Sunday Morning.
My Dear Judge, — If John Brown falls into the hands of the
marshal from Kansas, he is sure either of the gallows or of something yet
worse. If I were in his position, I should shoot dead any man who attempted to
arrest me for those alleged crimes; then I should be tried by a Massachusetts
jury and be acquitted.
Yours truly,
T. P.
P. S. I don't advise J. B. to do this, but it is what I
should do.
SOURCE: Franklin B. Sanborn, The Life and Letters of
John Brown, p. 512
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