Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1855-03-15

ROBBERY AsD MuRDKRl-FouR MEs
KILLED.-From the Lincoln Gazstte,
ipublished at Troy, No., Of the date Of
Ithe ed. which we have Just received,
i've learn the particulars If true, of one
of the most unparalleled outrages ever
committed in Missouri. The deed of
rapine and blood is said to have been
perpetrated in Monroe or Montgomery
counties, and is related thus in the Ga
zetts:
A gentleman residing in one Of the
above named counties, had sold farm
for the sum of two thousand dollars,
and the money was deposited in his
house. After the sale had been made
he went some distance from his home
to attend to some business matters, and
upon returning, found it necessary to
stop for the night at a house two or
three miles from lis own. Al late
hour in the night he awoke from his
sleep very much impressed with
dream, in which he imagined that his
wife and children were in distressed
situation, and needed his presence. He
related his singulaf dream to the gentle
man with whom he was stopping, who
dissuaded him from the belief that any
serious consequences had befallen his
family, and finally prevailed upon him
to again go to bed. 1t was not long,
however, before he again awoke, having
dreamed the second time that his wife
and children were supplicating for help.
He Immediately dressed himself for
the purpose of going home, notwith-
standing the entreaties Of his host 10 re-
main until morning. There was also
German peddler staying at the same
place, who proposed to accompany the
man to his own home, lest he might be
dreaming, and meet with some accident
on the way.
The two started, and in a short time
came to the house, in which light was
discovered. This unfavorable omen at
that hour of the night (it being about
three O'Clock confirmed the husbands
worst suspicious. They approached the
house, and looking through window,
saw FIVE men all surrounding a table
busily engaged in counting and dividing
the money which they had secured.-I
The first impulse of the enraged hus-
band was to give an alarm, but the Ger
man, who deserves unbounded approba-
ton for the very successful manner in
which he managed the affair, bade the
man be silent. He then instructed him
to go to the back door and knock, upon
which the robbers would attempt to
make their escape out of the one at
which he (the Germany was stationed.
The man accordingly made an alarm
at the back door, upon which the mid
night robbers endeavored to make their
escape. Right manfully did the Ger
man maintain his position, while with a
revolver he killed four of the robbers and
wounded the fifth, who was afterwards
secured. Would that this were the
only bloody spectacle which presented
itself at that dead hour of the night
The most heart-rending part remains yet
untold. A wife and two or three chill
dred had been butchered, and lay vel
tering in pools of blood. The feelings
Of a husband and father can better be
imagined than described, as he beheld
this horrid spectacle.
The wounded man having been Sc
cured, made full confession, in which |
he stated that an organized band of rob-
bers was in the country, and that the
ringleader lived in Lincoln and Pike
counties.