, 1873-06-27
KANSAS CRIMES,
Tho 1onsfor Graveyard n Seuucf..-A
Lcnf from tho 13nr1y 1llHtNrY 03
I.cnvcn1vOrth City-.-1Illrslcr by
NVftnIeAn1c.

Ecnf frGiaa tho 1:sir1y 1ulnturY Of
l.cnvcnsvorth City---N1ursicr by
who'1saas: r1s1. 4. SIM r,o,,<t.., nv,,,,,,. !.
Ono vnrm moonlnht @ Friiiay ] ovoninu in 5uno
1867. eat. with C,nI. Eiins l. Donnia. On tn, liz,
doorstep Of certain Inv onlco in Loayonworti,,
officials. and botl, com,inr from 1l1;nojn wnrc
ilioroforo. "olannieh " toward oscl1 othor. III
was tho Unitod Hlatos AfarsIa1 OF tho Torrftory.
and was--well, no matter whnt. Az wo warn
smoking and talking ilIy about this. Tint or
anything else, q friend cemo trottiug along,
WHO hurriojfv nskotl un If wc hnii
soon mar r1u lv, "Yos," no told
him, "anl ho turned round Tic mkt cor
ca,,Ho," said lie, III llo has killed. man at tic
Bprtnr noar thn p1antora' IIorHe !" md he him.
aeif tRcn % starto on Ja1 run. 0' ''>' 40 '''l''
Vo were but block or two from The p1autors'
House. Tho hotc1 wne aitnatoti almost close to
atoambont landing. Quite short distance from
It, within fow rods Of the rivor, was n Bpring.
A. fomalo servant OF the hotol had, aftor dinner,
ta1lon tin pail down for wator. Hlo hoard
groann from tho direction Of tho stream then
laid down hor phil, and silently, without slight
soroam evon, liastonod to her kitchen with IN
alarm. In few minutes number of mon gath
ercd ut tho spot to 500 poor creature ontleayor-
s o eee 9 Tn ct o ho bn %SG, one to aty aao po
to atab between Lis siouldere, gasped and diod.
Whom Ool. Dopnig and myself arrived at tic
scene Of ths murder, o number Of gentlemen
s, snd others had aeon SOMEONE run with t,; o.
had beon caught concoa1ing gold coin
underneath oontiguons rock. And still
another had been captured: who .was found
lurking suspicioualy In tho nolBhborhood.
intervening events havo excluded tho namos of
tho tliroo parties rofctFod to from my memory:
Tie first wretch mentioned, however, carried, I
nm nm rathor sure, tho name Of DAILY; The other
TWO, Tor tho n mnurpoao Of convenfonco In this
Narrative, will name respectively, Ponnyroyal
anu bottlo but with no intent, evon tho most
remote, to reflect upon any family who mny
posslDo PC bosr tho cognomon ot other, and oatlnl-
" as assnrodlY not to make mookory OF tho
Tragedy and tho graveyard bu8inoss concerning
Which now write;
Tho history Of this Immediate affair was this !:
4 labo1ing man had come up to Loavenworsh,
from AanBas Olty, With ?l33 IN his pocket. To
encountered. ht bis landing, Daly, who took him
to SEQ Mrs. DAILY to have . quiet drink with hor.
Attor remaining drugged for whilo In " tho
place. but whore, however, ho did not entirely
accompany him md two frionds down to spring
| near tic wator'B edge, where tlloy could drink
cold water and batho thor heads md become
eobcr again. Reaching tho spring, DAILY stopped
down and sucked in tho fluid with his lips ,tllen
stranger. As soon as his lips had touched tie
| water q blow with loaGed cano in tho hantg
| Of Daly knocked him genseless, 4
| stab with d largo dirk-knifo in tho
| hands Of ponnyroyal gavo him, botweon tho
shoulders, his mortal wound, rho three then
| toHsed him into tho Missouri, lie was crawling
out, grooming, when tho solf-posBeseod servant
girl hastenod back silently to The hotel to briDg
| lin rolief
The seif storo-rooms of tho plantora' House, tho
Shawnee House. and of tho International, were
at that time pilo,l lp with baggage unclaimed by
| glcBts from :" everywhere" who had ,,nnccount-
abo disappeared, and, aftor lowing either hotel
1.
and pro.slavoryitos alike wont tho mystorious
| ,gay. Bodies oi unknown men wore quito fro
ouontly found in tho yellow flow Of tho Missouri
| before thoy reacllel the Mississippi. Every
| tho result Of the fouds between tie two great
rival and vindiclivo partioB OF tho Terri
| tory. This rlautora' House sprng assas-
! eination startled tho city into horrible aus
was not much sloep in town TINT short june
was taken by q aoloctod number of inhabitants
to an island midway III the streum; rope.
sw,1ng over limb Of n cottonwood, was on hH
neck it waa then demanded Of hin, TINT ho con.
fess his other orimes md reveal tho namos Of
his confederatos. Although in slch m awful
predicamont, ho reaolntoIy rofusod Without
moro ado hc waa strung up some fiVe or Blk 1Got
from tho ground, and left dangling for awhile
Ho managed, howover, not being bound, to
roach tho ropo above him with I,ia hands, which
| gave him. OF course, considerable reliof.. Pres.
| entity ne WAS lowered to tho earth again, anu
again 81 the previous demand was mndo Of him. Ao
still stuhborny refused to answer any quos-
tionB. He was DOW bound, and hauled up the
second timo.. After writ1ing in agony very
short time, no "aa lot down once more. Ho
had tho nerve to endure tho terriblo torture q
third time. Then. lying exhausted on tho ground,
he gave way. Ho would revoal everything, he
said, on tho condition that ho should bo allowed
to escape. The boon was granted stimulants
woro afforded him, and he commenced practf-
cally his horrible revelations.
"Como this way" said hr, family and, tnk-
ing tho party to certain spot Oh tho instant, he
continued : Dig down here" Just below tic
surface Of tho enrth corpse was found.
SHOW como hero /" and short distance away
ho again said: "Dig down here" And another
teco!nposcd body was found
HNow come around this bondI Dir horo. "
And the third dead human being was uneorthei,
HThat'g ali know Of here" said ho: 1--WE
usod to chuck most Of them No killed into the
river. Whon q centlomnu was uncommonly
vol known wo buriod lin. We had a man a
each Of tho hotols to Investigate now arriyala,