Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-11-27

: 'i"t III consequence. of these threat,
!i!"y really ilaI from L~cyiu"tnn :,
other couuticS.
invested with tn" necessary author
! ny by special "it!rr No. -, is,urd ~
1 'Ht'c iic;ti4nartcrs by GREER OF tn,
'olh!iiai'ucr-:n-c!!ei, | lriL .j,n,r,u,
-. Wy ''c s:sihe i!i"!it win the urxi
'i"!ii ana arrived at LcXla"Iou. NJ,
> anout noon tine. Here | natl,cr.,
an me information Whivi, cnul.
"h'aili from persons whom | sliuuusc,
10 kh"W best the affairs OF ih,;,
'c"uiii!.l sought occasion to hear III,
lc",tiiiE men of boil part;rS. III,
count! authorities. representatives. -.
'"c press and others WHO were re.
ported 10 me is hHvin. puSi,i,c
"ho"i"u..c OF Tie troubles Cyi.,;,y H.
iac county. My first call was nn
S"el!it IauJiiai, Il FORMER o.fitr;. -,
'ic IH!"!i array, wi!uIn Ip,,u.j in
me Courthouse with M. Auhrn.r
INC l'!c-!dlHg Judge Of the c,u..,'
'o"Ii. | ~;iii"r4Icd him thai, lie .rr;
'th"f liid 40 official iu;,r,.;, ,,
'oDui lac affairs OF I~.niavrlt. cnn,,tr
,'4,i ii'ai no r'Tu"-t i.,,i b.,u ,n,,i,.
!" i'ii'i lay i!:e authorities 0f:s.r r,mn.
y i"F executive aI,i. bar Than ,.ri,,n.
reports ot the pHblic rrr.. ,ir,. -
'atc"i!HwicssUls, eXj.,.;n ,r 81
county had .I"gr.iri To I,im, T..
Necessity Of i.uU.iw II iIr i,,n ..c
oi Affairs. also informed tLr .l,r'i,,
'Hai any aid within the os VOW.
,eHce!Ie"cy would DC :iy.n il m.,
wo"ii be !.ccied. "
i''.'fEii:g 10 The icrort before
tieh'!oncd, that the citizens vl,n
as''etti the sheriff in c~nfprc;um tI,,
'aMs cnn:d not Protect themselves, {
oiiercd TO Mr.. Tauhman 10 or,lr,
i'iii'!ia from other points lrh. r,ouir-
ci 'iiciii 10" Protection or u,I,r,. rrr-
posts or immediately to enrol ,Lnr,
IL MS own or any oihc.. :.djo,rinm
count. a.ii place i.i1ii uuticy i,,,,.r
o'aefS; Mr.. Iaub!Ian rcplicd 10 mo
,l'i' although seine I!wic., acls h,d
"ceii committed III hi. COUNTY,. hr w.
not "ilic'itiSife OF ANY further t.u-
Ger or trouble. That lie cuild ti,,I
ieiif"ic AND law abiding citizen,
no"2n III The county 10 u,sis, him il,
eA'cii'iiiS ana eiitorrin" the laws. And
'i't Any feiIorts 10 ti:c contrary crin-I
'...'"% IN ne newspapers arc entirely /
uH!o"li'itd. He was aitrrwnr,js
present when 1 had Il cottrers,1inn
WIN "tiicf leading mCn Of both mar
'ies, anu from tIsir statements ~
well is from his OWL | came In tLn
'"i!'!usion that majority of ,io
i''"lic III i.iiaNcs;e county, and %.
Hecia'iy the business mca OF IryirT-
.o"' are opposed to any law lcssu,.S
anu VIII be able 10 SECURE the rubI.r
peace ana iiiat those no u..,r; tn
tAcess,S ana criin"s by takiu" the
III" 'a'o tieir hul.,.-, are now
''ia'u OF The consequences, ANA vii,
suni'i't 10 any rrocr>, that MIL IL.
againet them.
AS t" the alfairs that ani;,tr1 t,,o
pubic mind previous to INV couuinn
eic, l may be permitted TO Stale
t'',' or'-Hy. 1t is stated that county ,
'""s Ambrose WIS forced to rcS;ri; I.
