The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-05-01
me Missouri hatchery Account or the
M0ssncEc--Thrffii Particulars.

,Is' II SURPRISES I'M Its eliormities and
oloody details anything Chat has ever beer,
ctlarged upon the Vandal Jenliison or any Of
Sme most terrible scenes of the late war. The
9micos massacre; In Mississippi; and the dis.
graceiul IyiithinS stenb at and near Seymour,
hnu:, were respectable compafeH with the
| ,olila aetalis OF this most disgraceful and
co"aruiy affair. The particulars, rs
RELATED BY Az EYEWITNESS,
are as follows: About halfpast 6 o'clock
tst evening the passenger train on tho Mis-
sour, Kansas and Texas railroad left Hair.
riSonvulc, In Cass county, bound eastward
az TINS place aparty of gentlemen connected
WIN the Memphis and Kansas CITY railroad
ana several prominent citizens of Kansas
G'tv, got upon the train. When they left
Iiarl1sonvilie there appeared to be no excite
niehI III Tue VillaSe-no symptoms or indica-
ions OF the terrible disgrace SO soon to he
perpetrated so near its borders.
THE TRAIN
CONSISTED OF locomotive, q baggage car. and
Two passenger cars. There were about
1hirty passengers on the train; among them
Judge stevenson, one Of the county ildoes
ana D. X. Cline, a prominent atiornev-boib
more or less connected with the late hond
funding operation in Cass co,nty-and MIR
ihom'S Detroc, one Of Cline's bondsmcn.
General Joe Shelby, and others of more or
less note These parties were
on THEIR WAY TO CLINTON
upon business connected with the Mcmphis
fNiiroad. The train passed out of Harrison.
Vile peacefully and undisturbcd. and had
reached place called Guntown, about fen
miles from Harrisonyillc, when the engineer
discovered s7''o@'
INSTRUCTIONS FILED UrON THE TRACK.
These were rails, logs, and rocks, piled up in
sort OF DreaStwork, similar to those used
and adopted by the savases upon the line Of
the Pacific railroad for the same D,lrnoses
Before the engineer could shut the throttle
lever and throw back his reverse lever and
whistle "down brakes
MURDERous voLLEY
of bullets and shot was poured in and oround
the locomotive. The cab was fairly riddled
but fortunately no one was seriously Injured
The train came to a stand not far from the
!H'rrlcade, Where seventy Or eighty armed
men.
EACH WEARING MASK.
rushed towards the locomotive. and with
loud Oaths and threatening gestures, i'm which
the cold muzzlcs of pistols played promi-
uent part, compelled the engin, and fire.
man to hold up their hands and step back
into the tank Of the locomotive, where they
were placed under close guard
WHILE THE TRAGEDY WAS ENACTED
The crowd by this time had increased to
about two hundred, many of whom were ull-
masked and were recognized as residents OF
Harrisonville and the vicinity They at
once commenced terrible and reckless
| t,lsiladc into and around the captured train
| Loud cries were made for Glue
WHERE'S CLINE? SEND OUT CLINE;
we want Cline; bring him out; we WON'T
| hurt him: oh, no, of course not" Amid
this diScordant noise Mr.. Cline stepped to the
door of the baS@agc-Glr, and then down from
| the platform into the midst of the Yelling,
| shrickng mass around the train.
| CooLLY AND CALMLY lie FACED HIS MURDERERs,
this young man, single aiid alone. "What
| would you have, oentlpmpn? said Cline
Here, | surrender myself to you. Take
me, am unarmcd, and am willing to he
| tried before any tribunal if l have done any
mun wrong" He threw up his arms while
hn spoke, to show that he WAS defencecsS
While in that position
He FELL, RlpDLED BY FORTY BULLETS,
Il qlivering, manglcd mass Of mortality: and
| there. where he lay upon the bloody ground
the fcndish throng stood. and in wanton sport
empticd into his manglcd remains the uEdis.
charged chambers Of their ievolvcrs. Not
yet Satiatcd Will, blood, or like Il pack of wild
beasts hun@crin% after the first sick!y scent Of
blood that has deiilcd the air, these saya.cs
RUSHED INTO THE TRArs,
breaking in tho doors, smashing the windows
threatening to burn the train; they pounced
| into the cars among the terrified passengers
Where's ,ilc bond robbcrs1" "Tujn out
! me bond thieHcsi' they shrekcd rs they
rushed Into The cars. Pcrceiyng Judge Ste.
venson. one OF the county judges who n,atlt
the Issue Of iii: hoi}ds, They Shot him down
! III Tic car, and
| DRAGGED HIN BY THE HAIR
and csllar out into the grass, where they
vented their tiendish frenzy on his lifeles,
corpse. Mr.: Thn,,ia$ Dttiu,t was the mex!
victim. He was found in the mail car, and
shot and severely wounded, and in that con.
dtion WAS dragged out and thrown into the
roadside, where he WIS allowed TO bleed tc
death. his death hour lighted IL The blood
red hles Il VIC Selling sun. The gang then
CALLED FOR GENERAL JOE SHELLEY.
That tried and true soldier sat coolly in hi.
seat, and replied, "Hcrc l am; if you wan
me come and get MT" The riliians ron
Guided they did not wai't HIN. They ther
| generously offered to shoot any individual
who symNlthized with the murdered men
Finding no one generous enough to give tlcn
excuse for shedding more blood, they pro
cectlrtt 10
| SWEAR THE TRAIN MEN
to secrecy, threatening them that if they di
vulsed the name of any man they might hart
recognized they would be shot from thu
trains as they passed through the county
The Instructions were then taken from the
track and the train allowed to proceed OH it:
way east. The gang notified the people upoI
the train
| THAT THEY HAD But JUST COMMENCED
their work Of blood and violence; that they
weuld kill every man connected with OF
sympathiZing with the late fraudulent issue
of bonds. The train then glided away from
the scene of the tragedy.
THE LEADER OF TIE GANG
was recognized as Il citizen Of IIalTisonyille
About twenty Others were recognized, anC
will doubtless be brought to justice and pun
ishcd for this the blacklist and fouleSt mas.
sacre of the age. The county Of Clss is now
in Il state Of open revolt and anarchy. Tho
rutanisln of these lawless men, now in
famed and melted by the inflammatory teach
ings of the Bulletin of this city, which has
circulated gatuitously hundreds of copies
filled with seditious articles among them, is
now merely whetted for more blood. The
strong arm of the State authority will nc
doubt be invoked and this terrible disgrace
wiped from the fair fame of Western Mis-
souri,.