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"More Trouble at Leavenworth" - - A large number of the citizens of Leavenworth met together on the 29th ult. (January 29), and appointed a committee of two to wait upon the citizens of Platte City, Missouri, and urge them to deliver up to the Kansas authorities Dr. Doy and his son, who were arrested with the 13 runaway negroes recently captured near Lawrence, by a company of Missourians.
The committee consisted of Dr. Johnson and Mr. E. Hughes, who proceeded to Platte City and made application to the Circuit Judge of Platte City.
The Judge, in reply, acknowledged that Dr Doy and son had been illegally arrested, but further stated that they were now in the hands of pro-slavery men by whom they should be tried, adding that “All the powers of Heaven and Hell cannot save them.” He also defied the power of Leavenworth and Kansas.
The Leavenworth Times anticipates trouble over this matter. It gives the following piece of information in reference to the disposal of the negroes after their reception:
“The Sioux City left for the South last evening, having on board the 13 negroes recently captured by the Mayor of Weston (Benjamin Wood). They are bound for the New Orleans market, a point that has no connection with the Underground Railroad – as yet.”Date(s) of Creation
2/4/1859
