Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-01-20

Montgomery ordered a halt about quar-.
ter of a mile from the Fort where, The
men all dismounied. Ten men were draft,
ed for a guard for the hors.s and the l2
pound howitzer. The other sixty, in three
divisions, entered the town without resist.
ance'--eSen without awakening;the iuhab-
itance. The, first division changed upon
the Fort Scott Hotel, in which the prison
er was kept. The, kicking down of the
doors between them and him was the first
notice wliich'the citizens had If Montgom.
ery's presence The door of The cell, which
was in the third story was heavy one,
and locked with large lock. An ak was
procured, and the door cut into pieces.
The prisoner, with cries of JOY, seized the
ak, and cut the heavy IRON staple by which
his chain was fastened TO the floor. Then
grasping tee long, heavy log-chain, still fast
tefhis foot at one end, ,awith onee hand, and
a pprofered revolver with the other, he
leaped forth, a free man, and .joiaed bis re
jo;cing rescuers below. The place, the
danger, everything was forgotten; and each
one hasteneihto greet him and sliake him
by the hand issa5a ss' sscg QoI
About this time two shots were fired
from Lyttle's store, which adjoined the
Hotel-one of them wounding Benz. Sc
mans, the other Just touching Mr.. HasIeet,
neither being seriously injured. "a guard
was Immediately thrown around the store
to prevent the escape of any one who might
be in it, and the howitzer was sent for
Selnans had promptly retuInei the shot
fired a, him, but without effect. Bothahe
shots from the building had been fired by
John Lyttle. This man acted as an officer
under Clark in his Missuri invasion in So.
He was also the Deputy Marshall who, at
times. with possess composed of such men
as Bracket, Hamilton and Hardwick, anil
again with Capt Anderson's Company of
Dragons, made up mostly of Buford's men,
SO harrassed the people of the Little Usage
Valley last year. His notorious attack up
on Fort Balm. where some fifteen or twen-
ty of the Free State people had assembled
fo- mutual defense, and his disastrous re-
treat therefrom, OCCURRED just one year ago
yesterday. His father was Blake Lyttle,
u member of the Lecompton Constitution
al Convention. 2'' i'"@ -' 4i7~ e' q
He twice afterward attempted to fire up
on the guard and building, but he was
both times fired upon 10y the guard before
he was able TO shoot. The cannon on ar
irving, was loaded and brought to bear
upon the building. The old
man Lyttle, and aman named Crawford,
then surrendered, when it was found that
the last shot fired at young Lyttle had
proved fatal, having struck him in the cen
ire of the forehead, and passed directly
through his head to the base of the brain.
1t had been agreed upon .hv the Pro-
Slavery men Of Fort Scott, that in case
thesFree State men should be able to enter
the town unknown to- them, and take it
by surprise, they should all bar their doors
and opena fire fromtheir houses. Lyttles
store had been used as a guard-house, and
Lyttle supposed his shot would be follow
ed bya volley from the other houses. Bat
his comrades see:Eed to forget this, as bat
one other shot was fired; that was 10y q
clerk in Wilson's store, and slightly
wounded Mr.. Kegi Montgomery bad
gived orders that any building from which
sho;s were fired should be burned, batter
ed by the cannon, or sacked. This order
was made known to ex-Gov. Ransom,
Judge Wilson, aud other leading men, who
had been made prisoners on the first en-
trance into the town. They were after
ward released on parole. The circulation
of the nature ofthis order, in this way,
probably prevented much bloodshed. All
resistance ceased, and the Free Stale men
had entire possession the town. Wilson
made haste to apologize for himself and
disapprove of the firing from, his store, and
Montgomery countermanded the orders in
relation to its destruction. Lytlle's store
was, however, completely pllihdered Of all
the arms, clothing, provisions, anunitions
of war it contained. No other property
was taken from the place. This would
not have taken place if no fire had been
opened from the store on the Free State
men, The place was taken at dav break
and evacuated at noon, and the Free State
forces left for the north. ~ 's''' , 60
MoSEKA, Kansas, Dee: %, 1883
ImmediateIp Iafter the taking Of Fort
Scott and the'rescue of Rice by Mon,gome-
ry and the Free State forces, Marshal
Campbell and Sheriff Bull left the Fort
for Lecompton, for the purpose Of Securing
the aid of Federal troops. What result
they have had is not yet learned, as the
high waters have prevented their early re-
turn. Other messengers were sent to the
Cherokee Nation toprocure the assistance
of the Indians. A leading citizen of Mis-
souri, was in the Fort on the following day
probably having been sent for COUNSEL.
He promised unlimited aid from the State.
He stated that a company of so men was
already formed in Greenville, Dude county,
for the purpose of again invading the Ter
ritory to kill Montgomery. He was ac-
on his return home BY some of
the Fort Scott men, Meetings have since
been held all along the border, which de-
npunced the rescue of Rice, and promis-
ing aid and sympathy TO the Pro- Slavery,
men and officials in the Territory. Many
of the more tiinid of the Free State men
nre leaving the Territory. Others go to
the central and northern parts, where no
difficulties are apprehended, 10 remain un-
Ill peace is established. All have begun
10 believe that a long war is being opened.
The Pro,Slavery men in the Territory al
30 took the same panic, many of them
leaving for fear of being punished BY the
Free State men, for the crimes Of other