The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-10-09

the coroners Jury that they were walk
ing with him., when robbers attacked
the party and murdered him, while
they ran for their lives But conscience s
thousand wiinesses;n their statements were so
contradictory and improbable, that the jury re-
turned verdict charging them with the murder,
and they were at once taken into custody. Then
Quarles made full confession.
Hitherto, every homicide in Kansas had re-
suited from the slavery controversy. Accord
ing to historians, the remorseless Marats and
RObespierres of the French Revolution, who
shed blood like water, did not take piece OF
money or watch from their butchered victims.
They even guillotined their own wrctched agents
detected IN plundering. They would have life,
not gold. SO the Kansas conflict had witnessed
no meIcenary element In all It's atrOclous crimes.
But here was a cold blooded murder for money.
Free state and PrOslavery men, alike hopeless
OF the laws, meant to punish it.
TWO thousand people gathered at the jail.
JUDGE LeCompte addressed the mob, deprC-
eating violence, and asserting that all who en-
gagged in 1t would be haoe to indictment for
murder This was answered with the hOws,
"lndict and be d-dln LeCompte attempted 10
go on but be only elected boots, ard at last
| Omnous suggestions about making an example
Of him for permitting and aiding criminals to
| escape; so he wisely withdrew. Then another
speaker sTrang upon box and commanded the
peace, announcing himself as the United States
| Marshal for Kansas. Instantly arose storm of
CTies:-
Down with hmm He's the greatest scoun-
| drel in the Territory" Let's hang hjnlm
v,
bloodlesa; and he, too, disappeared in the crowd.
The mob picked up the city marshal AMI
| police as II they had been chidreni carried them
the iron door of the iail with a stick of timber;
| dragged forth Quarles, and hung him from a
cottonwood tree overlooking the city. For
moment tte poor wretch clutched the rope
! above his head, lifting himself up; but heavy
| rutiian caught him by tbe feet his grasp gave
way, and he never struggled again.
Two hours later the crowd again surrounded
I tha aaAl Lam De-
| State mayor and other leading citizens sought
| to restrain them. The prisoners wife, vigor-
| Gus young irish woman, fought like a tiger, but
| they took her away as gently as possible, again
used the battering ram, brought out the crimi-
| nal, and ran with him TO the gbbet. He
refused to confess; held his own hands behind
| him to be tied; and cast on the Gro Wd half
scornful, half-triumphant expression, while he
was swung off from the limb. To what base
uses may come the stuff OF which martyrs are
made!
In travelling backwards and forwards
through the Territory, Mr.. Richardson was
frequently thrown in contact with the Indians
several half-civilized tribes of whom inhabited
certain portions of it. He gives US the fol-
lowing account Of
NIGHT WITH THE INDIAN "FoUR MILE.'
On dark December evening left Lawrence
for Quindaro, Fifteen mile out on the lonely
road, the clouds gathered themselves into an
unbrOken dome of black; and the darkness
| grew so dense that could hardly see my open
| hand two inches before my eyes. Then the rain
| poured in torrents. Fortunately l was in a
little strip OF forest, where my horse could not
| leave the track without running against the
| trees. In this extremity / ioyfully detected
| lights, shining through the chinks of log
cabin. Riding up and pushing'o open the door, l
was greeted wish the Clamor OF halt dozen
NOISY dogs II was the only dwelling within
| ten miles; and its interior conveyed certain
suggestion OF comfort. | asked =
Can find lodgings here to-night?"
| the rude supper table. The Oldest and most
| stolid grunted an affirmative, beCkoned me in,
! 9nd sent one of his companions to care for my
| horse.
| Throwing off my dripping overcoat,
stretched my self before the log fire, which, from
| the great hearth. lighted up the whole cabin.
| II was single room ten or twelve feet square.
| The three men, dressed in coats and pantaloons,
| had long, coarse, black hair sinister eyes, and
! lrood1ng, suspicious countenances. stout
squaW, CHEEKY and Opeu-iaCed, who wore zinc
earrings as large as silver dollars, sat humbly
! waiting for the nobler sex to finish their repast.
| CroUchng beside her was girl of eight years,
| also wearing the metallic earrings.
| Before had completed his inventory, a vigo-
| rous squall drew my attention TO a distant cor
| ner There, from a swinging hammock, an In-
| dian papoose of American descent screeched so
| Justify that his dusky mother seized him.
dandled him on her knee, and soothed him with
| the sweetest baby-taik of the Delaware tongue.
| He looked like an infant mummy, He was on
his back, bandaged so tightly to board that he
| could only scream, roll his head, and wink; but
| he performed all these functions at one with
| miraculous vehemence, His lips we're at last
| silenCed by application TO 'the maternal fouut, {"
and then he was set up against the wall like a
| fire shovel, to inspect the company,
Supper over, the little girl filed and lighted
| an earthen pipe with reed stem a foot long.
| Smoking a few whifs, she handed it to her
| mother. That stolid matrOn finished it; and we
| all sat staring silently into the 6re The girl,
| true to her sex, found courage to sCrutiniZe my
| gold sleeve-buttons, watch and chain, and every
| other glitterng article she could find about me,
| greeting each with some fresh ejaculation of
delight. Then she kissed the papOOse, and creGt
| to her straw nest in another corner. Nine host
| knew few English words, and / asked him.
| what Is your name W
| "Umph. Four Miles,
| 'And hisw
"Umph. Fall Leaf"
'And the little glrl'sw
| "O-kee au-kee. No English
| And -Four Miles was again overcome by one OF
| his brilliant flashes OF silence.
At bedtime, as / unbuckled my revolver, he
/ glanced inquiringly towards it, took it with
| nervous care, turned it over and over, stared
| solemnly into the barrels, and then returned it.
"Umph. Good. How muCh?o
| Twenty dollars"
| And with another grunt, Four Miles relapsed
| into speechiessness.
My bed was of plank, we'll covered with blan.
| keis. Through the whole night had dreamy
| consciousness of shiVering; and when daylight
| appeared noticed the absence of log in the
| cabin wall beside me, which left an aperture
| sufficiently large to admit either man or
| enough cold air to cover him. A generous style
OF ventilation tor which / was not adequately