New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-02
HORRIBLE TRAGEDY.

We find the following in The Marion Intelltgencer
With its evident errors and exaggerations, the tale is
one of unusual horror. We give it for what it is
worth with the hope, for the honor of Illinois, that
further accounts may relieve Of its most revolving
features:
"a gentleman from Pope County has just given us
few Of the particulars attending one OF the most
Isgca and revolving occurrences has ever been our
fortune to chror c.e-such ore, rhaps, as never
befo,e ranspred il this part of the country, and, in
oil human probability never will again.
at Bpi e5le ~ NJ y IuuaHHy negro from Kentucky
had bt cop.mrting naulber of 6epTedaOns III the
neigh 1rbood &C Gcopda. ard for several successive
mig hao broken into the houses of farmers residing
III that cn;.y, which Re p'uDoered Of provisions ard
wbst,ver elfe Of value he could manage to car y on
On Wedn, soay night OF week before last he visited
the bouse Of NJ Daniel Ihreldkeld seven miles west
of Gllccnd8, mo which hc made a fOrclble entry
through the window of Mrs. Threldkelds room (she
bei1 ao,e with ber chi,dren-Mr T. absent on busi-
nesr) and notwit andug most vigorous resistance
ON the part of Mrs. T. he finally succeeded in choking
her do and revishiDg her person, after accomplish
irg which he made bis way to Mr. JacksOn's, near
ne'gLt or of Mrs T.s, broke into the house and at
tempted to commit rape the person OF Mrs. jack
fOp, who. BY Ter screams soon awakened her hus-
band who ninsteIed % fhe wretch severe dfuo-
bnS in the scuile which ensued the negro made his
escape, but was captured the next morning by AIR.
Jackson assisted by of his ghbors, and taken
to the town OF Coconda where a large crowd OF ex-
aepeIated CT izens had gathered the majority of whom
was in favor of hangr him on the epo'; but hnSly,
after much discussion it resolved 10 give HIM into
the hands of committee, with in-truct'ons to deal
with i'm az they thought best. Tne commit &c de-
cided in favor of giving him up to the autho tiles to
be dealt with the law directs, and he accord
ipgly deliV Vered in'o the CUSTODY of the Sheriff.
9TH procedure, however, did not smeet the views
of the II ority of the crowd, Who aferward took
vote whether he should be left to the law or given up
to Threldkeld and his friends; large majority OF those
present were decidedly in favor of the later ateTna-
tive and the negro thereupon torcioly rescued
from the Sheriff. taken by the mob about four miles
back into the country, and there tied up 10 tree:
Mrs ThrelC kt Id WAS then sent for, who fully identified
him az the one who had violated her person the night
preyious An old sword in the possession of one OF
the crowd secured and placed in the hands OF
Mrs T. who tbereupon proceeded to slash, Jib and cu'
him in the mott terrible manner. After her vengeance
was fully sstiated the brothers aud husband OF Mrs.
shot the negro six Ii mes in different psrts oil
bis body-one of her brothers tnsly putting an eni 70
his toII. ns by shooting him through the head Inc
brutal exhibition was finally wound up by actually
sca'pibg him. and his remains were thrown into guly
f. reds from the pace of execution.
"tbe Cororer Of Pope County held en- inquest over
the uutlated 7, mains next day, aud rendered ver-
dict in accord ancc With The facts. We leAn that there
| j. strorg freiIg throughout Pope Coanty condem
natory at tie manner of the negTos death
"No step have yet been taken toward the arre' OF
tic uariie but the matter will rtaaly undergo Judi'
| cial lyesiigation before many Gays.