Hide Article Text (OCR)
* 111 LI 1; Wisconsin.thoseirow-uicsswho,cress,Con-t andicredquesr r lathispcak-eifted The Xenia Torchlight says that afree negro by the name of Cook, was induced by a-scoundrel named McCord onthe 25th ult., to take a ride with him in a buggy. During the ride the white man drove to the house of a fellow named Chapman, and ordered him and his son to assis in arresting Cook as a runaway slave. This they did,—Cook was overpowered,said Cc| Joshua ! is not ;iTlieiis herd trial at in the ( tv of MondaJuneie ar-nem-mcn-madenenirition,mavHeand badly beaten on the head by a colt thatMcCord used,—was tied and put in the buggy, hut succeeded in getting out and getting away. But McCord followed and beat him witli a club, put him in the buggy and again with the son of Chapman started for Cincinnati. Cook sinking rapidly from his injuries, they drove off into a woods, look him and set him up by a tree and lefthim, dead. McCord and the two Chapmans were arrested and are now last.STATMoniJJoshJ iimlt;w71The Dead Come to Life.—In 1844 or1845, a merchant by the name of Cordell,_ . t /■ 1 • “AT 1j the abc | Said CcIf • ’ ■- r' • ;• * -I Joshuais not :nil! i liei : lion is j for triiift!den in
Newspaper Details
Crawfordsville Weekly Journal
Crawfordsville, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 15, 1854
Page 3
Full Page
Clipped by
Greene C.
OH, USA 27 Sep 2019
Other Publications Near Crawfordsville, Indiana
Crawfordsville Weekly Journal
Crawfordsville Review
Crawfordsville Record
Crawfordsville Daily Journal
Crawfordsville Journal Dispatch
