Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-10-26
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The Is1--eotioa q. Ea-per's Terry.

Ferry, extracted from the Cleveland Her
aid Two. ct least Of tic chief actors in
this bloody scene. were wei iEoEn in this
vicinity. viz: the leader aud General. Capt.
John Brown, and John kagi. Capt. Brown
was a son of the late Owen Brown Of Hud
Son, Summit Co.. and was, some years since,
one of tie firm of Brown & Perkins, wool
dealers at Akron. (Simon Perkins Esq,
was the partner.) Capt. Brown was one of
.the early emigrants to Kansas. where he
founded the town of Ossawatomie. Being
an ultra Free State man. he and his fam
lily became especial objects of the hate and
persecution Of the Pro-SlavcFy rufians.
OF the death of one sca, in 1856, the
New York Herald gays:
One Of his sons who Was elected to the
Legislature in February, 1856, was sized
aud taken from 0sSawatomie to lecompton
in chains. a distance Of thirty miles. His
feet and hands were chained together with
a large heavy chain. the size Of that used
upon OK teams. lie was compelled to walk
the whole distance beneath the burning sun.
The irons were the flesh from his ankles,
he was attacked with brain fever. wasneg-
lected and died in two or three days. He
was q companion Of Governor Robinson,
Jenkins, (since shot by Lanc) and some
eight others. After tie death of his first
ron, occasioned by the torture and fatigue
Of his forced march, Brown sworc~ vengeance
upon the %pro-slayery party, and it was fire.
quently observed by the more prudent Of
tie free state men that he was evidently
Insane on the subject. He was always
considered by them as a dangerous man,
was never taken into their councils, and
never consulted by them with reference CT
ther to their policy or movements.
On the death Of another son, the C,,evo-
land Herald says.
John Brown had a son, E. j. Brown.
who near Easton that winter. was talcn
prisoner by the Missouri Rufians and
confined in a store. Then it was an ex-
press visited Fort L~eayenwcrth and beg
ged that United States troops might 90 to
the spot aud save Brown from being muir
derei. That vas refused too. in compli-
ance with positive orders from Washington.
What followed? Capt. E. P. Brown was
helpless and alone IN the power of the Pro-
Slavery men; tia: band # ruffans struck
him and he rose to his feet and asked to
be permitted to fight the best man among
them-he would fight for his l;fe-5ut the
towards dared net giye him that chance,
Brown then dared any two Or three Of them
Is fight him, but the towards would not
comply with that request.
Then the iends, in human shape, rush
cd upon the unarmel, defenceless Brown,
and actually hacked him to pieces with
hatchets. A Slave Holder, named Gibson,
dealt the fatal blow, burying a hatchct in
the side of Browns head, splitting his skull
for inches and scattering bis brains. Brown
fell and his enemies jumped upon him,
while down. Brown cried out Kill me,
! am dying" and one Of the pro-Slayery
Erctches-since then awarded with a com-
mission as the United States Marshal.
stopped over the PROSTATE man and spit
tobacco juice in his eyes.
Capt. Browns buildings were burned,
his own lie was hunted by the same ruff
fms who had murdered his sons, and who
viii say he had not long and heavy account
to settle with them, and who will wonder
that with a brain fred by a thousand
wrongs unredresscd, he at last turned upon
his pursuers and inflicted reprisals, which
as the Cleveland Leader says, have made
the name of Old 0ssawat9mie' a terror to
evil doors in Kansas. and on the Missouri
border. His last feat was to cross with
his men into Missouri and liberatc some
seventeen slaves from one plantation. and
conduct them safely through Kansas. Iowa,
&c, to Canada A Price was set on his
head. and so far IS slavery and slave-hold-
ing were concerned, he was q desnerate
man. He had become q monomoniac, ard!
believed that his duty and his missian was
to free the enslared by any means in his
power. The scenes at ,Harrer's Ferry are
but the bitter fruits of the seed soEp By the
South in Kansas.
He has survived his wounds, will prob
ably recover, and VIII of course be tried
and suffer the penalty of violating the laws
o. his country.
Among the names Of the killed, is that
Of Mr.. John kagi. Mr.. Kagi was a resi-
dent of Bristol, in this County. was one of
the early emigrants to Kansas, and had
his full share in the suferings and troubles
on the border. Possessed of great physi-
cal powers, and of indomitable courage, he
became the chosen companion Of Brown in
al his Wild and dangerous enterprises. In
the rescue Of the seventeen slaves from
Missouri, and their safe Iilotting through
TO Canada, Rag vas n Of the chief &C
tors. Having had a full experience Of the
tender mercies Of tie border rumans in
Kansas. he to hal bacomea monomaniac
on the subject of slavery. and rs easily
persuaded by Brown to .iein limin his last
fool hardy and desperate undertaking. He
killed in the assault upon the engine
house. F,
Although it is really a serious matttr
that fifteen or twenty men have been killed
this riot, the supreme terror manifested
by the V~irginians and the tremendous fuss
made by the state authorities, and the {
General Government at Washington, were ]
supcrbly ridiculous that it utterly casts
in the shado= all other aspects of the mat !
Sixteen white men. eleven Of whom
we're sclf-sppointei Captains and Licuten- ]
,nts five privates constituting the rank and !
fle of the army land all including privates d.
,fficers Of the Provisional Government that
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