Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1859-02-08
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Outrage and Lyachins Threatened.
Z Some thirteen negroes ran off together from
Haiti county, Missouri, a short time ago, ana
were pursued and captured in Kansas lhe
armed Missourians also took Dr.. Doy and son,
on whose premises the fugitives were found,
and hurried them off to Missouri without pro-
cess and BY force of arms, charging them with
having stolen away the slaves which charge
they positively denied, but admitting that they
had Given them said and comfort" in the way
of food and shelter in their extremity. DR. boy
and son were from Rochester, n. Y, and resi-
ded near Lawrence. They are intelligent, esti-
mable men, were early settlers in Kansas, and
had borne the prosecutions and hardshiPs of the
pioneers of the Territory.
The kidnapped white citizens were hurried
by niaht marches to Weston, Missouri, with the
negroes, and the latter were at once shipped to
New Orleans and market. DR.. boy and son
were thrust like felons into q cell, and refused
even a cup of water. A mob of excited men
surrounded the jail and threatened to lynch
them but did not An examination was held
at which the defendants vainly pleaded theiI
right to be tried in Kansas. The result of the
mock trial was then commitment to the jail al
Platte City, whittier they were conveyed hand
cuffed and mounted behind negroes The
throng of ruffans who followed and insulted
them when near the Jail took a vote as to what
should be their fate. Burning at the stake was
at first decided on, but the sentence was finally
changed to hanging, and the time was fixed fol
the execution of the sentence. They were final
ly thrust into dungeon. The Leavenworth
Times publishes the following letter from a
prO-slavery resident of Platte City:
PLATTE CRY, No, Jan. %, '5s.
Your Kansas men are in our Jail. They are
chained to the floor. Our people, ! blush t.
say, demand their death as an example for youl
citizens to profit by. Many favor burning them
The prisoners acknowledge protecting the cap
tured negroes, but say they had no hand in
their escaping. Neither the Doctor nor son
evince the least fear, and they say, if death mus
do all we can to save them, but can give you
little encouragement The greatest excitement
prevails. God grant our people may awake tc
their senses.
The outrage created great excitement in Kan
sas. A special messenger was despatched from
Leavenworth to Lawrence, and that city was
stirred to its centre. A meeting was held, Gen
Lane made a speech, and it was determined tc
avenge the death of Doy and his son should
they be executed. A meeting was also held in
Leavenworth, and Messrs Hughes and johnson
were appointed to visit Platte City. present the
resolutions adopted; and if possible, obtain the
release of the prisoners. At Platte City they
met the Circuit Judge and handed him the res
olutions. The Times says:
The Judge gave them careful perusal and
appeared to be satisfied. He then proposed to
go over to the office of the County Clerk, and
examine the evidence upon which the prisoners
were committed to jail. This was agreed TO and
the parties gave all the papers careful exami-
nation.
We are assured by both members of the COM
mittee-E. Hughes and DIR. Johuson-that the
evidence had no word or line eliminating Dr.
boy or son. --
But two men testified against the prisoners
in their preliminary examination at Weston and
their testimony was of the shallowest and most
fimsy nature. Accompanying the so-calIed
evidence was protest from Dr. Doy, in which
he maintains his right to be tried in Kansas, in
which he protests against his infamous arrest
and outrageous incarceration. He makes his
noble protest in the name of citizen of Kansas
to the laws of which Territory alone he ac.
knowledges himself amenable.
These facts were pointed out and foreibly
dwelt upon br nr-- c----tfee 10 Judge Nortnr-
/ ne judge, in reply, aeknolOLedge red that DR. boy
and son had been illegally arrested, but further
stated that they were now in the hands of pro-
s avery men by whom they should he tried, add
ing 1--WE quote his words,) that ''all the powers
OfHeaven and Hell cannot save them" He
also defed the power of Leavenworth and of
Kansas.
The trial of our citizens is set for to-day =
The Leavenworth Committee were assured by
pFo-slaverY man that it would be perfect
farce ending in their commitment to the State
Penitentiary. Judge Norton acknowledged as
much.
OF course our committee were compelled to
return without DR.. Doy and son, who are now
in dingy dungeon, while the Doc
Or's wife and family at Lawrence, are almost
leart-broken over the absence and danger of
Husband, Father, Son and Brother
How revolving are the facts in this case
Two freemen-known and honored, of Kan
as, are arrested by an armed posse of Missouri
ms under no authority-for no crime. They
re kidnapped into slave State. In prelimi-
ary examination it is impossible to bring Grim
mating evidence against them and yet they are
hained and imprisoned, while the slave-hounds |
ing naughty defiance in our teeth and bid us
axe our citizens five can. Enough. Missou-
may yet learn the meaning of Tstaliati0R--
,et her look well to her citizens if ours are to |
e outraged and maltreated. Kansas can strike |
s well as Missouri, and if Dr.. Doy and son are |
ot returned to US, uninjured and unframed, |
Lissourians must be careful how they tread our
OIL The time has come-is now-when for
earance ceases to be a virtue, and revenge is
ods justice.