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:bsm. CHARITON, IOWA.Wodnesday, May (9th, 1875510RE MOB LAW.iA MAX IX STOKY COUNTY 11RUTA1I.Y ; ! MUHftKRlCD I«Y A MOW.The Slate Reyixtcr of (ho lllh inst. contained the. particulars of the hanging of a man in Story county by a mob. It was a brutal, fiend ish and disgraceful a(Tair,thatshould call for the sternest possible measures from the authorities. Wo condense the following as giving something of a history of the nfFair: Early Sunday morning, (May Olh) coroner, Mr. C. . P. Pol inson,\vasI Ull^t y lUli V . A . IHOWlljMnotified that Mr. (5eorgc N. KirUman had been hanged lv a mob, at his residence, in Indian township, the night previous. The Coroner cm-pannellotl 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 lie had come to his death 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 Kirkman, the deceased was one of the pioneer settlers of Story county, having settled on the farm* on which he resided at the time h*. was murdered !.n 1852, before the county was organized. Ho was then a poor man, but by hard knocks and close attention to business he amassed property to tbo value of *25,01)0. He was reputed to be prompt and strictly honest in all of his dealings. To his friomls.who were many, lie was kind-hearted and generous; to his enemies, who were Comparatively few, lie was outspoken ami hitter.lie had of late years turned his atteniion somewhat to line stock,and took a great prirlu in his short horns.The cause that led to the commission of the terrible crime are supposed to have been a trouble that hail existed for some years between the deceased and a couple of I is sons-in-law in regard to the sup used intention on Ids part to disinherit a part of Ids children, and the murder was of the most brutal character, the party being draged from his bed in the night, and hung with a rope, where he was permitted to remain until in Wiling.The following extracts from the test 111011/ before the Coroner will parii\ show the circumstances coir lie.ted with the murder:Jits. Deli hi Kirkman. wife of the ■ cec iseil, swore as follows: The lirsi .liing 1 knew this morning, between two and three o’clock, some persons came into die bud room where I was sleeping with Mr. Kirkman, se/.cd him and took him out of bed into the kitchen where lie hallooed “Marion,” (calling forMai-imi J alsoHaynes, his son-in-law) screamed for Marion. 1 was going to follow them out of doors but my daughter a mild not let me. Two shols were lired a he was taken oui of tin* ho n sc. It was so dark I could not tell who any of the persons weie. There was not a word spoken by any person but Mr. Kirkman. lie just railed for Marion. ’1 hey took two quilts that, were on tl.o bed into lie yard. '1 hoy only had him with his night clothes on* Money that was in his poekct hook was taken out. We. had no visitors yesterday. There was no person on the place hut Eli-as I’ierson and‘Mr. Cunningham for a corn marker Mr. Kirkman was at home all day yesterday. I heard no noise about the house and did not know the persons were in the room till they had hold of hint.Morion IJtnjne# worn—I rlo not know much about it. The first I knew I heard some one speak; I suppose he was trying to halloo.murdering him in the utterest cold blood and ferocity, without phhnco of defense—a cowardice which shames manhood-and mankind, and puts a stignia and infamy upon our Stale and our people, which not even the prompt arrest, conviction, and punishment of the twenty .mur„ dcrcrs 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 he 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 murder have risen so defiantly and so alarmingly, he has a plain duty to perform which he is not the man to shirk.theJoin M \ h’I tier on War nml Clllli c'tos,The Boston Globe publishes the following letter of Mr. John G. Wiiittier, written to his friend, liev. J. B. Miles, D. I)., general secretary of the association for the reform and codification of the law of nations :Alushury 14, 4th Month, ’“5. To James B. Miles, Secretary, tfce. My Dkak I'Tiikxji :— It is eminently fitting to connect the centennial anniversary of the opening Palllcs of the revolution with the growing sentiment of civilization that then* 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 arc other signs of the times well calculated to occasion solicitude on the part of every lover of peace. The menace of danger now seems to coino from the professed church of Christ. At this moment the peace of all Europe is threatened by the secret plots and monstrous public pretensions of eo-clesiasticism. If war comes in consequence, if the fairest harvest fields of the world are made nil arena of battle, men who claim to be especially the priests ami representatives of the gospel of peace will be held responsible. Woe to that church which, for the sake uf power and dogma, breaks the truce .»f God among i;s missionaries •rlcs blood withthe nations, makes assassins, and min-ofits winesacrament. it is high time for the Christian church to awaken to a full sense of its awful responsibility. If, after tlie dreadful experience of eighteen hundred years, it fails to perceive the necessity of shaking iiself clcai of the barbarism of war, it Imnsmall e aim upon the world’s respect and confidence. Its leaves are not for the healing of the nntions. 1 am very truly, ihy friend,John G. Wurmxit.Ag of i.cits'witness, r s every utiy loilot is a part character. The maiden who is slovenly in the morning, is not to be trusted, however line she may look in the evening. Noimttiur how humble your room, there are eight things ilshould contain—a mirror, wastisiaml, wi ter, soap, hair, nail, ami toothbrushes. These ars jitsi as essential as your breakfast,before v. inch you should make good use of them. Parents who fail lo provide their children with such appliances nut only make a great mistake bulcoiiiAiii a sin of omission. Look ilily in the morning, and :.l';er dinner work is over, improve your toilet. Make it a I die of your life toA a ho saili1 j nblowcane743;000.A noun barn dor, -of bt clovi corn, when bransqua an at inaki inch.T!i per si ationyearf* TT:war 000 ; 825,1 000 ; 75,0CKc5,00C3LtonsNibecvlt;swinTheTh old a lion.the ii Stale the iprofithe d hast) foun lawsWiwliliA.ti.KI.i mill'll itoiiroMtiV.iii 11 I Ian l*iItycr si well••ariiPresprofidieivbutpecii to hi silioiDent perlu to 31 seem lie li a.vhtto halloo. I was ill the liedroom with the door locked. It was about an hour and a half before I made the alarm. 