It was decided, however, that on account of the Forbes revelations the attack upon Harper's Ferry must be delayed for one year and that Brown must go to Kansas to take part in the pending elections.
* "When the denouement finally came, however, the public and press did not take a very favorable view of the transaction; it was too difficult to distinguish between George L.
Stearns, the benefactor of the Kansas Committee, and George L.Stearns, the Chairman of that Committee." Villard, "John Brown," p.

341.
Though Brown arrived in Kansas late in June, he took no active part in the pending measures for the final triumph of the free-state cause.

It is something of a mystery how he was occupied between the 1st of July and the middle of December.

Under the pseudonym of "Shubal Morgan" he was commander of a small band in which were a number of his followers in training for the Eastern mission.

The occupation of this band is not matter of history until December 20, 1858, when they made a raid into the State of Missouri, slew one white man, took eleven slaves, a large number of horses, some oxen, wagons, much food, arms, and various other supplies.