A.J. Isaacs
James R. Whitehead
R.C. Bishop

This indictment was issued against Andrew H. Reeder, Charles Robinson, James H. Lane, George W. Brown, George W. Dietzler, George W. Smith, Samuel N. Wood, and Gaius Jenkins for the crime of treason. The indictment, issued October 4, 1856 by the 3rd U.S. District Court of Kansas Territory, accuses Reeder and the others of “unlawfully and traitorously” assembling for the purpose of “overthrowing and subverting by force and violence” the government of Kansas Territory, among other crimes.

October 4, 1856

Bleeding Kansas, Bloodletting Missouri
Bogus Legislature
Guerrillas

A.J. Isaacs
James R. Whitehead
R.C. Bishop
Andrew Reeder
Charles Robinson
James Henry Lane

Douglas County, Kansas

Legal Document

Kansas Historical Society

Kansas Territorial Records, 27-02-07-04 Folder 11

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