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heCHARITON, IOWA.Wednesday, May 19th, 1875.MORE MOB LAW.A MAX IX ftTORY COUNTY imUTAH.YMUIiDKRKD IlY A MO)!.The Stale JReff infer of the 11th inst. contained the particulars of the hanging of a man in Story county by a mob. It was a brutal, fiend ishand disgraceful affair,that should call, for the sternest possible measures from the authorities. We con-donso the following as giving something of a history of the affair:Early Sunday morning, (May Oth) coroner, Mr. C., P. Bo’. inson,was notified that Mr. George N. Kirkimin had been hanged by a mob, at his residence, in Indian township, the night previous. The Coroner em-pnunelle.l 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 eomo to Ids doatli by hanging at the hands of a mob, only four or live of whom directly participated, hut as to whom the guilty parties are nothing was developed.George N lvirkman, the deceased was one of tha pioneer settler* of Story county, having settled on themurdering lum m the . utterest cola blood and ferocity, without phanco of defense—a cowardice which shames manhood-and mankind, and puts a.stignia and infaniy upon our State and our people, wlucli not oven the prompt arrest, conviction, and punishment of tho twenty .mur. dcrcra can either efface, palliate, or excuse.Only one thing in decency remains. That is, for the State to unite with Story county in forrct-ting out those Vigilantes, arresting, and punishing them. Gov. Carpenter'may be expected to display at once to the last degree of its power the strong arm of the State. As an Executive of a Stato in which mob law and mob minder have risen so defiantly and so alarmingly, he has a plain duty to perform which lie is not the man to shirk.farm’ on which ho resided at the time Ik was murdered :.n 1852, before the county was organized, lie was then a poor man, but by hard knocks and close attention lo business he amassed property to the value of §25,000. lie was reputed to he prompt and strictly honest in all of his dealings. To his friends.who were many, lie was kind-hearted ami generous; to his enemies, who were comparatively lew, lie was outspoken and bitter.lie had of late years turned his attention somewhat to line stock,and took a great pride in his short horns.The cause that led to the commission of the terriblecrime areJnl.il H \ If Him-on Mar anil the flnrc’ics,Tho Boston Globe publishes the following letter of Air. John G. Whittier, written to his friend, Kcv. J. B. Aliles, D. D., general secretary of the association for the reform and codification of the law of nations :Ai.Ksnt'iiY 14, 4th Mouth, ’75.To James B. Miles, Secretary, c My Dkau Eiukxji :— It is eini-iciitlv lilting lo connect the centennial anniversary of the opening Dallies of the revolution with the growing .sentiment of civilization that there is “a more excellent way” of settling the disputes of nations than the ordeal of war. It is cheering lo note the very general favor wi'lli which the plan of arbitration has been received by statesmen and civilians in this country and in Europe ; but there arc other signs of the times well calculated lo occasion solicitude on the part of every lover of peace. Tile menace of danger now seems to come from tho professed church of Christ. At this moment the peace of all Europe is threatened by the secret plots and monstrous public pretensions of oc-elosiastieism. If war comes in consequence, if the fairest harvest fields of the world arc made an arena of battle, men who claim loUso* . * .A man \vn a ho ‘so ti ots saili.ig vcssc 1 ; rapid rivlt; blows 7; st cane 80 ; a i 743; light, 1 000. .A barrel pounds; a barrel of riclt; dor, 25 ; a fi: of butler, 84 clover seed, corn, rye am wheat, 52; bran 20; t-iir4,840 siiltasquare mijuale,an aero: making a si inch.There arepersons die c atiou is 15 yyears.The standwar times, 1000 ; KussiS25,000; Ita 000; Bolgu 75,000; Uni Komau On 5,000,000.Mails in 2s1 tons per day New Yor beeves tlaii; swine in wirTiic Profossii MilThe confiii old and into: lion. Alaxan the next Prlt; Stales will b the inquiry professions Ithe distribut hasty icviow found to ro laws:Wiu4iliiin»n. Mild Aii:iHirt. lu«yor. .lollVr.uii, liiwyur iIiuIDimi. tlnurue. mwyur. ■I.O. Admn- inn’ ■NcUmKI. pilldi T,Iblrnti biWl’l
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Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Iowa, US
Wed, May 19, 1875
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