Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-09-04
OLD IuCKAPOO GUN.
An ANCiLNr CANNON THAT HAS a
REMARKABLE RECORD

Thro wrs recently Hiru.d from Chi.
t1ro 20 tho Kansas aicHistglcal s5c..
oty ouo o. the MOST valuable relies ~
the border rurllu warfare l,sthp ola
kickurup cannon which did .Iylcr NJ
Old kiclupou, Lawrence and other
points along the Nj uur border during
Kansas early suuallcfUrii,r state gov.
,rnmont This old gun formed tho bone
uf contention In many hard fought
contest between pru.inyDy and anti.
slavery irrc,s, aud "a largo humber oi
the old citiyus0i kau.sca1 remember
the stirring events clustering about tho
history Of tI.H remarkable implement ~
waiiGu
OF late years tlp whereabouts NJ the
old guu hlsbyHuHmgftHr of conjecture.
and ny many 10 wa. Thought CO. have
boon lost. bat &c is due tu tie Efforts "
Colonel H. Milos Moore and Captain y.
G. MulLiu,haw ot LnaNcnworth that Ola
kickar1o has been resuuc,fod. II now
rests iu tho rooms uf the state HistUr.
iral society Ina th.. city
The gun Is % sIy ruui0r smooth.
bore brass cannon and Na, first stolen
from tho United state. ar u.l 700 Lib.
orty, NO aud from there taken Uy Cen.
oul Eichud.0u's army fH fHu luh.ug
and lutu'ng " thr old IuH STATIC hotel
ut Lawrence, tho EldriHgu House. after
It WAS indicted ly tho prusIuy.fy grand
jury az Lr,omI'un and ordered ahlt.l
o. q nuisance ly Judge Cltl, who had
the writ dir 'rl 90 Sheriff J.uu., who
summoned tine posse, mostly from Mis-.
souri,, Co assist 200 ry,vuting tine writ
Tho lumlUimnt which followed
wat ono OF tho memorable conflicts uf
border wHiuu dus. Tine cannon was
placed on aalu-u'is street. Law
renee. opposite, and trained uu fHn hotel
and hrpd by General David Afchisun.
then United states .uultHr fuW Nis.
tUuu. IHp Lrt lut went ,ytr the rDuf
Of tho hutoL The 0rpud went through
....al story window, and the thIrl
and fourth huIs struck the Stone walls.
scarcely m.k,ug lu iwrrt ion m them.
.luu.s, E0U.ng chat Hu WAS mot likely
60 ull.u tly nuisance iHUl way, applied
| tho tH.u aui destroyed thr luildug
Tho rU.D then catered The Kirkur1u
mugH ihUu took charge Of tho cannon
and csuyd % &C., the village of kiolnpIH.
Fi- mil. up ihu river from L'lyuu.
worth 10 was planted ON top ut % high
blum and there remained pustol o.
moDar. Go 'hu free state men Of LplyDn-
worth.
Colonel Il. Miles Moore hrt suggest.
ed Go. u.IH uguup Go kigupu1 and cap.
turc tur run IL. communicated bis
scheme TO % iow fr," state mon, and ton
~ tho mDio daredevil ones, uudcr tho
!oadDrhp u Captain ]. q. Los'r. well
armed with sharp. rifles uu I"yulyrrs,
muH. % dash Tor kinEupup one dark
night took possession OF the cannon,
and without hoing discovered were snun
back % LoaNvuWWih. Fearing the gun
might BE- recovered ny writ IN the
haud OF tAr snraA ur other prnslncry
officers Di ihu county or territory, tho
gun carriage W.. hidden 100 the south
part Of LeNprwor'h and the cannon
buried 20 Dr. baNi. old peach orchard,
where Do remained % short time.
Fearing danger, % was dug mp and
taken TO Lawrence enc dark night ia
| tho bottom Of % wagon covered with
huy. 10 remained but - short time,
WHOM 1t was taken back 10 Lcayouwurth
and placed iu Dr. Davis temporary
ghyoya.d uui.l the war'iuud- ut 1896
ard 1901 hpd passed away The gun
Wa ihun runr'c,'d and turned over Co
Che society .l muu ui Lolyyuw.uh,
in whl#n E.'pins 10 remained for "a long
series ol Year, ON each recurring