Arkansas true Democrat., 1859-03-23
Number A.


 Finally determined to bring some of tnam Ill, so on the 18th, with about 45 men went out, we soon gave chase to two of them and soon came across about forty more. They were in ambush but fled, and we pursued for several miles taking one of their number, Sumner Corbin, prisoner, the rest making their escape by getting into the timber and then to their Fort. After theyhad continued firing on us almost eve " night until the 20th, when we again with 3O men took another scout. I had not proceeded but short distance when I come upon l5 of them. They fled. pur- sued them about three miles, where they halted at the crossing of Sugar creek, and commenced firing on us. Only 12 of my men were able to get up until after the bat tie was over, two of my men were wound ed, and the best information we have there was five of theirs killed and wounded, the same day returning with our wounded to town, we took another scout to Seaman's Fort, and when within three or four miles ot there, we saw two spies, we endeavored Dy quick eharsH tn ~Hs thern off, and ran them within two hundred yards of the Fort: there we mortally wounded one man. who afterwards died, and killed his horse. and one of our men got slightly wounded in the face and his horse killed. We disco vered the main dody making in the direc- tion of Paris, as we thought to attack it, we then turned for Paris, and on our way we came up with four of them, who had taken one ot our men prisoner with load of meal as he was returning from mill, they saw us on the prairie near them, and en- deavored to make their escape, which two Of them did by leaving their horses; the others were not as successful One of them. Fairbanks, was taken prisoner without a shot, but the other, Snyder, would not sur render, but bursted cap at me, and I shot him at the instant with my revolver to save myself and left him for dead and after wards sent back for him but he had been removed. We learn he Is recovering. Af- ter this we secuted more or less every day and caught some prisoners, until the 9th of February. l then took the prisoners and started for the far-famed and noted city of Lawrence. Most notoriouslv noted as being the home of Jim Lane, the Major Ggneral and Commander-in-C Chief of all the robbers in Kansas Territory, where all subordinates, sucha as Montgomery, and the rest go to get their general orders, and where we were compelled by an act of, (with few honorable exceptions, foul and corrupt legislature to take prisoners for examination.
 We arrived there on the 9th, while the legislature was in session, also the. district court, and Attorney General Davis with the grand jury in session. Immediately after we arrived and put up at the hotel, the boys, 30 in number, staked their arms in one corner of the hotel I was then sent for to go to the court house by the Attor- ney General. Soon after my arrival there l was informed by runner from my men that their arms were taken and they at tackled by a mob. 1 repaired immediate ly to the hotel, where I had left them, and found them surrounded by lawless mob of three or four hundred men headed by Jim Lane, calling loud for Marshal Russell with continued cries of hang him, shoot him, cut him to pieces and take him to Missouri, and pour out his blood and re- mains there, to prevent the fair and free virgin soil of Kansas from being polluted and contaminated by southern democrat or pro-slavery mans blood. Also, calling for Capt. Mooney and Mr. Huff, with the same slang attanched, neither of whom was there l was only saved from being murdered by the hands of these ferocious blood-hounds, by the timely information from one of my men after getting into the crowd who had not been discovered to be one of my boys, by them, thereby using words that are always responded to upon like occasions by brother I. o. OF. | was immediately hurried out of the crowd by friends whose faces were strange to me. and concealed Tn a room in the 4th story of the Eldridge House, where I remained from Wednesday evening until Sunday morning.
 On the night after my arrival there, I was arrested in my room by Attorney Gen. eral Davis and the U. s. deputy marshal and sheriff of that place on charges of having shot murderers and horse thieves. when 1 was endeavoring to arrest them up- on legal writs issued by the District Judge Williams. The charges preferred against me and affinavits were made by one Wm Fairbanks, who l had arrested on legal writs for robbery and murder and sent m some days before, who had been before the grand jury, and yet criminal in chains. a thing entirely unheard of before in any other land than Kansas.
 On the next morning after my arrest I was taken to the court house, and through my attorney, Hon. R. B. Mitchell, plead for an immediate trial but it was not granted me, but gave bond for $SO00.- then went to the hotel waiting the cool ing down of the excitement Finally, late on Friday night there was bill passed both houses of the legislature releasing all persons then under arrest and relieving all others from crimes committed in certain counties up to date of February l1th 1859: Jim Lane, Montgomery, Brown, Bane. and all the rest of their band of horse thieves and murderers in southern Kansas.
 have now wrote out my resignation and sent it up to headquarters, and am : leaving the abolition thieves to work out 4t,A.t CA AVx-eA A