterly na,1
leit TO the rights Of the slave sOdg States and tina oOl
cations imposed up." every good c'lixn BY the constt
mob ~ the UDiien States i N currently reported thaf
secret meetings have been hela by the ceneosrstes ,n
hat Part u the city known q Vera Cruxn pere
itet pistols were freely show. be- usei In the con-
nrt We trust That our police, w,h their usual activity
viii be ON HE ALERT aud that Gov panker viii uss ali era
power 10 ms hands 70 prevent the Contemplated outrage
TIE POTTAwATOMIE CREEK MASSACRE.
AtfipAVTs DUPLICATING OLD JOHN BROWN AZ rHE;
LEADER OF THE BAND MORE kvDENCE THAT "a p.
TAIN BROWN wAsA HORSE "LBERAToA,
Ffem he W'tttWt. MOI B0f der start
The aootionis's Of the North are trying 10 get up sym
patty Tor od Brown, by representing HIM DO worthy
but Misguided man, aud whose nature had been
wsrleo ana smhtered BY injuries he received NJ the
hands Of the pro slaveryws This W all stun Bcoxm
came to kaDsas, NOT peaceful t,ler but az euer
ria fighter He driven from h,s property by
border rnlahs as he never had property be drive
from. the hostility he met with retaliation for
his own rba0us and brutal deeds the fret murders
ID Kansas we're those committed by Uld Brown Ho
opened The bloody ball. and ne more than any elsa is
iefo shle Tor the terrible that marked tho pro-
ra,ud political squabbes O the Territory OF ali the
acts III the Bleeding kanras tragedy the fest order
Of time were ibe murders committed the night Of the
Path OF May, 1885, on Pot,a~ Creek In this mas
sacre conducted by Old Brown, i've persons killed,
vz-Ailen Wilkinson, VIM SheT All, OH VIM. r Doyle
aid his two sous William ana Drury The heart broken
Survivors Of this nassacre-toe widows and Orphans.
came 10 WestpOrt and depnsed the acs blody
aiaf before EAqure Gofsrth and the record Ia be
fore US.
Alien Wilknson was a member or the Kansas Lepsla-
ure-a quiet, inoi,nsve mau. HIS widow, Lousa Jauo
Wilkinson, testified that ON the night Of the 2th ~ May
ltb6 between the boors ~ midnight and daybrcsk she
thinks, party Of men came " the house where thay
weie residing and io,ciby carried her husband away;
thai they ,ook him 10 the name Of the Nortern army
anu that next morning be found about $50 yards from
the house, dead. Wilkinson was very ia At the time
with measles Here follows an extract from her aida
VIII
begged them to let Mr. Wilkinson stay with me- say
ing that was sick ana helpless uni could not stay ny
n..eH Ny husband aso asked them to lot HIM stay
wlb mt, until he could get eOde ~ wait me- told
then that he would o but he wond be there the
next day, or whenever called Tor, the old man who
seemed to be in command looked me- aud then around
At The children, and replied, "Yos have ne,ghbors"
sad, $50 have, but they not here and cannot 90
ior them" The OLD man replied, ut matters not, ami
tod him to get ready Ny husband wanted put his
oocs and get ready 30 us To b. protected from the damp
and night ar, but they would not let him. They then
tok my husband away After they gone thought
heard MY husbands voice in complaint Next morning
Mr. wlhsons boay found about $50 yaras irom tde
house in s,me dead brush. A 'any who saw my hus
bapds body sau that there gash In his head ana
h. side Others ssa be cut in the throat twice.
Has ef, destitute nu, regardless o this fact, tnsy ,"o
away soe property, including the only horse they had.
Mr. williamson WIS preren,ed at W.sport, Missouri with
The necessary means 20 20 10 her in tennessee
She bad Two small children Mrs wilknsons descrp-
t"n oi the leader o. the who murdered her husband
sus Capt John Brown well known character abo
lon yarty She Gays that her husband quiet man
and was not engaged arrcsting disturbing any body
agrrayaie The abaioDs,s but he pro slavery man
The circumstances attending William Sher mans assis-
sina'nn testified TO by James Harris, Of FRANKLIN
county kapsas. Mr. She, was sayn overnight at
the house Of Harris wben the 2ltb OF May two
O'Clock, tdltoin John Broun and party there, at
after ohrrg some property and Questioning Harris and
Others, was asked to walk out NJ Harris in
his affidavit, says" Old man Brown asked Mr. sherman
nt" GU, viii him, and Sherman then went out with
F(no; lbtard nothing for about fifteen minutes;
IN the Northern army, Us they styled themselves,
sta, with US until we heard burst, aud then these
two men left next morning, about ten O'Clock, found
William shei man. dead IN the creek my ,use;
was looking for b'm as he hsa not com. buck, thought
lie had been murdered: took Mr. William sherman
(body Of the creek and examined II; Mrs. Wheman
was With me; Sher mans sku,i split open Two
places and Of his brains we're washed out By the
water large hole Cut in his breast, and bis left
band was of, except little piece Of skin side.
