The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-02-25
VOLUME X, NO. 8.
The Mi ,souri <. .lnanpers.

Ile MI '5OuIl hIlnaVpBIb'
Doctor boy aud son, wno were forci |
bly, Kidnapped from Kansas, have written .
letter from their Jail in Missouri. We
suppose bu. ouU is now IN confinement as !
the Leavenworth Times stated that both .
escaped from all aud but one was reta.
ken. The indiInities heaped upon these
men when captured aud taken to Missouri
are past belief Ga arriving al Weston,
Mo, they were thrown into IL police office
and slept all night on the floor They
say:
In the morning we were taken through
the streets, the people shouting, bells
ringing, &c. | should have said at night
on landing, sautes were fired, &c. and a
grand supper was had by the captors,
wniie every insult possible was heaped
uppn us Candles were held to our faces
10 observe Us. We were then taken to
the CoarL liouse, amidst a motley group,
usin su,l lad5uage as | never heard
"niye them hemp'--"the rope is ready"
&c. and were informed that they were
ready TO try u.s. We stated we wished
for day or SO to get counsel, as we knew
not a man in Missouri, but no, we must
proceed. We might take lawyer, they
mentioned, if we had money to pay him
They had our money, we told them, and
we we're in their hands, and they could
do AS they choose with US. After the
mockery Of a trial ended, | sat down and
wrote u protest as a citizen of Kansas
against the whole proceeding. We were
committed Tor uial TOR stealing negro
named Dick, carpenter, fiddler, &c,
We were then hand cutled, (our ti,I
comes oil FcU. 2U-tne bail $4,000, and
taken to Place C,ry jail, whore we now
are. The inhabitants guard The jail eve
ry njIht.
We learn that n committee came oyel
from L"avenworlh to demand us, bu
they. with other friends who have com'
over, were sent back without seeing Us
Ne have not seen friend since we wer
taken. On! my country, how Tree thol
aul How can we get ready for uiaI
knowing no one, and not allowed TO sc
any Cue? We lay Two nights in Westo
in irons. before brought here. Some G
the coiored men are here in prison tha
were in the wagons, MS they would nc
cbopse masters nor admi; they wer
slaves, being born free. FeUuary 81
saw terrible sight. Jake llurd cam
into the prison, having covered bugs
ut the door, ordered tue tree boys, Geors
Wilson Hayes, late cook at EidridSe llt
tel. Lawreuce, and Charles Smith,
Brownsville, Pa, TO come out and get II
They said tney would wait IN prison Il
their ree papers came, Jake took h
whip and numerically whipped them /
they consented to 20 with hlm-GOd on
knows where. He saju--"l am your ma
ternow, and by God | viii make "
obey me-"
We have not seen person that
knew since our impnsonment-yct
nfe 10 prepare Tor trial On the 2oIh OF Il
month. Can it be that we are desvrt
ia lhis our extremity, or that people
Kansas will see their elIow cluzens b
mapped and imprisoned and tortured
The residents OF another State, with.
lifting a hand, or extending word
sympathy ? Neither myself nor my s
have committed any crime or phence,
We have violated no law, and yet we
now Gagged and ieLIered in MlSao
cell.
We are very filthy, having no WA
TO wash with, and, tue steucn Is hornt
NY eyes are WCdhB III IbLl hili oIili
blind with the darkness OF the iron b
or metallic cofin, in Which, O..t,-sle
and are shown 10 persons, who viii
candle take a view of The 1.-TWO live a
litionists - But us the cause of Freed
demands this, we say welcome 10 II
and if Missouri desires 10 become IL /
State sooner than many expect, why /
let them make Us dance on nothing.
we ask is that the citizens OF Kansas st
10 Freedom, and il our blood or our
rices will aid in advancing that caus
Shall be freely offered.
We would like to be treated like I
oners (nol like brutcs) and Ior ourSel
only desire 10 have IA fair trial. We
SPAR Of both, however, AS long as we
main where We now are, and throw
selves upon the kindness and protec
care Of the Almighty God.
DOCTOR DOY.
GUAR, .ES nov