The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-12-05


less, as a precautionary step. he formed
the plan of travelling incognito I'm those
portions of Virginia which his FORCES
would have TO cross before reaching
other States, and in which the negro
population was greatest. He did not, on
his trip, propose 1 am sure 10 tamper
in any way with the negroes, as TINS
would have been dangerous. and he had
TO much good sense TO attempt ~. MS
object was that of wise general, VINO
should know the topography OF a coun-
try he proposed 10 invade, ana the
strength of the population and he as
sumed that the negroes, who largely eN,
ceeded the whites in numbers WouIu
flock 10 his standard. The assumption,
however. was TAR from being warranted
if he had better known the character OF
the slaves and their attachments, ana
now the coincidence to which ! nave al
luded is the fact, that John Brown ap-
peared as an unsupported observer IN the
very heart of the counties where capt.
Rosser's men were recruited, and before
his scattered forces were able 10 get
back to their homes.
Another incident / may mention. After
Brown had been executed. / happened 10
ask my man Billy If he remembered Dr.
McLane who fixed his truss for him?
Yes Master. | do, and hope in the
Lord | may never see him again. lie
cheated you and me both awfully. lie
cheated you out of 81 for that thing he
put on me after staying In yoor house
TWO nights ana nedTlN TWO udHSs anu 'iit
dog-goned thing didn't stay ON more
than day after he got out Of sight"
Well, Billy, / heard he has been hang
ed. Thank God for II. for he deserv-
it, IL not for his fooling you. for some.
thing worse he has done TO other folks.
You ask II he made any reference 10
Kansas? None whatever, or of ever nav
ing been there. l think he stated that
he was born in New York, but had re-
You ask If l had ever observed that the
press got hold of the fact that he made
the reconnaissance of Virginia have de-
scribed? i do not think the press ever
found out the fact that he had visited
Virginia, under an assumed name, be-
fore his raid.
Before enclosing this to you l happen
ed TO read 1t TO some friends in my ONCE,
who thought IL so interesting and inn
ed that | send a copy TO the Philadel-
phia Times. | said no, IL was yours, and
IL you saw proper TO send that paper a
copy of the advanced sheets OF your book
you could do it,
Sincerely your friend,
WIN. G. KNIGHT"
WHEN AND WHY DID JOHN BROWN
COME INTO VIRGINIA lNCOG?
Every Shareholder has forfeited his
right TO live. VIM. Lloyd Garrison.
John Brown was driven out of Kansas
in the summer of 1856 by the forces UNI
der General d. G. Atchison, OF Mis-
souri, in the battle OF Ossawattomie.
out the condition of things and familiar
lie himself with the relation existing be-
tween the master and slave. IL is simply
impossible, at this late day, after lapse
OF thirty-three years, to determine. In
Jail, at Charestown. he said to Captain
Henry Clay Pate. that he had been all
over the South. had many warm friends
there. and was fully posted as 10 the
condition and disposition of the people
Inasmuch as / demonstrate I'm the
Forthcoming pages. that he posed every
where as u pious man, as a minister.
under all imaginable circumstances, It's
well TO look back only very few years,
and see what he proved himself 10 be In
Kansas In Missouri. and elsewhere Pre-
yious TO the Kansas troubles he was
unknown as a hero and a martyr.
He has always outlawed himself ana
travelled under an alias. In the lower
Shenandoah Valley. IL was as Joha
Smith" mineralogist' almost everywhere
else. as we trace him, il is as "Dr. Laza-
rus Il. McLain, Lisbon, o. specials.
curing hernia
IL Is In Kansas. where his career as u
hero began. How did it begin. as Cap
tain II. c. Pate. asks? With MURDER.
coli-blooded fiendsh. midnight. honc
destroying. heart breaking, widow max
ing murder. For what reason? you win
ask. because his victims were slave
holders.
panied BY his sons and one or two others,
he repaired TO the house of John Doyle
on Pottawatamle creek. In Kansas, and
dragged him. his two sons. and VIM.
sherman. peacable. quiet, inonensivc citi-
them. The same night, and within a
short distance OF the others, finding AL
len Wilkinson and his wife alone. and
she very sick. regardless OF her piteous
cries. they dragged him forth On the