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

PLATTE CITY MEETING.
He was released in the morning, but, as we were in formed, took his disgrace so hard that his father sent him
away out of the State.
Shortly after our imprisonment, a public meeting was
held in the town, at which highly inflammatory resolutions
respecting us were passed, and the people talked of hanging and burning the " d abolitionists then in prison
for stealing niggers." Late that evening, some one came
to the jail and shouted to the prisoner in the cell adjoining
ours, to "tell the old Doctor and his son to get ready and
say their prayers, for twenty-five men have voted in the
meeting to come down, take them out and hang them, and
they'll be here soon." Soon after another person came to
the jail, and in a loud voice called to me and communicated
the same information.
We resolved to be prepared to meet the ruffians, and to
sell our lives as dearly as possible. So we called to our
fellow-prisoners in the hall to pass us some sticks of firewood through the hole in our door, which they did, after
cutting them to the right length for clubs, and smoothing
one end for a handle. With means and light which they
also furnished, we wrote a note to the family informing
them of our situation and probable fate, and bidding them
farewell. This we sent to a prisoner in the other cell, who
expected to be out in a few days, and he promised to mail it
for Lawrence at the first opportunity. We then barricaded
our door with the iron bedstead., so that it could be only
partially opened, and stood till dawn in readiness to meet
the expected hangmen; but no one appeared to molest us.
When the jailer's son brought our breakfast, he said
that Judge Norton had prevented the crowd from coming
to hang us, by telling them that he had a gun at home with
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