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ble men, said, “ K you wish it I will send a posse immediately 
for him.” It is such men as these who receive from the gov¬ 
ernment daily wages in the glorious employment of hunting, rob¬ 
bing and killing innocent men, on this western soil. 
The principal officers in the camp were D. R. Atchison, Col. 
Buford, Col. Abel (law partner of Gen. Stringfellow), Dr. String- 
fellow, Col. Titus, and other men of similar stamp. Such are the 
men, residents of Missouri, and Georgians, and Floridians, just 
arrived in the territory, upon whom Marshal Donaldson called to 
assist him in “ enforcing the laws.” 
Information being reliably received by Capt. Walker that his 
house was to be burned by the “ law-and-order ” party, a few 
neighbors gathered to protect it. About midnight a party of 
twelve men came down the Lecompton road, and halted in front of 
the house. As they were fastening their horses to the paling, the 
party in the house fired upon them, killing a horse in the gateway, 
and severely wounding one man. In the scattering of the “law- 
and-order ” party which followed, two or three hats, several bowie- 
knives, and two Sharpe’s rifles, taken at the sack of Lawrence, 
were left as .relics. Also a part of a coat-skirt, with a bottle of 
whiskey in the pocket, was left hanging to the paling, which gave 
the impression of the owner’s having made a desperate leap for 
life. Gov. Shannon’s son was of the party. 
The next day, Gov. Shannon made himself busy drinking whis¬ 
key, and outraging peaceable citizens in their own houses. Fie 
and his party, Col. Titus and confreres, were met upon the Califor¬ 
nia road by several ladies, and Gov. Shannon w r as so drunk he 
reeled backward and forward on his horse, scarcely keeping his 
seat. Upon reaching home, he staggered around, holding upon the 
furniture to keep himself from falling. He was busy feeling mat¬ 
tresses, peeping into closets, emptying trunks, looking under beds, 
and used language which shocked those obliged to listen. 
At the house of a Mr. Hazeltyne, which he visited in this drunken 
condition, he inquired of Mrs. Hazeltyne for her husband; upon 
her replying that she did not know where he was, the Governor 
of Kansas Territory replied, “ I ’ll cut his d—d black heart out 
of him, and yours too, madam, if you don’t take care.” Gov. Shan- 
