The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1860-02-25


John Brown, the atrocious murderer and rob-
Der referred to in the following letter, is exalted
by the Black Republicans to the dignity Of Saint,
and some 60 SO far as to defy him, and with a
proclamation uuhcard of, compare him and the gal
lows upon which be was 50 justly hung, to the
Savior Of the world aud the glorious cross.
We would like for some of our iatense American
contemporaries to inform if sir. Fillmore had in
view the facts mentioned in this letter when he
wrote that John Brown exhibited traits Of char
acter that command our admiration" We pause
for reply:
! A perfectly reliable gentleman, living in
Algonquin, in this State, has put us in pos
session of letter from the Widow Mahala
Doyle, whose husband was brutality murder.
ed, in Kansas, by John Browp--the I'D
villain whom the Republicans are trying to
exalt to the position of u Christian martyr
to liberty The letter is addressed to J. G.
Bennett, Esq, of Algonquin, and its state.
ments are sworn to and attested legally in
the State Of Tennessee, 1t is the custom Of
the Republicans in all of their political meet.
ings to allude TO John Brown in terms Of
scarcely qualified praise, and to his fate,
which overlook him only too late, in the
most pathetic strains. We commend to
their attention this statement of Mrs. Doyle:
CHATTANOOGA, Fenn., Dec. 20, 1859
Your letter of the 7th inst, has been re
ceived, and would have been replied to at
an early date but for my inability TO answer
SO many letters at once that have received
on the same subject.
/ thank you for your kind sympathy, and
do in the presence of magistrate avow N.Y.
self the same Mahala Doyle whose husband,
j. P. Doyle, was murdered by Brown and
his party, in Kansas, on the night of the
Oath Of May, 1856.
My husband, myself and children moved
to Kansas some time in November, 1855,
and settled near Potawatomie Greek, in
Franklin county.
On the oath of May, about IL o'clock at
night, after we were all in bed, some persons
came into the yard and knocked at the door,
and called Mr.. Doyle, who got up and went
to the door. They inquired Of him where
Mr.. Wilkinson lived. AS soon as the
door was opened, some six or seven men,
armed with pistols and large knives, entered
the houae, said they were from the army +;
that Mr.. Doyle and three sons must surren-
der They only took my husband and the
two older sons, leaving the youngest as l
begged them with tears to spare him. Tue
band of outlaws and murdslers carried them
$50 or 200 yards from the house, where
they were brutally murdered and barbarous-
Ily mutilated, by shooting, stabbing, and
exiting of some Of their arms and hands,
They were found the next morning and
buried.
with my other little children, soon after
left for Missouri, where we remained until
kind friends sent me the money to return to
Chattanooga, the place that we left when we
went to Kansas.
The letter purporting to be from me to
Old Brown Clearing the date Goth Novem.
Der, } while in prison, is genuine, and signed
with my own hand.
NAHALA DOYLE.
State Of Tennessee, Hamilton county,
do hereby certify that Mrs. Mahala Doyle
signed the above in my presence, and that
she is the widow of j. P. Doyle, who was
murdered in Kansas.
/. j. BRowNINo, j. P.
CHATTANOOGA. Dec. %. 1850