St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-18
A Book Of Thrilling Interest.
A RECORD OF HORROR.
Truth more startling than the widest legend.
wa be issued ! 9Th Decem5er
The Regulators in Iowa, 1857.
l9S Men in Iowa Lcagucd i'll Crime.
E'diG0n LiHiteI
The Regulators i'm Iowa, 1857
l9S Men in Iowa Lcagucd III Crime.
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TIVE summer If 1857 was which indcbly stamped
its impress upon the history ul Iowa. In the remote
future, when the antiquarian shan unrol the dusty scroll
which records the dongs Of the present in state.
the incidents of the past season viii beetle forth with "a
prominence OF interest 10 his view consras,nE the chro
nboEy uirryu whole centuries Of her subsequent history
into utter iuSigu,Hrucr and NEGLECT Events uut c-~
Startling in tl.ir vIruttar than tlus" which Hin ssed
tie recent prre> ttru,r. OF oar Ter commulvt altb
the Pacific To- di-pnEc the nUNious and Currultug
81 maut~ u her "pUlbou-~uddcnly, nystpfuu-ly, aud
within day, =rZlug the sovereignty at the ctrc state
ant -GspcnduG the execution ri it, laws events moi
les potent aud decisive than those which attended tho
inclusive ttrucs OF the French people during the last dee
AIDE Of the 18th Contty to relieve om elves Of the st
lugmCIhl~ OF amin utli and dhCdNed though tErauuCa
yuaSty-notcFa' for the historian Of auI in all after
time events startling 10 every soul within Ia" STATE
terrible 10 uany-hayr occurred Ia our Inist and
now cha ing each other rapidly away into the dmni hing
hazr~s Of the Past. Shall baud grasp pm 10 do
tam the story 81 those mOurntul sceucSy Individuals.
member, of the community III which we live in groups
"f aN"""' or supposed lh!sdcets were Slnmarly and
iny-tasiUu.y hurled into cernity--by whom, in many
Instance they knew not the green sward of the prairie
rocked with human blood and the uuScruoucd stencil OF
it, publication oted on the air throughout territory
embracing several counties Of the state, every corpse
Hand which ius above the horizon treasures ii. ta
of horror aud remembers il spectacle Of summary and
terrible death And yet, hitherto, the veil Of ignorance
and mystery has enshrouded these event, 10 historian
has appeared TO remove the appcayptiC stone and bring
10 " daylight Of truth and the ordeal Of public scrutiny
the fact Of the founding record To 10 thisp present
trustworthy Barravc-to furnish the people Of Iowa
and the world, fair aud unpTriucca detail al the I;c.l-
htns organizations Of the state during the pa,t six
months, descriptive Of their plans and movements and ac
count at the offences and crime, winch led 10 their cyrr.
scE, Is the humble effort of the present author He aims
not specifically tp yindlcac the Vigilance Committees
nor yet upon the other hand, to condemn unheard the
unfortunate victim. of their mysterious and terrible
power but u uplt the pail Of awful secrecy which u
press the public mind and 10 minister the extent Of hi-
humble ability Ia 3" yadiCatOn Of the sublime truth of
In tory l. his first his best his only and fearless sp
Iaun The many violent and terrible executions under
he sanction and by the awc~S hands Of the Rryult-
nrs i" which haunt The memory Of the past few months
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