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A MAX IX STOKY COUNTY WtUTA'II.Y 1 ! MUKUKKVD IIV A MO)!.'l'hc Slate Register of the 11 th inst. contained the. particulars of the hanging of a man in Story county by a mob. It was a brutal, fiend ish 'and disgraceful nITair,that should call for the sternest possible measures from tho authorities. We condense the following ns giving something of a history of the affair:Early Sunday morning, fMay Oth) coroner, Mr. O., P. I»o’ inson.was notilied that Mr. George N. Kirkman had been hanged by a mob, at his residence, in Indian township, the night previous. The Coroner c*m-puiiiicllod a jury and repaired to tho scene of the tragedy and proceeded to hold an inquest. They found the body badly bruised and mangled, and'that he luid 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 tho pioneer settlers of Story county, having settled on the farm on which he resided at the time lie was murdered in 1852, before the county was organized, lie was then a poor man, but by hard knocks and close attention to busi-nes 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 frionds.who were many, ho was kind-hearted and generous; to his enemies, who were comparatively few, lie was outspoken and bitter.lie had of late years turned Inattention 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 had existed for some years between the deceased and a couple of I is sons-in-law* in regard to the sup used intention on his part to disinherit a part of his children, :uid the murder was of the most brutal character, the parLy being draged from his bed in the night, and hung with a rope, where he was perm)tied to remain until m truing.The following extracts from thetest monparti\ showwillcoirbefore the Coroner the circumstances ne. ted with the murder:Ji ra. I)‘'.lita Kirkman, wife of the ece tsod, swore as follows: Theeccfirst .hing I knew this morning, be tween tv.i and three o’clock, some persons eiiine into the bedroom where I was sleeping with Mr. Kirk* man, sezod him ami look him out of bed into the kitchen where he hallooed “Marion,” (calling for Marion Haynes, his son-in-law). I also screamed for Marion. 1 was going to follow them out of doors but my daughter ton Id not let me. Tw« shots were lired as he was taken on. of the house. It wasso dark I could not tell win* any of the persons wcie. There was not a word spoken by any person but Mr. Kirkman. lie just called for Marion. '1 hey look iwo quilts that were on the bed into he yard. '1 hey only had him with his night clothes on.’ Money that was in his pocket book was talexcuse.Only one thing in decency remains. That is, for the Stntc to unite with Story county in ferret-? tiug out these 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 murder have risen so defiantly and so alarmingly, lie has a plain duty to perform which ho is not (be man to shirk.JnI.n It \lTttier on Mar Cliui c'les.ami theThe Boston Globe publishes the following letter of Mr. John G. Whittier, written to his friend, Kev. J. H. Miles, D. D., general secretary of the association for the reform and codification of the law of nations :Ai.esiiuky 14, 4tli Mouth, ”75. To James U. Miles, Secretary, Ssv.My Dkak Fhikxii :— It is eminently titling u connect the centennial anniversary of the opening Unities of the revolution with the growing .sentiment of civilization that there is “a more excellent way” nf 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 mcnaeo 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 oo-elesiastieism. If war conies in consequence, if the fairest harvest fields of the world are made nil arena of battle, men who claim to be especially (he 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 of God among the nations, i;s missionaries assassins, and gles blood with its wine ofmakesiniu-saera-uiciit. It is high time for the Christian church to awaken to a full sense of its awful responsibility. If, after the dreadful experience of eighteen hundred years, it fails to perceive the necessity of shaking itself clem of the barbarism of war, it has small c aim upon the world’s respect and confidence. Its leaves are not for the healing of tho nations. I am very truly, lliy friend,John G. AViuttikk.Neatness, every nay .oilot isparii he maiden who morning, is not to mayCeil out.We had no visitors yesterday. There was no person on the place but Elias Pierson and'Mr. Cunningham for a corn marker Mr. Kirkman was a: home sill day yesterday. I heard no noise about the house and did not know the persons were in the room I ill they had hold of him.Morion /Jayne* worn—I do not know much about it. The first I knew I heard some one speak; 1 suppose he was trying to halloo. I was in the bedroom with the door locked. It was about an hour and a half before I made the alarm. 1 went and made the alarm before 1 went and looked for tho body. I did not go to the outside dior when lie was being taken out of the house. There was an awfirl slamming of things, and I was afraid to go. The dogs barked all tho time after he was taken out. We all staid in the bed room till morning. I have heard Air. Kirkman say he was afraid some one would do him ;m injury. There were marks all the way to the place where Jie hung, showing he had been dragged.