New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-07-24
Excitement in Tkansas-Lynching of Horse
Thieves.
From a recentnumber of the Bates County. (AIe.s
Standard we extract the following: a as

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From recentnumber of the Bates County Mob
Standard we extract the following
Most Of our readers doubtless remember the cir
cumstances of the escape of the Dogs from the st.
Joseph jail in 1858; the consequent excitement.
upon their trial, the sympathy aroused in their
behalf, etc. They were visited in jail by some per-
sons unknown to them, who frightened the jai0r,
demanded the keys with cooked pistol and set the
scoundrels at liberty. Butitis not generally known
that Charley Doy stole the horse Of the man who
released him, rode off and left his deliverer afoot
keeping the jailor in allegiance while he (Charleyl
made his escape yet il is 50.
Well, the Dogs went to the Territory, and have
been engaged In lively system Of horseystealing
ever since have been connected with all success
full raids in which horses have been carriedo and
| propagatng the principles ofjay-hawking and abo-
| itonism generally. 1t seems that recently the.
4 good people of Linn county have taken a notion
to rid themselves Of the nfictons of this band Of
imarauders, and accordingly formed themselves,
into vigilance committees to ferret them ont. Old
man ASy is it seems absent at the East (doubtless
/ making his ~ seturns, and, meanwhile, Charley
4, has been boarding with friend and partner
N Martin, who resides some"t nl'tss. laSm Mound
City. This became known to IIe vigilance COM
mittee, and on Friday morning last about o,siock
party went to the house and commenced firing
upon it. Charley took to hs heels and eft py, the
back way The party then seAfre to the houses
and started ovef TO the house q one Woftess y
member Of the gang, about two hundred yards
distant. They met Wotes and ,ii nnariey e9omns S9ls
back and commenced shooting, killing Old Woilses
7 and woundiog his son. .x..
The regulators then went back to Martins, ana
HING him 10 4 tree until he disclosed the namesso
fhe entire band OF thieves and the fact that anaG
t her Of horses were then secreted in q rayins,
far oa Phe work Of tha regulators Was now. fai ~
+, opened and they prosecuted it vigorously. ~
day thsy found Charley Doy at hotel in. M mn,
CITY standing in the door, and called upon hi n, /.
surrender, when Charley commenced tiAT q n,
them, wounding two of their party, and rec eivn,
a slight flesh wound himself. He then aaa to m;
prairie, running up ravine some disiaaf ;e from
town. In the meantime, party Of regalas ors from
! Moneka were coming down, and seeing Char'sv
I called him to stop upon his nos hsS iing tbs,
Y fred upon hisa and broke his leg. e9
3 They then hurried on to Mound City and a nart,
I proceeded 10 the house of old Doys ordered II;
wife to take ont such things as she wanted AM
. Immediately set fire 20 the shanty W hich burned II
s the grosnd. Some of the party the went 10 loos
after Charley Doy in the prairie. AZ I'd to make a. =
# work Of it. Shot him through the head Tb, 70, ol
1t young Woffes were then sent after some .,s w
$, which had been stolen and 6iyeI1 on ~, .,N
O. ordered to leave. 'i'
at We are unable to obtain the. d, .f oil Al,
thieves taken or of those inter est 81 i a. - a.. ~
,r exterminating them. The MN, sr ~ - nc w @ " ~
said to be almost beyond csT nntat;on ~" hnt a.
nd engaged in the work of ridV nre " ~
task Judging from the menesmsn1 ~ :, ~ -
sr hoped they may be alto sether successful.