Report of the special committee appointed to investigate the troubles in Kansas,: with the views of the minority of said committee.

KANSAS AFFAIRS.
the east. Mr. Bainter said that there were several thousand Sharpe's
rifles at Lawrence. I made no inquiry who were to furnish these
Sharpe's rifles in the east. Nothing was said about the Emigrant Aid
Society, or of Henry Ward Beecher, in connexion with these Sharpe's
rifles. I did not notice any black ribbon about the person of Mr.
Bainter at the time he had this paper.
Before I was initiated Gov. Reeder said there were two organizations
in Lawrence, and he belonged to one of them. Further than that I do
not'know as he said anything. One organization that Gov. Reeder
spoke of was the Kansas Regulators, and the other the Kansas Legion,
which Pat. Laughlin exposed. I did not learn from Mr. Reeder
which organization he belonged to, but I learned from him that he
belonged to one of them, and I saw a black ribbon in his shirt bosom,
and could very readily judge which he belonged to. I understood the
arms were to be given gratis to those who became members of this
military organization.
To Mr. Oliver:
I cannot tell the date of the origin of this military association, but
it was some time before I had anything to do with it.
To Mr. Scott:
The signal of distress or danger: if a person was coming to a collection of people, or if he met another person, hlie would inquire, "Is
Doctor Star present? If so he is wanted at," naming some
place. It was the duty of the members of the order to repair to that
place. Politics I never heard discussed in a Masonic lodge.
To Mr. Oliver:
My commission as captain was signed by "Geo. S. Hillyer, by
order of the committee of safety."
To Mr. Sherman:
I came from Belmont county, Ohio. I have lived in Pease township, Smith township, and Richland township, in that county. I was
born in Belmont county, and practised medicine there a part of the
time, and part of the time worked at the printing business in the
"Gazette" office. When I was about fifteen years of age, I received
a license in the Methodist church, and after I became old enough to
reflect and judge for myself, I left that church and joined the Christian
church, and received a license to preach in that church. I have not
been engaged in the business of preaching for some months. I have
practised medicine now for about five years. I practised medicine in
Scotland county, Missouri. I never made law a regular study. When
I was a boy I was going to school in St. Clairsville; I was constantly
using Governor Shannon's books, and in that way got a preliminary
knowledge of law. I have known Governor Shannon ever since I can
recollect; was born in the same town where he lived, and lived close
by him. I have not seen him since I have been in the Territory.
I was admitted to the practice of law in our county by Judge Lecompte, in April last. I had been admitted to the court of common
pleas in our county before this time, but not to the circuit court.
I was admitted to the court of common pleas a very short time pre
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