They fled, and their dwellings were burned.

Coleman went to Westport and gave himself up to "Sheriff Jones." This introduces us to the man that was able to achieve an infamous pre-eminence among that band of conspirators that put in motion a train of causes that issued in the death of half a million of American citizens, and which covered the land with mourning from Maine to Florida, and from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean.

This Jones is described by the free State men as a bully and a braggart, as only brave when he was not in danger, and as one of the most noisy and obstreperous of the pro-slavery leaders.

Though living in Westport, Mo., he was made sheriff of Douglas county, fifty miles from his place of residence.

Buckley swore out a peace warrant against Branson--he swore that his life was in danger.