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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 2: Judicial alacrity. (search)
odies of Thomas Boerly, George W. Turner, Fontaine Beckham, Luke Quinn, white persons, and Hayward Sthe said Thomas Boerly, George W. Turner, Fontaine Beckham, Luke Quinn, and Hayward Sheppard; and ththe said Thomas Boerly, George W. Turner, Fontaine Beckham, Lake Quinn, Hayward Sheppard, each severthe said Thomas Boerly, George W. Turner, Fontaine Beckham, Luke Quinn, Hayward Sheppard, then and tthe said Thomas Boerly, George W. Turner, Fontaine Beckham, Luke Quinn, and Hayward Sheppard, in thetain Thomas Boerly, George W. Turner, and Fontaine Beckham, in the peace of the Commonwealth, then asaid Thomas Boerly, George W. Turner, and Fontaine Beckham, and that the said John Brown, Aaron C. Ssaid Thomas Boerly, George W. Turner, and Fontaine Beckham, each severally, viz.: The said Thomas Bosaid Thomas Boerly, George W. Turner, and Fontaine Beckham then and there died: and that the said Josaid Thomas Boerly, George W. Turner, and Fontaine Beckham, in the manner aforesaid, and by the mean[3 more...]
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 3: State evidence. (search)
clusive jurisdiction within the said grounds. Attorney General Cushing had. decided this point with regard to the Armory grounds at Harper's Furry, which opinion was read to the jury, showing that persons residing within the limits of the Armory cannot even be taxed by Virginia, and that crimes committed within the said limits are punishable by Federal Courts. 3. Over murder, (he argued,) if committed within the limits of the Armory, the Court had no jurisdiction ; and, in the case of Mr. Beckham, if he was killed on the railroad bridge, it was committed within the State of Maryland, which claims jurisdiction up to the Armory grounds. Mr. Botts followed him, and supported these views. The only noteworthy thing he said was, that-- It is due to the prisoner to state that he believed himself to be actuated by the highest and noblest feelings that ever coursed through a human breast. They could prove by those gentlemen who were prisoners that they were treated with respect,
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 4: State evidence closed. (search)
offer, it was to show that one of those men, named Thompson, a prisoner, was despatched after Beckham's death. The circumstances of the deed might be such as he himself might not at all approve. all you saw. Witness. There was a prisoner confined in the parlor of the hotel, and after Mr. Beckham's death he was shot down by a number of us there belonging to this sharp-shooting band. Mrrew Hunter. Will you allow him to state, before proceeding further, how he was connected with Mr. Beckham? Mr. Green. Certainly, sir. Witness. He was my grand-uncle and my special friend — a maociate shouted to kill him; , Let us shed his blood, were his words; all round were shouting, Mr. Beckham's life was worth ten thousand of these vile abolitionists; I was cool about it, and deliberatfiable under the circumstances, and fired and excited by the cowardly, savage manner in which Mr. Beckham's life had been taken. Mr. Andrew Hunter. Is that all, gentlemen? Mr. Botts. Yes, sir.
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 5: the defence. (search)
ts freedom and devotion to human rights--to be shot down like dogs ! How horrible, and how horribly true! Brown said he knew what he had to undergo when he came there. He had weighed the responsibility, and should not shrink from it; he said he had fall possession of the town, and could have massacred all the inhabitants, had he thought proper to do so; but, as he had not, he considered himself entitled to some terms. He said he shot no one who had not carried arms. I told him that Mayor Beckham had been killed, and that I knew he was altogether unarmed. He seemed sorry to hear of his death, and said, I fight only those who fight me. I saw Stevens at the hotel after he had been wounded [while carrying a flag of truce], and shamed some young men who were endeavoring to shoot him, as he lay in his bed, apparently dying. . . . He had no sympathy for the acts of the prisoner, but he regarded him as a brave man. Two other witnesses corroborated these evidences of the old hero's