The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-03-12

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. ... indeed. condition of disnuiet
&i'u apprehension prevailed 10 n great
y = ltfa extent In the border counties
UNIV Bfown left Kansas for good.
ils ach,eYemenis for the most payt
mcre o. inc order OF that noted by
capture Of Pate was not the on,y OK.
pioit OF Browns company in ths
vicinity of Black Jack At 81 ner-
hard. FIVE miles from camp. h sue
cessful pro slavery trader had miscl1.
n1.,. store hlied with dry goods
bs-i,,.u uruss' groceries, firearms.
naEu"are. boots and shoes 4 neces.
sltoWs company OF guerillay could
{! scarcely be expected to neglect 80 fay
| ofaDis an opportunity TO supply. thei,
"ahts at the expense OF Southern
-: certainly the company canped at
.i.euic Ireek aid nothing OF the kind
| [Hgout nightfall Juno 3--such is the
oIltt OF the testimony before the
| 1trlckier Commission--,part Of /. com
f! FahF commanded by one John Crown
, .nI.a WITH Sharp's rifles. pistols. bowie
! niii'ts ana other deadly Weapons.
s.e upon the premises and attacked
ana ruahed into the said store'-a sud
ueh condition OF affairs SO ,yarltlSe
mat Inc employees were deterrrdl
i .Hf eatened and overpowered hy the
/ aespeEadocs, who demanded {: surren
ueI OF the goods and Oiiatcls threat
Z " r.
/ ION should the slightest opposition bn
oaefed. Finding the prize richer than
'hey mao anticipated and their nppl;-
ances Tor transportation inedeot,ate.
me gang returned in the morning and
| resumed operations"
iuafath IN his Life Of John Brown.
saSs. $rown. then lay down by our
sioe and told us OF tho wars AMI
trials he passed through: that he Had
settled In Knnsas with q large fam
iiS. having Win him six fun grown
sons; mat he had taken claim in
~ heAs county. kansas. and was at
/ tending peacefully TO the duties NJ
husbandry when the hordes of Wild
men came over from Missouri ana
TOOK possession of all the ballot boxes
/ destroyed his corn. stole his horses
ahd shoi down his cattle sheep and
noss' and rcpea,edly threatened to
i shoot. hang or burn hi1.
Commenting upon this. Or. George
| " Brown. who has written some Of
me most truthful of Kansas history
ana VINO lived great part Of Il, saws.
| Nceo we write, even at this distance
K X .,H'e I from thoss occurrences in
| was not a word of truth in all tbat
( statement? -
Old John Brown had participated
| In no wars: he never settled in
Kansas With HIS family. hence did not
nave any six sons with him in that
iam.iy; ne never entered any claim
| IN Lykehs county. Kansas. nor any
where else: he did not attend TO tho
| antlcs OF husbandry he was NOT In
the Territory until six months after
me missouri usurpation OF the ballot
boxes Tho only horses he ever own
| ed, save the one he drove into 1he
territory. were stolen. and Tho SANE
Is true Of his blooded stock. his sheen
| ana his hogs, If he had any"
J The late General j. K. Hudson. for
j many years editor OF the Touek,
Capital. and one Of the foremost
writer's Of the West. said in the course
| OF an editorial III he Topeka Capital
! There is not written in the annals
I OF Kansas single incident that re-.
/ meets credit upon the intelligence Of
| Jphn Brown, his industry, his intee-
| rity,eFor reveals a single adnira BILE
quality OF heart or mind. Kansas has
| peen won't to veneer the character or
! John Brown with excessive praise r.
| has hahitualIy spread upon his man,o,.n
! Ihc Spite Of cnulgent adulation
| isn't ii abou. time to take the meas
/ IRE Of his true value as 81 citizen
| isn't II abou, time to admit the truth
/ winch is that he was ionfer. q brayyl-
| en- disturber, who did nothing to RIG
| own credit and who scattered m,serv
| with q hand Of a sower?n
! / refrain from n recita! of the do
! tuils OF the massacre on the Potawa-
tonne at Dutch Henry's Crossing,
! an ac: too shocking even al this latc
| DAY 20 dwell upon without feelings OF
lep p,ilsa on and horror. and such details
nale, one OF the blacke page or
! American history, conceived and en-
4 ecnted by this exponent Of the nov
! civilization according to his latest
! eulpgist
70 know lie character of the man,
! tWly. however. ills necessary To ra.
| call some incidents III his life previous
! to coming TO Kansas Prior to the
J time he had failed in every undart ak,
! inG Of his life, In every enterprise in
/ which he lad been engaged lie was
g disappointed. disgiunsied, distemp.
cred and Thoroughly discredited. mig
anthroPio bankrupt In business and
IN reputation. Ills business operations
! largely in Ohio. but extending into
several other States, so involved both
i his financial and business STANDING
| that hc enjoyed Inc distinction Of he.
/ ins defendant in suits growing out OF
MS peculiar methods IN SIX States al
! The same time for delinouenctee In
business transactions
| In tho North American Review NJ
| Esgleston writes under date Of octo-
ber 1883, concerning Brown: "I knew
| the old scoundrel long before the war,
long before Kansas was known, long
/ oeioIe dpol'tlon mad many advocates
lie tried 70 blow UP his mother-in-
| law With powder; he was guilty OF
/ every meanncss lie involved his
i father I ono time iii ruin, and every
I body else lie had anything to do with.
/ When his farm was sold at sheriff's
| sale in Hundson. he took two or three
Of his lnrgest boys into the house and
barricaded it, laid in a stock OF guns
| and ammunition, and when the day OF
the sale came defined the sheriff and
/ his posse: tho guns pointed out of
!, every window and the sheriff return
) ed, but sold the place ana gave pos-