CHAPTER XXIII. 
NEW INVASION — RELEASE OF STATE PRISONERS. 
On the 19th of August another most brutal murder was com¬ 
mitted near Leavenworth. A gentleman named Hops, from Griggs- 
ville, Ill., only six days in the territory, was shot and scalped by 
a man named Fugert, who belonged to Atchison’s ruffian band 
encamped near Leavenworth. He had made a bet of six dollars 
against a pair of boots, that in less than two hours he would have 
an abolitionist’s scalp. He returned to Lawrence, received the 
boots, and exhibited the scalp as a token of his prowess. 
Mr. Hops had hired a house in Leavenworth, intending to locate 
there. He then brought his wife to Lawrence, to remain a few 
days with her sister, Mrs. Nute, wife of the Unitarian clergyman. 
Upon his return, within two miles of Leavenworth, the horrid 
deed was committed. It will be remembered that Fort Leav¬ 
enworth, where United States troops are stationed, is only three 
miles distant. A German, who spoke freely of the atrocity of the 
deed, was shot upon the spot. 
A day or two after, a young free-state lady, of Bloomington, 
was carried from her home a mile and a half, by four ruffians, her 
tongue drawn out of her mouth as far as possible, and cords tied 
tightly around it. Her arms were pinioned, and she was otherwise 
so wantonly abused, that for days her life was despaired of. 
On the twenty-first, Woodson, declaring the territory in a state 
of insurrection, called out the militia. For several days Woodson, 
Jones, and others, at Lecompton, had been trying to induce Gov. 
Shannon to resign his office, as he would not call out the militia, 
that Woodson might do it. The ruffians w T ere very loud in their 
praises of him, saying, “ he was just the governor they wanted.” 
