Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1857-05-23


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capturing the offenders. q Neiehbo,s i
d sue h a coustrya as this was, at tl,atltime
d dincladeck all swho reside within ten q
4 htwelve miles Of the place designated.
lbd A little after the middle of the. day, te
q Eor twelve of the hardy ldwellefs of tn
a mouhtains had collected ithenisel YES yd
Stottler's porch. edt d3ia boraqmoo 53i
,dno While Lambert, as their chosen lead
fer, wha made Q solemn VOW to- capture 0
destroy the, murdcrers, the compan
. started on foot and We'll armed, iii HpuF
suit of The bloodistaihed fugitises; horse
| however active and powerful could be Q
no use to the purstiers among the rock
4 and precipices of the mountains, covered
i as they were with snow. .4sb4rn 6aynf
i When the company came to the seen,
1of the murder, no doubt could exist q
i the facts the snow was much tramplet
and, greatly discolored. with blood, -ant
disclosed traces of a deadly struggle glea o
'Eliie and death. From all appearanoes
\ the struggle must have been long and
dreadful, and eyinced the, obslinacy " witt
which the; poor victim of assassination
must have contended hopelessIy for life
But what must have been the reflection
which rushed on the mind Of the lonels
and deserted victim of perfdy when
overcome and sinking under the hand.
and savage hearts of these monsters %
! inlquity and blood. His wife, his chill
dreii, his poverty, the cold charities Of !
mcrciless world, must have filled his
mlnd with horror and dismay--the phys
real aggonies g of death, with all their ex-
cruclating pangs, can be as nothing, to
such mental sufferihgs. '''do2 1So 9'Sl "
T. lt was evident TO Lambert and his com
pany, that the body of deceased would
| not be far removed from the scene of
death, and in few minutes search the
corpse was discovered 1t was .wedged
IN between two large rotten fogs,. which
had been rolled out of the road and eoy,-:
cred with the rubbish OF leaves and brush
wood, ahd bore marks of a most san.
gulnary butchery. Two balls had pass
ed through the body, and in the breast
and sides were found the marks of sew,
eral vital stabs, given apparently with a
large hunters knife. !. u IL 4,rpo !.
One Of. the hands of the deceased was
horribly disfgured; it seemed as if In
the conflict, Pollock had grasped The
blade of a large knife; which had bee i
drawn forcibly through his hand, and
nearly severed the joints of his fingers.
Hls clothing was much rent and torn in
the combat, and his countenancc exhibi-
ted the indications Of great agony in his
last moments. A council was now held
hHBg hHBgtnh The company as to what was to be
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proposed an instant and vigorous pursuit
of the murderers, before their foot tracks
would be effaced from the soft snow
The proposition was assented to by the
whole company, and ina a short time the
trail of the, murderers was discovered,
being little west of north !; the snow
was light and unpacked, and exhibited
their footprints with great clearness and
certainty. aag4i Lar liia.a eaI di
When the company started on the trail
it was late in the evening, the sun not
being more than two hours from the hori
zon, and the whole country over which
the trail of the fugitive passed, known
only, to the hunters, was wild and track
less wilderness, tangled with an under
growth Of laurel and brushwood. The
pursuers Kept the track with industry,
perseverance, and resolution until sunset
and the approach of darkness. The
mountain now began to assume more
bleak and dreary aspect; the sound Of the
wind through the leaiess boughs and
branches of the trees, seemed to be
fraught with the loud howl of the wolf
and the shrill scream of the panther, and
the distant and sullen roar of the noun
tain torrents seemed ominous Of solitary
and unknown dangers. Toignorant and
uncultivated minds, the sublime and in
scrutable mysteries of nature, are always
the cause of superstition and terror, and
more particularly SO during the hours OF
night and darkness.
Lambert now discovered rs the night
began to set in, that the courage and res
olution of has companions was fast ebblng,
and they would be soon brought to a
dead stand still, and he called halt for
further consultation. The result of this
deliberrtion WAS, that each individual
found or formed some excuse for return
ing home. and Lambert was left alone TO
pursue his dangerous and lonely enter
prise.
He was, however, doubly armed, FIRST
with the Justice Of his cause and con.
sciousness of rectitude, and second will
good rifle, tomahawk and hunters knife
and with these he pursued his precarious
journey-not-regardless of CONSEQUENCES
but prepared to meet allcvents chat migh
occur With the. assistance Of starlight
reflected from bright surface of SNOW
he was enabled 10 trace the footsteps of the
murderers, and when the moon arose il
full splcndor, little before midnight, he
found no further difficulty in pursuing
his way. a lsaa sea ssbG ss.F
After travelling in a northwestern di
rection Twelve or fourteen miles he cam,
to an old and nearly disused road, run
ming nearly parallel with the one he hat
left; this was called the old Pennsylva