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minutes, whom tho shoriT ro1o out md cut It
down. ThaB ordod ono Of tho most remarkable
tragodios III tho history OF KnnBas.

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From Tie Hurlinpton iia.> Hasck-EYt.
Item mr. II ~ ~. H. uregg We learn 1o'no further
was lung by I. mob in Callawny County, Mo-, o
fow days ago. Kossor, with lls bol,B aid con-
ietGrates, Ind boon ongagcd III a general tliov-
ing bnsinnBa for many years paat, aud they ]layo
Ing and many Of tho burglnries that llavo takon
plnco in this part Of tho State during tho last
fifteen Or twenty years. At ono tin,e, whom ho
was making hsB way towards Missouri with lot
lis p,lrs11ors in tho wostorn part oi this county
taat ho was compelled to abandon six Of tho
Btolon animals. At nnotLor timo, under like cir
o'mstancog, ho loft tlreo.
wore in tho hands Of the outraged poople OF Cal
AWAY County, No., who Ind long suffered from
hia doprodations, aud they oppressed thoir do
termination to hing tue whole lot, and did hang
one one Of tho boys, but woro persuaded by Mr..
eently), aud others, but principally by hIr.
Brown, to lot KoBslor aud tho other boys go, on
condition tint they would leave tho State. Thoy
then wont to mississippi, MIR. Brown kindly
settling up the business Of tho old rogue. and
forwarding to him 800 in money, tho balance
remaining aftor lia dobtH wore paid.
In Miseisslppi, KosBlor md hiB Sons wero soon
dotected In Stealing cotton, were arrested, tried
convicted, and Hcnt to tho Ponitontiary. While
thoro tho authoritieH learned, probably through
KoHslor himself, that ho had boen connected
with n notorious counterfotcr Of whose whoro-
abouts ho was thon cognizant. but ho would give
to pardon him (Kosslor). in tho oyent that On
his information tho coun orfoitor Should bo ar-
restod.. This WINS agreed to, The Information
given, tho oountcrfoitcr caught, aud Kosslor Bot
During Kesaler's absence in Misaiaaippi thore
was lull iii the demonstrating tra1o In the
parts OF Iowa and Missouri where he lad boon
accustomed to operate. But ho soon returned
to llia old hauntB nnd business Of TINT kind bc-
n 1o nfet
horses from Mr. Gregg md othors, and also on
Rinoeroa tho robbory Of the jcwolry store in Mt.
ploasant. Whore ho stole horaos ho was in tho
labit Of loaying q note, threatening, in case he
everything up. TIC loft this kind Of noto at
Mr. Grogga, and also ut Afr. Browns, In Mis-
souri,, Ills old bonefactor, WHO had saved ha life
on tho aceasion Gbove mentioned. When
Mr.. Gregg wna IN Callaway County, fow weeks
ago. he and MIR. Brown compared thoir warnings
md found they wero written with tho same hand,
and that hand was Kosslora beyond doubt.
Willie in Galloway County, Nr. Gregg heard it
sald frequently that 1t would not do for Kosslor
to como back there, ,-that lo ought to bo hung,
and they waro roady to help do It.
Col; Law, tho Sheriff Of Calaway County, who
was shot by tho mol, was formerly tho command
or Of regiment in tho robol sorvico whore ho Lost
IN arm. uo waan . aoyoro tlisciplinarnn, aud
QUO correspondent RtatcH TINT he was proba-
bly shot by Bomo of hiB oil uoldiora, who ontcr-
tainod tong-aunsod Er,,1go ayainst him. An
tlHtb bLuty CIIDlL Lu LnQ CllGCL
tint llo hat anil, III tho ovont Of mol, trying to
tako kcaslcr out Of Ills a,llH, ho would arm tho
prisoner and lot him defettl hin,aolf Ind occa-
stoned good deul Of fooling against him, aud
that, whom tho first shot was hoari, tho mob
supposed that tho SloriN had carried out his
tlreat, and they were oagor to talso revenge on
him !; 10 they criod out, "8hoot Law shoot
Law u and it WAS done. His wounds wero gup-
poned to be mortal, but at last accounts ho was
still living.
However, much tho act Of 1ynching Is to DO de-
procatcd OIL all occasions, Koss1or could have no
just reason to complain Of his summary tukiug
Off. lIo WIS Que of tho most hardened and i-
yotorato criminals that evor infested tho Valley
of tho mississippi. 1Io trained his aonB to theft
aud crime. Ono of them met lis death at tho
hands OF n mob thrco or four years ago. az abovo
stated. Anothor ono is, or WIS recently in tho
mississippi ponitcntiary. Another WAS arrested
with bis fathor, but nlalo his escnpo whilc they
There is still another BOD, of whoao present
whereabouts we aro not informed. Ono OF
tho sonB, wo hayo heard, became worry sick Of the
abandoned aud lawleHs life tho family led, md
tried to escape from them and reform, but the
old man visited him in his new homo and pro-
vailed upon or compelled him to commence
again course Of crime.
Wo hnvo already given full details Of tho
final scene III tho lifo OF this hardened criminal.
He was good nlechanic could lavo made
competence, mud brought up lis family iii tho
why's Of virtue and Industry. lie, however,
chose different course, and at Inst received at
tue llande OF mob tho Justice which the law
Ind failod to givo him. With hiu, doubtloss,
poriHh forever the secrets Of many y dark and
bloody dood.