New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-17
KANSAS.
A NIGHT Administrators CIRCUMSTANCES
MovEMEST-ruE CoNsHTUrIoS-1IE ELEc-

Special Corr, sposicroc Of The y. Y Tribrne-
LAWRENCE, X. T., Aug. 2, 1919.
Last night, or rsther at o'clock taiS moru'ug,
there wa. en- alarm and an arrest. Two men
rushed through Massachusetts, street sboutng and
ooe II them junped through tie glass door O.
Woodward & Finleys drugstore. The clerk ln'
side Immediately commenced pepperiog at HIN
With a rey Oliver, sDd a crowd rushiog from t1e
house 90 The instant arrested both b. aud h's con-
papiop. ard lodged them in the cakeoose. lnvest-
estious were Immediately Instituted, and, While
good deal OF ny..cry still hangs over it, the genera,
conviction is that it was an attempt to recpture
DR.. boy. The Doctor has been staying i, towo at
Mr.. St.arDs's as be does not Ike to venture TO
reside Cd bis claim in the cOuotry, AID could not
do so without so adequate guard. The drugstore
resembles the building of Mr.. S'carns, and adjoias
4, and i. was into that, beyond doubt, that they
desired TO get. It now appears th.t wagon AMI
son,e horsemea were down toward the ravine at
the San nOrnrDt, and tsat they lied the moment
toe sheOtibg COMMENCED in the store. The build
il 2 had been knocked at behind just short time
before it VAS broken ITO in front The two meo
10 front overheard to say, just before the at
tack, That's Stearns's, ia itP Yes Ii 1t
WAS scheme for the purpose Indicated, II ass
worked badly. II il now pretty evident that tue
psrty-wboeve yer 10. y are-hsve not rere.'ec in the
direction of ST. Jo or the Missouri River. IL has
also been ascertsi,ed that party Of hprsemen roje
into Lecomptpn between ) and O'Clock this moro
ipC From all these fscfs It Is pretty evident toat
the abortive sttempt must have been m'de oy the
flag end of BOtoer RnfiisDism- mostly OF the Terri
t.ry-iD pes Of getting the reward. Beside t'e
zoo offered BY the Sheriff Of 81 Jo., IT Is SAID
th,t &, coo has been offered by the Govrrnor OF
Missouri No attempt at requisIttn has been
made or will be- made, as the la~i.ss nature OF MS
arrest is so well Known that tue folly cf the
attempt is obvious These secret petty raids are
likely to have rather violent termination. Ii
parties engaging in them should be caught or de-
tecred. Il VIII be bad business for them. Amoog
other items obtained by DR.. boy during bis incar.
c.ration in the Missouri Jail, was tho fact tbat
Charlie Fisher, whose wonderful capture, escape
tubseuu. Mt arrest By the Commissioner and rescue
in Leayenwor'b, b We been published, was after
ward captured. How his last seizure was made
will probably never be fully known. That he VAS
tahen would never have been tanned but for the
presence Of Dr. boy at the jail when hs wss brought
there. Poor Charlie he was logged with new
diabolical instrument of torture, n PAIR Of large
"cat o nine tails, made of sheet iron. With this
weapon the poor negro was literally dAyed aliye.
HIS back MAS cut til it was ihe piece Of raw
liver. lie was whipped until he .confessed Cor,
at least, TO escape their tortures, repeated what
was dictated TO bm) that be had q master some
where. From all the evidence, it appears that
poor Charlie after all his hardshiP-aiier bis he
:. ic escape by leaping on the floating ice of the
Missouri has been sold away South. His wife
ill mourn for him, but where he has been taken
not an ear, Of Christian MAJ, will be open ~ his
tale of horror.
The system pursued in Missouri in regard 20 ne
gro all the diab.'licaI features that hu
mad To Ia - i.
crime. Hunt,d Ike wild beasts, the poor Africans
are prey to the miserable, petty sod
slyetraders who arc ever ready to pounce on t1ei.
helpless victims, aud they pursue their vile trade
securely for any sympathy for the oppressed is de-
bounced as "AbohtioD.m." Dufi0g the few
months OF DR.. Dogs iocarceratiop, many such
cases came under his notice, and they reveal a
frightiul state of morals give but asother one
A negro had been caught somewhere aod YVES
brought to the Jail. Negroes are confined III the
lower part aud communication could be had
through hole for stove.plpe. Through this
DR.. boy lesrned from the captive that he was
free MAD, and hsd been bora III the Stace Of ILLINOIS,
He hs6-haS-e0 acres of land, with sOme improve
neLts, near AuTOrs, Illinois. He had come 10
KaDsss to look ut it, expecting to locate there and
On b,s return Was seized by tee Missouri thiese,
aud hurried 10 the county jul The day after bis
arrival he was taken out, stripped, snd tied to
post. The iron whip, with its sharp koife-edges
ard dagger. pOibts, was produced. The Sheriff or
Deputy. and other tgal parties were present. |
The un't rtuDate negro WIS asked where his IN ster
lived, what that masters name was, aDd when he
ran away. In vain did the poor fellow tell his
story. II was received with oath. and abuse, aud
be WAS tsld that That kind Of st. would not
do" while the instrument Of torture was applied |
frrocousy t. his baked bsck. Blood started from
the WOUNDS, and the victim writhed and shrek-d
ID his agony. At last there was q cessation, and
the question:
"Well, tell Us who's your master, and when you
ran away"
Il told YOU never had master. 1 was born
in Illinois. l ain free
"Ob, d-n you, we hsye heard such stories az
that before. Give it to him, Tom, TIL be COMES
ses"
Again the horrid scene was renewed. II was 10
the Jal-cOurtiD the precincts If justice, aud tbs
prisoners through the CRATES could witness it. 10
agony the ~rtbDg victim cried for them ~ tell him
What they wanted.
The questions were repeated, but the immediate
horrors beng respited little the trembling bleed
ing victim besltated 70 rrpeat words that would
crnsCn bin to fate more horrible than
death. Again torrent Of profanity wss poured on
bin. He had fnlIen down, as the cords had been
s,me~ hat loOseDed.
Put him up put him up we'll bring him to
yet; and the poor. crushed victim sgaia mace
to wrilhe under toe hofrd torture. AT lsst aim ut
too faint TO shrek, bleeding aud weak, the execu-
tiob was once more stopped, and questions asked.
Who's your nasteri"
"Ob, anybody you he"
"Well, VAS 1t Mr.. Brown"
"Yes, yes"
"Of Cvlp-pper County, Virginia."
Well, jus. as you ike; l don't know any coun-
ties in Virginia; l never was there"
What"
Yes, yes" cried the trembling victim, "that