The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-06-01
faE yAcxsoH CO. VIGILANCE connIrrEH
rns,k .NsourioS on FRIDAY.

In Saturday mornings Gazette ~c noticed
The rumor that a man had been taken on,
a the De Wiz. Clinton county. Jail. by a
mob composed cf part Of the Vigilance
Committee oi Jackson county, aud hung.
THE report res ched us Just BET re going TO
press, and we had NJ oppor,un,n ri obtain.
,nu particulars. SATURDAY. morning gen.
tlcmsn rom Clinton county called 10 see
os aud gave W. additional tntvlnts con-
hrmatvry OF the report A lrG dfys rih'e
w. COPIED from the Maquokr'a Jackson
coun,v) Sentinel, string " r'~n'ul'uhr
published by The /" Vigilance 60" "titee" ~
TIA, county, an etenuised mol "ho have
taken IN their owl hands rom 'uur's, lufIes
sud oficcrs, the administration "i law and
order We expressed our as,ol,snment 81
a.. cool impudcnce oi such puhlcspon,
sUd that any paper would 80 otuas" llst II
i, u ,hns beeom. The organ at mob.
We appealed 10 the better cla. W citizens
= JatAsOn county, To prolesf an-t the
,IIoy and disgrace being b,dul upon Sae
.sun,y ", their name t, the %. she had
sre ,ay hang 1ne msn, deman ~ o. the Of
toesa OF the Law vigorous arch " place
40 ,heu hs sds s.othev We 80. sn8 IN ne
,9iumns oi publ. nrwspaper threatened
the-s crfaess. cstied upon thru ~ reslga,
sad alen, declared tac pea ~ sesA
iaT constance T. shen lbl-,u ans At
tempted iesa ltatefie1ea.s ~ te.n We
have .o~ to ylses betoit 80 .SsFs '"ofe
horrible details 81 lie action ~ this mob
-N.aisac. Committee, Who not SATISFIED
viii s,temptins % regulate rh !aw and tie
,A-,allon IN tnef swn eount, havs dsr .nE-
il stepped into the borders - smother
,oan,y, and dragged men ir,m PRISON to
hang them
Las Thursday evening sbou, .even
o'clock. large number OF men, part OF the
jackson County Vigilance COMMITTEE, rode
over on horses and IN wagons to the neigh.
bo-hood OF De Witt Clinton county. VII u
near that place, they halted ami tied Their
guard their teams. about sixty persons, arm
ed TO the teeth, marched TO the DE Witt
Jail, taking with them enc wagon. They
were met al the door BY Sheriff Buchanan
and Col. Wheeler, ot whom the mob de-.
handed two prisoners confined ~ ltil on
the charge vi murder. One, nargrr, has
been tried ~ ice, we believe, TOR the muir
der OF his W .e, and nj the late cOur, secured
new trial. The other, Carroll. killed n
man last year. The Sheriff aud Colonel
Wheeler, We understand did their utmost,
even To ioreible resistance, 10 prevent the
mob from taking the prisoners. But their
efforts were unavailin., aud before the citi.
zens could be- aroused the men had broken
open the Jail, taken out their victims, placed
them in the Magoa aud drove of. II was
Understood nj ID Win when our ialormau,
lett, that the men were To b. hung NJ An.
drew, Jackson eoonty, last Frialy afternoon
a, O'Clock. Great excitement prevailed
a, DE VIII, on aeeoun, OF this unparalleled
outrage, perpetfhfed right IN their mIds, b.
amob from another county. A. effort was
made 10 form company 10 puTsuc the band
snd rcscue the prisoners. a company oil
about hundred could ha,. been raised a.,
once, but as they had no arms !, - as thought
idle TO attempt the rescue. II l. to be re
GREETED that the band 81 lawle.s men were
not punished ON the spo, by ~ citizens Of
De VIII. The condition OF ih,ngs IN Jack.
son county is now such az 10 call Tor immp
date interference on the part N tie Exec.
u,iye OF State. Their continuance will
make that which 10 now bur,lng, shame.
fui disgrsce to Jackson county, a stigma
upon the whole State We hope TO be able
"a add. before going 10 press, somc par,ieu.
lars OF the ultimate tate OF me two psi.,