Daily Times
Leavenworth, Kansas
June 2, 1861
We learn that a man living some fifteen miles from Butler, in Missouri, was whipped so badly that when the fiends attempted to end their orgies by riding him on a rail he fell off, a corpse. His crime was voting for Lincoln last fall. Every day teams are bringing families out of that State who have been compelled to leave. When will the Government throw the proper protection around its loyal citizens?—Osawatomie Herald.