The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1849-10-27
sEpTEmBER a. 1919,

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SEPTEMBER A, I849.
l now give you an account Of one or the
most hellish outragesg petpetrnted in tina. un-
Fortunate county. Marion. On Friday last,
three Of the Kings were murdered in cold
blood. You r~ecollect a battle that VIDE fought
at Yellville; s"me time since. bet%eeh The
Rings and Eteretts. Some days since, Moon
ely, [ite Sheriff Of Marion county, and some
Of the E3erests followed one Of the Kings, who
had moved from Marion to Conway county,
and settled; when MOOney& Co. arrived al
Kings, they found him in the act Of moving
back to Marion county. They took him pris-
oner. King told them they might tie him Of
do as they choseI as he would 60 with them
peaceably; but that he did not think their
intention was to take him to Yellville, but he
believed they intended to murder him on the
way. Mooney and Everett told him all they
wanted was TO take him back to YelIvilIe, and
give him a trial by the laws Of Arkansas,
which King very readily consented to, and
told them all he wanted was a fair and Impair
tial trial by the laws Of his country, but told
them at the same time that he never expected
to 20 where he could have a trial.
They Started with him. His father, bro.
Tiers, aud | think, two cousins, said they
would go with him as long as he was uneasy.
The Kings all went unaFmed. Mooney & Co.
numbered about twenty. They were armed,
each with a rifle gun, pair Of pistols and a
bowie knife. Kings family moved on, either
ahead OF behind the cOmpany;I do not rocol
lect which, but so it is; two Of Kings little
children were taken very sick on the way.
The night before the helli5h deed was perpe-
trated, King Learned that one Of his children
was dying. He plead for Gods sake to lethim
go and stay with his poor little dying child that
night, and told them to chan him,or tie him
in any way and go with him, so they would let
him see his dying child, which was nearAnd
dear to him Blu. his prayers were in vaini they
told him lie Gould NOT See one Of Ills offspring
die. The next morning, (Which was Friday,
Aug, 3i) they started. King told his old gray
headed fathet, (who harmed no persoh-was
never III any Of their scyapes; but a Pious; good
old man) that he; his brothers and cousins, had
Better get sway and taJe care Of themselves,
as he felt conscious that their fate was sealed.
The old man andth boys told him that they
would stay with him and all die togeiheisi II
HE company intended to murder him. At
length; the a5sassins Commented dropping of,
one d a time, Until only ten OF twelve were
left to take the prisoner on to where his fate
was to be forever saGIed. Mooney started to
leave the company two or three times, but
would tetuhr4nf in a sioEt lime and take one Of.
the Eyerstts aside and talk to him for ashort
time and again leave the company When ne
returned the third time, he took a man out
(whose name I have fOTgotten) and talked 70
him privately fol about ab hour, when he left
the company entirely. The rest If the aSsas-
sins then left the road with the Kings and
went some distance, into q deep hollow they
there wanted the Kings to get do y n of their
horses and resi-, bnt they then saw all hope was
blasted and they refused 10 get down. Some
one ofihe party gave o sign for all hands to
reprime their rifles, which was done in quick
time; they then asked the Kings again ~ get
down from their horses they still refused
when one of the company gave the sign 70
aboof, which was obeyed in quick iime-and
the firing commenced. Two of the Kugs-