New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-01-05
Nefu OrIsars 9ailp Grfstsnt.
THURSDAY MORNING, JASUARY j. Tsso.
THE Tesfsmsny Of Erss state Men ns4Tass3
Old BrusvBs


THE Tssfsmpsy Of Free State Men ng&Tasx
ST. Old BruvBs
We published awhile ago, from the ofscisi d8su
ments Of Congress, The afidavfts ef wives and
mothers and sons ~ 10 John BTown and the gang
Of cut-throats, Of which be was The leader in Kan
aaa, taking husbands gFoHa the presence ef their
wives, and children from tae presence Of tlIsix
mothers, vt the dead hour of night and mnrdeSs
ing them IN cold blood, 50 near their own dwellings
that the meaning cf sle dying could be beard hy
their wives snd mothers, who durst not 90 to
moisten the Hips Of their loved ones with drop 0f
water. One a those wives ras lying siek when
her husband VA taken frora her side and mnrS
dered; nor weald Cid Brown listen = her e.
treaties to allow Asr husband to send for neigh
Dor to care for her ID her Illness These atrocftirs
have been recently denied by ths parties Who want
" make martyr Of Old Brown, and who decIare
Ihaa he has made the gallows as sacred and immor-
tal as tlse Cross. We commend to an such the
following letteE addressed 10 the indianapolis Jour
ma, Republican pAper from Lawrence Kansas.
It tells tile damning tale in a way that viii carry
consietien to even unwilling minds, Read ii. ye
wives and mothers, and sistsrs, who have been
losing yonr propriety n admifstsen III IL id
scoundrel and assassin, and wlso Woald father k5a
his picture than Tie crossef Christ
[correspondenee n The Indlsnapols JsurnaEi
I1FREscxs Ksnsss I1exs III. ass
a John Brown antialayery meeting ~ hsld
in Lawrence last evening December le AI5sr
some Of the speakers hadisaded Brown ii secg
ond Jesus and one Of them alluded to the pofto3S
annie massacre, which had been laid st John dooYs
Mr.. Stevens said he did not believe John Brown
had anything 70 do with il; but there was gen
tlcTnan pEeSeht who coHld testify to t1sa& Act-
!" Name him, 2 !" name him, several called ont
q y L Captain Walker q, tnow sheria q Dsagtss
leaders.) Captain Walker arose and said, Gen
tiemen, there Is no use in keeping back The truth
or peryerting facts. John Brown told me himself
that he Was present At ths murder Of those men on
Pcttowatamie Creek. This startled like thur-
der-elap the defendants of Brown. He e'pfoceedexfS
{ am ready to make am oath that John Brown
had made such Q statement to me. know more
about this matter than can state, especially a. it
would implicate, as sectors in that murder, some
persons now in this room. John Bfownshad these
| men in his poser, and he coald haye kept them
prisoners. For himself lie never could Justify
taking man prisoner and then deliberately cut
ting his throat. Old titus, whom he took nrHUIaer
had threatened to cut his throat. had insuited lii
wife and threatened her e, vet HE never felt jas-
tilted in taking his life when hill prisoner
Gov Charles Robinson also said that he believed
John Brown had acknowledged I'd him he III a pre-
sent and approved of the killing of those men Oh
| P0ttow watamie Greek He had moi. and could not
justify the excesses committed by Free. STATE men,
after they had the civil power in their hands.
Dr, Adair, nephew of John Brown, wns asles@
| toned in reference TO John BroWn's connection
| with the PottowataInie massacre. He said John
Brown was present at the killingof those men
but there were palliating circumstances connected
with it. szsssi E ls
may add that there ii no question whatever.
from what i have heard from persons who know
the facts, that John Brown planned and carried
out the massacre. The facts come to me from
| men who stand among the most truthful u any fn
Kansas. The truth il, the less The Republicans iso
ize old Brown the hetter Redpath, who is oHfzing
him for the purpose of making money from thc
oHists to truthfulness but he does not stand 20
with the people in Kansas. Our best Republicans
in Kansas know that he has wiIuIiy lied in bis re-
cent statement about John Brown.
KANSAS