'-oil'iii>sion ; that ne WAS uc1itiTl !,
~ resign under tn" penalty OF dealt,
"H IL secret vigilance organization,
:ait i" exist III Washington or onc or
TWO oiicr townships. All the cyl
""hCe III Wis matter is HAT .Ju,lY..
received IL letter ,,earin.
tIc signature Of one John ~Fuinrrson-
ch''ca'!Hg !!:n To resign his c]oruuui.s-
,oil' ana l!iat his life was in danpc-
by no! dong 50. saw The letter. In,
whether It came from tie source
stated is more than doubtful. THO
let'er hha, however, the effect that
'a"sc Ambrose absc.Itcd himself for
u snort Time, and again returned and
the duties OF his oiii..c. b.iu~
'Hu ny friends that lie would not he.
AS stated before. he *
i@aii ho!'lhg court ut ;.rxin"tur.
o"' mas icii'tcicd to your cXcCi!rucy
resignation, TO take effect in Jan
uar! next. The assassination %. I.
W.. hEo'es, editor of the iNvrIII.
'ENcEi:, by Edwin Turner. publi.hrr
u me REGISTER. as. io use Ike WORT,
81 'i'c c"rnncr,s jury i'll .iyln" their
'cFalct, the direct result Of news
paper wrlhgling and offensive per-
IL occurred OF Fr;dnv
;fchi"G. theS;h oftniS month. vhcr,. /
was Intense excitement and hi,in.
IMPRESSIONS used by the friend, or.i,t :
'iiica man but II seems they mi>,ovk
ne actions uE Sheriff %Iaub;n1;. who
H""@tt IT prudent Ia send Turner TO
KANSAS City for safe keeping, and br- :
icftd III" prisoner world be ai!uwcd
o escape. The excitement has >jure
''ssct: away, and 40 act of violence
.rc'l lac feared. The killing of -, Z.
)"u'titi, the son OF Green l.. Dnu,h- /
tt. h latter being a resident of Lex =,
the former Il farmer urar ;,
Iui!Si!le. took place about rerr u
weeks az" hear the town lust men o
toned. ID. r.. Douthitt and Ben. I,
wilson. both Young men, are dcscrij,. :,
Il as being rather Ola Wild character .
hey i:al both been arrested for h
'eni'hS mules, bur had gwen secure p
y Tor ihcIr appearance before court =
iiah obtained :; change Of venue 4
. another township whcn riiey wer,. ii
,t@c"ed by a gang ofovcr forty men. Il
u armed aux; undi-yuiscd AID Dou,h- IL
!. was Killed and wilson wcundcd. q!
lie circumstances a,,cuuiu. ,h,. :,
ihf'rr were airociouS. Tie lrtu,J {.
;riy ilrcd into the lousc ola certain Il
III which, besides t!t.ir VIC al
ms, were women aud children :,
information so, tI,,i II
'oniliitt was riiliie,i bv a score nf eli
ulicis. The father ofDau,i,itt- wi,n b,
att conc frouu Lcxinrtoni AuiIyiiI,. h,
give security for his son, was Kent d,
iider guard ut a distance whilst hi. IA
III was murdered. And all hi. wns h,
one III the presence Of the p~rosecut- le
hitorncy of the county. Mr.. a ),
Hall. No indictments Lave WIT ID
ecu made, although there seems to G.,
: no difficulty in as~ccriaiu!py where Ia
ne guilty parties are. Tl.is ]certainiv so
'inis to prove the existence ofa as
organization, were Their, III
, other proof to show it. IL is abovr en-
the deed was the work of a 81.
He'd vigilance committee who were Z.
igularly organized and Differed and
.l,oseiieaders, according to informa-
III ! received, were two men named II
Handiey and John Little. II ia br
l:ed that the committee was organ. en-,
I'll to rid the county ofhorse-thicves. no
IT tho existence Of Vigilance com hi,
IL a county, and we're it only bu
: to summary punishment Of out &c
ss-of . secret organization with mi
: aYowcd intent 10 take the law me
their own hands In aeoiBmgnity shs
which process OF law can be bad-S n
lat necessarily lead 10 bad results Biz
9, being criminal In itself weaken ere