St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1857-12-10
A Book of Thrilling Interest.
A RECORD OF HORROR.
Truth more startling than the widest legend
wa be issued 10Th December
The Regulators i'm Iowa, 1857.
1913 Men in Iowa Leagued in Crime.
Ediit0R Limited.
ruth more startling than the widest legend.
wa be issued 18th December
Ediiion Limited.

FUNiE Summer Of 1857 one which ndclibly STAMPED
IL impress upon the history of Iowa In the remote
ure when the antiquarian shall unru the dusty scroll
when records the dOngs of the present age in State
the incidents Of the past will beetle forth with
prominence Of interest to his Costras,ng the Chro
ogy ofeven whole centuries OF her subsequent history
INTO utter nslgnillcanCe and neglect Events less
startling in their character than those which witnessed
tue recent successful attempts of our sister commonwealth
upon the Pacific 10 dgOrgc the noXiOus and Corruuting
el 'ments Of her poPuaiicn-sudtey mystcriousy and
within day, SEEING the sovereignty Of the entire state
AMI susendng the execution Of lis laws event
less potent and decisive than those which attended the
Conclusive troes Of the French people during the last
AIDE Of the 18th century, o relieve Themselves OF the sti
fling incubus of anmpOent and deCayod though tvraun cal
dyuasty-macra Tor the historian C GaU in all aft,
time events startling TO every soul within the State
terrible 10 many-bave occurred in midst and are
now chasing each other rapidly away into the diminishing
ha2incss OF the Past Shall no hand grasp pen to de
tain the story of those mOurnin sccncS1 Individuals
members u the community in which We live. i'll groups
Tor avowcd or SUPPOSED msdccds were summary and
mystcrously hurled into etcrniy--by whom, in many
nanceS they knew not the green sar,i Of the praes
rcekcd with human blood the unscrutoed stencil of
IL publication tpatcd on the air throughout u territory
embracing several counties Of the state every corpse of
woodland which iuts above the horizon it, tale
of horror and remembers It's spectacle of summary aud
terrible death And yet hitherto the veil al ignorance
and mystery has Cnshuudci these event no historian
ha' appeared Ia r'noy" the ao,Ulytc tone and bring
10 the daylight Of truth and tho ordeal Of public scrutiny
the facts Of the astounding record To do thto present
trustworthy narfatiNC-tu furnish the people Of Iowa
and the world fair and unprecedented detail Of the Rcgu.
hating organizations Of the state during the past six
months descriptive Of their plans and movement and ac
count of the offences and crimes which led 10 their
ses is the humble effort Of the present author lie aims
no, specifically Ia vindicutc the Vigilance Committees
yet, upon the other hand to condemn unhcard the
unfortunate victims If their mysterious and terrible
power but 10 upl the pail VI awful secrecy which OPP
pres the public mind. and tn minister 10 the Ut his
humble HbHy IN " yiuGiCaiIum If the sublime truth OF
history g." il ms r-t his best his only and tearess a-pi
ration. The many violent and terrible under
the sanction ant by III" lawlcss hands Of the Rrgua
tors, which haunt the memory Of the pat few months