The weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1858-1860, 1858-04-06
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Mnch excitement vas created last week il
Mendoza by the supposed discovery Of the mur
der Of Mrs. Lamb, wife Of Geo. Il. Lamb.
hotel feeper in that place. Lamb was arrested
and taken 10 ST. Louis. We End in the Repub
loan Of Friday, an explanation Of what was be
fore SO mysterious:
THE WIFE MURDkR--cONREssI0N OF LAMB.
At IL o'clock, last night, Geo. II. Lamb, 9
Mepdota, ILL.,, confessed in the presence Of ON
cers William Lee, Capt. William Bogus anc
Mr.. Stafford, his father in-law, to having
drowned his wife in the Mississippi nver, Y
short distance below this city. Stafford went
10 the prisoners cell yesterday morning, to have
some conversation with him. Lamb said thai
there was something he wished 70 tell, but tna'
his counsel had instructed him not to talk e
any one. At ten o'clock, p. m, Stafford again
went to him. as stated before, in company with
officers. when he unbosomed the whole secret
He said he took his wife from the Astor House
and put her in yawl boat, for which he paid
81. telling his victim he was going 70 small
town down the river. Himself and two Others
were III the boat with her. The names he did
not know. He took her down within half q
mile Of the island, The did not say which one)
and there held her head under water until she
strangled. He then tied rope around her
neck, attached stone to it and sunk her. The
rome was about half the size Of Q common bed
cord.
Mr. Sanford asked Lamb how he felt when his
wife was drowning. He said he felt as though
he ought to have gone down with her. he was
asked what motive he had for the perpetration
Of The deed, il Sarah This wifel had not always
treated him properly and wells He replied that
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serve her fate, but that he was influenced BY
other parties, the names of whom be could not
or would not give. He drowned her, he saws, on
the 18th Of December last After her body
had sunk, be, with the two other men, went
ashore and s. mt the yawl adrift. To question
how his wife was dressed, he answered in the
dress she was making at the time he went for
her AZ her fathers house.
The lateness Of the hour at which we write
obliges us to leave out minor particulars, and
precudes any comment on the foregoing.
LATER.
from the Ct. Louis Republican, 27th
THE WIFE MURDER.-We gave yesterday the
principal features Of the confession Of George
II. Lamb to the strangulation and drowning of
his wife. Sarah S. Lamb, on the 18th Of Decem-
ber last in the Mississippi river, short distance
below this city. And We gave, last Monday, .
long account Of the circumstances which led to
the suspicion that caused his arrest. The whole
story shows depravity in the planning, and =
deliberation 10 the execution OF the awful deco,
which challenges the record Of crime to produce
anything more horrible.
Mr.. Clark T. Lamb, brother of the accused,
(who arrived here Wednesday in company with
Mr. Strain, . lawyer of Mendota,) yesterday
morning visited the prisoner The latter stated
he had mispresented the facts in saying two men
we're with him in the yawl He embarked about
dusk with his wife and no ore else. The re-
mainder Of his narrative was similar to that
published BY US yesterday.
It appears that Lamb confessed his guilt to
his lawyer, Mr. Strain, before leaving Mendoza,
and ever since his arrest he has borne himself
as though he could not keep secret which was
the cause Of so much misery to him. lie seems
to be aware that he is going to die, and has
expressed desire to be visited by clergy daily.
He says lite is burden, and he will willingly
submit. to the punishment Of the law, only wish
ing time enough to prepare his soul to meet its
final Judge.
Coroner Kennedy, having occasion to be at
Carondelet yesterday. made inquiry as to ~he-
ther a yawl or skiff had been seen drifting by
there and learned that some time before Christ.
mas three men we're seen to get out OF
skiF above Carondelet, one of them with buu-
die in his hand, and after showing the boat into
the stream, Chamber up the 'Oank and walk has
tily away. A little boy afterwards recovered
the skiff, and it is now in the possession OF
German living at Carondelet. This would seem
to verify Lambs first account.
Yesterday afternoon the prisoner was taken
before Justice Herckenrath, by virtue OF war
rant issued on the affidavit Of Jacob Stafford,
his father-inlaw. There Vas no examination.
hou,ornr orj tbaro not o for two or three
days yet. Lamb is now in Jail.
FATAL ArFRAY IN DARLINGTON DISTRICT, >
Give have learned of . most unfortunate oc
currence ut Cartersville. man named Wynd
ham, a dealex in liquor and traffcker with ne
groes, took from the depot at Cartersville thres
barrels Of whisky. This fact being communi
Gated to the Vigilant Committee, twenty sever
met for the purpose Of destroying the liquor
They we're met by Wyndham's friends; the.
concluded to withdraw, notifying the othe'
party they would return next day. According
ly some seventy five Of the Committee, wei
armed, met; they formed into three companies
and marched to the rear Of the house. One
| the oldest and most respectable citizens wen
| up and demonstrated with the opposing party
| assembled in front Of the shop, armed witt
| guns. pistols. sticks, knives &C., but TO no pul
pose. The defenders Of Wyndham and hi
LIQUOR swore that if the Vigiant men entere
the shop. it would be over their dead bodies
4 The companies advanced the door was Ordere
to be opened. One Of Wyndham's party sin
/ eled out an officer among the Vigilants, saying
.You are my man." and fired, the shot brushin
/ him and striking another man, out not KILN
him. In an instant the man was shot dead, an
4 general rush made at his party, knockin
them down with the butt ends Of their guns
in some instances breaking them, fracturin
skulls. &c. Two or three Of the Wyndhams al
dead, or will die soon. Nelson Stuckey wa
badly, if not fatally, stabbed, with Mr. koo
ertson, the man who was first shot. These wei
the only vigiants injured. The shop was er
tered; but, not finding the whisky, the cor
crib was searched, and it was found there az
destroyed.-[Camden Journal.
INrERrERENCE OF CATHOLIC PRIEsTs WITH
INDUsrRIAL ScRooL.-We learn from the Bun
10 Express that .the efforts of the bcnevole
ladies Of Buffalo, who are engaged in sustainli
an Industrial School in that city, have recent
met a severe blow from the active interferen
Of the Catholic priesthood with their school,
A large portion of the school was comp0s
Of the children Of Irish and German Cathoh'
J and these parents have been influenced by
, Catholic priesthood to forbid their children
attend the Industrial school. more thhn =
hundred children have been removed or foro
} den to attend but ''in no case" says the Expire
, s.has this occurred until after they had DC
: literally supplied with clothing at the exPer
:. OF Protestant charity" The alleged reason
. an attempt to proselytize, on the part OF
, ladies', who emphatically deny the charge
r call upon the clergy for proof.
!. BArrLE At FoRr SNIrH.-For some reas.
not stated, the police Of the town OF Fort Sml
Arkansas, we're attacked and fired on, the n,
OF Saturday the 9th ult., by gang OF UNI
: States troops. The police returned the
: driving the troops to the Fort with SIX
4 wounded.
ic New York, March 81
Y A letter from Havana dated March "a, "a
:, that the British war steamer had brought
y that BORT the schooner Panchita, seized as q
g yer, and sailed again Immediately in pursuit
another SLAYER.
Judge Hall, Of the U. s District Court,
r. denied the motion for an injunction to pre-
/. the sale Of the Collins steamers
!. The steamer Arabia sailed to-day for "
! pool. with 90 passengers and $4,000 in spt
,r. Commander Pendergast, U. S..N., was pas
e Among the passengers BY the Persia vas
n 49, pro.;dout nc the Fri. r. r. TO.