Ypsilanti sentinel. [volume] (Ypsilanti, Washtenaw Co., Mich.) 1843-1900, 1845-05-07

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ATRoCIoUs MURDER.-Just US our paper IS
Of most lamen,able and snd distressing &C.
currence in the village Of Dexter, by which re-
spectacle young man has lost his life.
The facts, according TO our information, are
briefly these: The firm Of Willard & Son have
had lawsuit with Mr.. Reeves, whose land had
been overAowed by mill dam belonging TO them.
Some weeks since, they had reason to believe that
an attempt had been made to weaken the dam so
that it might be removed BY heavy rain which
seemed TO be approaching. The plan did not then
succeed. On Wednesday night another attempt
was then anticipated, and The dam was watched
during the night. On Thursday night about twen-
ty persons watched, and about midnight it appear.
ed that number of individuals were digging a.
round the dam. After they had worked some
time, the company of citizens rushed forward, and
Mr.. Deforest Phelps, one of the foremost of the
number received the contents ola gun in The right
side, but the ball did not pass through the body.
The gan was afterwards found in the race. This
morning he is corpse. Mr.. Reeves who
b., tho
TO his falling. had been secured. Four others
have also been arrested The party of citizens
accompanying Mr.. Phelps had no deadly weaP-
ons with them. A post moriem examination has
been held but We have no; learned Ike result
Signal of Liberty.
In reading the above, we behave one reflection
must instinctvely arise in the mind of every man
in the country, viz: to what extent shall we inn
pute this dread crime to Iaxiy in the admins
traiion Of justice?
But short time siuce we were shocked with
the intelligence that Choir had Shot down his
neighbor in open day light His arrest and trial
followed. attended with the usual plea of nsaniy.'
He was convicted;-sentence being deferred
till some technical question of law could be dis
posed of, he broke jail and escaped. We hare
heard that he has been retaken but doubt 1t. At
any rate we are certain tina; so little effort has
been made TO secure the ends of the law IN the
punishment of the offender, that not one an a hun
dred of the citizens ofour county know any thing
1c. Oh oIy fho
ry heels of this fragrant neglect of duty some
,chere only nine miles distant from this scene of
Chorr's insane 'butchery, comes the cold blooded
murder Of Phelps. Ia our opinion, the best cure
for the "monomania" of murder so rife at the
present day is the prompt execution of the law.
That GALE.-We learn from the Detroit pa
pers that a gale "sprung up in that city" OIL Wed
nesday afternoon last. We can't let Detroit have
the honor of"raisng the wind" that time since
the same gale, judging from its partaiy in both
places for such moveables as dry-good boxes um-
Der, &c. paid US a flying visit between two and
three O'Clock accompanied with enormous
quantity of rain. One chimney was blown down
and one shed unroofed.
We learn from the Signal of Liberty that some
damage was done at Ann Arbor by hail, of which
small quantity was observable here.
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