The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-07

actual intention of John Brown to at
tack slavery in Virginia ?"
up to the early part of August, 1858,
nay idea was that Capt Brown would,
making Kansas his base, operate
against slavery In the Southwest
generally. For the purpose of helping
him 1 made several horseback trips of
observation among the slave-holding
Indians, in portions Of Texas, Arlxan-
| sas, the territory and Missouri. The
results of these trips were reported to
John Henry Kagi, who was Browns
most intimate and closest associate.
Some of these letters were afterwards
| found among John Browns papers
captured by the Virginia authorities,
and were afterward used by circulating
copies of them to influence the Southern
| feeling against the North. AT the date
l name, in 1885, Kagi told me and al
most infinitely detailed the entire plan
of John Brown. This was at the house
OF Mr.. Adair in Osawatomie and it was
/ done at the direction of Capt. Brown
himself. Astounded though l was at
the boldness of the project l confess
that 1 gave him my allegiance to the
| plan.
I'm Kansas we had long before con-
cluded that the struggle would bring
the death OF slavery or the death of
| the republic. l agreed that 1 would
| go either to Harper's Ferry or any
where else when Capt. Brown called
me. When he did call, in 1859, l was
| in Leavenworth, having just returned
| from a long journey in the Rocky
Mountain region. A newspaper which
owed me several hundred dollars for
work compelled me to wait for several
weeks.
Accepting part of what was due
me 1 left Kansas early in October for
the East, arriving in Philadelphia,
where I received a letter from Kagf.
From there I went to Chambersburg
and Hagerstown, Md. At the latter
place on the night of the 14th of
/ October, 1859, 1 saw John Brown and
Henry Kagi for a short time and for
| the last time While there was moth
! ing positive said as to the date, the
! impression was distinct in my mind
that the blow was not to be struck until
/ some eight or ten days later.
/ 81 was sent back to Chambersburg
with instructions to ship some freight
directed to Isaac Smith, the name
Brown went under. / went from
Hagerstown to Chambersburg In a
wagon driven by a negro, and arrived
there too late to do anything that day
I was housed that night in a small
dwelling on the outskirts of town and
was aroused next morning with the
news that John Brown had attacked
MAKES GOOD HIS OWN ESCAPE.
Before noon of the 18th found that
! there was no possibility of my reaching
Harper's Ferry, and, in fact, the quick
er 1 got away the better it would be
for my own safety. / had some papers
mailed to New England friends. de-
stroyed what little clothing / had in
my satchel and slipping from the farm
er's house with my pistol on my hip,
! took to the small brush of that region
and walked ten or twelve miles wester-
ly, till I reached station, where
was able to take train for Harris
burg.
AT this place 1 bought other cloth
ing and changed my appearance by
having my hair cut, and took west
4 bound train the same night. Upon ar
! irving at Cincinnati / found a train
! just coming in from St Louis. Pass
ing from my own to that train, / left
the depot in company with Western
men I knew, who supposed had been
on the train all the time. I remained
for some time at Cincinnati and then
started East again. Arriving at Har-
risburg / telegraphed Mr. Greeley, Of
fering my services as a correspondent
in the disturbed region. / was author
lied and have been since Informed that
the great editor made the character
| iStic remark: L knew that - little
cuSs was in It.
well, 1 couldn't do much more In
Pennsylvania border than in Vir-
ginia, and Owen Brown, with three
others, having escaped, were in the
| mountains being hunted like wild
beasts. "a ohm Edwin Cook and Albert
Hazlett had been captured and sent
back to Virginia by the state authori-
ties. Both were hanged.
THAT is how / came not to have
been hanged in Virginia as result Of
the John Brown raid. Albert HaZlett
was in a certain sense executed in nay
place, as when arrested in Carlisle, Pa,
he gave the name of William Allison as
his own. This Is the name / had used
and signed to the letters 1 have spoken
of that were sent to Kagi. HaZlett
heard the name and used it with the
hope of saving his life and return from
Virginia. The demand for his extra
| dition was made in his right name,
but he never was in Pennsylvania or
Virginia legally recognized. The
Northern state Illegally sent him back
to Virginia as an unknown person and
! Virginia hanged him as William Ali
son. He was executed on March is,
1860, for treason and murder, neither
Of which he was guilty Of, at Charles
ton, Va.