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THE FREE STATE HOTEL gg}.from La‘rence'to Blanton s bridge.could not be quenched. Tr is hotellt;C nt!nelt;1 from pareeven one hundred determined men I. S. Kalloch, who remained its —years, and was j is .•typical of the conflict for hum* S. B- nch. H. H.'l ond ]:b*rty. WHit o f-nu d its erre.itcould have held Jones at bay even j manager During the* night of the 20th of after the speech of Atchison anu succeeded b\M.. A- .1' . i r'V t . *! - .v'. ' ^ y, ..... - Jre.* ‘ . r i. *May, the Pro-slavery forces as- I could have saved the town,ests of the people of Lawrence. On j sembled on Mount Oread.AmongAfter Atchison had madethe 13th, the citizens of Lawrence the commanders were General At-h l.-j a meeting and adopted a pro- enison with his Plhtte County Rifles and two piecesof artillery;his j several years, when J. R. Pearshall,speech the Pro-slavery forces mov-; theLudington then resumed charge for est defeats were, in fact its supremo« ^ . V £ J Jim. A. M « % Hk+k J ^ * *amble and resolutions m which u ,A . . . . .. captain Dunn with tnc kwkapoo •was stated that the charges m the j ]arrorsed north on Massachusetts street, oJnes exhibited his warrantspresent managercame its lery Colon* 1 Eld ridge said inof i cations v*£ the Historical(1SS3) be-victories. Its very determinationfor... General Stringfellow, :• rmat: r. of Marshal D; r.als n rm-n,i Abel, Pr. John H. String-were false. No resistance bad been j fellow and Robert S. Kelly weremade by the people of. Lawrence to; thrre in command of the forces 1Pubii-• . 13 .'Sk5' O'-'*!-'- .■• * »*?Sr*:i S: .'v-.—P'ti V ■ W:?**i*■”*\\ ~-r'.--Yr ;/the destruction of the Herald of cations v-f the Historical Society, Freedom and Kansas Free State, volume 2, pages 205, 20(5. that “thetogether with their printing press- j reouilding of the second Eldridges and all property connected. House afte . therewith. He also exhibited his j Quanriil. thoughto live andtherepresentsKansas spirit in the beginningwhich followed, andthe conflicts%which moves the Kansasof today.This is the greatest hole’ in America, and will before'-* the mosty*...... - ' - - - - — - - * - r-* v. * * v f .. - _ _ ^ ^the destruction by I famous, but it takes tome f or tno• % ■ • WM' r I \ dl % * 1 lie. j i .U a-'M jjilL. T A- vs -ir\M'Afso’ the serving of these writs, and1 it' fronti f I o' vonworfli■ , lt;pre-ly stated that the pe- { * ’ *’ ' ‘ian,counties.] people to realize the truth. It rep-Atchison and (writ for the destruction of the* was accomplished with greater dif- I resentsmore—-stanusthan any or all of them, be held as a shrine, a 1 to be shel-ho.»ti table walls shouldfcjjftr ■ • V *be take:- as t'r- greatest of ’nondrs*C•'barel -pieof Lawrence would furnishno was at the^iead of the Mis-a souri forces not commanded bvFree-State Hotel. Short work was! ficulty from the loss entailed and made of the printing presses. They thefor more It shouldlack of re. ourcesposse for the purpose of arresting Gem Atchison. He ha 1 companies i persons w an ted bv the U. S. government. On the 14 th* •anotherZ4*♦rom Westport, Liberty,Independence, Lexiniri ni a'nd points a1- farwere broken up and the type car- j with ried to the river and thrown in.; to When the newspaper offices had been destroyed the hordes assemb-IVhebut abe a nfirst, I felt its rebuilding | tered by itV. don.managemim* ting was held in which the poo- east im Arrow Rock. The BufordIves to assist i contingent was commanded bv Col-■sm3Wilkes and Buford. TheirI pie pledged theni the Governor, if called upon, in the ^ oneL . (I execution of any legal process. In command was from South Carolin reply t * this statement, Marshal Georgia and Mississippi.Donflson issued a pitterly sarcas-J H. T, Titus was in command of theled on Massachusetts street ^ mfront of the Free State Hotel. Col*: . d - t • f r'- -i-.t i u t » accomplishi cannot eb.---e ;rsi. ’-.o-c-r withov *sold it to G'n to* **AaifJLronel EldrUge was given a shortS *0,000.From the Lawrence directoriesa tribute to Colonel S: aler Wt Eld-He and men of his stamp: ,i rimracn r n::ib K ea a p freuColon citime in which to remove his furni-! an(j Kansas gzateers, the list ofture but it was impossible for him; -—. b * % «» »large body of; Border-rutfians resic statement tnatir.en f Lav.-rcmfe w--re arming ;as c-mntv.of!in Doug- ito take it out of the building m the space permitted for that pur-A Ruffian cairn 1 tr..