\V. U. Pierson sworn, said : My judgement is, bv the tracks shown this morning, that there were three persons in the party. Thu ropo being shown witness, was identified by’him as the rope 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 tho time Mr. Kirkman was. They were bed clothes, a quilt and a blanket, I think. Along the road the marks looked as though he had been dragged nearly nil of the way to the place whore lie was hung. When we found Mr. Kirk-man the ropo was tied around his neck, tongue protruding a little and bead on one side.Dr. A. G. Gorrcll, sworn ; AmA g r snf ..cr unaraeU-r. is slovenly in the be trusted, however line she look in the evening. No matter how humble your room, ‘there are eight things it should contain—a mirror, waslislaud, w: ter, soap, hair, nail, aim toothbrushes, 'these ars just essential as your breakfast,beforev. Inch you should make good use of them. Parents who fail io provide their children with such appli .dices not only make a great mistake but con.flat a sin lt;l omission. J.ook »idy in the morning, ami alter dinner work is ««vcr, let. Make iL a hidress up” for the afternoon. Vutuimprove your lot* ie of your life todress may, or maynot, !j any thing better than cotton; but with a rib bun or a flower, or some bit of ornament, you can have an air of self-respei i and satisfaction, that invari-au.y comes with line sensibilities cannot which help feeling embanssedpracticing physicianhave examinedthe 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. Keck is not broken, but was without doubt strangled to death. Tho blow upon the head was enough to stun him but not enough to produco death. There were other bruises upon him, but were produced by dragging along. Find no broken bones or limbs.A Vo also append an extract from an editorial in the Register, 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 State. 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, all. 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 the same rank degree-cowardly in its masks and secrecy cowardly iti its craven odds of twon, ty strong men to one poor, old,weak man, cowardly as oven animals would be ashamed of cowardice inand awkward in a ragged,di.ty uivss with hair unkempt, if a stranger or neighbor should conic in. Moreover, your self-respect should demand a decent apparelling for your body, Aron should make it a point to look as well as you can, even if you should know that nobody will see you but yourself.Tacts Aliout Priutiny.AVo glean from an article in a late number of Harper's Majazine, come curious facts iu regard to printing.It is supposed that John Cronc-berger was tho first printer in Amor-ca. lie sot up his press in Mexico in 1550, and printed a book culled the Manual for Adults,The first press in New England was established by Stephen Daye, in Cambridge, Mass., in 103!). The first press west of the Mississippi at St Louis in 1808.The first type wort- made to iini* late the best writing.Subiaco was tho first place in Italy where printing was practiced.ltomaii letters were originally used to distinguish remarkable words or passages, as is now done wiih Italic.The first newspaper was printed at Venice, and was called the Gazelle do Venice.Signatures to sheets were used by Zornt, at Milan, in 1470.’The first type-foundry in America was Christopher Saur, of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the first font east was of German type, about 1735.The first type-casting machine was invented by David Bruce, Jr., of New York', 1838.Stereotyping was introduced into the United States by David Bruce, of New York, in 1613. The first work east in America was tho New Testament in borgcois, in 1813.TheWm‘Ulni'1' All'll!*. Ill .IclK'r-nii. i ml Ikiiii. . ilmiroc. i •I. O. Ailn .».eixiii. i V.ui linn;lliml-i.li.Itci linearPerpetual .Motion Again.Pelia Jiladcy May 11th.—-A zcn of Polk township, living C'oulport, claims that ho 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 glimpse of it, tells us that it is the most wonderful piece of mechanism they ever saw. It has no weights, springs or anything of tjio kind about it, and if started to rnuning in the evening will be found going at 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 raado of wood, and the inventor intends to make another one of iron, brass or steel. AA'e have always been of the belief that perpetual motion would continue to puzzle the brain of tho greatest inventors of the age, and would like to see this machine, before we can yet believe that it is a success.AVo a of prof a we are « cannoti without with tilt ence sin use of s come fr alone, flt; as true, tho com in tho u have an it makes never wworld, themsel faulty i they knlt; this elin creases ■ insidiou invisibly aware In cursor.—Ono • Beecher people tlt; discover her 30, I guilty ol against I it has nc pxprossc wrote of •‘he won in my ci been ;” cliaracle the nob his base he kisscc and,fina ted his thought desire th hundred famous \ would h: for him t“I hafarmer tc dying, “1that bit c the old scttloT ?ticsettle’!, settle’t, a scttlo-t?” claimant, gcth'cr.” the. stout his faco r
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Wed, May 19, 1875
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