The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-03-03


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..s.,4S a5s Weehington, Feb. ~.
i Geo Z Stevens Or Boston, Nas before the s I
afe fnvestirntine Committee t)dAy He tel
Aed he wna made Chair1nnn or athe State XaAs
/ Cemnfttee n Nassarhu ctts, uho fobk Nh plss
of Tie Boats COMMITTEES ana continued the wOl
throughout the State. including Augfst an
Iecefnber III that year. he raised N47.UHO.
the sat,e veaf his wife CONS nsnced ~ fornnafio
of 1ocisties for cOntyibutinx clothinr which n
suited "a scndin0 solne 100000 or $50, 90
more IN sr1nniies az yarious kinds. Soon ufte
II The State Committee commenced the work I
i Aaguat lASR nfs,scnrcr ekoua Kansns wh
came throngh Iowa. for III Missouri River Va
clossd IA Iii Free state .rnrelers asked earnesti
for arsns and ammunition for Tic defence of th
Free State party. Tho committee n,st next III
and vosed % send 600 Shsrps rifles. casbiaes an,
4 ammunition. which we're sent to the nationa
Kanaas committee II CHICAGO. Is be bv then
| forwarded through iowa to Kansas. but from
some tricxpIained c6tss these arms we're dclaye,
lK Iowa II Nov. a. Nec. they senk ~, agent II
Iowa af 6ur charge Ia take them Is our nj pes4y
Early in January, 1887, John Brown, 81 whom
! We had heard but had not seen, came To Bostol
and n war introduced u him. After rspeatct
conferences with him, beinR stfdnRly Impressed
with HE saxacity. courage and strong integrity
the witness through vote or tho committee
made him an agent to receive and hold thest
arms and ammunitior for the defence of Kansas
appropriatinc $500 20 nav his expenses Subsa
auentiy. in 1857. they authorized Grown TO eel
| 100 riaes IL expedient and vot "a 150O more ID
enable him 10 "a Ia Kansas with his 1: n, suent
About this time. On his rcprcsenfinr that the
force "a lie organized IN Kansas ought 10 Be pro
yided With revolver. witnesa authorized him u
purchase 400 from The Maasachusetts Arm Co.
when thev were delivared N Inu. vitnesa naid
for them II, his own fun.Is ~ the same time III
gave Rrown Nv letter N credit authority u tlrav
on him at sight for n. 600 in s,eh sums AZ might
Be- wanted fr the Subsistence ~ loo men proyi.
ded ii should he nenessarv 4 any time to calI
them into the ficli IA active service Il defcncc
of Kansas. IN 1897 a II emergency coatem.
Mated did not offer and no money was drawn for
II. the le1ter Was withdrawa.
In the summer az lS57. witness Contributed
Win Others sIlDo 10 rurchase al addition 4, the
farm then and now otcunied ~ Rrov,,s family
= Norah Elha Tbo mrr..v - fnrwardel II
his agent tor that nprnose and safisfactorv ey;.
dence r;ven II ! nlnner conveyance II ths lind
70 the family OF Brown. Witness subscription
20 that fund was S16o, as appears by the sub
FsefiPtioa paper hessdes these transactions whlch
money from time 70 time. How much ne lid not
Know, never kept any Account Of personal expen.
ses or money glSen 70 others II - all en- rgei
to his private account Should think II might
amount 70 *lJOO Or x2oOO.
IA About May, 1883, witness saw letter from
Senator wilson 20 Dr. Howe, also one or two
from Ool. fofbes-nerer heard Of Forbes till he
saw his letter, which WIS 80 coarse and Insulting
in nguage and SO incorrect in ascrbing to others
what witness had done, that witness concluded
that ne wanted 70 extort money. but q Dr.. Howe's
request witness wrote to Brown dated May 18th,
1885, OF which the committee have copy sent
by Dr. Howe. II addition, witness raised money
and sent an agent 70 Kansas to assist the Free
state party IN the Lecompton election, and again
IN the election OF 1898.
Did not know Of the Harpers Ferry raid. II he
had should not have approved oft. He knew Of
Rrowns purpose to free slaves. and supposed he
would DO 80 at every chance, from the course he
pursued IN Missouri. ~
Witness did not take m active interest in Kan
sas affairs until the attack on Lawrence aid the
destructionsof the Hotel and other psopertr.-
Then the Importance of active exertion in behalf
Of that portion OF his fsow-citizeas who were
thus assailed, decided him to active, eAertion.-
lhe attack on Senator slnncr In the Senate
Chamber. which followed e3Qeelya 1.-The attack on
Lawrence, uetefhhhcd AIhs 20 exert ali MS ener-
gies to make Kansas free state. He immedi-
ately went to the Boston Committee for the re-
lei OF sufferers IN Kansas and oered his services
he worked with them till June, 1906, and then
6eing Wiling TO devote all his time to the cause.
iere ne vas stopped BY the Investigating Com
mttee, ana after some debate the foregoing was
ruled out, hls motive not being IN question:
illness did not know OF any plan Of Browns
. invade any state, put did know that u was
DroHhs pan 20 Tree .iaFess anu use force II nee
essafy. saw brown IN boston several times IN
1907 ana gave Brown several hundred dollars
browns 0hect N calling IN Boston was 20 raise
iuhas, " met MN az tne Y. !. Hotel, at Dr.
moves once, aaa once q, oiub dinner at the
lafkef hoase-did not Know II Brown dined
1nere-Ar. Brown Went m after dinner was over m
ana y. remained tnefe ABOUT ~ om.hntes-s4w r W.
nifa' ~: hoWe' ana others-ne dld not Know
.neh ana cannot now recoiiect. Inc club had
no paFhsaiar name, put went nnaer the name OF
n'fl :, aihlcfs. Inc rarAer Mouse = the Dest
nousa IN town Ior olnnes. In answer 20 sena-
-. n,sls' WITNESS sai, ~ haa not corrtsponded
VII A.'n ssiee Mas' Is.s, anu nau no' seen allu
ne'e'eosses'ois.eu Ni''l 'onil Dfo"n
Washington, Feb. Is.
The attendance OF the caucus this eyg ming was
Slim and they adjourned without maAirg & nomlir
nation for Printer .s