The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1859-12-07
1ohn Brown, the Murderer.

In 1866, when the Republicans had ma.
jority in the House of Representatives, and
elected N. P. Bsnks, Speaker of that body.
they created an "Investig ting Committee,
Of which John Sherman, OF Ohio, YVES
Chsirman, and rent that committee to Kan.
sss with full power TO enquire into the origin
Of the difficulties between the different par.
ties there, snd give TO Congress and the
country on impartial statement of the facts.
The committee spent three months in max
Ing their Report, which was accepted and
approved by the Republican House at Rep
reEentatives, In that Report, ss sworn to
and published 10 the world as truth by Re.
publicans, ere to be found the following af.
fdsvits, BY which it will be eeen that If ever
man deserved bargirg, that men wEe John
Brown:
AFFIDAVIT OF MANALA DOYLE.
The undersigned, EIahnla Doyle, states mp.
on oath: am the widow Of the late James p.
DOYLE; that we moved into the Territory
that is, my husband, myself and children
moved into the Territory of Kansas, eomc
time in Move mber, A. II. 1855, and settled
on Mosquito creek, cbout ere mile from 's
mcuth where it enpties into PottGwBttomie
creek, in Franklin county; that on Sstur.
day, the gath day of Wey. A. D. 1856, about
ii O'Clock at night, after We had all retired
nv husband, Jlmes p. Doyle, nysclf, ard
Eve cbildrcn, fotr bcys ard ere eirl--the
Oldest hoy is ntGut twenty two years Of eee,
Lis nGme is william; tie rcXt Urs bbcu,
twenty years OF aee, his rsme is Drury; the
next ie Ghcut sixteen years Of Gpe, his name
is Johr; the rext is sbcut thirteen years Of
nee, her rene ia Polly Arm; the rrxt is
atcut ten yerrs tf cer, his r0ne is Jgmes;
the next is about eight years Of aee, lis
meme is Charles; the rCXt is Hbcut five years
Of age. his name is Henry--we were oil in
he'd, when we heard scme persons come into
The yard erd RIP ct the door erd call fer Mr..
Dcyle, mv husband. This was rbovt II q.
clock on Saturday right Of the oath Of May
last. My husbgrd got mp ard vert to the
tccr. These outside irquired for Wilkinson
rrd here he lived. MY husband told then
that he would tel them. Mr.. Doyle, my
lu.bord, opened the door, rrd several cnme
into the house, ard Sid they were ir' m The
rrmy. NV husband was proslavcry msn
They told my Husband that he end the toyt
must surrender, they were prisoners These
men were armed with pistols end large
knives. They first took my husband cut o
the house, then they took two of my sons
the Oldest oner, William end Drury,--ou'
end then tock my husband and these two
boys, William end Drury away. My sol
John was spared; because asked them il
tears to spare him. In q short time after
words heard the report Of pistols. hear
two reports after which I heard moanines
as if person WIS dying; then heard
wild whoop. They had asked before the,
went away for our horses. We told then
that the horses were ont on the proires,-.
Ny husband and two boys, my scDs, did 70
come back uny more. went out rex
morning in search OF them, end found IN,
husband and Williom, my son, lying dead ir
the road near together, about two hundred
yards from the house. Ny other con did
not see any more till the day he wos buried
Twas much overcome and went 10 the house
They were buried the next day. On the day
of the burying saw the dead body Of Dru'
ry. Fear of myself and the remaining chill
dren induced me to leave the home where
we had been living. We had improved our
claim, a little. left all end went to the
State OF Missouri