On May 19, 1858, Rev. B. L. Read, John F. Campbell, William Colpetzer, Michael Robertson, Patrick Ross, William Hairgrove, Asa Hairgrove, Charles Snider, William A Stilwell, Amos Hall, and Austin Hall were taken from their daily avocations by a band of armed border ruffians, marched to a deep ravine four miles east of this place, shot, and left for dead; their only offense was that they were Free State men.