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Wic dr. hcz.'onTHE HERALD CO., PUBLISHERSSTEPHEN METCALF, Editor.Atl.uns* I’lock, up wtuir.M, North of tho Square,KiUpmmI km hocoikUcIukb matter (it the Pont Office,at Anderaon, Indiana.TERMS OF SUOSCKIPTION.Till: UKKAiJi will he mailed to Hiihi*criherH re-Milint: in County for *l.'o per year; tof-uhnc rilxuH r»Hidia« without tho county. po»ta«e i*nv'uid. for .ftl.ttTi per year.Aj.kutisino Rates will Ih» furnishwl lt;u application to the office.FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 12,1881,“THE PE AX UT GANG.”A number of young men at Per-Idnsville and vicinity formed themselves into a club a year or two since, under the title above given. The leader of the gang is Dallas Cook, who now lies in the county jail, charged with murder in the first degree. The other principal members are Lou Hayes, Mack Prewett, Geo. Roller, John Hosier, and John Moore. Beyond being wild and fast young men, there is no evidence that the members contemplated other than amusement at their first organization. They spent their time on Sundays and holidays roaming througli The' woods, hunting and playing cards.In time they began to take liquor with them in their rambles, and it was not long before they commenced their raids upon picnic parties, singing schools and churches. They soon became a terror to the country in the vicinity of Perkins-ville, frequently defying the officers who attempted to arrest them. For fear of harm to person or property, the citizens were intimidated from proceeding against these young out-laws, either as prosecutors, or as witnesses in prosecutions by others. Several serious outrages were committed In the spring of 1880, this same Cook, now in jail, struck John Albright on the head with a rock, and his victim lay unconscious for ten days. Albright has never recovered his health, and it is not probable that he ever will. The injuries to his skull may eventually cause his death. It is but a few months since Lou Hayes was arrested for attempting to kill his father, but he escaped througli the failure of the parent to prosecute. And now the crowning crime of the chief of the “gang” is the killing of young Houglmm, an innocent, inoffensive, and worthy youngman, against whom he had no cause of malice. All the accounts of the affair of July 9, show clearly that the attack upon Houghaui was unprovoked and devilish in the last degree. It is not conclusive from the evidence that Cook really cared to hit anyone in particular; to hit somebody in the head was his coldblooded and murderous purpose,and when he threw the r«ek ]Kor Hougham was the unfortunate vie- j tim.It is not the pur|ose of The Herald to forestall the judicialdetermination of the case against the prisoner. The terrible chargemurder in the first degree stands ^ against him. We hope, in common with all good citizens, that a speedy trial of the accused will be had, and that lie shall receive im-rpartial justice. j stWe cannot dose this article 11!without a word to the citizens ofPerkinsville. The name of vour%town and surrounding country has justly boon held in reproach ho-: lt;*e cause of the long-continued lawless-j oi.ness of this so-called “Peanut: toGang. You owe it to yourselves j pi Fit once to combine against these j d out-laws, and put an end to their high-handed outrages. One life i of has already paid the penalty of: bi your indifference, and another may ,1(slt;kmi follow. Such a condition of i hisociety is a disgrace to a eommu-;nity pretending tlt; civilization. A to half dozen upstart young men m banded themselves together and ra for months have maintained as ab-; wl solute a reign of terror in your j m midst as the bandits do over the jfr villages in the mountains of Italy, j bi If you will make an honest effort! di :o enforce the law against them, tli you will not be long in restoring wlt; eaee and quiet to your homes, fe; uul will have earned the respect of tilt;;he outside world. lt;nvi0ittltlidcvi
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Anderson Herald Bulletin
Anderson, Indiana, US
Fri, Aug 12, 1881
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