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5‘ CHARITON, IOWAWednesday, May 19th, 1875.MORE MOB LAW.A MAN IN STORY COUNTY MtUTA.’II.Y : MUKDICUKU IIY A MOW.The Slate Iter/inter of ilio 11th inst. contained the particulars of the hanging of :i man in Story county by a mob. It was a brutal, fiend ish 'and disgraceful affair,that should call, for the sternest possible measures from the authorities. We condense the following as giving something of a history of the affair:Early Sunday morning, (May Oth) coroner, Mr. C., P. I\o’. inson,was notified that Mr. George N. Kirkmnn lmd been hanged by a mob, at his residence, in Indian township, the night previous. The Coroner cm-paimelle.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 conic to his death by hanging at the hands of a mob, only four or five of whom directly participated, but as to whom the guilty parlies arc nothing was developed.George X Kirkmnn, the deceased was one of the pioneer settlers of Story county, having settled on the farm on which he resided at the time he was murdered in 1852, before the county was organized, lie was then a poor man, but by hard knocks and close attention to business he amassed property to the value of $25,000. lie was reputed to be prompt and strictly honest in all of his dealings. To his friends.who were many, lie was kind-hearted and generous; to his enemies, who were comparatively few, he was outspoken and hitter.He 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 terrible crime are •supposed to have been a trouble that bad existed for some years between the deceased and a couple of I is sons-in-law in regard to the sup os-elt;l intention on liis part to disinherit a part of his children, and the murder was of the most brutal character, the party being dinged from his bed in the night, and hung with a rope, where he was permitted to remain until m miiug.The following extracts from the test liion/ before the Coroner will psirli\ show the circumstances eon' ne*ted with the murder:Ars. JJe/i/n JCirk'nmH. wife of the lt;eee ised, swore as follows: The first -hing I knew this morning, between tw.» and three o’clock, some persons came into the bedroom where I was sleeping with Mr. Kirk-man, sczed him and took him out of bed into the kitchen where he hallooed “Marion,” (calling for Marion Haynes, his son-in-law). I also screamed Jbr Marion. 1 was going to follow them out of doors hut my daughter aouhl not let me. Tw«* shots were fired as he was taken out of the house. It was.so dark I could not loll who any of the persons weie. There was not a word spoken by aii\ person but Mr. Kirkinnh. lie just called for Marion, 'they took two quilts that were on the bed into lie yard. '1 hey only hail him with his night clothes on. Money that was in his pocket book was taken out. We had no visitors yesterday. There was no person on the place hut Kli-as I’ier.sou and Mr. Cunningham formurdering him in the utterest cold bloocl and ferocity, without phiinco of defchse—a' cowardice .Svhicli 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 tho twenty ..mur. dcrcrs can either efface, palliate, or' excuse.Only one thing in decency remains. That is, iov the State to unite with Story county in ferret-? 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 mol) murder have risen so defiantly and so alarmingly, he has a plain duty to perform which he is not the man to shirk.Join (J i h ttioron War auil thevdm; cios.Tho Boston Globe publishes the following letter of Mr. John G. Whittier, written to his friend, Kev. .1. H. Miles, D. U., general secretary of tho association for the reform and codification of the law of nations :Alijsiiuuy 14, 4th Month, ’75. To James J. Miles, Secretary, c.My Dkar Eujhnji :— 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 to occasion solicitude on the part of every lover of peace. The menace of danger now seems to come 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-elesiusticism. If 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-bc held responsible. Woe to that church which, for the sake of power and dogma, breaks the truce wf God among the nations, makes its missionaries assassins, and mingles blood with its wine of sacrament. It is high time for the Christian church to awaken to a full sense «f its awful responsibility. If, after the dreadful experience of eighteen hundred years, it fails to perceive tiie necessity of shaking itself cleai of the barbarism of war, it has small e aim upon the world’s respect mid confidence. Its leaves are not for the healing of tho nations, I am very truly, thy friend,Joiix G. Wiiittijsk.Neatness.A g r s every nay toilet is a part of iitw character. The maiden who is slovenly in the morning, is not to be trusted, however line she may look in the evening. No mailer how humble your room, there are eight things it should contain—a mirror, waslislaiul, W; ter, soap, hair, nail, aim toothbrushes. These ars just as essential as your breakfast, be fore v. Inch you should make good use of them. Parents \\1k fail to provide their children with such appliances not only make a great mistake but conifldi. a sin of omission. Look iidv in the morning, ami after 'tinner work is u\vr, improve your toilet. .Make it a i uie of your life to -dress up” for the afternoon. Your dress may, or may not, !j any thing better tlmn cotton; but with a ribbon or a Bower, or some bit of ornament, you can have an air of sell-
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Chariton Patriot
Chariton, Iowa, US
Wed, May 19, 1875
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