Hide Article Text (OCR)
on me vomrameo on uorporHuon*.Murder.*One of the most diabolical murders onrecord took place near Mattoon, about ten days since. A man named James Shouck split Simeon McCoy's head open with an axe. and threw his body in an ol-i well, near the farm of William Lei’ch. on the Mattoon road. It appears that McCoy had about a hundred dollars in money, which he was showing around town. He also had a horse, which mated one in the possession of Shouck. The two had been drinking freely for several days, and on last Monday week Shouck told McCoy that he knew a man in the country whowanted to buy a pnir of matched horses, and would pay a good price for them ; he propsed that they should go down and sell to him. They hitched their horses in the wagon, and Shouck throw an axe in it. McCoy inquired what the axe was for.— Shouck told him he wanted to get a load of wood as they returned. Shouck returned with the wagon and horses, but without McCoy ; the bottom of the wagon was covered wi'h blood. Shouck told that M had left him and started lor Texas, and accounted for the blood in the wagon bv saying they bad killed a pig, and roasted it in the woods The blood was examined, and pronounced to be neither hlt;w’s blood nor b^-Ps blood. Search wa* made, and tin* body of McCoy found late Saturday e\vn;i*g In the well, with a dreadful t ut in the back of the head.—
Newspaper Details
Terre Haute Wabash Express
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Wed, Dec 01, 1858
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
USA 09 Jun 2019
Other Publications Near Terre Haute, Indiana
Western Register and Terre Haute Advertiser
Terre Haute Wabash Courier
Terre Haute Tribune Star
Terre Haute Tribune
Terre Haute Star