III relation 70 the aseassnaron Of James p Doyle and
IONS, the affidavit Of Mrs. Mahala Doyle the widowed
MAnAIA DoYrx's DEPOSITION.
The undersigned Mahaia Doyle states oath:-I am
the widow Of the late James =. Doyle moved The
Territory, that Is my husband, myself and children
Der, A. D., 1866, settled upon Muskeio creek about
one mile from liz mouth, where empties into Pot
.awa,.mie creek, IN Franklin county; on Saturday, the
24 day OF tfay, A. H., 1866 aoOut eleven O'Clock ut
light aier we had all retired, my husband, James
Ioye, myself and chidrcn-hve boys ana one girl;
he eldest about twenty two ears Of age, his
Wibam; the next about twenty years age his name
is Drury the next about seventeen years ag- his
name John; the about years Of age her
lame Polly Ann; the next is about eight years age
his Dame 's James, the next about i've years age
persons into the yard and rap at the door
"nd call for Mr. Doyle, my husband this was about
eleven O'Clock on Saturday night OF the oath Of May LAST
my husband got NJ aud went 10 the door those OUTSIDE
inquired Tor Mr. wilkinson, aud where he lived; my hns-
hand said ff would tell them; Mr. Doyls my husband
ana several came into the beuae said they from
the army; my husband proalavery man.
they. told my husband that he and the boys must
with pistols and large knives they a,st took nv
husband out Of the house, then took two Of my sons
william and Drury, out and then took my husband aud
hese Two boys william aud Drnry) away my job.
was spared because them Ia tears to spare him
IN short time after wards heard the report Of ptos
heard two reports; alter which heard moaning as II a.
person WAS dying; then heard wild whoop; they had
asked before they went away for horses We told
them thar horses ont on the prairie nv bus
oand and Two boys, my sons, did not come hck any
morei went out next morning In search Of them and
iSu my husband aud William, SOD, lying dead in
they we're buried the day; the day of the bury
ing saw The dean body OF Drry; of ysef and the
we bad been hviDg had improved our claim little;
ies and went to the State Of Missouri;
Witness, T. j. GoroRTH
State Of Missouri Jackson county, ss--On the seven
teenh day Of June, A. d., 1885, personally appeared be-
fore me- The subscriber Justice Of tho rcace in and for
the county State aforesaid Mahaa Doye whose ma me-
appears to the above am foregoing statement and makes
oath according 70 law that the above and oreg ,ng
msbt true as therein set forth Given under nv han0
seal.l THos. j. GoFoRrH, j. p.
The testimony OF John Doyle confirms that of hi mother
generally and we only copy few paragrap
found my father and brother William lying dead about
TWO hundred yaros from the mouse; saw brother y
ibg dead on the ground about one hundred and fifty
yaIds from the house. in the grass near n ravinc his fin
gers were cut OFT aud his we're off his head was
cut open; there was hole in his breast Williams bead
was cut open, and hole in his sde my father was
ahot IN the forehead and stabbed the breast have
talked often with Northern in the Territory ana
these men talk exactly like Eastern and Northern men
s their language pronunciation were SINH
lar To- those Eastern and Northern with whom have
talked an old man commanded the party he was or dark
complexion, and his face was SLIM we had lighted the
candle ard about eight Of them entered the house, there
were some ouside the complexion of eight
whom saw in the house was sandy; my father and
brothers were pro-slavery men, and belonged the
ano order party
Such u Ola Brown. If ever a man richly deserved
hanging, II is this hoary headed villain and cnt throat The
blood Of bis victims has long enough cried out Tor justice
and satisfaction
EXCITEMENT In KENTUCKY
The Louisville Courier Of the 21st inst contains the
following account of proposed slave insnrrection:
The citizens Of Frankfort the capital Of the State, and
the IN hnva hppp I'D