Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1859-02-10
CITIZENS OF KANSAS N a MISSOURI JAM,


= -~ 81 II
@ Gkeat Excitement In Kansa<.
; Some days ago we published an scconn
: OF the capture of several runaway negroe
in Kansas by party of armed men from
: Platte County, Missouri, and also the an
strcst. without warrant of Dr. jDss and M,
Son. citizens of Kansas, upon the eharg,
OF having kidnapped the former. Thes,
: men, together with The negroes, were taker
: to Alisso'Iri BY night marches. 3 The Leav
enwossh 7in.es. OF the 10Th ult., gives tn,
! following account OF what occurred after
Q theirarrivai at Weston: 2 3 ss'-a 81
On arriving at Weston, DR. Doy and
son were subjected TO every conceivable in.
salt and indignity They were refused q
cup of water, aud thrust, like felons, into
, a dirty cell. Amob Of Westonians ruff.
ianscoliectcl about. haunting the prisoners
J and iniietiug severe personal injuries. Iii
a day or two the .KspSAppED wHirE urS
were brought before magistrate. The
: trial was hell in a large hall secured, for
the. recommendation of the rabble, who de.
sircdto lynch our innocent and manly cit.
+lzens. DIR. boy plead for himself and son.
No charges would be. could be, prefer
red against him. If he had committed
any crime, he claimed the friraegs of
suffering for it in Kansas, from which he
had been SO unjustly wrested. and to which
he looked for support and confidence -,
The result of the mock-tr was. as
matter of course. that both the prisoners
were remanded to the county Jail. at Platte
City--the vilest Of all vile holes on the
Border -
Both the Doctor and his son were hand
cutfcd. mounted behind nisgers. surround,
ed by hooting crowd, and marched
through the public streets. On arriving
IN front OF the jail, the Doctor raised his
voice to protest. in the name of a Kansas
freeman. against the ontrages .hcapcd upon
him. His son, too. also essaycd to speak
All that either asked was a hearing and
fair trial. The crowd would listen to
nothing. and bestowed kicks and blows
npon the manacled and helpless prisoners.
who were finally slowed away in a dun
geon like cell A vote was then taken as
to what shonld be their fate. 1t was first
decided that they should be burned at the
stake. The next decision was that they
should be linched, and yesterday afternoon
was fixed upon as the time. In the mean !
time the prisoners are kept without prop !
er food on attention. anil subjected to every
conceivable and Uncomfortable outrage.
last evening we received the following
letter from a pros slavery resident of Platte
City. - ii7is obs - 'i1ll 80
Platte Cry. Mo- Jan. %, 1859. p
Your Kansas men are in our Jail. They
are chained to the floor. Our people. /
blush to say. demand their ,ieatl, as an cx
ample for your citizens to profit by.--i
Many favor burning them. The prisoners
acknowledge protecting the captured nc
groes. but say they bad no hand in their
escaping. Neither the Doctor nor SON
evincc the least fear. ami they say that If
death must come, they will die like men.
Some of as will 10 all we can to save them
bnt can give you little encouragement
The greatest excitement prevails. God
grant our people may awake to their SEN
SEES. = ''es Yours, - hsa- 80 -
IL addition TO the above we had n con.
versation with another Platte City man.
who said the conduct of the people towards
he prisoners was most daStar.lly. lie. ..
Ton. was fearful albont thesu. sa' aa'f s 81
We present these facts Tor the consid !
'tion OF our citizens. and await further re
ports with burning anxiety The facts re-
ate to no "niggcrs. to no "slavcs.'' butf
% free white men. honore,l and estcine,i
e i'lcnts Of Kansas. Let Missouri beware!4
Ndangcrous feeling i astir. We cannot
submit TO such outrages on our citizens :.
Without retaliation. Ii Dr. boy or his
ION are harmed, the bon,lS of peace will he
,rokcn between Kansas and Missouri and
var will be proclaimed. Chr citizens
must be returned unlarmcd or we dasl, the 7
background and resume the hatcl,- ,
{. Ii is for Missouri to choose bctwixt :
,eacc or war. Kansas would have the for :,
ner but she will proclaim the latter ere :,
onsenting 10 the imprisonment and ont :.
aging OF her favoritc sons for no crinnet !,
mt that they loved the sacred cause Of :,
,LArBR.--At two o'clock this morning In
re received news from a special mcssen ger
rho left Lawrence at 9 o'clock lasr even l.;
ag. Gen Lane made great speech. anil +,
he whole city was stirred to- its centre hv g
ews of the kidnapping of DR.. hoy, ami
is lson. The intelligence was rousing a. f.
anne ofsfEy throughout tho comtry.--le.
rem. Lane will return to iIeavenw0rth =,
pmetime to-day. He will not, come rim /,
lie handed. No be to Missouri ifs hair p,
fDr. boy or his son is harmed. 49,. rs.s,ts,
Eclipse of the Noon. ~
There viii be a total eclipse Of the moon tan
n the morning. OF the 18th inst. TheI
;Iipse will commence at about 90 MIMI
tes past O'clock, and continue about r.
! hours. ~ a. ,'~''s 's' r.
ess i'if The Iloncsscad I3iIi. o fa'
The Homestead Bill passed the Lower p
4 ~ = -.