White Cloud Kansas chief. [volume] (White Cloud, Kan.) 1857-1872, 1872-05-02

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n Cclock lnut evening. II surpasses in its emu
u,;t;rs snd its bloody details anything tha, Ia.
evrr beeu charged upon the vaudsl Jenuism as
sny of the must terrible seenes Of the late MA.
The Chieott nsssscre In Aississppi. and the
.l;.vraccful lyuching scenes at and near Seymm.
Indiana. were respectable compared to the borr;,
details of this most disgraceful and eowanlr
affair. The particulars, rs related by an ey:
vitness. are as follows: About halfpast ~
o'clock last evening the passenger train on n.
Missouri Kansas and Texas railroad left Harrison.
vilIe. in Cass County, bound eastward. Al nj.
nlace n party If gentleman connected with tbs
Memphis and Kansas City railroad. and several
nr,,uiueut citizens Of Kansas City, got unp ~
train. When they left Harrisouville in the wiz
larr, no symptoms or indication Of the terrib.
disgrace 80 soon to be Perpetrated near its bOr.
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The train consisted Of locomotive, a ba.uar.
car and two passenger ears. There were aLon,
thirty messengers On the train, among thsr
Judge Stevenson, one Of the County Judges, and
J. X. Cline, a prominent attorney, both NOR. ar
less CONNECTED with the late bond funding opera.
tion in Cass County, and Mr.. Thomas Detroe. on.
of Cline's bOu,lsmen, Gen. Joe Shelby and Other,
of more or less note. These parties were ON their
way to Clinton, upon business connected with
the Memphis railroad. The train passed OUT Of
Harrisonville peacefully and undisinrbe, and
had reached a place called Guntown, and about
ten miles from Holden and twelve miles from
Harrisonvile, when the engineer discovered
ol,str,lctiOns pilesl tpOn the track.
These were rails, logs and rocks piled up in
sort of bresstwOrk, similar To those used and
adopted by the savages upon the line of the Ia
cfic railroad for fhe same purposes. Before the
engineer could shut the throttle lever and thruw
back his reverse lever and whistle "down brakes
a murderOus vOlley of bullets and shot Wa,
poured in and around the locomotive. The cab
was fairly riddled but fortunately no one wa,
seriously injured. The train came tn a stand not
far from the barricadc, where seventy or eighty
armed men, each wearing mask rushed toward,
the locomotive and with kud oai hs and Threatening
gestures in which the cold mnzzles of pistols
played d prominent part compelled the engineer
aud fireman tn hold up their hands and step hack
into the tank of the locomotive where they Were
placed under close guard while the tragedy va,
enacted.
The crowd by this time had increased to about
two hundred, many of whom were unmaske and
were recognized residents of Harrsonville, aud
the vicinity. They at once commenced q terrible and
reckless fiisilade into and around the captured
train. Loud cries were made for Cline-"wherrs
Cline ! send out Cline; we want Cline, the ola
"; bring him ont we won't hurt him. Oh
no, of course" Amid this discortlant nose Mr.
Cline stepped to the door of the baggage ear. and
then down from the platform into the midst Of
the yelling, shrieking mass around the train.
Coolly and calmly he faced his murderers, this
Young man, single and alone. "What would You
have, gentlemen ~ said Cline. "Here. slrrrn
der myself to you. Take me, am unarmed. and
am willing to be tried before any tribunal if
have done any man wrong" He threw up his
arms while he spoke to show that he was defense
less. While in that position he fell, rddled by
forty bullets, quivering niangled mass of nor
tality. and there, where he lay upon the bloody
ground. the fiendish throDg stood and. in wanton
$ port, emptied into his mangled remains the un-
discharge, chambers of their revolyers. Not yet
satiated with blood, or, like pack of wild beasts
after the first scky sent of blood that
has deie'i the air, these savnges rushed into the
train, breaking in the doors, smashing the win
dows, threatening to burn the train, they poun-
ced into the ears among the terrified passengers.
% Where's the bond robbers.' Turn out the
bond thieves" they shriekesl. they rushed into
the ears. Perceiving Judge Stevenson one of the
County Judges who made the issue of the bonds
they shot him down in the car and dragged him
by the hair and collar out into the grass, where
they Vel ted their teItiish frenzy his lifelrss
eorpOse. Mr.. ThOs. Detroe was the next victim
He was found in the mail car, and shot and seye-
rely v o inde;l, aud in that condition was dragged
out and thrown into the roadside where he
allowed 10 bleed to death, his death hour lighted
by the Wood red hues of the setting sun. The
,alg then called for Gen. Joe. Shelby.
That tried and true soldier sat cody in his
seat, and replied: Here am, if you want me
come and get me-" The rufiians concluded they
lid not want him. They then generously Offered
70 shoot any individual who sympathzcd with
HE murdered men. Finding no one generous