New-York tribune., 1882-12-31
JOHN BROWN'S RAID on TIE BORDER
RUFFIANS.
From Lippincoirs Maanyine.

The cabins of pro-sayery partlsars in the neigh
borhood OF Dutch Henrys Crossing were searched
and five men we're dragged out of them " in the
name OF the Northern army and summaIily exc
cuted. The names of larger number had been
pricked, bot only these five were found. The band
went from house to house. arrested the victims lea
them away q little distance: bullets and tie
freshlvground cutlasses did the rest. 1t ls not a
pleasant scene to recall The thoughts of the
!" armed soldier terrible rs death relentless as
doc M" while he was marshalling his little band IN
the darkness and leading the desperate enterprise.
slve. during the whole eXpeditlOn,-bruodlng, it
may he, over the strange eXtremlties to which his
consuming passion for human liberty had dr zen
hlm. The blow had been struck, k,-an example made
not likely TO he forgotten. The avengers went
back T. their camp in the rayines, but in 10 light
hearted trlumphing mood; Some spirit of ques-
tUnlng awe socmnlZcd then. =" No such
workshall be done. said Que of the younger Browns
to Iownsey, half under his breath.
Memories of this tragedy tue side OF the raided
households still exist The vile of one victim WAS
dangerously sick with measles. 4 woman Is living
who watched at her bedside on the fatal night.
She has vivid recollection of n suddpn stir and
hustle outside of the cabin, of knock at The door.
of JOIN Browns tgure-She was neighbof Of his
and knew him well-Outlined against the darkness.
Of the announcement that wilkinson wanted.
Neither shc nor the wife dreamed of the fate that
awaited him. They anticipated nothing wOrso
than a brief Imprisonment Nnen the day davned
he WAS found lying dead III the bed Of Il neghborlng
brook.
THIS is not all In cabin some miles from the
scene OF the killing, Two men were preparing Tor
search of strayed cattle. Herds feed upon the
prairie. when summer heats begin until or
o'clock IN the mornng, when they Detake them
elves TO the shelter OI timbered Localities. these
were OF before daybreak. 1t could not have
been later than o'clock when they reached the
vicinity of a cabin belonging 10 the Doyles. A
woman standing IN a little lane near the house, ap-
parently in great agitation, called and beckoued
To them. hey responded at once TO the signal. Ii
was a sickcning sight that met their eye, Three
men, horribly hacked and mutllated. lay dead
npOn the ground. Like the Hebrew Rlzpab. she
was protecting The bodies of ner saughtered hus
band aud sons from the depIedatOns of haif-wlld
hogs which infested the region. " DO you know
where John Brown is 2 she snriekcd as the travel.
lers came up He las marlerBd my husband and
boys. lie here last night and called them ont
of the house. They went with HIM Pretty soon !
heard pIs tol Shots aud az they did not come back
went out to lind them. found them ly ing here as
Won see. Do you know where John Brown Is Oh.
hc has murdered NV husband ANA boys!
What had John Brown himself To say OF this rad
To ordinary inaulreIs his stereOtyped reply was,
approved of it, Yet on two or three occasions
at least he vcntured beyond this somewhat Vague
and unsatisfactory declaration.
At the time OF the tragedy, Congressional COM
mttee was in sesslOn at Westport Missouri, invest
igating che border disturbances. The affair caused
great excitement throughout the rogion. ne com
mttee itself was threatened. COillns ana death f.
heads graccd the building where 1t met. Threats
and mendceS rife. John Sherman. OF ONO,
was member of that committee. and OF course.
heard Browns name freely associated with the
fOray,-nOt SuTmlsng at thar time that II WIS any
thing more than "a malicious rumOI. wear and -
half later he CHANGED to meet the old man, and
took occasion 10 ask him about bis partci-
patton in it. 1--WE executed those men, he replied.
They had fair trial. Their case was tried before
a iury of siy. They found guilty sentenced to
death. and we executed them 81 was aston
shed' Sherman remarked, to hear Brown say
We"
Another instance Of less direct confession is on
record. The incident belongs 10 the closing period of
Browns Kansas days The Virginia expedition
WAS already foot. Some impulse led him 10 visit
an intimate personal frrnd.--the late Judge Han
way. IL was Il faiewell interview, IN which pol cies
pursued and results achieved were canyassed The
conversation finally drlfted to the crmsOned ground
uf the i0ttawat0rie Heretofore IN all their inter
course It had bern n prescribed theme. Something
in the time and occasion looSened Browns tongue.
and he asked how the public now viewed the raid.
llanway assured him that Il decided change was
that the outburst of horror which
gIceted the reprsal bad been succeeded by sentl-
ments of liberation, if not OF approval The old
man vas evidently gratIied. " ! thought 10 would
bc 30 he said when ths situation came TO be fully
but, the tone of satisfaction shading
into ponsiveucss aS If unquiet memo lies pursued
him." il that was murder | am not innocent.