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Last Thursday one of our neighbors,--one of the most peaceable and excellent of men, from Ohio,--on his way home, was set upon by a gang of twelve men on horseback, and shot down.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “Last Thursday one of our neighbors,--one of the most peaceable and excellent of men, from Ohio,--on his way home, was…”
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Sumner describes a violent attack on a peaceful neighbor, illustrating the chaos and danger in Kansas.
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