The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-11-14

L Olucst bou1 JOuns CEs WA captain OA
rifle company. On the muster Of thi
company on n certain occasion, JshI
Brown, Sr., said it was necessary rt'
begin the war In earnest,p and Gales
for volunteers to follsw him. 1t is no
stated whether he was a member Of hi
sons company or not. But we suppos'
he was not. r
No person responded to his call for
volunteers, and his son John, who
seems TO have been n man not only oi
prudence. but possessed Of some con-
science, opposed any one leaving his
company to follow his father. Besides,
John, jr., old John hal four sons and q
son-in-law In the company. Over these
he took command and hire n WAGNER
70 take them In q wagon to Potta wot-
tonne creek. One other individual and
a pony followed with them, making Sc
ven i'm all, besides Old John Brown the
commander. This squad Of seven
be called the Northern army.
Previous to leaving they shArpened
their heavy sabers on q grindstone. AS
they left, John Brown, jr., said "fAth-
er, be careful; do nothing rash" They
started for PottowottOmie creek Friday
the 23d Of May, 1856. They reached
the creek that night and then. old John
Brown disclosed his plan. He asked
the WAGNER to guide him to the head
Of the creek aud on his return he
would sweep every proslavery man liv-
ing on IL. The wagner at first refus-
ed, but finally late the next day, SAtur-
day, he agreed to do 50. The first vic
tims they came to was the family of
DOyles, living on Mosquito creek, q
branch Of the Pottow Ottomie. 1t was
night and the whole family had retired
TO rest. Some surrounded the house
and old John Brown, with others, en-
tered and brought out James p. Doyle
and his two sons, DruTy and William.
They took them about two hundred
yards from the house and there Brown
ordered his men to kill them. No one
responded TO the command. Brown
then drew his pistol and shot James p.
Doyle in the forehead. Some of the
others cut down William with their
heavy sabers. Drury started TO run 10
the house but w@s OveTtaken and cut
down also with sAbers. There was still
4 younger brother about sixteen years
old whose life was spared at the en-
treaty Of his mother.
This was the first act Of John Brown
that laid the foundation for his subse-
quent cAuoniz Ition as Saint Ossawat-
tonne Brown through the violence Of
leading Republicans of New England
such as Emerson, Theodore Parker,
Wendell Phillips and others.
MURDER OF WILKINSON.
Continuing their sweep down the
POttawAttOme creek the next house the
Northern army came 10 was that Of a
man by the name of Wilkinson. His
wife was sIck with the measles. Brown |
raped at the door and demanded adj
mittAnce. His wife begged Wilkinson
not to open IL. He was then asked to |
tell them the way to Dutch Henry's.
De said he could tell just as we'll n the |
house as out Of il. He was then told |
TO surrender to the Northern army,
and il he did not open the door they |
would break it down. The door wa
Opened-he was ordered 10 put on his |
clothes. He said that he would an
swer any charge Ak inst him, and en-
treated to be permitted to remain with
his sick wife. His wife made the same
entreaty, but Captain John Brown said
''it matters not" Before he could put
on his boots he was taken about
hundred aud fifty yards from the house
md there killed.
MURDER or SHERMAN.
About ? O'Clock in the morning of
sunday they reached Dutch Henry's
Crossing. They there killed a man by
the name of Sherman, aud took prison
er another man by the name Of Clan
Vile.