Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-10-19
The Riot at Harper,s Ferry!
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G BAL41,toEE, Oct g1s.-8 o'clock A. M.-Ths
town Of Harpsr's Ferry has been taken posS
session Of by companies from 0harlestown aud.
Shepardstown, Va:s and Frederick, Md. The
rioters are entrenched in the armofy, and hold.
Mr.. Washington and Mr.. Lafenferd as prisod-
ers. The insurrectionists, commanded by Cap
tain sBreWnsrzofs Kansas -notoriety.s numbered
originally IL white men and negroes, several
of when Metesshot Two meng6f the Martinsy
burg COMPANY were shot dead while charging
on the armory: portion of the insurgents
left .here undet command of q leader NAMED
Cook, who With large party of slaves, is sup.
posed to bsymoVing toward Psnnsg lYahia 5 AI.
len Evans, onesof the insured tioHiSts, IS lying
in, q dying condition here, having been shot
through the breast !. He is from iConnectic6t,l
but has been in Kansas He says the whole
Scheme was got up BY Brown, who represented
that the negroes would rise by thousands, and
that Maryland and Virginia would be made
| free States. - '...s5 8 80 -. -.
Col. ,shriver, of Frederick, has just had an
interview With Brown, ntthe Armory. He asked
toIbe allowed to march out with his men, and
averred his. intention of defending himself to
the last. His men,are very strongly posted, I'M
the engine house, and cannon cannot be used
against themfor fear of injuring the prisoners
tthey still hold. Some sixteen persons are. said
to have been killed. Fountain Becknane n rail-
road agent, was shot dead from the Armory.-
Three rioters are lying dead under the bridge,
having been shot by the ShephardstoWn troops,
in their charge on the bridge. Capt Cook is
second in command of the insurgents, he is
said to be posted in school house, four miles
distant, with large body of runaway slaves
The AFmoFy was taken possession. Of about 9
o'clock on Sunday night. So. quietly was it
done, that e;citizens knew nothing Of it uatil
the train was stopped. Col, Lee, who h hasIa
rived here, thinks there was an abundance of
troops on hand to capture the rioters, and seems
perfectly certain that the original party consist
ed Of notmore than twenty white men and! Eve
free negroes. Capt Brown had been about here
and rented farm four miles off which was the
rendezvous of the rioters. Capt Cook has also
'Phved about here, and at one time taught 4
school. All the other white men are unknown;
they are supposed, however, TO be men who
have been connected with Brown, IN Kansas
1t is reported, but not confirmed, that the riot
ers haYe carried Oft a, considerable amount of
1 the Government funds. No attempt was made
to pillage the town, or insult females. n Capt
Brown claims easy terms on, account of his
moderation. - a!ay eli z-..tr :, : I5f.sa, 81
]. HARrER's Ferry, Oct 1sth+-3 o'clock p. NJ
The conflict on the bridge was fought mainly
Eby .the'railroad itonnagemen from Martinsburg,
He'd by Captain Al6erts. Fran Dorsey, a con-
duetor Of the Railroad Company was killed
and conductors Bowman and Holl6tt were woun.
ided. No Sdamage was done to the trairoad or
bridge by the rioters. 1t is supposed that the
rioters will be tried under martial law as soon
as captured and hung on the spot cue .. z2' 20
Six o'clock a, M.-The following is the ,spe.
cial report received from the editor of the Bati-
more american Preparations are now making
for the attack on the Arnory. The soldiers are
posted all around the grounds and for the last
hour everything has been quiet. The rioters
have still the following persons ngtheirs custody
as prisoners: Armisted Ball, Chief Draughtman
at Armory; BENZ. Mills Master of Armory; John
P. Daugerfeld, 'Paytnaster,i and Clark FERRIS
Washington, farmer and prom inent, citizen;
John Alstadt "a farmer, and his: sonasixteen
4 years eld. The three last were seized on their
farms, several. miles from the Ferry. George
Turner. a graduate of West Point, and one OF
the most distinguished citizens, was shot YES.
terday whilst coming into town. He died dur
ing the night He has brother living in Bslti-
Emore. He married into the Patterson family.
Three sofs the rioters are lying dead in the
streets and there are also three in the river and
several are 'said7toeb lying within the armory
enclosure. isfszs :... sT ,c;,,,...yy ,,f.r,,q,s
The following is the list Of killed among 5citi.
zens and soldiers Fountain Beckman, Hay
wood, negro painter at the railroad station,
JoSePh Bamley, Of Harper Ferry, Evan Dorsey
.
rioter, a negro named Lewis Leavy, who has
Ijust died, confessed to the particulars of the
plot which he says was concocted by Browug at
q fair held in OhiotW0 monthsago. iTherioters
have just sent out q flag ofaruce, saying fTthey
are not protected. by the soldiers here at pre-
sent they will hang all they capture. '9od
HARPER's FERRY, A. M.3The Armlo5rYy has
Just been stormed aud taken, after considerable
Resistance. Col. Shut approached with 4 Gag
Of truce, and demanded thee surrender tof. the
X Armory. After expostulating for some time,
the rioters refused The marines then aaVan.
Iced and made charge, endeavoring to break
topen the door with sledge hammers, but it re.
sisted all their efforts. "A lqygelsddersWs sthen
used asa battering ram, and the door gavs5 way.
The rioters fred briskly, and shot three of the
Marines who exchanged shots through the
,EpArtly broken door. The marines then. forced
their way through the break, and in few. min
utes the resistance was at an end. The rioters
were brought out amidst the most intense ex.
fcitement, many of the armed miIitia present try.
ing to get an opportunity to shoot them. Capt.
Brown and his son were both shot, THE latter
is dead and the former dying. He lies in the
Armory enclosure. He talks freely, and saws
that he is the old sOssawatomie Brown whose
feats in Kansas had such wide notice., He saws
his whole object vas to free the slavas and inc