The narrative of John Doy, of Lawrence, Kansas ...: Printed for the author.

THE KIDNAPPERS.
telling them to hold on till I ascertained who the men were
and what they wanted. As I advanced towards the latter,
demanding their business, some of them cried out, "Shoot
him! shoot him!" and aimed their guiis at me. I told
them to shoot me if they wanted to, but not to fire at the
wagons, as there were women and children in them.
I felt perfectly reckless, seeing that we were overpowered, and that, hampered as the party were in the wagons,
we could do nothing, while I anticipated the fate in store
for our poor passengers; for I recognized five of the assailants: two young men named M'Gee, living near Franklin;
a fellow named Whitley, living in Lawrence; Dr. Garvin,
the modern Democratic post-master of that city; and a
notorious ruffian and kidnapper, Jake Hiurd, who lived
about four miles from Lecompton. These were all Northern men by birth, the first two being from Illinois, Whitley
from Ohio, Hurd from Pennsylvania, and Garvin from Indiana or Illinois. (Appendix C.)
I spoke to these men separately, asking if they had any
process against us, that they stopped us thus on the highway. The only replies were oaths, threats, and revolvers
thrust in my face.
Turning to Whitley I said, "What? You here, Whitley?
a Free State man! Where's your process?"
;Here it is," the brute replied, putting the mutlzzle of his
revolver to my head.
"You will have to pay for this," was my answer.
I then asked the others if they had any papers to show
that any of the colored people were claimed as slaves, or
if their professed owners were present. The only replies
were bitter denunciations of "nigger thieves," and finally
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