Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1860-08-11
Prom the Boston Bee.
THE BRUTAL MURDER OF CHARLES DOY
AND THE TWO WAFFLES.
uPoN WOMEN AND CHILDREN BY BORDER
RUrFIANs.

The private letter below was put into our hands
by DR.. boy, of Kansas, who, it will be recollect-
ed was arrested some months ago in Kansas for
the alleged attempt to aid in the escape of fugi.
tive slaves. lie wal imprisoned and sentenced to
sixty fye years in the Missouri penitentiary, but
was rescued by a party, at the head of which was
his son Charles. This was the cause Of the brutal
murders which are detailed below. The letter is
from Il Mr.. Archibald. q friend Of DR.. DJy, and
gives graphically the horrible details of these
murders. as atrocious as those for which the vii
lain Hicks was hung. Yet these desperadoes are
at large, and there is no prospect that any justice
will bring them to their merited punishment
LAWRENCE, Kansas Territory,
July l7th, 1860.
"My Dear Friend Mrs Coy and myself have
just returned from the most exciting journey I ev-
er travelled. We went to Moueka, q beautiful
town seventy,fye miles south of Lawrence, where
your son Charles appears TO have n large interest,
(six full town shares, containing a number of build
ing lots each Although il is near the Missouri
line it appears to have grown very fast, and it is
quite a thriving country around ii. The circum-
starces connected with Charles murder are these;
On the night Of the 5lh Of July, about midnight,
a gang of about twenty men surrounded the house
of Mr.. Martin, whose house stands some little
distance from the town, where Charles was stop.
ping while he attended to business connected with
his interest there. They called ont Charles name,
and Mr.. Martin went to the door. Charles called
out that whoever wanted hin was to step to the
door.
They still continued to stand of, and demand.
ed Charles to come out or they would set fire to
the house, using at the same time the most awful
language. Mrs. Martin expected to be confined
every day, Charles thought it not best to endanger
her. He therefore actually sprang out and ran
the gauntlet through the crowd, receiving q severe
shot through the leg near the knee. Although q
volley of shots was fed after him, he succeeded
in getting to the house of Mr.. Henry Wafi ,(late
of New York State some distance of. Tn,
wretches then actually set fire to the house of Mr.
Martin, with his poor wife in that condition, Civ
ing them six hours to leave the country. 1t an
3 peais Mr.. Waffle and his son Harvey seeing tn,
house Of their ~neighbor in flames bad gone tow
ards il to assist them. Charles and the Waffle
g passed each other, without either party KNOWN,
it. Mrs. Waffle says that Charles prepared de
l~i6eratefy to receive them, should they follow hin
there, loading the guns and pistols.
lie put the little children under tho bed, an,
g advised Mrs. Waffle to follow them as soon as sb
a heard them coming. In the meantime tie part
Of r%ufians had seen Old Mr., Waffle and son eoin
t. assist to pot out the fire, and told them they ais
d had to die. When the old man asked why, th
It answer was, on account of the part he had take
in past troubles. They we're both totally unarn
il ed. The son took to HE heels, bot, though badl
wounded in tho leg, still made the woods. Tn
s old man received several shots, but still called
a his boys TO bring his rife. But another wolfe
/ took one side Of his face and head OF, and he fe
Q dead. 1t appears they succeeded in gettiu
Charles money, he leaving it in his bury.
d was quite a sum, With which be vas about to COZ
b tinue his claim contest with enc Of tue same s,rir
that now lives on his farm.