Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-12-24
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" hAHALA x DOYLE
" Witness: T. J. GoFoRrH"

STATE OF MISSOURI, Jtekson coahtg, S. G q
% the l1th day Of june s5 personally appeared be-
fore the Subscriber justice 81 peace in and the c5up
ty and aforesaid MsG Doyle whose name appears to the
above and foregoing statement and makes 9TH according
that the above sn foregoing statement Is
Given under ny hand and seal the Cav and above written
taALl Jasfics Of tis Psaes.
John Doyle confirms the testimony of his mother
generally, and | will only give short portion Of
his testimony:
found my fatar ara brother William lying dead about
hundred Fars rom the House stw hro-r yiug
the ground abOat hundred fifty yards house.
In the gHs, near Tayins. Ills hasss or and his arms
cut on MS ead vas GU OPEN III re wss hole ~ his east
william hsa was cut open and hole In lis sile Ny
h'r was shot IN the forehead and Shd in Tie breast have
tsdoen Win the noEthern Territory and these
taiE exactly lis. nortern men talkthat Is
and northern men with whom have Old van
commanded the party, lie dlTs peced
was aim We had lighted the candle and about eight Of
entered the house There outside The complexion
Of most o. th eight whom in the house sandy
compexrn 9 father and brothers proGayeTy and
belonged to the law and order party
Mrs. Doyle wrote letter to Brown during his
Imprisonment showing that she still regarded him
as the murderer Of her husband and children:
orArTAs. ooA, TrSSrsssz, November 90. 1850
JoHS PRoySN sIR Although veng is NINE confess
that 10 feel graaed hear that you were stopped in your
ne career a. harper Jerry with tie loss Of your tFo sonS
hod can nov app ate distress IN Kansas, wn then
and there entered my house at ana arrested bus
oa shot tAe dad in ny bearing fo cannot say sou done
it TO free sav w had none. expected
less en- a'en "he te 'or yopf Jolly DO hope and trust
you ~ meet your just reTa On, how panied heart 70
her the DING grelns Of husband chi ren II this scasI
= So MAdiLA DOYLE.
up, and s d-siru be Cles,avn day
Of your =xe;u,i would rdnly lie there his would
Governor W Sc woul permit. ND.
To JOHS S, Co7DlaR Of the ayg a. Rtrbs Ferry,
CAaTeSt se", jefferson e0atg, tfrgHId. Cars q Jaor,
Nnvv bovv do the f,c., .ta,Jq YVI,+ ko,or,a, 90
the apology, what becomes of the excuse? They
say that Old Brown is not identified rs tue man who
led the party that committed this massacre. Harris
says John Brown came to the house and the de
serielion of him given by young Doyle, in 1856 is
exactly that given now. Three months after Viii
liam Doyle and his tw0 murdered, three
months after Sherman murdered, his skull cut
open in two places, and the stream had washed the
brains out Of his Uranium -threesmORths after that
| John Browns son was killed at Ossawatomie. Then
| what becomes of tins excuse? Why this apology
! for man Ike this? Three long months after he
had committed this fendish act lis son lest his life
at the battle of OssawdtOmis IL on that night
about eleven O'Clock, testified by Mrs Doyle, as
testified by her son, as testified by Harris these
men, innocent, uncffending men, were taken out and
| in the midnight hour and in the forest and on the
road side fell victims the Unsuitable thirst of John
Brown for blood. Then it was that these murders
| were committed, that hell entered his heart-not
the iron his soul. Then it that he shrank from
the dimensions of human being into those of a
reptile. Then 1t was If not before that Re changed
his character to demon who hal lost all the virtues
Of man. And you talk about sympathy for John
| Brown
Mr.. DOOLITTLE win the Senator give way for
| moment?
! Mr.. JOHNSON. of Tennessee. Yes sir
| Mr.. DOOLITTLE If the honorable Senator from
Tennessee unde IstGad HE 10 offer any apology for,
Or to justify the act of John Brown. in the foray
| upon Virginia, he altogether misunderstood and
Inexperienced tie whole tenor Of my remarks.
What intended on that occasion, to say, was this
that. while condenlning the act while declaring that
| the people of the who c Northwest unanimously
condemn il as q crime against the law and have no
sympathy with the act whatever they did have some
| sympathy for the Individual himself; and | then
went state the fl is AMI circumstances which
| preceded this whole difficulty, and Undcavored to
| point out the schCO in which John Brown was edu-
Gated to take life this slavery question. 1t is
true that in the hurried statement of the facts
which there referred, perhaps the remarks which
I made might have misled- the Senator. My recOl
lection is that stated that it after the sacking
of the city of Lawrence that for the first time,
heard OF old John Brown. Ii Is true that, in the
statement of facts, mentioned other circumstances
beside the sackng of Lawrerp,. Now, sir, without
trespassug upon the Senator or the patience of the
Senate, desire to read eXt,act or two from the
authority upon which / relied for the statement Of
the facts. ] refer to the History of Kansas which
was written by the private secretary of Governor
Geary, Mr.. GIh)n He says, at page IS of his work
AFTER the saexng Lawrence, parties
were organized ami armed with the to continue
wa ch had now begun in earnest Some Of these committed
deprdaons their political opponents the prtenee
OF recovering horses other property Of which themselves
neiJhbors had been robbed
Captain John Brown who lived OsslwatOme was
leader Of OF thee FreaSate rrlI bands. He
~ BIRTH and old soldier hid
of 1919. lie resouts, determined and old
but fierce passionate u nd inx1raHe s hatred fo'
the hsrdeT ruans had hg that he could
emulate the OF auiop
them was his equll as scticin possessed Gch
and daring HINGE his name SION bactne terror and not
few unsncc ssful attempts de to effect his capture
In reference to the alleged murder OF Mr.. Doyle
by Captain John Brown. this Is the statement which
| is made by this writer:
sod Brown h. fam iisry called, il said to have
the er Ct band who, the night Of the 2h Of May
tackled a saTev settlement PttaWa.One aud crueiT
murdered Mr.. yle his sous Mr. Wiis nsQa snd
! William sherman"
| It Is understood that Brown has denied that he
had any part in that murder ID the brother Of Mr.
Brown has also denied it; but however that may
be, this Is the statement which made By this his
tO"ian
The given that the PERSONS killed we're
there assembled ssassnte and burn the houses
Free State VII ths' hut Motif TO quit neighbor
hIod These SIZED disarned a tra,
had, in conformity with the passed, shot
in cold blood Thi- dou teSs retaliation for the
work done but 2 few days ref re. Lawrence.
''Cap'aI II q. Paie, command Of pTedatOrv
band sixty ms called Sha mons Sha
ers re oVed capture Capt John Brown, with this in
tent visited 0SaEst0m- the last day If May Old Brown
Mt and Captain Pate eeid without rsst 10 tax
ing prisoners Of hIs engaged
peaceful "couDtons Captain Pa,es burned the Of
German winer posed
Tatome affair also the hou Of John Brown the captain
AFTER committing these and other pred Aliens upon the Free
state settlers the of houses they entered and rohh
Pate and his company left the place, taking with their
/ prisoners"