* o it:thefellowsi. D .t lit* m - n w *'warfare, and vvere pound togetheroath^ and [bjdges t. resistThere was sometwitht h oi in.iaws ■ f Cm g-b‘*rnna r*t 'is *. • t: 'aheroic inhe temper and conduct of the people of Lawrence. On the night ofthe 20th of Mav theypose.Carolina flag to the top of hotel and fastened it in a chimney.t h eproprietors is as date being the year of publication.1865, 1870—K. A. Smith.1^76, 1880-r-Henrv Hutchins Lud-istate.ofThey st, al in 1Eld ridgethe battle. ColoneloutragestheDuringwere being commitited upon people of Kansas by the assemb-1 ling hordes. Capt. Samuelwere cons-cious that they were in the powerof this Border-ruftian mob.The\were not frightened. They refused Tij this he reihoved a brick tomake a notth to hold the flag staff.in dotnfTKThis brick he dropped; or perhapaccidentally brushed off of' . ’ ' It o n 11 o u s e. t1SS1,- 1884—Jameswas a man of Courage.S oureefu 1, onterprising.He was rt-Sited and honestipir*nd honorable inniblicall*life.i haveRPearshall,re-to. re d naim toHouse.Leased itmprivatef- •** ' --'***■ ~—r~ J' ’ r Asearched through all the annals of Kansas er, 1 have not found tliSt ho^ !mtever complained *T the haat the hand4 ofr* fwhe recelvTherere-t k i| to become panic stricken or in anyfired • n he was return:: g ..ay dvm* ra! :a d. Tf - knew the:-' to Lawrence from Lecompton. Jos- had done nothing wrong-iah Miller, one of the editors of alized that the had dit was .the chimney, when it fell strikinga ruffian on the head, killing him^ f r*I1iinstantly, as some accounts say. Ir189°Bernardray.Malcolm Conn.E. D. Meloy.Thcv re-thc Kansas Free State, was from South Carolina. No more patriotic man lived in Kansas. He was lab-ring with all his might to make. . a - ^ vdoneevervhonor*thinethis disaster.possibleThevtoa venthaveother accounts he in the camp of the Westport company on the VTakarusa. He ; * • ms t have ■: • ■■ n 4 r •. : ! t ■ .:: i.amenthe Missouri bn s.no bitterness in his heart- Hedoubt carried with him tunoc o n -ciousnesshe had been out -98, 1908—Malcolm Conn.1905—Mrs. Edna H. Conn, “The | the Border.New Eld ridge.’’rageously treated by the ruffians ofhe also realizedbutie was in the nr. -.A (i a tre-c-mie to know that the destructionfrom Hick‘r\ Point.! O.iM A. I lit -1911■ . gtrp . for I iman rightof their t vn was ineviao’e. Still.of the South1913sonWillir ^'A4 4h«(1.rson.Ia committee of three who c:ne re is r.o a count anvwof oneheGovernor at Lecompton'G'rwle p« r-*-n ran :og an «.*uterv orand m » » *1 protesting against tha* which was-iThe appearance Carolina flag on th* battlementsof the Free State Hotel, createdenthusiasm in theranKs o.to be.Themasked protection for the people of lt;OOT1Kansas. He was recognized by I * n„_j ,- t, l • y c, j ground v un a courage whichsome t Bufords men from South • nA. , . . ., • t i - r I no admired and which is tolt; arolma, who tried him for treas- * ■ i . , •1! ; war . * f - ■ .. • .stood t heirI *IS Tlt;1/ Iangreattha Border-later t * meet and surrender t » JonnBrown, was riding a 1It is i • o' n that a ildit e-a strug-nd mus ' ,r*o* :; e t * : e• • m m ■ ’of hi.- -tand in that s.ruggh*. He' ‘ , ■ ■ ; • • ' ‘ icomes a famous factoiW tween onposing, principles. In Amerii a, 1'aneuil Hall, Bostind Independenceset to t h e m.work, resolute!,f toa man of drttciPhiladel-wasation ai d his c v. ra e1 * adversifv of tinnet c rmi n-arol calmnessgailyphfa, are so clearly associated withmI • Vm against South Carolina.con-sas for all time.dc corated and bearingribbons. In the laststreamingthevicted him of this offense, and sen-, . a.i tenced him to be immediately hang-j , sL Yd, ‘aL. ' er“ a r rariy 011 ed This sentence would have been t.he morg‘f the J21st. The he.l-executed had he not fortunately es- 0 ’ 00 r- 'i! ‘e'.owmoney! ow ° Mount Oread, was forcibly' made the pr -ia * ry h adlt;.yarters.Colonelhadarrangement -beeni iTituscnarge of the cavalry, about 20*'men. These he parade*i in t le s*T etnorth of the hotel. At themovement for independencethat they are regarded as cradles, of American liberty* TheRtatP Hotel -I.awrcpce tukdsrec-i-hrines of the ( o»-i caned. His horse and his1 were taken. The Sergeant-at-arms T? . tf the Congressional committee! !■' ri“ht oclocg the main body *ttime the DoniphansameTigers aniomesKickapoo Rang* rsbeen placed.ate Motei irj rank with the:- The conflict in Kansasflt; r the pt rn*”d' v *!f what was wony-:'. ‘. ■: G: s' %:o4* • -in the Revolution. Thenfln ? a n f * m te f 13 r r. * ri r*11 4 n, f a: • :d v:; /' to : ■ ‘F r 0 e-Hatecause. He w as a p*1 • r of whomKansas is proud a:1 v. hu* virtuesw il1tomean exampledig genorait uv-. Saetiindeed die, but. they liv ■deeds and in their .......for com-mop maytheir (dil-e inSouthwaswork, aimonel Eglridge will be in re widely ..nd g'e’herallv knowna century-
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Lawrence Daily Journal World
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Sat, Aug 22, 1925
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