White Cloud Kansas Chief

Assassination. Col. David I. Buel, commanding the Ordnance Department at Fort Leavenworth, was assassinated, on last Friday night, near the Fort. He had been visiting Gen. Sturgis, and was returning to his quarters, in company with his wife, when he was fired upon from the brush, and instantly killed.
The assassin was a deserter, who probably had a grudge against Buel. Parties were set on the watch for him, and a day or two ago he was discovered making for the Missouri side of the river, in a skiff. He was ordered to surrender, when he raised a musket, and was about bringing, but the guards drew their revolvers, and mortally wounded him. He is now at the Fort, and can live but a few days, at farthest. His name is Malone—a name which at once suggests a nationality synonymous with brutality and treachery.