, 1863-08-29
THE TRAGEDY OF LAWRENCE.
d LETTER FROM L CITIZEN
- AND EYE WITNESS. r.
THRILLING DETAILS OF THE
MASSACRE,

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tA ff''a'e Ae''es no" eltazea oi La~tease'1
NAN rno4nx. Tan ~. ,t ,1an,t,c.. -. i'e hcs,d
,cfo-- r'I ~ ~, rc.rh ~ IN ~ ~ ~. d-.,dr,1 -
c,1,nftv that h. 1,ef.11en .1.,vnrncc and
r,c,n,,r liz thc- eacEinr = and t,urntno of En-.
t,vn. md other Inditcr}m]natc slaughter of
ns citizens. on Fr,dsy. the- 9,.t-; int hr
cu,ntrc, md HE 1,,rj of. s1o,,,,,t, a.r,ons
= he record viii m,te , MN In N. 1,storvof
tm.,fca .1,ke n1o,,;at,ex - s~..- ,,a.;
c,n ,hc has = s,.,E -. 1,a,hood 1a;. -s.s,,a
In 49, ;,;sn,.a1n,. ,n.n,.,.r 80 on....,s'.
1n1' aa.o uAee1acanR. usaHins' aIu oatiage1n9
10 eomfncn humanity. Such record would
degrade the widest eayage tribe Of our
Western 1l,3na. and vct +h.ae hcI,o.. o,,f.
80. ~ ~, ~
mass Vof eaa1os eaaA mem men) ato saio 70
tc cur "e7TiHg bsxf1rxn,n whose rights have
1cen +r,n,,,l,d nm, '@'e
~, .p.1 upoA'
MINT r1ehts pas mntutrtT, m assassin,
highrayman, but t1le right to DO shot when.
eycr md wherever found. Tbn fssue Ia fnrcca
s,aan -. a.. ..,s ~ T A'o1o m.' - t~scso
"hackers WILL Kill us, or VIC must kill ihcul.
They hayc proclaimed thts no1fcr far so,no
+,,ns md NV tl,,. t,.,.a ...t,..,, ct,,S
t'uc, "au ~" .ues na'e ps~eueauy ano 1aaly
aaoptco II aua " Tue oless1ng Of a0d, tho
iseuc shall bo met by Us, a. men and natrtofs.
firmly. quickly. and hopo cournrcon,,v
T. ~ -
Language ta4!s INC 10 ocplet iae scenes en-.
acted on laat Friday. May I never hch hold the
like again, But must rire Won totne fdcn
crt,,c ra,a md n. ,,,ro +c.,'1i,
About hunfisc, or a listle before, on the
9l6t inst, four tncn fo.clbly cutorcd the l,ousc
of n Rev. Mr.. snvder. tirino ohcrt . ,,,1.
.o.,.....t - rs Aeos .as4'
% .,'sns,. .'n ~ .ah Ma"tSnee' e., ana p'atced hlm
scyolycre, while lying in bed by the aids of
If. VIII. A. tha t,n,s i'm, = hoa, - 49,.
~ ~ "4v' ~ 'ao s@ne 'nae' oooy o' ao?nt
~eo well mounted beings In tho shape Of suen,
and armed to the teeth, dashed into town and
snrcud themselycs kt.nt.ntlv ovrr tho ,rh,,e
pus'aees Pas' VI ane pace, anooung down
every man who dared to show himself
s. In this aash tvo ANAL ramps of ro,rrt+.
m noet,chu.att, st-oo+ f,na ~ -..t.s ' ~
~ ~ s.,..A,S.se estse+ soac y, "n''e, a.'o
tte other colorcd) were surrounded, and tho
camp, and begging most plteous1y foT their
,es. ~ sao.'
"ssot "e3s pieteeo ln1ppgh eua 1alougn win
bullets, and al but four ofthe two untitled
comrenies left mapeled corpscs IN the
prunnd.. ,f1ne of 4,,psc nonr f,,iou, .,,,s -
@ y. e,@ee poo. elbows 'Aos oas
H1ously murdered for Daring to become
Union soldier, Was q nephew Of mine, the
sight Of whose b,cediuc. n,anr1cd hodv 7
sh.l1 never f;ure. -
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rickets stationed around thc town. and no
chnnca whatever Of concentrating even tvcn.
~ men with arms. Tie neop1e Ecre com.
c,.t.,~ .~;s - ..s fsst.o "ste eou-
plstelY paralszed By Ibis sudden and auda-
e'nns efse heiI nassa nss the mo most Of taem were
,onuanc.a Tha ho,1.a 90. ..,>t.s 49,.
,,-.,.sS 80 -.s-sN 1900 , 1eooeo' Da4es
rtokrn oPent etoleo !ansaeKed, the best OF
GSeI|tnlnG taEeo, ana thcn Tho buildings
nt ,et h. Eesy KEY man ii 1haI Nas encountered Was
life;:" and, with few exceptions, tho poor
sictlm Womd Do saot dead, alter handing over
his pure aud answering what questions they
caose 70 pot 70 nlm.
get 1atcT for them and whit upon them In
various ways, pledgtng. themselves, If thoJ
Tonld DO 80, their lives should be spared. and
10 soon ae they had done with them, would
tn1n fo1no M ana s9oot them down like mad
toGs. One little child they shot dead because
it cried: There; were those with them who
esadentlT we're we'll acquainted with the
town, as the places and persons Of active
and prominent Union men were made the
fpestal Gsn haans anH's q ns xenaco ES:iasa..
13rst, nd he himself had narrow escape
re ealtolS ol lae several papers were objects
" .,att espee!u ~ 'engeaace, "aq t"3 OF tnea were
.ha' rrn47artv desf1ntad 11h{s -rill ~ a,n !.