James Doyle and his neighbor Allen Wilkenson were murdered when the perpetrators of this event crossed Mosquito Creek to catch them.
Minor participants in this event were James Townsley and Theodore Weiner, who were dispatched to Dutch Henry's Crossing only to find that their target had escaped.  One of the sons of this event's instigator was later killed in the aftermath of this event by the forces of Major General John W. Reid. James Doyle and his neighbor Allen Wilkenson were murdered when the perpetrators of this event crossed Mosquito Creek to catch them. Engineered in response to the Border Ruffian's sack of Lawrence, for 10 points, name this May 24-25, 1856 incident that saw five pro-slavery men dragged from their houses and killed in an attack led by John Brown by the namesake creek in Northern Kansas.
Minor participants in this event were James Townsley and Theodore Weiner, who were dispatched to Dutch Henry's Crossing only to find that their target had escaped.  
{Pottawatomie Massacre}