The Smoky Hill and Republican union. [volume] (Junction City, Kan.) 1861-1864, 1862-06-05

| DEATH OF CHARLEY PITcHER.-Our citizens will
doubtless remember this character, who left this
place some time last fall with the openly avowed
intention of going into the Jayhawking business
From the following, which We find in the White
Cloud Chief we learn the fate that befell him
He was a Desperate character-though appa-
rently harmless. yet as revengeful as man is
capable Of being. We believe he was originally
from Indiana, where his folks row are. To this
| place he came from the Santa Fe road, having
run off from a train to which he was attached.
Before leaving the train he had difficulty with
another driver, which resulted in Charley Hill
ing him. 1t appears that in the evening the
two men haa'a fight, in which Charley got his
face handsomely disfigured; in retaliation he,
to use his own words, "made'u his mind to kill
him." But according to his story he relnquish-
ed such an idea before morning; when, as they
were about to start, the man came to Charley
and began teasing him about the appearance Of
his face, whereupon he plunged the fatal knife
into the fellow, which resulted in his death in a
day or two. This happened near Diamond
Springs, about three years ago. Charley made
his escape, bat was captured by an inward
bound train, who intended bringing him into
Council Grove for trial On the trip he con-,
cocted scheme for poisoning all belonging to the
train but before arriving Htthe Grove, -cbserv-
ing chance for escape, he availed himself of it,
and arrived at this place. The following are the
facts relative to his death. The Brown spoken
of was accused Of kidnapping, and Chafley was
one Of party that'attenpted to lynch him;
"Late on Thursday night. party of negroes
and white men, e,nostly the former,) said to
number some thirty, went to Brown, and called
for him to come out. He got up, but refused to
open the door, when they commenced shooting
into the house. Two or three shots we're fired,
one passing close to the bed where Brown chill
dren were sleeping, and going entirely through
the opposite wall. Brown had small revolver,
which he fired oct at the crowd several times
but some of the barrels not dscharging, he,seized
q swcfd which was in the house, and opened the
door, with the intention of cutting the men down
as they rushed into the house. But he found
that the crowd had beat a retreat, and one man
lay dead in the yard. Brown Immediately went
to Highland, to give himself up to a Justice
there, and in the morning returned. The dead
man proved to be young fellow named Charley
Pitcher, who had been hanging about here all
winter. engaged in Jayhawking. We do not
know the names Of the persons who accompanied
him.
Charley Pitcher hailed from Junction CITY,
in this State. He came here last fall riding a
horse which it.is supposed he jayhawked. He
sold the horse, and entered the Missouri six
months service, In Captain Davids sompany.
Upon the discharge of the six months men, in
January, he returned to this place, and again
went into the Jayhawking business. On one of
his expeditions lie froze his feet, which laid him
up for the balance of the winter. But rs soon as
he was able to hobble around, he went to JAY
hawking again, and has met the fate of so many
of his kind. He fired one of the shots into
Browns howe, rs one barrel of his revolver was /
empty, and he had the pistol cooked fer another
when lie was killed. He was buried 4
ut Iowa Point ]