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the mob became less loud. But the most bitter feeling was prev¬ 
alent among the pro-slavery men. 
Mr. S., of the investigating committee, called upon Gov. It. 
soon after his arrival in Lawrence, and, while talking with him, a 
pro-slavery man present interrupted him with, “You had better 
not talk so much.” 
Mr. S. looked at him in astonishment, and the man continued. 
“ G—d d—n you, I’d as soon put a bullet through your abolition 
head as not! ” The fierceness of the man’s character was prevented 
from further development by the interposition of the marshal. 
Judge Lecompte also made a formal call upon the prisoner, when 
he took the opportunity to ask of him the nature of his indict¬ 
ment, and if there was more than one against him. 
The “ Little Territorial Court,” the red-faced, chubby man, 
making an effort towards dignity, replied, “ There are two ; one 
for usurping office, and one for high treason.” 
“ Does the bill for usurping office include all my connection with 
the free-state movement, or is the indictment for treason founded 
upon this also ? ” 
Judge Lecompte replied, substantially, “The indictment for 
usurping office relates to the state movement, and the office you 
have assumed under it. You are indicted for treason because you 
have organized and counselled forces to act against authorities 
recognized and appointed under the Kansas-Nebraska bill. You 
have assisted in arming men, thus resisting the movements of a 
legal body, and thus waging war against the United States.” 
“ Does that relate to the occurrences in Lawrence in last No¬ 
vember and December ? ” 
“Well, such things, of course, cannot be plainly stated; but 
that is its chief basis, I suppose.” 
Let it be sounded in the ears of the American people, that high 
treason against the United States consists in arming one’s self and 
friends, in defence of homes and property, in face of a mob, who 
threaten innocent men with death, and timid women with a fate 
in comparison with which death were infinitely preferable. 
On the first of June, my husband, under the charge of his guard, 
arrived at Lecompton, and was placed in a tent with the other 
prisoners ; thus making seven persons crowded into one tent. 
