Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-08-02
From the Bates County (Mo) Standard.
Excitement in X anSas Territory.
Hanging Of Horse 7hieves-Riiling Of
Charley Doy and Others!


Charley Doy and Others!
Most of our readers doubles remember
the circumstances of the escape of the
Doys from the St. Joseph Jail, in 1858; !;
the consequent excitement upon their trial,
the sympathy aroused in their behalf, DC.
They were visited in Jail by some persons
unknown to them, who frightened the jail
or, demanded the keys with cooked pistol,
and set the scoundrels at Liberty. But it
is not generally known that Charley boy
stole the horse Of the man who released
him, rode off and left his deliver afoot, keep
ing the jailor in obeyance while he (Cbar-
ley) made his escape-yet it is so.
Well, the Dogs went to the Territory,
and have been engaged in lively system
of horse-stealisg ever since; have been con-
nected with ali successful raids in which
horses have been carried off, and propoga-
ting the principles of jayhawking and ab-
olitionism generally. 1t seems that the
good people of Linn county have recently
taken notion to rid themselves of the in
fiictions of this band of marauders, and
accordingly formed themselves into vigil
ance committees to ferret them out.
Old man boy is, it seems, absent at the
East, doubtless making his "returns,")
and meanwhile, Charley has been board
ing with friend and partner named Mar
tin, who resides some two miles from
Mound City. This became known to the
Vigilance Committee, and on Friday
morning last, about two o'clock, a party
went to the house and commenced firing
upon it. Charley took to his heels and
left by the back way. The party then
set fire to the house, and started over
to the house of one Woff1es, a member of
the gang, about two hundred yards distant.
They met Woffles and Charley coming
back, and commenced shooting killing old
Woffles and wounding his son.
The regulators then went back to Mar
tins and hung him on tree until he dis
closed the names of the entire band of
thieves and the fact that number of
horses were then secreted in ravine not
far off. The work of the regulators was
now fairly opened, and they prosecuted it
vigorously. Next day they found Charley
Doy at a hotel in Mound City, standing in
the door, and called on him TO surrender,
when Charley commenced firing on them,
wounding two of their party and receiv-
ing a slight flesh wound himself. He
then fled to the prairie, running up ra-
vine some distance from the town. In the
meantime party ofregulators from Mon
eka were coming down, and seeing Char
ley, called on him to stop; upon his not
needing, they fired upon him and broke
his leg. They then hurried to Mound
City, and party proceeded to the house
of old Doy, and ordered his wife to take
out such things as she wanted and imme-
diately set fire TO the shanty which burn
ed to the ground. Some of the party,
then went to look after Charley Doy in the
prairie, and to make short work of it shot
him through the head. TIE two young
Woff1es were then sent after seme cattle,
which had been stolen and driven off, and
then ordered to leave.
We are unable to obtain the names of
all the thieves taken, or of those interested
in the work of exterminatiug them. The
number of the former is said to be almost
beyond computation, but those engaged in
the work of riddance seem equal to the
task, judging from the commencement.-
1t is to be hoped they may be altogether
successful.