Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1859-10-19

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@. Are you Capt. Brown, Of Kansas,
A. ] am sometimes called So
@. Are you Osawattamie Brown,
A. I tried 10 do my duty there -
Q. What was your present object,
"A. To free the slaves from bondage
e. Wers any other pefsoss bat hsse With yea
now connected with the movement. ~ y
q. Did you expect ala nom IN. Noss.
a: NO; there W. wss 81, none eoanested with the
q q. Did You expect to lii people nm in order to
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A: did not wish to do II, but you forced me to
Various questions Of this Kind were put to Cant
Brown, which he answered clearly and freely,
and seemed anxious to vindicate his course He
urged that he had the town At his mercy, that he
tants, hut did not. ehad treated the prisoners
he had taken with courtesy and complafned that
he was hunted down like beast. He spoke Of
whilst he was bearing a aag Of truce, and seemed
very anxious for the safety Of the wounded son.
Altogether his conversation bore the impress Of a
conviction that whatever he had done 70 free
slaves was right and that In the war in which he
was engaged he was entitled to be treated with
| all the respect Of prisoner Of war. He seemed
fully convinced that he had been badly treated,
Il A-uJ A~AA ,l-A& A. l.s .
| When first brought out he was supposed to be
| mortality wounded, and he himself said he was
dying. An examination Of his wounds proved
| them to be not necessarily fatal and he tefwards
country. In his pockets considerable number Of
papen were found, among which were the articles
Of agreement under which the insurrectionists
acted and what Purported to be . schedule for the
| establishment Of "psovisional government In
his pockets were found nearly four hundred dol
lars in gold, which was committed 70 the care Of
Important papers found in lis possession were
/ taken In charge Of by Col. Lee on behalf of the
Government. The following note, characteristic
OF the pursuits Of the man, fell into our posession:
l. aDEAR SIR: have been disappointed in not
seeing you here ere this, to take charge Of your
freight They have been here now two weeks,
and a: have had to superintend the providing for
| them II has imposed upon me no small task. Be-
sides, they are getting dfscontented, and II not
soon taken on some Of them will 20 back to Mis-
souri,; ! wish to know definitely what you pro-
"They cannot be kept here much longer with
out risk to themselves, and II any Of them con-
clude to 90 back to the State It viii be bad ter
mination to your enterprise" mo signature.]
CoxMAxDER OF rHE INsuRxxcrIoxlsrs
Capt John Brown, the commander aud insti-
gator Of this most singular project, has been known
by the name Of" Osswattanie Brown" In which
out the country as one Of the leaders Of the Free.
| State party In Kansas. He was the hero Of fifty
guerilla fights in the vicinity Of Osawattamie, in
one Of which bis son, Frederick Brown, wa
killed. His skin and bravery in this species ofw
| fare was undlsputed. On one occasion, when at
tackled by one hundred and ffty Missourians, with
a party Of forty, he retreated TO the woods, KEEP!
them az bay, and after a fight Of ave hours had
lost two men killed and one wounded, whilst his
opponents left thirty-one dead on the field, and
took away with them about thirty wounded. !.
famous pfo-xlavery leader, Captain Pate, each
party numbering about thirty. He killed fouI
and took twenty-six prisoners. including the Cap.
tain, who afterwards highly complimented Cap
tain Brown for his bravery, saying that be erode
about them, sword In hand, and commanded a
surrender, and they were obliged to make L."
,wo who were with him in
In his Kansas hghe, Ottawa Jones, especially
hgured extensively with his father In Kansas, and
hi: residences between Lawrence and ossawsita'
ME was destroyed by IRE by the pro-slavery men
on the same day that bis brother was killed.
| TIE PRIsoxxRs.
Besides Captain Brown, the prisoners taken are
his son, who 10 seriously wounded in the abdomen
longs to Iowa and negro named Shields Green
who came from Pitbburg 70 join Brown. Thu
stories Of all these men are precisely the same
complish and the number Of parties ia the move
ment. Young Brown, in answer TO . question
said that there were parties In the North connected
with the mcvement-thus differing with hil
father on that point. Coppuck, the other whit
| prisoner, Is quite Young. and seems less shrewd
Than the Others. de said he did not wish to joit
the expedition, and when asked gave reply which
showed the influence Brown had over him. He
said Sab! you gentlemen don't know Captain
Brown, when be calls for ~ we never think Of re
SIEVE a slaves were found In the room with the
insurrectionists, but Ii IL not believed that they
were there willingly. Indeed Browns expects.
lions an to the slaves running to him entirely
willingly, and In most cases they were forced q
desert their masters But one instance in which q
slave made public appearance with arms in hi.
hands 10 related. negro who had been sharply
had pike in his band, used his .brief authority
70 arrest the citizen and have him taken to the
Armosy. seas - 3 -, =.
/ TREArMxxr or THE PRisosKRs. f.s
| The citizens imprisoned by the insurrectouists
all testify 70 their lenient Treatment; They were
neither tied nor insulted, and, beyond the outrage
Of restricting their liberty, were not ia used
at all times assured them they should not be in.
jufed. he explained his purposes 70 them, and
whilst be had the workinen In confinement made
4 an abolition speech TO them. Col. Washington
speaks OF him as . man Of extraordinary nerve
DE never blanched during the assault, though he
admitted during the night that escape was inlpos-
sible, and he would have 70 die. when the door
/ was broken down, one Of his men cried out ~
nrendef.n The captain Immediately cIied out,
"fhere's one surreaders-zivc him quarter;n and
at t. same moment fired 6isown ride at the door.
During the previous night he spoke freely with
Col arlington and referred 10 his sons. he sid
ne had lost one in Kansas, and two here; he had
not pressed them TO join him In this expedffiou
but ne did not regret their es-they had ssdied
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The pesition Of the prisoners In the engine
house during the firing ON Monday, and al the
Hl6ment Of the attack, was . very irving one
Without any Of sde Incentives Of combat thev bad
to risk the balls Of their friends but happily thew
all escaped. At the momentwhen the doors were
broken In, the Pfisoncrs at the suggestion OF Col
Wa:hington, threw up their hands, 20 that 1t
might be seen they were not combatants.
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