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Jlrtnon JJai/nes sworn—l no not non know much about it. The first I ovc knew I heard some one speak; I mai suppose ho was trying to halloo. I bod was in the bedroom with the door to 1 locked. It was about an hour and a you half before I made the alarm. I see went and made the alarm before I went and looked for the hotly. I did not go to the outside door when lie ' was being taken out of the house, nun There was an awful slamming of coll; things, and I was afraid to go. The jno. dogs barked all the time after lie was taken out. Wo all staid in the bed room till morning. I have heard )ei* Mr. Kirkman say he was afraid some one would do him an injury. Therecu. in 1were marks all the way to the place where lie hung, showing he had been dragged. ™W. It. Pierson sworn, said : Myjudgement is, by the tracks shown , this morning, that there were three , t persons in the party. The rope being shown witness, was identified tata by’him as the rope with which Sir. ^ Kirkman was hung. I found some Atul of the clothes in the yard that seemed to have been drawn out of the house at the time Mr. Kirkman was. They were bed clothes, a quilt and a blanket, I think. Along the road the marks looked as though he had been dragged nearly all of the way to the place where he was hung. When we found Mr. Kirkman the rope was tied around his neck, tongue protruding a little and» c1 * *—head 011 one side.Dr. A. Ct. Gorrcll, sworn ; Am practicing physician, have examined the body of Mr. Kirkruan, find nothing that would destroy his life but strangulation. The mark upon his head looks as though it was struck with a revolver. Neck is not broken, but was without doubt strangled to death. The blow upon the head was enough to stun him but not enough to produce death. There were other bruisesupon him, but were produced by dragging along. Find no brokenhones or limbs.We also append an extract from an editorial in the Register, and heartily endorse the suggestion in regard to prompt and condign punishment for such crime :useeworwillT at \zettSby ;*Twastowifont1735t;inve New St the ' of Nwor]TestThis is a deed which must appalMur-wliilc it dishonors our State, tier could not be more brutal, more cowardly, or more infamous. No excuse may be offered for the assassination of this 1110b. They were murderers, all. Their pursuit of the old man was brutal in its inception, brutal in its continuation, fiendishly brutal in its last fell act. It was cowardly in the same rank degree— cowardly 111 its masks and secrecy cowardly in its ciavcn odds of twen, ty strong men to one poor, old,weak man, cowardly as even animals j can 3 would be ash’anied of cowardice in | cobs.Plt; zcn Coal the j invei self, been glim most they sprin abou in tb at tli woul way, It is veritlt; of in alwa; petiupuzzlventt to • -s
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Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Iowa, US
Wed, May 19, 1875
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