New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-02
THE BRUTAL MURDER OF CHARLES DOY
AND THE TWO WAFFLES.

From The Bottom Bee.
1.-THE private letter below was put into our hands by
DIR. Dow of Kansas, who, it will be recolected, was
arrested months ago In Kansas for an alleged At
tempt to aid in the escape OF fugitive slaves he was
imprisoned and Sentenced TO % years IN the missouri
Penitentary but was rescued by party at the head
of which was his son Charles This the cause OF
the brutal murders which are detailed below. Inc
letter is from Mr. Archibald, friend OF DIR. boy,
and gives graphically he horrible detas of these muir.
ders as atrocous as those for which the Internal villain
Hicks was hung. Yet these desperadoes are at large
and there is no prospect that any justice will bring
hem to their merited punishueat
"LAwREscE, Kansas IL rritory, July II, 1860.
"MY DEAR FRIEND: Mrs. boy aud myself have
lust returned from the most exciting journey ever
Travelled. We went TO Moneka, beautiful town
rs miles south Of Lawrence, where your son Charles
appears have large interest sx full town shares,
containing number VI building lots EACH: Although
It ut tsr the Missouri line 1t appears to have grown
very fast and it is quite thriving country around II.
The circumstances connected with Charles 8 murder
are these On the night Of the 5th of july about mid
night gang of about twenty men surrounded t9e
house Of Mr.. Martin, whose house shhnos some niue
distance from the town, where Charles was stopping
while he attended to business connected with his inter
est here They called out Charles's name and Mr.
Martin went to the door. Charles called out that who
ever wanted him was TO step to the door.
s.They still continued TO stand of, and demanded
Charles TO come ont they would set fire to the house,
using at the same tine the most awful language Mrs
Martin expecting to be confined every day, Charles
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actually sprang out and the gauntlet through the
crowd receiving severe shot through the leg near
the knee Although volley Of shots was fired after
him. he succeeded getting TO the house OF Mr. Hen
~ Waffle ste Of NewYork Statel, some distance on
The wretches then actually set fire TO the house OF Nj
Martin with his poor wife in that condition, glvng
them Elk hours TO leave the country. appears MIR.
Waffle and his son Harvey, seeing the house OF their
reipbbor in flames had gone toward IL 10 assist the
Charles and the Wafies passed each other without
either party knowing il. Mrs. Waffle says that CDar IS
pretarsd dberately receive them, should they fol-
! low BIN there, loading tue guos and pistols
He put the little children Ter the bed and al.
yised Mis- Waffle TO follow them as coon as she heard
Them coming. In the mean time, the party OF ruhaus
Rad seen old Mr. Waffle and going 10 assist TO pat
out the fire. and told them they also had to die When
The old AN asked why the answer was on account OF
the mar he had taken in past troubles. They We're
both totally unaraed. The son took 10 hls nesS, Out,
though badly wounded in the leg still made the woods.
The old man received several SHOTS, but sun cahed 10
his boys TO bring ro; but another voey took one
side Of bis face and bead off, aud he fell dead II ap-
pears they succeeded in gel,iog Charess money, he
! leaving It in his hurry. 1t Was quite sum, with
which he was about TO continue bis CLAIM Intest wan
| one of the saue stripe that now lives on his farm
| "To return 10 the house If William Waffe-they
were not molested that night; Charles 1t appeare,
lane as be was by the shot assisted by old Mrs. Wa-
Ae, actually fetched home the body OF the old man,
went TO tho store for nails aud necessary things to
make coffin then went into rsyine near and dug O
yraye getting all ready TO bury the old man, although
Mrs Wsfle says she begged him 70 think Of himself,
ooked around upon the lit1e children aud the widow,
and the wounded con whom he had succeeded in get
ting nom the woods and said be could not leave them
bpt would die projecting them. The editor OF the
Mound CITY paper told me that Charles attended to the
wants Of family at tho store and in the town That
A. m;Sn;obt ME-. Waffle said, while he was sore wing
down the lid of the coffin, they were about TO bury
the old man tas gang again appeared and gst close 70
| the house before Charles observed them, when ne
sprsDg into the bedroom put the little ones under the
and carried the guns &c. tina. he bad PrspsISss
| charged Ii appears he MORALLY wounded three OF
those brutish men, but ,eived shot In the breast
He threw himself on the bed and told Mrs. Wame tna'
! they bad finished him.
"After few seconds he again jumped up, and ex.
claimed, This will never do. He advised her to gel
under the bed with the children and no would draw
of their attention lie got out Of the window, being
very feeble, and made his way TO the valley ut the
back Of the house. Here he was again overtaksn BY
the wreches, who fired voley, breaking bic leg and