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James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Book 1: he keepeth the sheep. (search)
n a single sentence from one of his family: On leaving us the first time that he went to Kansas, he said, If it is so painful for us to part, with the hope of meeting again, how dreadful must be the separation for life of hundreds of poor slaves! He inspired every one of his family with this heroic Christianity. His sons were all .young fathers; John Browns, junior, every one. His son-in-law, also, was touched with the holy fire from the altar of the old man's soul. When William Thompson, He whom the party of Virginia gentlemen murdered in cold blood. writes a sister-in-law, talked of going to Harper's Ferry, his wife begged of him not to go, telling him that she was afraid he would be murdered: he said, O Mary, you do not think of any thing but self! What is my life in comparison to thousands of poor slaves in bondage? For John Brown's habits a few words will suffice. He was a very early riser, and a very hard worker. His dress was extremely plain ; never i
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 3: the man. (search)
n a single sentence from one of his family: On leaving us the first time that he went to Kansas, he said, If it is so painful for us to part, with the hope of meeting again, how dreadful must be the separation for life of hundreds of poor slaves! He inspired every one of his family with this heroic Christianity. His sons were all .young fathers; John Browns, junior, every one. His son-in-law, also, was touched with the holy fire from the altar of the old man's soul. When William Thompson, He whom the party of Virginia gentlemen murdered in cold blood. writes a sister-in-law, talked of going to Harper's Ferry, his wife begged of him not to go, telling him that she was afraid he would be murdered: he said, O Mary, you do not think of any thing but self! What is my life in comparison to thousands of poor slaves in bondage? For John Brown's habits a few words will suffice. He was a very early riser, and a very hard worker. His dress was extremely plain ; never i
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 9: battle of Ossawatomie. (search)
a place four miles from the northern boundary line, which the emigrants had named Plymouth, in honor of the Puritans,--who had crossed the sea for the same purpose that they were now crossing the prairie: To make the West as they the East, The Homestead of the Free. A brother of John Brown's wounded son-in-law, on learning of the casualties of Black Jack, at once left North Elba, and joined the second Massachusetts Company at Buffalo. The old man rode into camp, and inquired if Wm. Thompson He fell at Harper's Ferry. was there. He found him, and they left the camp together. The Captain was riding a splendid horse, and was dressed in plain white summer clothing. He wore a large straw hat, and was closely shaven; every thing about him was scrupulously clean. He made a great impression, by his appearance, on several of the company; who, without knowing him, at once declared that he must be a remarkable man in disguise. The old hero and his party then proceeded to Nebras
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 8: sword in hand. (search)
by the Charlestown Guards at the Shenandoah Bridge. William Thompson was taken prisoner, unwounded, having just previouslyhe was shot down, and seized by the ruffianly militia. Thompson was then ordered to prepare for death, by a number of youhe Virginia of 1859. These Virginians tried to murder Mr. Thompson in the parlor where he was detained a prisoner of war; ke, the modern Pochahontas, when asked why she shielded Mr. Thompson, replied, not that she loathed a murder, but that she d to attack the engine house, and fresh from the murder of Thompson, were exhibiting the nature of their valor by yelling forted the corpses of Kagi, Leeman, Stewart Taylor, and Win. Thompson. Imprisoned, and near to death, lay Lewis Leary and Stevaptain Brown at the Armory. It was at this time that William Thompson came up from the Ferry and reported that every thing ff, and he floated down the stream. His body and that of Thompson, which was also in the water, were subsequently brought t
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 4: State evidence closed. (search)
onducts the prosecution, was examined as to the murder of Thompson. Although, technically, the record of the evidence forntrast to the conduct of the Liberators. The murder of Thompson. Mr. Green stated to the Court that he desired to bring out testimony relative to the shooting of Thompson, one of the insurgents, on the bridge; but the State objected to it, unod the offer, it was to show that one of those men, named Thompson, a prisoner, was despatched after Beckham's death. The n him and the citizens several times after the killing of Thompson. Judge Parker decided that the whole transaction of thel for defence. Q. Did you witness the death of this man Thompson? A. I witnessed the death of one whose name I have been informed was Thompson. Q. The one who was a prisoner? A. Yes, sir. Q. Well, sir, what were the circumstances attendingith me, and they took him prisoner and tied him; this was Thompson, who was afterwards taken out and shot; Brown's treatment
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 8: the conquering pen. (search)
I there gave. Please make such use of this as you think calculated to correct any wrong impression I may have given. John Brown. The three following letters have never hitherto been published: Charlestown, Jefferson Co., Va., Oct. 31, 1859. My dear Wife and Children, Every One: I suppose you have learned before this by the newspapers that two weeks ago to-day we were fighting for our lives at Harper's Ferry; that during the fight Watson was mortally wounded, Oliver killed, Wm. Thompson killed, and Dauphin slightly wounded; that on the following day I was taken prisoner, immediately after which I received several sabre cuts in my head, and bayonet stabs in my body. As nearly as I can learn, Watson died of his wound on Wednesday the second, or on Thursday the third day after I was taken. Dauphin was killed when I was taken, and Anderson, I suppose, also. I have since been tried, and found guilty of treason, &c., and of murder in the first degree. I have not yet recei
James Redpath, The Public Life of Captain John Brown, Chapter 9: forty days in chains. (search)
lished is subjoined: On our way we spent a night at Harper's Ferry. In the parlor we heard a young lady describing to a gentleman the horrors of the night of terror. I wished, she said, I could shoot them all. She told the story of poor Thompson, brought wounded into the hotel, followed by the infuriated people, protected for a time by Mr. Foulke's sister, at last dragged out and killed on the bridge. She said, It was dreadful to drag him out so; but they did right to kill him. I wouldne of his sons was taken to the Winchester Medical College for dissection, and in using the words getting them together he meant to have their bones collected and given to his wife. He also expressed a desire to have the bones of two men, named Thompson, from his neighborhood, who were shot at Harper's Ferry, given to his wife. He expressed an idea that it would be well to have the flesh burned off the bodies of all, and their bones boxed up, so that they might be carried home with more conven