The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-08
Horrible rrngcdy I'm lows.
ftorres~ orfence Of the Iowa CITY Republican

IJHwx1Y johnson County, July 10 1857.
You have undoubtedly beard rumorr Of terrible out
rage committed In our settlement Friday evening last
living, DO the scene OF slaughter, and being &c
aoslnsd win the circumstances and sne E.rus &C., nave
About mile north OF me there (ov wal hsing family
BY the name Of bur, consisting Of Huri, his WIFE his
we's mother aud four children. Friday morning Hurt
went TIE city purross Of sscersaning the tutn OF
the roper, circulation. watch that his wife lad sue
ceedcd ~ Obtaining btI 81 divorce. Nc camo home
tslc before SUI ss vent Tie we 20, drink Of water,
hen pick axe and grows be vile from the house
sf n so s s S s hsr ss sua s s axe ,s.n
hacked Der up IN he most shameful manner cut hor right
y e and sunt ne BIT q ne axe severnl times
her back and rides &c ben zen her tor dea and took
ni,er hs N heT 10 lag, who was running through the
Geld 10 Of The rtlsnos she had gee 90 far OF that
STAIR SCI the bcus Gro In half hour The
and everything In It IN ruins Tso Of his sous, young
meE were present al the tine, but dare NOS make Tie
wbne the house Vas burning, Hurt was seen going
through me Geld towards uicket About lark soiso
Mrs Hun va fourd IN pctsioo path. rengtlta Sho
carried " nsRhbors bose and u Vas arranged ~
meet OF ds hight iho next morning 10 hant for IT. The
sescb was tNor he went about twenty reds 70 'e edte
q a thictet and stabbed himself tsice win pocss
knife he vn heard raeaapF snd crying ell night by
of n~zhbors. Bs had Zoe, bis knife ~ TIC grass,
and bad other viii which 20 nnlsh tho Il
eel destruction. Ono despatched toths ctyt
ductor He had double barrel shot gun, with him. and
a. leaving for The CITY he e lhe stasdtg urosT lbe
shtd Hunt len the tcke' n TIE ght, W e 40 10
or where stood, pulled OF his Tah boot .Ucuec Il 70
drink AZ IS light be The gun, ard placing
TIE ruzzlc 70 hg le cor, b. efchuscd the pecs ss
supposed with his toes Nc vas found lying upon hls
bsot with bis left around tho gun.
Hurt wac drlrsus ,h'0loss and evidently desperse
mar. Hs wits Wa hard wofsrg oduepious woman
The family were LEI, without shelter, o. charge o.
cohv. Mrs lurt bad lived IN censoi fear Of her life
f1r the last fur years snd suffered thousand deaths
The family formerly lived in tho ucr)lefp part Of Ohio
Sore nIeen years ago, Hurt Killed neiehbor bis IN
drunken hay and FED To Csraia sue remained in Ohio
UNA about four years ago when she received lesT
from him from Michigan stating that be had land ihere
sro vsrted her w sell nut and JOIN him Her children
being ansio 10 West DID So Hurt ~as In oeot
for groe and bnard hill when et ouJd him She oed IT,
70 ere hsd sbout 81 500 vh her Ere bought place herc
and not seeing any reformation 10 the man. she secured
The title In her ovp name. They lived together "a
and wife but thort Tine He came nigs killing her
two years She Der life on him. and sp-
Piled for bill He has been living In the family ever
sibce terror 10 them all She employed Clark Bro 70
get divorce Az her request wrote cnce or 10 ce
IN her behalf Knowing her, as DID, fshe having worked
for US several umes, when compelled " fee her
bome) informed Them Of her ueubes and tsae secured
the vorce snd the RICH, 10 the little property she pos
sessed But she k tot here ~ thank thcm for u, for
have just learned tbst che died last piebt Hurt
buried Yesterday and she win be this evening Thus enis
The tragic scene, W. u FORD.