The evening times., 1899-10-17

Mr.. Mills, master armorer; DR.. Murphy,
paymaster; Mr. KitZmiiler, superinten-
dents clerk and Mr.. Donohue, railroad
clerk who had been held as hostages by
Brown were released. Colonel Washing
ton had been taken from his bed Sunday
night at his home, near Harper's Ferry.
With him the raiders captured the hand
some sword which had been presented to
Gen. George Washington by Frederick the
Great of Prussia. The surviving raiders
were Brown, Copeland, Green, Coppee, Has
lett. and Stevens. The following were kill
ed by the raiders during their occupancy
OF the town: Fontains Beckham, railroad
agent; Hayward Sheppard, co'ored, porter:
Thomas Boerly, grocer; George W. Tur-
ner, of the Charleston military; Private
Quinn of the marines, and number of
persons who were wounded.
Tuesday the Baltimore Independent
Grays, under Lieutenants Simpson and
Kerchner, made a raid on the Maryland
side and in a schoolhouse near the Ken
nedy farm found large quantity OF fire.
arms and spears. All the Baltimore troops
returned home Tuesday evening.
The trial of John Brown began October
2S. at Charlestown. Judge Richard Parker,
who presided, died few years ago, in Win
chester, Va The Jurors were Richard Tim
berlake, Joseph Myers Thomas Watson, jr.,
Isaac Dust, John c. Mcclure, William
Rightstine, Jacob ]. Miller, Thomas Os-
borne, George W. Boyer, John c. Wiltshire,
George W. Tapp, and William A. Martin.
Mr. Boyer is the only survivor of the
twelve. He lives near Shenandoah juno
ton, W. Va.
Lawson Bolts and Thomas c. Green, of
the Charlestown bar, were assigned to de-
fend Brown. Later, George II. Hoyt, of
Boston; H. Griswold, OF Cleveland Ohio,
and Samuel Chiffon, of Washington, D. c.,
arrived and took charge of the defence. At
ter trial lasting six days the prisoner was
convicted of treason, insurrection and mur-
der. The other prisoners were subsequent
ly convicted.
The Executions.
Cook, who was brother-in-law of Gov.
A. P Willard, of Indiana, had been cap
tured in Pennsylvania, few days after the
raid. tGovernor Willard brought some of
the best counsel in Indiana to defend him.
The appeal of Daniel w. VOORHEES, to the
jury has ever since been spoken of as
masterpiece of eloquence.
Brown was hanged at rs a. m. Friday,
December 9 Over I,200 military, under
command of Gen. ". B. Taliaferro, guarded
the town and jailJ and no one was allowed
to approach the prisoner. 1t has long been
believed that on his way to the gallows
Brown stopped and kissed a negro child.
A well-known Baltimore newspaper man.
who reported the hanging for his paper
says no such thing occurred. Brown
marched from his cell to the wagon be-
tween solid lines of soldiers; the wagon
on the way to the gallows was surrounded
by soldiers and no one except the mill
tary was allowed to be within several hun
dred yards of the gallows. At no time
could person approach Brown. The
body of Brown was taken by his wife to
North Elba N. Y, for burial. Cook and
Coppee and the two negroes, Green and
Copeland. were hanged December 16, and
Stevens and Haslett were hanged March
16, 1860.
An investigation of the raid was subse-
quently made by a committee of the United
States Senate, headed by Jefferson Davis,
afterwards President Of the Confederate
States.
July 30 last the bodies of Oliver Brown,
w. H. Thompson, Stewart Taylor, W. H.
Leeman, Dauphin Thompson, Dangerfeld
Newbry, and Lewis L. Leary, who were
killed in the fight and buried near Har-
per's Ferry, were disinterred and removed
to North Elba, N. Y.
OF John Browns family one son, Jason
Brown. is now living in California. He is
leading hermits life, and is in poor
circumstances.