Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-03-05

to the Courthouse, amidst a motley group, using
such language as I never h~eard-"give them
hemp"-'she rope is ready" &c., and were in
formed that they were ready to try US. We stat
ed we wished for u day or so to get counsel. ms VIC
knew not a man in Missouri but no, we must
proceed. We might take q lawyer they mentioned,
if we had money to pay him. They had our mo-
ney, we told them, and we were in their hands,
AID they could do as they chose with Us. After
the m~ockery Of q trial ended, | sat down and
wrote a protest, as q citizen Of Kansas, against
the whole proceeding. We were committed for
trial for stealing a negro named Dick, a carpenter,
fiddler, &c. We were then handcufed tour trial
comes of Feb. 2O-the bail $4,000, and taken to
Platte City Jail where we now are. The inhGbi,
tants guard the Jail every night. | cannot learn
where my horses are, or why they released Mr..
Clough, the man taken with us, but the report is
that Jake Hurd, Dr.. GOrvin, Mr.. Whitley and
Niece declared they could buy any Abolrionist
in Lawrence for $50, and that they had so bough,
Clough. They said Hancock Of the Mansion
House, Hamilton, who lives over Hunts weigh,
scales, Fry and some others, kept them posted
every day of all movements.
We learn that a committee came over from
Leavenworth to demand us, but they, with other
friends who have come over, were sent back with
out seeing us. We have not seen n friend since
we were taken. Oh my country, how free thou
nrt! How can we get ready for trial, knowing
no one, and not allowed to see any one We lay
two nights in Weston in irons, before being
brought hero. Some of the colored men are here
in prison that we're in the wagons, as they would
! mo cbOoca M atare Z, ol,,t H., ,r,,. .I..a.
being born free. February Bird l saw a terrible
sight. Jake Hurd came into the prison, having a
covered buggy at the door, ordered the free boys,
George Wilson Hayes, late cook at Eldridge IIo.
tel, Lawrence, and Charles Smith of Brownsville,
Pa, to come out and get in. They said they
would wait in prison till their free papers came.
Jake took mis- whip and numerically whipped
them till they consented to go with him on
ly knows where. He said, 81 am your master
now, and by God will make you obey me-"
We have not seen a person that we know since
our imprisonment-yet we are to prepare for trial
on the Goth of this month. Can it be that We are
deserted in this our extremity, or that the people
of Kansas will see their fellow. citizens kidnapped
and imprisoned and tortured by the residents Of
another State, without. lifting a hand, or extending
a word Of sympathy Neither my son nor myself
have committed any crime or offence we have vi
olated no law and yet we are now Gagged and fet.
tered in a Missouri cell.
We are very filthy, having no water to wash
with, and the stencil is horrible. My eyes are
weak-in fact, l am almost blind with the dark,
ness of the iron box, or metallic coffin, in which
we eat, sleep. and are shown to persons, who,
with q candle, take a view of the 1.-TWO live Abo.
litionists !" But as the cause Of freedom demands
this, we say welcome to it all and if Missouri
desires to become a free State sooner than many
expect, why, then, let them make US dance on
nothing. All we ask is that the citizens of Kansas
staud true to Freedom and if our blood or our
sacrifice will aid in advancing that csuse, it shall
be freely offered.
We would like to be treated like prisoners (not
like brutes), and for ourselves only desire to h. %
a fair trial, We despair of both, however. as
long as we remain where we now are, and throw
ourselves upon the kindness and protecting care
Of Almighty God. DOCTOR boy.
CHARLES DOY.