M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-01-20
5listtIIantons Strides.
Montgomery, OF Kansas, Rnd his
BriRnnd Band-What an Ohio
an Saw of their DOings. -

Montgomery, OF Kansas, md his
Brignnd Band-What an Ohio
an Saw of their DOings. 8 z.
! The Mt. Vernon Banaer has q
netter from Mr.. Freeman Drake, for.
merly ofthat town, written from Fort
Scott, in Kansas, on the 10th ult,,
which gives a brief, but no doubt re-
liable account Of the doings of the in.
! famous gang Of murdereTs and rob
bers who have Montgomery asrtheii
leader, and who has run a successful
career of crime, which is certainly
astonishing. We make extracts:
| The lives of Messrs. Mitchell and
Ayres, formerly Of Mt. Gilead, Ohio,
and several others, good men Of Linn
County, have been threatened, for no
other cause than that they were op-
posed to his (Mopgomery's) murder.
ing and driving men from the coun-
TRY, and wished to see the laws that
were made by a Free.State Legisla-
ture enforced by Free State officers.
After doing countless number of the
most outrageous and hellish acts in
Linn County, he crosses the line and
commences operation in this (Bour-
bon) County, by numbering, robbing
and driving from the Territory men,
who, unfortunately, were born south
Of Mason and Dixon's line, without
provocation. 1t is estimated that not
less than three hundred families have
been driven from this aud Linn Coun-
ty, since this band of theive began
their bloody work ofrapine plumber,
&c. Not yet content with what they
had done, they made an attack on
our town, (Which is composed OF Free
State men, with the exception of about
half dozen men from the South, who,
are the best Of mon, and who have
never taken part in the political ,af-
fairs Of fKansas,) about daylight, for
the purpose of numbering some of
our citlzeus and robbing our stores,
which they succeeded in doing, by
taking us by surprise. They nnm,
bered in all about one hundred men,
led by Montgomery, Bourne and
Brown, and they were the most de-
graded looking tiends in human form
lhave seen. AFTER Killing the son Of
an old gentleman by tho name of
Little, who was occupying part of his
store-houso as dwelling, they rob.
bed him Of about six thousand dollars
worth Of goods, then they planted
their cannon in front Of the house to
blow it up, (while the old man was
bending over his dying son } threaten
ing they would kill him if he did not
come out.
He then stepped to the door and
told them they had shot his son, and
they could kill him. They then went
into the room OF the dying man; rifed
his pockets and took every thing of
value they could find, at the same
time swearing they would burn the
town. The scene was such one as
| hope may never witness again. 1t
beggars description, nor do Iknow of
its equal in the history Of crime.-I
We were then informed by him Mont
gomery) that it was his intention and
determination to drive out of the
country or kill all men who did not
endorse his views and justify him in
his villianous course: he also said he
had whipped the troops and taken the
country, and never would be govern
ed by any laws that are passed by any
one but himself. Such is the State of
affairs at present, and unless the gov
ernor provides some means Or ways
to bring them 10 justice, the result
will be fearful to contemplate. Not
a day passes but what we see families
through here that have been robbed
and ordered to leave.
1t may be thought strange that the
people do not drive these desperadoes
from the country. But when | tell you
the country is thinly populated
and this gang rove about from place
to place, threatening every man that
dare oppose, completely subdued, it
does not appear strange. Some have
even gone and got written permits Of
him Montgomery to remain
in the Territory. | do not say such
is the case with my young friend
Thompson, who understand, address
ed the good people OF your place pre-
vious to the election. But strange
things sometimes happen in Kansas.
These same men shield themselves,
have been and are hanging on the Free
State party, and are bolStered up by
certain Republican editors as martyrs
in that cause, or its protectors.
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