White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1860-08-09
The Murder Of Wafles and boy, In
Linn County.

41uu VVeASys
From the Linn County Herald We ex-
tract the following account OF the late
murders in that vicinity. Our city CO.
temporsries have already noticed this at
fair, but we have RETAINED from doing so
until we were furnished With reliable
account:
It seems, from the most reliable sv1-
dence we can gather, that some fifteen per-
sons appeared at the house OF man oy
the name Of Martin. about half mile
from the house Of Wafies; some TWO
hours before day light. They called for
boy to come out. The reply Was "coms
to the door," which was open. They re-
peated the demand several times, and the
same answer was made. Then they set
FIRE to the houss, evidently to drive him
out, which had the desired effect. In his
course he ran over wood-pile and fell,
they calling out to stake him alive" but
he escaped, and several shots were fired
at him but none taking effect. In the
mean. while they arrested Martin and
threatened to hang him or shoot him or
both in case be did not disclose certain
transactions. We are told that he did
so, and was released, and we are inform
ed BY him, that be is allowed one week
to leave the country. The party then
started towards W aflss, house, and on
the way met him and his son, who were
attracted thither from the burning of the
house. 1--WE should observe here that
only q portion of it was burned. There
were several women in it, including the
wife of Martin, who chung to her husband
and, perhaps, saved her husbands life.
The party ordered Waffles and his son to
halt, when they Immediately obeyed.
After long parley, wherein the former
times were brought in and angry words
ensued, the party were ordered to form
line, and tbs two individuals were in
formed they were to be shot at this the
son ran, several shots were fired at him.
only one taking effect, as above stated.
1t does not appear that either OF the Wat
fles' were armed. It was said by some,
that the elder Wsff1es was then shot, but
the evidence is not clear; but it is evident
he attempted to escape, and received the
fatal wound near where we found the body.
A younger son told us that he hallooed
to him to "bring out the powder" at the
same time several shots were fred by the
assailants.
Saturday morning brings with it an
other tragedy. Soon after sunrise a FIRE
was discovered in the direction Of Waf-
Aes', and soon afterwards the report was.
that his house was burned to the ground.
We proceeded there forthwith. The fol-
lowing are the facts as gathered from
members of his household:
About IL o'clock, Friday night, a
company Of men supposed to be about
20 appeared before the house, and boy
fred upon them and wounded several Of
them.
A general FIRE was then commenced OF
him and into the house. some of the balls
barely missing some of the female men,
bers of the family, and one Sharp's rife
ball grazing the leg of another son of
Waffles. The firing was too warm for
boy, and he jumped ont of q window
and ran for tho prairie, and in the con-
Aict he received slight wound on his
body and severe one in his leg. which
SO crippled him that he fell and could
proceed no furthur. He laid there until
after sunrise. when he was dispatched by
fatal wound in his head, and when we
saw him, his nerves had not ceased to
tremble. We turned away from the
scene with mingled emotions of pity and
of horror, at such . fate. boy is well
known. A more adroit desperate, oil
his age. can hardly be found on the rec
ords Of crime. He has been a terror to
the whole community for over year. since
we first saw him here. Since then, be
has been more or less, at the house oil
Wafles. That has been one cause, per-
haps. of the dreadful visitation upon that
family.