The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1878-11-22


tel were rife, but il was not until
Brown allowed several prisoners, I'M.
der guard, TO visit their families to as
sure them of their safety, that the cit. |
liens knew that the leader of the raid !
ers was the celebrated "Ossawattomie |
Brown" and that their object was to
free the slaves. As the true condition |
Of affairs became known to the people !
and they realized their situation,
amazement gave place to determine
ton to effect the death or capture OF
the insurgents. While some of the
citizens armed themselves with their
own weapons, several companies were
formed, who appropriated TO their use
a lot of guns which had some time
before been removed from the arsenal
for some purpose. and skirmish COM
menced between the two parties thro'
the streets and around the armory
building in which desultory engage
ment the raiders certainly had up to
noon. the advantage, and held their
nssailants at hay. During the Skin
mish Mr.. Thomas Boerly, a highly
respected man Of great personal cour.
age, ventured to the corner Of High
and Shenandoah streets for the pur-
pose of having shot at the invaders,
when shot was fred at him by one
of the Brown party, the bullet taking
effect and inAicting a wound from the
effects Of which he died in few
hours. He was the second man kill
ed by the invaders. While some of
the citizens engaged the raiders in and
around the armory inclosure a compa-
ny of men under Capt. Medler, cross
ed the Shenandoah and took their po-
sition on the south bank of the river
directly opposite the rifle factory,
which was held by FIVE of Browns
men under command of Kagi. An
other company, commanded by Capt.
Moore, crossed the Potomac some dis
lance above the ferry, and, marching
down on the Maryland side of the
river, took possession of the railroad
bridge, killing one of the guards and
capturing the other William Thomp-
son. who they confined in the railroad
Hotel; while still another company
under Capt. ROderiek, posted them
selves on the Baltimore and Ohio rail.
road west of the armory. Every ave
nue. was thus cut of and death or cap
ture was inevitable.
Up to this time the raiders had suf-
fered no loss of life, but their original
force had been reduced by the absence
of Barclay Cappie. Owen Brown,
Cook and Tidd, who had early in the
morning been sent by Brown into Ma
ryland to seize and occupy school
house, as a base Of supplies convenient
to the ferry, and Adolphus Thompson
who, early in the day, escaped into
Maryland. Neither of these parties
we're able, even had they WISHED it, to
return to the ferry. While the inva-
ders under the immediate command Of
Brown, were in and around the armO-
ry inclosure carrying on spirited
duel with the citizens who occupied
every available building in the neigh
borhood, and who, from the windows
and doors thereof, kept up brisk fire,
large party attacked the rife factory,
and after brief resistance, drove
Kagi and his small party into the She
nandoah river, where they took refuge
on large rock, from which place they
fought Medler's company on one side
of the river and the party who had
driven them from the factory on the
other until three of the party were
killed and one MORALLY wounded,
when the other John CampbelD sur
rendered,
(TO BE CONCLUDED NEXT wEEk.l