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"From the Platte County Atlas. The following letter, which is a sample of thousand which have been sent to this county, is worthy of universal contempt. Further comment is unnecessary. Read it:
Leavenworth City, Oct. 27,1863. Mr. Stump Cockrill: I learn that you have come home, and as I am determined to have Tissie’s children, you will please send them over to Leavenworth, without the trouble of my coming over for them.
If they are not sent over soon, I shall visit you with the purpose of murdering you and destroying everything you have. And I shall also visit your uncle, and destroy him and his property. If those children are not sent over soon, Isaac and Charles are here, and they are coming over with me to show me around, so that I can clean out that neighborhood.
You will send Tissie the money her things brought, or the worth of them. If you cannot do this, I shall be over for them soon, as I have many other places to visit; if you comply with what I have asked, you will come off without any trouble, and if you do not, you will run the risk of losing your life and property. Capt. Prince, Colored Regiment."Date(s) of Creation
11/12/1863
