The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-12-18

| to rs from Prairie City and gave the iGforrn>
alton that Capt Pare was In the vicinity In
search Of Brown. That evening We all took
horses and started for Prairie City, where We
arrived the next morning about daylight and
camped in the timber on Ottawa ere near
Captain shores. While John Brown was
cooking breakfast for the company, James
kedpatn came into our camp and had some
conversation with Captain Brown.
| 1 saw Redpstn again alter the battle OF
Black Jack, near Blue Mound, ana desire TO
sav. In TINS connection, that / never told
Redpatn At any time that John Brown was
| not present af the Pottawatomie tragedy.
His ssatsmeat, which has osen read 70 me- 70
| the execution" gave him such Information,
| IL totally false, 80 far as am concerned As
Winner and myself were the oaly settlers Ia
the neigh bcrnood, and m. mbers OF Browns
family, who We're present AT the tragedy, l
can univ Guide he referred TO as. In the
afternoon after We camped III the TIMBER
Prairie City. We picketed out our horses
and laid down not over hundred yards
from the store. About the middle OF the al
teruoon Elk OF Pate's men came riding into
town, four of whom We captured and held
buriny the afternoon Captain Shore raised
a company OF about thirty men and In me
evening We started in pursuit OF Pate The
next day before day !ight we received infor-
nation that he wss camIed Al BLACK JACK
Point. ana We moved forward with about
twenty-!olr men to attack him. When
within about q mile OF Pate>'s forces We ali
dismount. d lett seven MN in charge OF the
horses, and with seventeen linen made the
attack In about fifteen INTRUSIVE drove
them into The rav.ue. The fight continued
about three hours y hen rate sufrenueTeu-
About the time We got the captufeC arm,
loaded into the wagons ready TO move, Nh1-
Aboott's company Came up and We nal
marched back 10 Prairie CITY with the pris-
oners Here We r,malneu until Col. sumner
released them.
com pany with Charley Leahart and some
other Laurence psrJie-, campei In the ui.-
Der near Ottaws Jones A day or Two dtTr
~. went To u Mound, fey miles south
OF Lawrence. mere AZ 'In mt Nlner, blnuy
and also saw ReJpath. Ms before stated
Winer, from th,s point, went 10 LeaVeh-
worth and thence 10 1T LOUIS, as i nave
o-en informed / weutO1 in Lawrence, ana
from there 10 Topeka, wb-r' stsld one night
and then returned to LSwIeu r, ~hlch place
| made a sort of ii.aG4u -Il.rs ior hefeTsI
weeks. Twas acqu.iu ID WIN trtin +;
Conway and his brother J frson, ana
saw Them frequency while ~as
there. l knew The CpnTsys In Mars-
land. and they were the II ST peTeons
of my acquaintance that ! met after
came 10 the Territory. visited INV CABIN on
the Pots~siomie q 1casiohsiy, pnt not u
stay any lengln of im-, and IN jay vent
To Birming ham, low IL gel wo!R wa,
taken SICK on The way WIN the asue- ana
was unable to d. much 81 any timing ior
weeks. In the latter part Of the SCI son, Col.
&. W. EidridSe passed through Iowa with
company for LawreUcr. 1 joined tnein AZ
Osk AIOOsa, Iowa, ana accompanied 'hci "
Topeka from Topeka 1 went home 10 the
Poiawatomie, passing throush Law renee
again on my way. On my return from Iowa
mel John Brown IN Nebraska, on his way
ea.t 1 talk ed with him, aud he advised me
not to return. lhis was the last time ever
saw him.
TheIe Is an error in the published state
ment o, Mr. Johnsol Clare. liking the time
OF the killing OF the Doyles, Wilkinson and
Sherman on the night of the day we lett the
camp OF Jonn Brown, Jr., at Ottawa creek
Mr.. Clark must have misunderstood me. L
certainly did not understand MS statement
as IL now reads II was Immediately, or
soon after we camped that night that re-
fused TO go any further, because Brown re-
Quired me to take them into the nelghoor-
uooi where lived, TO commence operations,
Add hence nothing was done until The next
night.
make this statement a. the urgent request
Of my friends and ne.ghbOrs, Judge James
Hanway, and Hon. Johnson CLARK, VINO mas
been present during all the time occupied In
writing it out and IN whose hearing IL nave
been several times read before signlng.
JAMES IOwSsLEf.
LANE, KAN, Dec. 9Th, ls1y.