The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-11-03

would De done Dy. Inc CRY Ol uib-
tress, and Of the distressed, is my rea-
son, and the only one that impelled
me. -
Mr.. v.-Did yod expect general
rising of the slaves in case OF your
success. 49,,
B.-No sir; nor did / wish it; I
expected to gather strength from time
to time-then could set them free.
Mr.. V.-Did you expect to hold pos
session here until then?
B.-Well! Probably had quite
different idea; ! do not know that
ought to reveal my plans; ! am here
a prisoner. and wounded, because 1
foolishly allowed myself to be 50. You
overrate your strength, when you sup
pose that / could have been taken II i.
had not allowed il. I was too tardy
after commencing the open attack. in
delaying my movements through Mon
day night, and up to the time ] was at
tackled by the Government troops. 1t
was occasioned by my desire to spare
the feelings of my prisoners, and their
families, and of the community.
Mr.. V.-Did you not shoot a negro
on the bridge, or did not some of your
party !? e
B.-I knsv nothing of the shooting
of the negro Haywood. ..s,-
Mr.. WHAT time did you COM
mence your organization over in Cana
da? -. -
BIT occurred about ten years ago. :
If l remember right, it was, l think, in
lS49. =
Mr.. V.-Who was the Secretary =,
B.-That l would not tell if ] recol-
lected, but / do not remember. think
the officers were elected in May, 1856. h,
| may answer incorrectly, but not in
tentionally. My head is little con-
fused by wounds, and my memory Of
dates and such like, is somewhat con-
fused.
DIR. Biggs-Were you in the party at
Mr.. Kennedy's house:
B.-I was the head of that party.
occupied the house to mature my plans.
1 would state here that have not been
in Baltimore to purchase percussion
caps. - i3
DIR: Biggs-What was the number
of men at Kennedy's? ~
B.-I decline answering that ques-
ton.
DR.. B.-Who lanced that woman's
neck, on the hill? ~ ~ -
B.-I did. I have sometimes prac-
ticed in surgery when / thought it a
matter of humanity or necessity, when
there was no one else to do it; but
have not studied surgery.
DIR. B. Ito the persons around)-It
was done very well, scientifically.
These men have been told, and we had
no occasion to suspect them, except
that we could not understand their
movements. They were represented as
eight or nine persons, on Friday. h
B.-There were more. ~ ~
Thirteen questions were now put in
by almost everybody in the room, as
follows: M
Where did you get arms? T
B.-I bought them.
In what State? -
That he would not tell. 90 l
How many guns?
B.-Two hundred SEarp's rifles and
two hundreds revolvers, what is called
the Massachusetts arms-Companies'
revolvers, little under the navy size.
Why did you not take that swivel
you left i'm the house?
B.-I had no occasion for it. II was
given to me a year or two ago. nf
In Kansas fsf
B.-No. i had nothing given to me
in Kansas.
BY whom, and in what State? H'
B.-I decline to answer that. 1t 10
not properly swivel-it is a very large
rifle OH pivot. The ball is larger
than a musket ball. 1t is intended for
a slug. be
Brown here made q statement in q
tended for the reporters as follows: 70
If you do not want to converse any
more, / will remark to these reporting
gentlemen that l claim to be here in
carving out measure believe. TO Be
perfectly iustifiable, and not to act .
part at ali incendiary or rufianly; but
on the contrary, to aid those suffering
unucI SiSat WiohS. wish " ee{s
furthermore, that now all you people
of the South had better prepare your
selves for settlement of this question.
1t must come up for settlement sooner
than you are prepared for it; and the
sooner you comnience that preparation,
the better for you. You may dispose
of me very easy-1 am nearly disposed
of now-but this Question, mean the
end of it, is not yet: These wounds
were inflicted upon me-both the sabre
cuts on my head and body, and the
bayonet stabs in different parts of my
body-some minutes after l had ceased
fighting, and had consented to surren-
lder, for the benefit of others, and not
for my own benefit. = sat9 30
Several persons present denied this
statement ai ~ n. fa9o1
1 believe the Major here, pointing to
Stewart, would not have been alive but
for me. / might have killed him just
as easy as could kill musqhito, when
he came in, but / supposed he came
only to receive our surrender. There
had been loud and long calls of surren-
der from us-as loud as mieh could yell,
but, in the confusiof and excitements
| I -..--~s -. x;-o~o MT heard. Il do