. John Brown and his men; with some account of the roads they traveled to reach Harper's Ferry. circumstance, saysthe gloating annalist, could not fail to improve theflavor, . . and value of pork at Harpers Ferrynext winter. Of the fate of others the annalist, already quoted, JOHN BROWN. says, that Lewis S. Leary was mortally wounded *early on the 17th, at the rifle factory, and died in gcoopers shop on the Island. He suffered greatagony, but was left alone by the infuriated the circumstances attending the death of DauphinThompson, little is known, except that he was shotoutside a
. John Brown and his men; with some account of the roads they traveled to reach Harper's Ferry. circumstance, saysthe gloating annalist, could not fail to improve theflavor, . . and value of pork at Harpers Ferrynext winter. Of the fate of others the annalist, already quoted, JOHN BROWN. says, that Lewis S. Leary was mortally wounded *early on the 17th, at the rifle factory, and died in gcoopers shop on the Island. He suffered greatagony, but was left alone by the infuriated the circumstances attending the death of DauphinThompson, little is known, except that he was shotoutside and died in the engine-house. Steward Taylor had cut off his accoutrements and wounded as he wasplunged into the river at the rifle works, a Virginiamilitiaman waded after him. Leeman threw uphis hands and said appealingly, Dont maddened pursuer thrust his pistol in the boysface, fired, and blew it into an undistinguishable andbloody mass. He then cut off the skirts of his coat,gathered the weapons of his victim, and returned t*>the bank> where he was loudly applauded by ms. LEWIS SHERRARD LEARY. was killed near the rifle bodies of Kagi, Leary, andWm. Thompson were taken out ofthe river on the 18th, and buriedin shallow holes upon the riverbank, where the dogs soon rootecZthem out. They were partly de-stroyed before the Winchesterdoctors took the remains awayfor dissection. Hazlett and Anderson, who served withKagi, managed to cross the bor-der in safety and get away fromMaryland into Pennsylvania,where Hazlett was arrested andextradited at the demand ofVirginia. After W. H. Leeman RENDING THE FORTRESS WALL. 3*3 fellows. With him in the river or lying on the rockswere the riddled bodies of Kagi, Steward Taylor,William Thompson, and Lewis S. Leary. It is related by a Maryland newspaper man thatsome time after Leeman had been killed as described,another militiaman waded out to where it lay and setit up in a grotesque attitude as a target. Finally hew
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