The Kanzas news., 1859-08-06
DIR. Dogs Case.


were kidnapped BY party of slave-hunters
from Weston. Missouri. They were forci-
bly, captured on the soil of Kansas, and
without the color of legal authority car
ried into Missouri and imprisoned on
trumped up charges of Negro Stealing
Clough was soon discharged, and returned
to his home. The Dogs, father and son,
were inearcerated in loathsome dungeon
upon the charge of having stolen negro
named "Diek'' from the service of his
master. They were indicted by the Grand
Jury and tried in April last. Charles Doy
was acquitted and resuned home, while in
the Doctors case, the Jury stood eleven for
acquittal and one for conviction. The evil
dence at that trial was fully reported and
published. and it did not only failed 10 show
the guilt of Doy-but IL did most clearly
proue his innocence. He was proved to
have been living quietly at Lawrence when
Dick left Weston of his own accord with a
pass from bis master. and came into the
Territory. All that Doy did was to carry
Dick and several other passengers, in his
wagon from Lawrence, northward towards
Holton, and while doing that he was set up
on by a banditti headed by DR.. Ben Wood,
Mayor of Weston, and kidnapped.
Well, he was removed from the Black
Hole of Weston to more decent prison at
St. Joseph, and last month had another tri
al. A Jury carefully packed for the pur-
pose, found him guilty, not merely without
evidence. but against it, and he was senten-
sed to Eve years Imprisonment in the Peni-
Tertiary A more high-handed outrage
upon our rights was never committed. No
citizen of Kansas was safe if it was sub
mitted to. So on the evening of the 25th
of July, reason and argument having failed,
more summary measures were resorted to.
Ten citizens of Kansas went to the Jail at
about eleven o'cl ock in the evening, having
one of their number hand -cuffed, and pre-
tended to the Jailor that he (the handcuffed
individually was horse-thief, whom they
had chased from somewhere about Savan-
nah, No., } and captured him just as he
was entering the city. They wished to
lodge him in Jail for safe-keeping. Wheth-
er the Jailor had a strong and special delu
sion sent upon him, that he might believe
lie, or whether be had natural talent for
getting fooled, he readily believed the story
and opened the door to the rescuers. Once
fairly inside the door, they gave different
explanation of their business, which sur
prised the the honest custodian of rogues
beyond measure. II was Doy they wanted
and Doy was soon at liberty. Divers and
sundry other victims of Missouri justice
were anxious to avail themselves of the op-
portunity to regain their liberty. but the
muzzles of sundry revolvers in the hands
of the Doy reseuers admonished them that
their time had not come. Doy and his
friends walked quietly through the streets
from the jail to the river. passing several
policemen with lanterns on their way
stepped into the boats they had provided
before hand and soon placed themselves once
more on Kansas soil. By the aid of friends
along the route they reached Lawrence in
due season and received good old fashion
ed welcome from their fellow citizens. The
Jailor. meanwhile having been duly eau
toned against making any disturbance du-
ring the night. had probably obeyed orders,
and the amiable people of st. Joseph awoke
next morning TO find that their prey had
escaped them. We imagine they would
have cursed q little if they had felt them
selves equal to the occasion-but being ut
terly unable to do justice to the subject they
probably gave over the vain attempt. We
learn that DIR. Doy is walking about Law
renee and attending to his business as calm
| ly as Daniel did of old, after his deliyerance
| from the Lions den.
| The rescuers publish statement of their
proceedings in the Lawrence papers-mod-
sstly Withholding their names from the pub
lie gaze, but substituting ten stars in the
place of their ten names Those ten stars
form constellation of which Kansas win
long be proud, and represent names which
their children and grand children viii re-
gard as an honorable inheritance.
Missourisns may as well take notice that
we on this side of the linewin attend to our
own business and expect themto do the
same. We shall not steal their ne
groes but neither shall We serve as watch
dogs for their plantations. If their "ssock"
strsys ava; from them they must do as We
do. Some % is peculiarly liable to
stray. We can't help It. Men are free in
Kansas, thank God and her soii, eonsecra-
ted to Freedom by the blood of her sons, is
not to be made 5 hunting ground for kid