Indiana State sentinel., 1846-02-26

! 0rWe are sorry for Chapman of the Indiana
Sentinel. So many Loeufoco editors are getting
cowhided that be is in danger Of losing ell his dis.
tincton.-LomSrine Journal
We sorry for Prentice of the Louisville Jotrhal
Such acts as committed by that Whig Moses Grover,
of Buffio, who ravished his own aged mother, and
that of one Of his negro friends, in Arkansas, will
throw his faur PAS entirely in the shade, ard may
cause him to leave his present situation. We give
the particulars of tie Latter TO show him how much
he is cell psed. The former has already appeared ii
our columns
On the night Of the 29d ult, a most coWardiy
murder perpetrated tie wife of Shodrick
Nichols and tle.f daughter, aged eight years, and
four years old, Hickory Ridge, short distance
from Helena, Ark, while Mr.. Nichols was on hunt
ing expedition. Suspicion fell on Nelson, yellow
boy belonging to Mr.. Bowman, who is il ar neigh
Dor to Mr. Nichols. The boy brought TO town
and lodged in JAIL where lie confessed his guilt. We
let the Helena Journal tell the rest of this dreadful
tale:
The boy stated that he first went to the house of
Mr.. Nichols week ago last Monday, looked through
the window and saw that Mrs Nichols had not retired,
but was sitting up engaged In sewing. He then
returned home, and after waiting some time, so that
she could be aseep he again went and murdered her
breaking her skull with board, and then killed the
two children because they awOke There were still
two children in the house, about eight years old,
daughter Of J. Sebastian ESQ., and niece to the lady
murdered and the other little of Mr.. Nichols.
The end then passed his hand the faces of these
two TO see if they were awake. The boy was still
asleep and he supposed the little girl was Also she
moved not but in this he was mistaken, as the Little
child had the courage and presence of mind enough to
lie perfectly STILL watch her opportunity and slip
from the bed and escape her fathers house, which
not very far and give the alarm. Before any one
reached tie house, however, the assassin had fed.
But the most hellish part remains yet to be told.
This incarnate hell-bound ravsled the lady after
breaking her skull Hard as this is 10 believe ii is
no fiction. no mere phantom of the Imagination
would to God it was The dead body was examined
BY ladies' and the above is the verdict rendered TO the
coroner.
The people of Hickory Ridge, on hearing all the
facts, became furious The cry of burn the mur-
derer ran from one to the other They suddenly
became calm, determined and resolue to their p1r
poses which must have been still more awful TO the
murderuus wrett h, could he have observed it, They
armed themselves with gun and knife, came TO town
last Saturday. cuoly and deliberately broke open the
iaiI doors knocked off the chains of the prisoner, and
with rope round his neck, compelled him to
alongside of their horses TO the Of the murders
q distance of about 20 miles They then formed
court called jury, went through trial, and found
the murderer guilty He was to be burned The next
day, (Sunday,) they chained him 70 & tree, had the
WOOD around him so as to roast him by degrees. and
had kindled the fire. But this too terrible death
for the spectators witness that bloody hend
The cry arose to hang him and he too joined the cry
They did hang him to the eate-post-they hung him
covered with the bloody shirt in which be COM
fnitted the awful deed