| Show CAPT COOKS confession the confession of capt cook which was was read in court in cha charleston clestan rl estan on tuesday is jealously guarded for purposes to be hereafter developed it is said to throw but little light on the harpers ferry affair and to be mostly a record of cooks personal experience it relates how hov he first became acquainted with brown in 1856 just after the battle of black jack how hov he was induced t to 0 join brown to toco operate cooperate co with him in in his hia efforts for securing the freedom freedo in 0 of f kansas how certain expeditions for rescuing slaves from missouri and selling them free in in canada were accomplished complis hed and similar details the more important portions are those which tells of the convent convention on held in ili canada at which the well known constitution was framed of the military training under stevens which browns party went w ent through altering in their original intention was to be be inspru instructed acted by col forbel forbe and of his own exploration of jefferson county virginia under browns directions ions to prepare the way for the insurrection gerrit gernt smith fred douglass dr S G howe ani others are mentioned in in the confession in in such a way as to deeply implicate them |
