The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-09-01
The En- d ola 6Raye GAlcher.

| From the J1idiletown md. Transcript, Aug i.
l McCreary wasa man Of iron nerve and liOs
heart. He irad many adventures in Penn
sylyania in arresting runaway slaves am
many hairbreadth escapes. He was severa
| times ylaid and fired upon by parties in
ambush, and had desperate encounter al
Chestnut Level with seven men, who under
took to arrest him in the larroom Of III.
hotel ut that- plasl N slss wissssr of 1852, w
think it was. With his revolver and bowie
knife he caused his assailants to beat hasty
retreat, heving cut the whiskers of the leader
of the band by a'ball fred through the bot.
tom Of 4 Windsor chair which the man held
up between McCreary and himself, as he
advanced to make the arrest. After the en-
counter McCreary thought it prudent u
| make hasty rfrtaf, which he did, lest ti,e
party might return reinEhced. a requisi-
| ton was NJ one time made for him t,y the
Governor Of Pennsylvania upon the Gov
ernor Of MARYLAND, on the charge Of kidnap-
ping; but an investigation showed that
sire charge was gronndiess. MCreary,
though charged with the offence, was
above anything Of the kind. lie was bold
and adventurous, even to rasl,ness, in arrest
ing runaway slaves, but would disturb no one
known n ie free. The prOtracted trial in
Baltimore, which terminated in the release
of two young girEs, alleged to be slsyes q
Mrs. SchOfield, of that city, whom he arrest
ed in Chester county, was followed by .
tragedy wlseen created gfe&S excitement at
the tine. A Man Ma,ed Miller, one Of the
Witnesses to prove the girls free, had ID COM
promised himself, by acting in the interest Of
both parties that he hung himself at Stem
ner,s run tora tree, leaving the cars for the
purpose at night, while he Vas on his way
home from Baltimore, Ii was alleged in
Pennsylvania that band Of Baltimore
'Songis fvllowtd him, seized him at Stemmer's
rum and scusnmittei the foul deed. IL was
also alleged that McCreary hsag him, bat
the truth If the matter xastha the man was
in terror Of his neighbors, lest they should
discover his true relation in the case which
ssis1ef up such an excitement in his neigh
bmhOnd.s We had this explanation Of the
affair irNn McCreary'ss own lips and have
no yeason to doubt its truth. In the latter
pan Of his days he lived a quiet and unOb-
SsU.ite life, asSd Wa f6f a number Of yeafs
extm Il Triniay Church, Elkion, the DOES
oslShicl ef6ce he discharged, lnnch 70 tie
satisfaction IF the vestry and congresatioa.
THE JubgaBM CITY UxsSx records the ar
risal At vhaI 6ty, and tho depdrtuse there
from Of the champion dead beaR Of the
United States. He went into q restaurant
and via, The remark that he was "a aarvin
.i;saapvi1 MEN, proceeded 10 eat ldosen
eaw oss.esx then . tlGeea fined, thn ~,
and 50 ON TIL he had ..erorTied down" sx
dozen. He then, communicated the fact
flliat Re had no money and started for de
doce. The restasssnt keeper helped hin
alspa yhh ahe tes r. his boot, q which sP-
neal to his fs2iaaA2sa3- 1sa11snly replied:
stOh, thass meEl0oeo ,ahat,s monoeoo Pm
used to ip-Tm used to kip. Oh, Hma
staryin' !!starvin man." and went on hb
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