1 went and made the alarm before I went and looked for the body. I didnot go to the outside diorony. i whenhewas being taken out of the house. There was an awful slamming of things, and I was afraid to go. The dogs harked all tho time after he was taken out. We all staid in the bed room till morning. 1 have heard Mr. Kirkman say he was afraid some one would do him an injury. There were marks all the way to the place where he hung, showing he had been dragged.YV. H. Pierson sworn, said : My judgement, is, by the tracks shown this morning, that there were three persons in the party. The rope being shown witness, was identified by’him as the vopo with which Mr. Kirkman was hung. I found some of the clothes in the yard that seemed to have been drawn out of the house at the tinio 3Ir. Kirkman was. They were bed clothes, a quilt au'd 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 3Ir. Kirkman the rope was tied around his neck, longue protruding a little and head on one side.Dr. A. G. Gorrell, sworn ; Am practicing physician, have examined the body of Mr. Kirkman, 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 bruises upon him, but were produced by dragging along. Find no broken hones or limbs.AVc also append an extract from an editorial in the Rcyiater, and heartily endorse the suggestion in regard to prompt and condign punishment for such crime :This is a deed which must appal while it dishonors our Stale. Murder could not be more brutal, more cowardly, or more infamous. No excuse may be offered for the assassination of this mob. They were murderers, nil. Their pursuit of the old man was brutal in its inception, brutal iu its continuation, fiendishly brutal in its last fell act. It was cowardly in tlic same rank degree— cowardly m its masks and secrecy cowardly in its craven odds of twon, ty strong men to one poor, old,weak man, cowardly as even animals would be ashamed of cowardice in••dress up” for the afternoon. Vour dress may, or may not, J)j any tbing better than cotton; but with a ribbon or a flower, or some bit of ornament, you can have an air of self-respect and satisfaction, that invari-ab.y comes with line sensibilities cannot which help feeling cmbnrrssed .-uni awkward in a ragged,di.ty ur.-ss with hair unkempt, if a stranger or neighbor should come in. Moreover, your self-respect should demand a decent apparelling for your body. You should make it a point to look as well as you can, cron if you should know that nobody will see you but yourself.Facts About I*riuf Ui{?.Wo glean from an article in a late number of Harper a Majazinc, come curious facts in regard to printing.It is supposed that John Cronc-borger was the first printer in Ameren. He sot up his press in Mexico in 1550, and printed a book called the Manual for Adults.The first press in New England was established by Stephen Dayc, in Cambridge, Mass., iu 1030. The first press west of the Mississippi at St. Louis in JS0S.The first type were made to imh into the best writing.Subiaco was the first place in Italy where printing was practiced.l»omun letters were originally used to distinguish remarkable words or passages, as is now done with Italic.The first newspaper was printed at Venice, and was called the Gazette dc Venice.Si (/natures to sheets were used by Zornt, at 3Iilan, in 1470.The first type-foundry iu America was Christopher Saur, of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the first font cast was of German type, about 1735.The first typo-casting machine was invented by David Bruce, Jr., of New York, 1838.Stereotyping was introduced into the United States by David Bruce, ol'New York, in 1813. The first work cast in America was the New Testament in bcrgcois, in 1813.Tha roc nor ' dean morn ref us eculi first i like : soon dnri more mar L.ir coft*.limesWhoJu.lgwas j after15 rid*fU!1 Oilcell t pe.'fe askedHourwas s uoilii went :i bin Oil ill'ally c a sno The r whatPorpetunI Motion Again,Pella R/adc, May 21 th.—A citizen of Polk township, living near Coalport, claims that he has solved the problem of perpetual motion and invented a machine that propels itself. One or two persons who have been fortunate enough to get a limpse of it, tolls us that it is theWc of prc we ar cannc witliowith i once use ol come alone, as tru the or in the have; it nail n over world llieins faulty they t this cl crease insidi* invisil a ware cursormost wonderful piece of mechanism they ever saw. It hue no weights,springs or anything of the kind about it, aud it'started to ruuning in the evening will be found going ut the same rate in the morning,and would run ten years the same way, or at least till it.was worn out. It is all roado of wood, and the inventor intends to make another one of iron, brass or steel. We have always been of the belief that perpetual motion would continue to puzzle the brain of the greatest inventors of the age, and would like to -see this machine, before we can yet believo that it is a success.One Beech people discov her 30 guilty again* it haspxprcs wrote •‘lie w« in my been ;' charnc the n his bui he kisi and, ii ted It thougl desire huiidn famou;would for hin‘‘I 1 farmer dying, that bi the old scttlc’i tle’t, ai settlo’t settle’t settle-t clairaai gethcr. the sto his fact
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Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Iowa, US
Wed, May 19, 1875
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