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l'ARRh'IDK AT HaSTIXOS.—We find inthe Ua'tinu^ Journal an account of the murder of a father by a non in that town on Friday evening last. The particular* are follow*: “ A nun by the name of Isaiah Koyce, who has led a dissolute I ife for some year?*, had beeu iu the habit of abusing bio wife and family. At the time refiired, his sou George Hoyce, a young man about *20 years old. also somewhat dissolute. interfered to save his mother from a brutal assault. This led to a brutal fight between them, in which, it in alleged, the old man drew a knilo. wh«*n the son kick«*«l him. und hit him w ith a stone on the breast several times. One' of the neighbor*, hearing the disturbance, ran iu and seized hold of the young man to prevent him from doing further harm, but he tore himself loo*? from his grasp, seized a large stone and hurled it at hi* father, who wa* then making off which hit him just above the ear, severely smashing iu his head, and knocking him down. lie wa-; immediately eared hn. but lingered in an insensible state until Sunday morning' when he died.”The murderer th«*n attempted to escape , but was soon track**d. apprehended. placed m confinement and securely haudcutled. A n9inquest was held over the !ody of the deceased, and a verdict was rendered in accordance with the farts rvluh\J above.— (’rimes of this description seem to l«» on the iucrease in this State, and they an* probably encouraged by the fact that adequate punishment is hardly ever itnpo*»*l upon criminals, no matter what flu* crime may have been. Murderers are sometimes allowed to run ut large without goin^ through the eer- , ernony of an arrest, or it arrested they ure confirm! in the pdntentiary, which has t#*en thus far, equivalent to a release or acquittal.A few eases of thorough and judicious hanging might result in good to the community, and while our criminal law* art* no frequently disregarded, we sit? no won-ity for the legislature to jiuam bill* for abolishing capital punishment.
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Saint Paul Weekly Pioneer and Democrat
Saint Paul, Minnesota, US
Thu, Jul 01, 1858
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Bowling G.
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