Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-01-31
A S:ory Asout rwo Western pol!ii-
clans.

NN''io IL itS tVtil hliCN IL
that there was bad blood between
Senator Dan Voorhees, and Bay
less W. Hanna, says a Western pa
per. but the cause of it has Away :
been misunderstood. x great many
persons have ascribcd it to politi
cal jealousy. while another class
have been equally certain that it
came from each envyin. the good
looks or oratorlcal powers Of the
other. But all these conjectures
are wide of the mark, and we ieel
bound to give to the world this long
concealed secret.
When John rown raided Har-
per'S Ferry. Dan Voorhees, and
SaylcSS Hanna were law partners,
and -AShhel T. Willard was Cover
nor of Indiana. They were all
Democrats and friends. Governor
Wizards brother.in law, boy of
twenty. named Cook, WAS one of
Browns raiders. and was captured
by The State OF Virginia.
HE Governor WAS notified of the
capture Of Cook. and determined
10 make u respectable legal defence
for him. He employed Voorhees, 4
Hanna who were to proceed at
once TO CharleStown. Va. Noor-
hee>. being at Indianapolis, started
east with Willard ON the first
train. and Hanna was telegraphed
10 follow. The Governor and Voor.
hteS reached Ilarper'S Ferry. and
AT once mounted the stage for
CharlcSrown. y few hours later
the train bearing Colonel Hanna
arrived. but too late for the stage,
and the great orator found that he
would have some three hours to
wait.
Now. Bayless was always a Demo
crat. and though he was employed
to defend All Abolitiuuisr. he WIS
ready to gather in material for his
speeches in the next campalgn:. Il,
fact. he waS determined to n.,'n
some striking features ont i!,'
very case he WAS engaged III. =,
he started ont. and soon Succee,icd
in purchasing one of the desperate
pixies which the Brown party had
carried. and then he Scooped in a
COPY Of ''iIelper'S Impending Crs-
is. y work only TO be found in the
hands OF antisIavery people.
Shortly after the stage came in.
an,i Colonel Hanna went up 10 60
ONT 10 ChsrleStown. Ry this time
suspicion had pointed to the STRAIT
egetic Democrat as n member OF
the Brown party. and the officials
finally decided to call him to &C
count. He was very gracious. and
informed the gentlemen who he
N;ls: tut the long hair. tie pike.
SID the book. seemed to contradict
the statement.
After consulting with the officials
NJ. Hanna WAS informed that he
would have to 60 10 CharleStown
under arrest. and il Mr.. Voorhees,
and Governor Willard identified
Him. it would be all right. With
Smiles, Mr.. Hanna told them it
would be ali right. and that he
would willingly accept the eon-
diiionS.
Wien the stage reached Charles
town. Mr.. Hanna learned that Yoor.
hecs and Willard had gone to the
country TO dine with Hon. Charles
j. Faulkner. The officers refused
10 so ont in the country, but finally
alnwed ~. lama E.!fs to lliis1as..
fo take Il note out to his friends
When TIE messenger presented the
note. it at once occurred to Voor-
h .eS TO play joke on Hanna, so
he wrote on the back of it that he
did not know any such person as
Eayless w. Hanna. and expressed
surprise that the note had been
sent to him. The messenger re-
turned. and the indignant officers,
feeling that they had been trii1ed
with. at once locked Colonel.Iianna
ny with the Brown party. About
t'vo O'Clock the next morning Voor.
lees and Willard returned to town,
and we're horri1ed to learn that
lilnna vas in jail. but they determ.
ined to carry out the joke, and
vent over to the Jail. AS they ap,
l,roached the jail door, Bayless
greeted them with a pitiful appeal:
Say. boys, this joke has gone
too far already: get me out Of
here
Both Willard and yoorheeSlock-
cd aStonishcd. and declared that
they had never laid eyes ON Bay
less before, and returned to their
hotel. Bayless set up an unearthly
howl, and shovered all sorts Of
lnalrdictions upon the devoted
leads of Willard and Voorhees,. un,
til the inmates took refuge in their
. cells, declaring that Hanna was
mailman. The nproar attracted
the attention Of the sheriff, and
aroused all the people in the i'm
mediate neighborhood, until VIII.
lard and VOORHEES, concluded they
!. id all the fun they desired, and
sent for the sheriff, explained the
matter. and Bayless was released.
VOORHEES, tried to explain the joke,
but the cursing that Hanna gave
him is said to be still echoing
through the Virginia hills. From
that time to the present, that night
in virginia jail has ran'sled in the
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