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. CHARITON, IOWA.Wednesday, May I9IH, 1875MORE HOB LA1T,IV —— . •A MAX IN STOUV COUNTY I1RUTATIA*. MUKDKUKO IIY A MOH.The Slate Jleffixtcr of the 11th inst. contained the particulars of the hanging of a man in Story county by a mol). It was a brutal, fiend isliVmd disgraceful affair,that should call for the sternest possible measures from the authorities. Wo condense the following as giving something of a history of the affair:Early Sunday morning, (May 9th) coroner, Mr. C., P. Ko’ inson,\vas notified that Mr. George N. Kirkman had been hanged by a mob, at his residence, in Indian township, the night previous. The Coroner em-pannelle.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 come to his death by hanging at the hands of a moh, 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 tlu* farm’ on which he resided at the time he was murdered s.n 1852, before the county was organized, lie was then a poor man, but by hard knocks and close attention to business be amassed property to the value of $25,000. lie was reputed to be prompt and strictlv honest in all of his dealings. To his friends.who were many, lie was kind-hearted and generous;* to bis enemies, who were comparatively lew, he was outspoken and bitter.lie had of late years turned his attention somewhat to line stock,and took a great pride in bis short horns.The cause that led to the commission of the terrible crime arc supposed to have been a trouble that hail existed for some years between the deceased and a couple of 1 is sons-in-law in regard to the sup os-i ____.. ... i.: . . ____• .. i: • .i..murdering him in the , utterest .cold blood aiid ferocity, without chance of defohse—a cowardice Avhifcli shames manhood-and mankind, and puts a stigma and infamy upon our Stale and our people, wlueH not even the prompt arrest, conviction, ancl punishment of tho twenty .mur. dcrcrs can either efface, palliate, or excuse.Only one thing in decency remains. That is, for tho State to unite with Story county in forrct-ting out these Vigilantes, arresting, and punishing them. Gov. Carpenter inay be expected to display at once to the last degree of its power the strong arm of the State. As an Executive of a State in which mob law and mob murder have risen so defiantly and so alarmingly, he has a plain duty to perform which lie is not I he mail to shirk.John U \ h-ttieroii War and the CIiu-c'ics,The lloston Globe publishes the following letter of Mr. John G. Whittier, written to his friend, Kev. .J. E. Miles, D. !)., general secretary of tho association for the reform and codification of the law of nations :Alksuuiiy 14, 4th Month, ’lt;5. To James IS. Miles, Secretary, etc.My Dkau Pkiknj) :— It is eminently fitting to connect the centennial anniversary of the opening battles 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 to note the very general favor with which the plan of arbitration has been received by statesmen and civilians in this country and in Europe ; but there are other signs of the times well calculated looecasion solicitude on the part of every lover of peace. The menace of danger now seems to conic from the professed church of Christ. At I his moment the peace of all Europe is threatened by the secret plots and monstrous public pretensions of ec-clesiastieism. 1L‘ war comes in consequence, if the fairest harvest fields of the world are made an arena of battle, men who claim to be especially the priests and representatives of the gospel of peace will-be held responsible. Woe to that church which, for the sake of power and dogma, breaks the truce ./f God among the nations, makes
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Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Iowa, US
Wed, May 19, 1875
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