Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1886-01-30

men were prepared to come from Klckapo
r and ttchison, most of them Mjssourlans {
: course. Decided to wait till next day, and
staid in my Quarters at thu hotel.
Friday, Mfy 9th, Gov. Robinson left oper
y, with his wife for Kansas City to tax
h boat down tie river. Roberts took comman
!. messengers sent out to our friends to
e ready if called for-Considered best that
: should disappear for the present At III
m. left in a buggy with Lyman Allen, an
, the ravine and walked pown its bed to +. "
Clark's where / remained secreted all day
/. The companies were mustered, and sple
were sent up to Lecompton. Answere re
, ceived from Shannon, unsatisfactory. Judg
T Iecompte saws he has no answer to give
, EVENING. Picket guards posted mile Of
tie road to Lecompton. Reports that the
h; We JUO men asGempieu. rlenos cam
over to see me and among them Mr.. How
ard, chairman of the congressiona
: committee, Lowrey, jenkins, Hutchinson
!; Roberts, etc. Prevailing opinion that shoult
leave the territory and attend to matters a
J Washington, and that if l were away fgh
could be avoided. Lowrey says he has skIf
at mouth of ravine to cross the river, ane
horses to ride SO as to reaH the Nebraska
line; but prefer to go to Topeka. thence ~
the Laramie road and to Nebraska City
about $50 miles. First nights travel will bt
dangerous. as we must pass through the enc
mics scouts. / preferred to go down a
night to Kansas City, if creeks can be ford
ed. Determined by advice, however, to &C
west, and at midnight went over to the town
to arrange; Lowrey and Mcclure to go along
three horses tied in the ravine. At hote
found men who agreed with me. and decided
to hide till the next evening and then star,
for Kansas City-enkins to make the ar
rangements. Left at once with Jenkins and
went to the house of - Morgan and =
Coss, who reused up and gave me bed
(about mile south of town..
Saturday, May 10.-Remained shut up IN
bed room all day. News from Lawrence
that the posse had not come down. At 8 p
m. Jenkins came with two horse carriage
and George Earl and Mcclure, and his OWL
saddle horse. Concluded to avoid the mair
road on account of company at Franklin
and the height of the Wakarusa; went 10y
lanton's-missed the road and did not reach
Fish's till nearly o'clock Mt night-too late
to pass Westport till long after daylight
Staid at Fish's, ccncealed-put horses ant
carriage out Of sight.
Sunday May 11.-Kept concealed up stain:
many persons passed, through the day, anc
stopped: among them Milt MCGEE, who
would have given his whole team to know
who was up stairs. Left at 1880 p. m. Roat
clear-arrived at Kansas City about O'Clock
in the morning-found Lowrey waiting. anC
i SOlOHSl NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. III
erouS neighbors across the passage.
Monday, May l2.-Remained concealed
Boat came up, and among the passenger:
was G. w. Brown, CT Lawrence. Rumors Of
a mob to take him, and was removed tc
No. % for greater safety. Brown shut him.
self up in No. %. A mob of thirty or forty
assembled, headed by Milt McGee. who came
into the hotel, and going by mistake to o.
| c. Browns room, they dragged him out anC
took him down town-discovered their error
and let him 90. Colonel Eldridge came Ut
and informed me that might be prepared
Sent out for about fifty Michigan emigrants
who had come up to-day and camped neal
town. The marshal of the town came to the
hotel and took part against the lntruders
principally from Westport. Eldridge thinks
they do not know l am here, but may tum-
BILE on me in searching for Brown. Look
ing out of my front window, however, saw
and heard MCGEE, H. G. Pate-Wlnchestel
-Brockett and another, in conversation, ano
Pate was instructing man to &C
in and look for some one, anc
described me, SO that from what
heard l recognized the description. Lowrey
heard that they were also after him. The
prospect of being overpowed however, de-
tered any further effort, and in the after
noon they suddenly left In the evening il
was found that men were posted all around
the house to prevent any escapes-al over
the hill back of the house and in the hacks
and wagons in front, besides those walking
up and down the street. No light kept IN my
room, which Mrs. Arms had kindly aban-
doned to me.
Tuesday, May 13.-Learned that Brown
was still in the house, and that Robinson and
wife had been stopped at Lexington, Mis-
souri,; party of men coming on the boat
and taking him off and sending up q COM
Al -
wanted. / advised Lowrey to leave hy the
! first boat, and he did so in disguise. Before
| leaving had him to write a letter directed
to me at Chicago, and mail it loosely sealed
to induce the belief that was in the states,
by the way of Nebraska and Iowa, Us we
were confident they would open ii. l in.
structed him also, if he got safe to st. Louis
to telegraph up here that he had heard from
me and that / was safe in Chicago. l re-
manned a prisoner in my room but was most
| kindly waited on by the ladies, Mrs. Arms,
Mrs. Lyman, Mrs. Coates, and Mrs. Monroe
Eldridge, who took lively interest in my
safety, and whose kindness l cannot soon
forget.
Evening-Colonel Eldridge came to my
loom, much excited, to say that the dep
uty marshal with two of the same
posse that had come to arrest me at
| Lawrence. had just arrived and were in the
! house. We concluded, of course, that they
were after me, and l supposed they had
heard of my leaving Lawrence on Saturday
evening. told him they could not arrest
NE here on process from the territory, and
would not submit, but that they had prob.
able found All Indictment against me for
treason or something else, and in that case
might get presses for me here, and if so and
they came with Missouri process and Mis-
souri, officer, he should get himself into no
trouble, but bring them at once to my room.
Expecting them to come, l concealed this
diary and made preparations. l remained
up till midnight, and there was a constant
running up and down from the street to
their room. At u o'clock went to bed and
slept soundly.
Wednesday, May 14.-Colonel Eldridge
came to my room this Torning much pleased
to say that the party OF yesterday had said
nothing of me, but had said they were after
Lowrey and Pomeroy. He stated also that
the night before G.. w. Brown, accompanied
by Jenkins had started for Lawrence, and
had been stopped on the road by M'Gee's
party of Missourians, without any process
of course,) and made prisoners: Have not
learned what is done with them. Three boats
up this morning, and, as the "Sultan" left
on her way up the river, l heard great
hurrah, and looking out, expecting that
Robinson had been brought up. To my
relief l found that it was a parting
cheer to tho -marshal's party who
were starting up the river to Leavenworth.
After dinner it was thought best to remove
me to %, as the disturbance of ordinary ar
rangemeuts, consequent upon Mr. and Mrs.
Arms being out of their room and the door
being locked all day, might excite suspicion,
and it was accordingly done. Matters are
now quiet, and if nothing new should turn
up and / can find a boat that lies here all
night and captain favorable to our cause.
1t would seem that there is no suspicion of
INV nresence here, although some circum-