The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-05-05

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in Lafayette county, Missouri, and soon
after bought wife for $500. Nineteen
years afterwards she died, and within two
years he bought another woman, aged
about forty, from John Hughes, of John
son county, Mo-, at $500, giving in part
payment notes against some of Mr.. Hughes
neighbors for 5000, the agreement being
that until the remaining three hundred
were paid Jack should pay $50 per year
for his wife's hire, which he did for four
years.
Two years ago last June, with the mas
ter'sconsent, they camel to Quindaro, where
Mr.. Hug hes visited them early in March
last, and suggested that they should go to
Kansas City, or some place larger than
this, where they would earn more than
here. They declined to do this, whereup-
on he promised to send them up some meat
and -four. About three weeks afterwards,
on the 9th of March, Mr.. Campbell, an
old acquaintance of Jacks, came to Quin-
daro and staid over night, going away the
next day. Jack started for Topeka the
same day with load of goods. At ten
o'clock that evening, the steamer Black
Hawk, of the Hannibal and st. Joseph
Railroad line, between Atkinson and Kan
sas City, stopped here, and six men landed
and started up the street, meeting on their
way thekeeper of the hotel, who turned
to accompany them to his house. One of
them told him, however, that there were
some ladies to come off the boat, and he
then went to the levee, but found none.
While he was standing there, the men
he had met returned, two of them partly
dragging and partly carrying between
them Jacks wife, with no other clothing
on than the single garment in which she
was in bed when they entered her lonely
log hut, about sixty rods from the landing.
A German woman living not far away had
heard three or four screams, and ran into
her husbands saloon to call his and his
guests attention to it. They Immediately
rushed out, and seeing number of men
hurrying down the street, ran towards
them, whereupon three of them stepped
back, and presenting their revolvers, cried,
Stand back, gentlemen-no interior
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At the boat the kidnappers found three
citizens of the place, and the captive, hav-
ing managed in some way to remove her
gag, cried out: "Mr. Dickinson, tell my
old man Pm gone-forever gomez
This prompted the three gentlemen to
attempt to aid the poor creature; but again
the revolvers and threats prevented any
interference.
The ostensible propose of the landing of
the boat was to take on wood, of which
she had got five cords; but as soon as the
party were on board she put off.
The next morning man came over from
Parkville for her clothes, but as no one
here would go into the house for them, and
as the messenger evidently did not consid-
er it safe to do SO, he returned empty
handed.
On the following Tuesday, Jack return
ed, and Immediately started for Hughes
seventy-ive miles distant, to inquire into
the matter. Hughes told him he had sold
Rose to Mr.. Campbell for $500, but had
not yet received his money nor sent her
off. Jack then called on Campbell, who
offered to give up his bargain for 1920, the
expenses of the capture. To this Jack
agreed, and the sum was deducted from
the notes in Hughes possession, leaving
$425 still due after his four-years' effort to
free her
Jack has, of course, had an opportunity
to run away, and has been frequently adj
vised to avail himself of it; but he has al
ways answered that he was honestly going
to comply with disagreement with Hughes.
He and his wife have been very steady
and industrious, and enjoy the confidence
and esteem of all who know them. Rose
punctually attended Sunday-school here,
where she learned to read, and seemed as
proud of and much pleased with her pro-
gress as the most ambitious white person.
Scenes like this tempt one to speak strong
ly; but the utter ineficiency of language
to do justice to the subject seals thelips.
omitted to mention that seven years
ago Jack had white swelling, which stiff
| fened his left knee, and from which he still