White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1859-08-04
All Charged to A5Olitiopl<m,
ST. JOSEPH ALL ExCITEyrv,
Hear the story !

Hear the story
I Saturday night was wild anil s,o,
Sunday morning opened with darE Jy,;
above and a wet earth below. '''uls
Aboat 2 o'clock of that morn;n, -,
Jailor of the Buchanan County jail + f 'S'
JOseph,) heard loud rappinc At ' y.
door. 'u'
Who is there ?'' cried he, pODDiD,
his head out of the window. FP'uS
1--WE are here" said two voices C.,
horse-thief. A mob is followiD," uu
We are officers from Andrew Conn. y
and are here with our prisoner, to ESQ.,:
the fury Of that mob, resolved 10 IT
and kill him for the many depre,lai;on''
committed by him. We have been , ~
ing all night +; are drenched to the sim
Our prisoner is a desperate fellow ,nI
we are afraid of him and the mob. w.
want to put him in safe-keepinr AMI
therefore ask that you keep him till mo-
ming, when we shall dispose of him"
The Tailor was moved with comn,.
sion-although his sense of duty told him
to resist the opportunities of those on,
side-and he opened the Jail door and l.,
the party up stairs, and to the door Of Ii,
cell.
The key being in the lock, the Jaaor
was shocked by the suddenly ehancel
tone of the party from Andrew COUNTY
awe are here, SIR" said the leader
"for one object. We have deceived Won
so far /; but our object is this, and moth.
ing else. Release him, or fall" and 4
revolver was presented at his head. "Our
purpose is not to put a man in Jail, but
to release DIR. DOY %
Tho ready and irresistible argument
offered to the Jailor's breast, brought
conviction. and he let the reScuers have
their own way.
The cell door was opened by storm.
and Dr. boy taken out.
The felons inside sought to escape also
but they were forbid. The loaded pi,-
tol told them their fate. They yieldel-
were forced back anil locked up.
The rescuers and rescued being really
to leave, the Jailor was told THAT if he
followed, made a sign or signal, or left
the building within the next half hour, he
would certainly die"
All was silent in the Jail. The night
was pitchy dark. A splash might have
been heard on the Missouri, by an caves
drOpper, anil then all was silent. The
liberators and their captive were of.
The half an hour having elapsed, the
Jailor proceeded to the Sheriff residence.
He aroused him. Jointly they went to
the lower part of the city. where they
struck an alarm AMI gathered large
crowd. To that crowd they told their
woeful story.
Pursuit was at once meditated, but not
resorted to, in consequence Of the fearful
condition of the weather.
Morning dawned. All St. Joseph was
alive. The officials started, and The res
cuers of boy were tracked to the bank Of
the Missouri. There the marks Of skiif
were found. The cry was, "cross," "ct
us cross" AMI few passed. over. There
they got on the track of a carriage, which
they followed for a short distance, when
they grew tired and gave up the chase,
returning to the other si,le Of Jordan. or
the Missouri. in no very enviable state Of
mind.
The news spread over St. Joseph like
wildGre. Groups gathered at the cor
ners. discussing the audacity Of AbOli-
tionists. The excitement grew. AtnOon,
yesterday, it ran high. An Indignation
meeting was to be held to day, and a
large reward has been offered for the re-
capture of DIR. boy. Summary meas
ures, too, against the Free Democrat,
were spoken Of.
OF the rescuers or rescued, nothing has
been heard, SO that DIR. boy is now free.
Saturday was his last day. On Sun
day or Monday he would have been Ia
ken to the Penitentiary, at Jefferson.
The alleged horse-thief was covered
with mud and water, and the melO-drama
was well acted throughout.-Learenronh
Times, 25th.