The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-12-22
LIST OF BAND.

John Brown. New York.
Aaron c. Stevens, Connecticut.
EDWIN Coppec, Iowa,
Oliver Brown. Now York.
Watson Brown, New York.
Albert HaSlet. Pennsylvania
William Lemon, Maine.
John Cooke, Connecticut.
Stuart Taylor, Canada.
tnarles p. Tidd, Maine.
William Thompson, Maine.
John Kaga. Virginia and Ohio.
Jerry Anderson. Indiana.
Negroes:
Tangerfie1d Newby, Virginia and Ohio.
Q. p. Anderson. Pennsylvania.
Emperor. New York.
Lesry, Oberlin, Ohio.
Copeland, Iowa
FRED. DOUGLASS. MENTIONED. r
Lightly the letters touch upon the con-
nection of Fred. Douglass, possibly tie
Inostfanous negro this country has ever
produced. with the nloven1 ent header iay
John BrUwIl. Indirectly. they state. that
he was not al active aid in the organized
movement: that he sylnpathized with it,
hut no stated in Canada. just before; he
fed to England that he did not approve
of JolSs Browns raid at Ha1'pers Ferry.
1t seems that when he fed from this
country Douglass was lionized in Canad1,
a representative of Mr.. Hunter.
Other detectives were also employed by.
Mi. Hunter. one of them signing himself,
Memo" making frequent reports from
various points OF lie country. Predic-
tions Of the great civil strife which broke.
out in all its fury in 1851 were made
freely. one man from the West going
into details and explaining that an armed
body of &N,000 men, we'll trained and
drilled, was then in existence there Tor
tho crushing out of slavery. These
letters were all written in 1852. not one
OF them bearing date later than De:cm-
Der list, the day before the execution.
PRISONERS LETTERS.
Letters written by the prisoners all
state that up to the last John Brown
was cheerful and seemed content to Die
for what he had done. He was always
in good hJmor and had a cheerful word
for every one. This spirit Of cheerfulness
extended 10 ali the prisoners, ana, appar-
entity. judging from the letters, they went
to their death willingly Brown could
not have known of the many promises
OF succor which had been made. ard
Judging from the letters QUO would inlas-
i1e that he had no idea save that OF
death. He Was hanged on december =
1859. The other prisoners net death on
December 18th Of the SAM year.
There is, by The way, onIy one men
tion made OF the Underground railroad.
i'll al! cho letters. This is brief, however,
merely Il passing mention
SpirltualSsnl, since grown so popular.
held .. firm foundation at that time, at
least Two OF the letters 20 Brown. pur-
porting 10 give hun spirit MESA ges ana
prayers dictated by tho spirits to be
said on the gallows. Sevcra! newspaper
clippings touching on the case are en-
closed in the various letters, most ct
them condcmninS klc South and the
Southcrners for the punishment OF. John
Brown.
WELL PRESERVED.
Every letter is in remarkable shape.
Their preservation is striking. considof-
ing the fact that they have been hidden
for something like forty ycars--in tact.
must have been put away just before tie
oxecution. many of the written sheets
being perfectly white. with the ink well
preserved. Sonlo are, of course, Teilowed
with age and the ink has faded. but
otE1rS are in perfect condition 1he old
.tinlo yellow envelope With the .hree
cent stamp on it. was used mostly, but
in some cases tile letter itself han been
folded to envelope size and sealed with
wax. The name and address OF the per
son to whom it was sent being 4laced
on the letter sheet.
Those letters which are most import
ant are reproduced, wholly or in part.
below. Some .. these possess historical
interest: others are the freaks OF the
MANY brains which were at ono time
concentrated on this famous case.
OFFERED y BkIBE.
First is given the letter signed "F. ".
w Moundling. commanding, bearing
sa;o of November 18th, and coming from
Columbus, Ohio. j. is addressed to TIE
sheriff of Allentown. Va" and : Is as
follows:
"T should like TO know what bribe you
would take to release Brown. He must
lie released! 1t Will never do for your
authorities to harm one hair of his head.
The sooner YOU release him the better
it will be for yourself and a number OF
your citizens If you do not RELEASE
HIM You will be caught 90 And
by Cd we WILL have him at II, erisk
OF our lives I am speaking the 3sentl-
,,erts of the COMPANIES
(On the envelope is endorsed these
words. apparently in the hand Of the
o,,icer who received the letter: g. w
Moulding. contemnhls.
PLAN TO ESCAPE.
;rbjs letter as given below was written
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