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Fugitive Slaves - A Man Killed. - - On Saturday last, ½ mile below Brownsville, Nebraska Territory, three fugitive slaves were seen. Four gentlemen went to capture them, viz: Mr. J. R. Davis, a merchant of Brownsville, Mr. Clark, and Mr. Hanly, of the same place, and Mr. Myers, of Atchison County, Missouri.
The negroes commenced firing upon the whites, and killed Mr. Myers on the spot. Mr. Davis drew his revolver and shot one of the negroes through the arm, breaking it just below the elbow. That negro ran to the river and leaped in, with Mr. Davis pursuing. After struggling in the water for a while, he came out and surrendered.
Mr. Hanly shot at the others, who then ran and jumped upon two horses of the gentleman and dashed off through the thicket of the river bottom.
Forty persons started in pursuit in a short time, and it is presumed they have been slain or taken ere this time. St. Joseph Journal, 11th
(Researcher's note: See also 09/18/1857 "Bloody Shootout" and 12/05/1857 "Capture of Runaway Negroes." The Negro who was captured belongs to Dr. Todd of Platte County, Missouri. One of those who escaped belongs to Mrs. Bloomfield near Atchison, Kansas Territory, and the other to a gentleman in Jackson County, Missouri.)Date(s) of Creation
9/18/1857
