. Story of Lee County, Iowa. ,unsheathed a sword from the cane he carried and stabbed Knappnear the heart. The wounded man exclaimed, Doyle, Fm a deadman, and sank to the floor, still holding the candle in his hand. Helived but a few minutes and in the excitement which followed Hen-dershott made his escape. The following spring a steamboat stoppedat Fort Madison and some one recognized Hendershott as one ofthe passengers. The news spread rapidly and in a short time aninfuriated crowd headed by Thomas Fulton, a relative of Knapp,boarded the boat and gave the assassin a terrible beating. At the
. Story of Lee County, Iowa. ,unsheathed a sword from the cane he carried and stabbed Knappnear the heart. The wounded man exclaimed, Doyle, Fm a deadman, and sank to the floor, still holding the candle in his hand. Helived but a few minutes and in the excitement which followed Hen-dershott made his escape. The following spring a steamboat stoppedat Fort Madison and some one recognized Hendershott as one ofthe passengers. The news spread rapidly and in a short time aninfuriated crowd headed by Thomas Fulton, a relative of Knapp,boarded the boat and gave the assassin a terrible beating. At the nextterm of the District Court in Van Buren County, Hendershott ap-peared at Farmington, relying upon his theory of self defense tosecure an acquittal, but upon learning that an indictment for murderhad been returned by the grand jury, he hastily decamped and wasnever seen in Iowa afterward. With the death of John and Nathaniel Knapp, Fort Madison losttwo of its most enterprising citizens, but tne constant influx of settlers. MADISON HOUSE IN 1878, FOKT MADISON HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 125 kept the growth of the town up to the expectations of its earlyinhabitants and in time the two founders were almost forgotten. Some questions arose as to the validity of the title to lots acquiredunder the Horton and Williams claims and on July 2, 1836, Congresspassed an act providing for the platting of certain tracts of land inthe Black Hawk Purchase into town sites. One of these tracts wasthe site of Fort Madison. A supplementary act, approved by Presi-dent Jackson on March 3, 1837, named William W. Coriell, GeorgeCubbage and M. M. McCarver as commissioners to resurvey thetown. The original plat was accepted by the commissioners, withthe exception of the fractional lots between Front Street and the river,w^hich were made public property. The first sale of lots in theGovernment survey was made at the land office in Burlington, in thefall of 1838, but those who had purchased lots from the origi
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