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MORE 3IOB LATf.p.;-.■ --A MAN IN STOKV COUNTY imUTAILY’A* : MUHDKl’UD ItY A MOW.'1‘lic Slate Rep inter of the 11th inst. contained the particulars of the hanging of a man in Story county by a mob. It was a brutal, fiend ishVind disgraceful affair,that should call for the sternest possible measures from the authorities. Wo condense the foilowing as giving something of a history of the affair:Early Sunday morning, (May Oth) coroner, Mr. O., P. Ro' inson,was notified that Mr. George N. Kirkman had been hanged by a mob, at his residence, in Indian township, the night previous. The Coroner etn-punnellcd a jury and repaired to the scene of the tragedy and proceeded to hold an inquest. They found the body badly bruised and mangled, and that he had come to his death by hanging at the hands of a mob, only four or live of whom directly participated, but as to whom the guilty parties arc nothing was developed.George N Kirkman, the deceased was one of the pioneer settlers of Story county, having settled on the farm on which lie resided at the time he was murdered !.n 1852, before the county was organized. He was then a poor man, but by hard knocks and close attention to business he amassed property to the value of §25,000. He was 'reputed to be prompt and strictly honest in all of his dealings. To his frionds.who were many, he was kind-hearted and generous; to his enemies, who wereand punishment of the twenty-.mu dercrs can either efface, palliate, o excuse.Only one thing in decency n mains. That is, for the State t unite with Story county in ferret ting out these Vigilantes, arrcstim and punishing them. Gov. Carpet ter may be expected to display s once to the last degree of its powi the strong arm of the State. As a Executive of a State in which mo law and mob murder have risen s defiantly and so alarmingly, he ha a plain duty to perform which lie i not the man to shirk.Joi n (I \ li ttiw on War anil the CIa«i* cTos,The Boston Globe publishes th following letter of Mr. John C Whittier, written to his friend, Re-.J. iJ. Miles, D. D., general seerctur of the association for the rcfori and codification of the law of n; tions :Alesiiuuy 14, 4th Month, ’75. To James B. Miles, Secretary, etc.My Deak Pkiknd It is em uoiitly fitting to connect the ceulei uia! anniversary of the opeuin battles of the revolution with th growing sentiment of civilizatu. that there is “a more excellent way of settling the disputes of nation than the ordeal of war. It is ehee ing to note the very general favci with which the plan of arb it ratio has been received by statesmen ail civilians in this country and in Eu rope ; hut there arc other signs u the times well calculated tooccasio solicitude on the part of every love of peace. The menace of clauge now seems to conic from tlic pn fussed church of Christ. At thi........ .i............ _r ..ii i.’.......... :
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Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Iowa, US
Wed, May 19, 1875
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