The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-10-27


once in the side, once in the breast.
He was then captured and taken to a
tavern. and after the instruction was
ouelled. he was turned over to the u.
States authorities in dying condition.
During the afternoon sharp little af-
fair took place on the Shenandoah side
of the town. The insurrectlonIsts had
also seized the halls Of the rifle works,
and party of their assailants found
their way in through mill-race, and
disloged them.
In this rencontre, it was said, three
insurrectionists were killed, but we
found but one dead body, that of ne
gro, on that side of the town. Night
by this time had set in, and operations
ceased. Guards were placed around
the Armory, and every precaution
taken to prevent escape.
At IL o'clock, the Monday night
train, with Baltimore military and
marines, arrived at Sandy Hook, where
they awaited the arrival Of Col. Lee,
deputized by the War Department to
take the command.
The reporters passed on, leaving
their military allies behind ; they found
the bridge in possession of the militia
ry, and enter ed the besieged town with
out difficulty, the occasional report of
a gun OF singing motion of a Sharp's
rifle ball warning them that it was ad-
visable to keep themselves out of the
range of the Armory. The first visit
was made to the bedside of Aaron
Stephens, the wounded prisoner; they
found MIN to be a large. exceedingly
athletic man, perfect Sampson in APP
pearance. He was in small room,
filed with excited armed men, who
more than once threatened to shoot
him, where he was grooming with pain,
but answering with composure and APP
parent willingness every question in
relation to the fray in which he was
engaged.
He said he was native of Connec-
ticut, but had lately lived in Kansas,
where he knew Capt Brown. He had
also served in the u. S. army. The
sole object of his attempts was to give
the negroes freedom, and Brown had
represented that as soon as they seized
the Armory the negroes would flock
to them by the thousands, and soon
have force enough for their purpose
one for which he would sacrifice his
life; but he said he thought Brown had
been greatly deceived. He said that
preparations had been making for
some months for a movement, but
that the whole force consisted of sew
enteen white men and five free negroes.
This statement was repeated without
variation by all the prisoners with
whom we convcrsed. All agreed as to
the number in the movement and as TO
its objects, which some called the work
of philanthropy.
Lewis Leary, a negro shot at the
rifle mill, stated before he died that he
enlisted with Capt. Brown for the in
surrection at fair held in Lorraine
county, Ohio, and received the money
to pay his expenses. They all came
down to Chambersburg, Pa, and from
there they travelled across the country
to Browns farm.
The broken telegraph was soon re-
paired, through the exertions of Super
intendents Westervelt and Talcott,
who accompanied the expedition. The
announcementth that communication was
opened with Baltimore gave the press
representatives abundant employment
There was no bed to be had, and day
light was awaited with anxiety. It's
earliest glimpses were awaited of to
survey the scene.
A visit to the different localities in
which the corpscs of the Instruction
lists were lying stark and bloody, a
peep close or far off, according to the
courage Of the observer at the Malakoff
of the insurgents, was the established
order of sightseeing, varied with a
discussion Of all sorts of terrible ru-
mors.
The building in which the insurgents
had made their stand was the fire
engine house, and no doubt the most
defensible building in the armory. 1t
has dead, brick walls on three sides,
and on the fourth, large doors, with
window sashes above, some eight feet
from the ground.
A dead Stiffness surrounded the bull
dings, and, except that now and then
man might be seen peeping from the
nearly closed door, and a dogs nose
slightly protruding, there was no sign
of life, much less of hostility, given.
Various opinions were given as to
the number of persons within, and the
amount of resistance they would be
able to offer.
The cannon could not be used with
out endangering the safety of Col.
Washington, Mr.. Dangerfeld, Mr.. Ball
and other citizens whom they still held
prisoners. The doors and walls of the
building had been pierced for rifles,
but it was evident that from these holes
no range could be had, and that with
out opening the door they would be
shooting in the dark. Many thought
that the murder of the prisoners held
was determined upon, and that fight
to the death would be the ending of
their desperate attempt.
Whilst the people TINS looked and
speculated, the door was opened, and
one of the men came out with aag of
truce, and delivered what was supposed
to be terms of capitulation. The con-