St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-08-16
INTERESTING LETTER 81 FROM KANSAS.
The Brutal Murder Of Charles
' Doy and the two Wa@es.
CFrom tho Boston Atlas.1

aid in the escape Of fugitive slaves. He
was imprisoned and sentenced to Is years
in the Missouri Penitentiary, but was res
cued by party, at the head Of which was
his son Charles. This was the cause Of
the brutal murders which are detailed be-
low. The letter is from Mr. Archibald.
friend Of DR.. boy, and gives graphically
the horrible details of these murders, as
atrocious as those for which the internal
villain Hicks was hung. Yet those des-
peradoes are at large, and there is no pros
pect that any Justice will bring them to
their merited punishment: =. -...ta&a::
LAWRENCE, KIT, July II, 1860.
My DEAR FRIEND Mrs. Doy and
myself have just returned from the most
exciting journey I ever travelled We
went to Nloneka, a beautiful tvwu seventy
five miles south Of j.! .awrence, where your
son Charles 'appexs. to have large inter
est, (six full town shares, containing
number Of building lots each) Although
it is near the Missouri line, it appears to
have grown very fast, and it is quite
thriving country around it. The circum-
stances connected with Charles murder
are these: 49, -, ~! = @js ..'
i, On the night Of the 5th Of July, about
midnight, a gang of about twenty men sur
rounded the house Of Mr.: Martin, whose
house stands some little distance from the
town, where Charles was stopping while he
attended to business connected with his
interest there. They called out Charles
name, and Mr.. NJ. went to the door. They
still continued to stand of, and demanded
Charles to come out or they would set fire
to the house, using at the same time the
most awful language. Mrs. Martin ex-
pecting to be confined every day, Charles
thought it not best to endanger her. He,
therefore, actually sprang out aud ran the
gauntlet through the crowd, receiving a
severe shot through the leg, near the knee.
Although volley Of shots was fred after
him, he succeeded in getting to the house
Of MIR. Henry Waffle, late Of New York
State, some distance off. The wretches
then actually set fire to the house of Mr.
Martin, with his poor wife in that condi-
tion, giving them three hours to leave the
country. 1t appears MIR. Waffle and his
son Harvey, seeing the house Of their
neighbor in flames, had gone towards it to
assist them. Charles and the Wafacs
passed each other, without either party
knowing it. Mrs. Waffle says Charles pre-
pared deliberately to receive them, should
they follow him there, loading the guns
and pistols. He put the little children
under the bed, and advised Mrs. Waffle; to
follow: them as soon as she heard them
coming. In the meantime the party of
ruf6ans had seen old Mr.. w. and son going
to assist to put out the fire, and told them
they also had to die When the old man
asked why, the answer was, on the part he
had taken in past troubles. They were
both totally unarmed. The son took to
his heels, but though badly wounded in
the leg, still made the woods. The old
man received several shots, but still called
to his boys to bring his rife. But anoth.
er yolley took one side ef his face and head
off, aud he fell dead.
To return to the house Of VIM. Waffle
they were not molestcd that night;
Charles, it appears, lame as he was b. the
shot, assisted by old Mrs. Waffle, actually
fetched home the body Of the old man,
went to the store for nails and necessary
things to make a coffin, then went into i
ravine near and dug "a grave; getting all
ready. to bury the old man, although Mrs.
Waffle says she begged him to think Of
himself and make his escape, as they would
kill him. But he looked around upon the
little children aud the widow and wounded
son.. whom he had succeeded in getting
from the woods, and said he could not
leave them, but would die protecting them.
The editor Of the Mound City paper told
INC that Charles attended TO the wants Of
the family at the store and in the town
that day, as it nothing was the matter
more than common. AZ midnight Mrs.
". said, while he was screwing down the
lid Of tie coffin, as they were about to bury
the old man, the gang again appeared, and
got close to the house before Charles OBJ
served them, when he! sprang; into; the
house bed room, put the little ones under
the bed, and carried the guns, &c., that he
had prepared to the door, and continued
to fro7 until all were disohargcd.h It tap-
pears he moItally wounded three Of those
british men, but received shot in the
breast. He threw himself on the bed, and
told Mrs. Waffle that they had finished
him. .ss..G II. l. &..s. 400 IL, SOL a1ui1
/ After few seconds he again jumped up,
and exclaimed: s'This will never do He
advised her TO get under the bed With the
children, and he; would draw, Of their. at=
tention. He got out Of the window, vim being
very feeble, and mado his way 70 the vailey
At the back of the house. Here he wae