The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-03-31

More of the Kentucky Tragedy

| more OF the Kentucky Tragedy
The Evansville Qnd) Journal, of the
9th, has long narrative of the events
! which happened reeehily In Hawesvlle
ky. which ended in the shooting Of Lowe
1t says:
He came to the place some five or six
years ago, and connected himself by mar.
riage with one of the most respectable
families of the neighborhood, and attain.
ed respectable position as a merchant
He is acknowledged to have been up
right and faithful in all his business af-
fairs, and although apparently amiable
and courteous in his general bearing, he
has, from the beginning of his residence
in the town, been engaged in series of
most violent and outrageous broils, till
he had become the terror of the country,
and the peace of the community seemed
to demand that he should be expelled from
1t. His first act of violence was shoot
ing and dangerously wounding Il team
sler for whipping his cattle. AT trial
soon after, before justice at Lewisport,
he drew his pistol in the courtroom and
shot his opponent. A large button, on
which the ball glanced, saved, however,
the life of his intended victim. The af-
fair led to a series of other acts which
disturbed the neighborhood for some time
On another occasion, when attending a
trial, III a tit of rage he drew revolver
and fired several shots at man standing
in densely crowded court house; but,
as if by a miracle, only young lad was
injured, and he was shot in the leg. He
has been for years in perpetual feuds and
brolls with parties around him who would
not submit t, his imperious will, often
threatening violence, and in many in
stances shooting persons in the most reck-
less and wanton manner.
The immediate cause Of the lyncbing
was Loves going into the courthouse to
shoot the prosecuting attorney, (MaxwelD
in consequence of IA political quarrel
He had prepared a whole arsenal for the
loaded muskets in lot fronting the pub
lie square, on which he appeared with
five or six pistols under his arms, as ma
ny more in belt, and with his coat
pockets apparently loaded with revolvers
and bowie knives. The Evansville Jour
nal says:
The public fury appeared to have ex-
hauSted itself, and the people seemed
melancholy and sad over the death of AL
dick, who had been killed for assisting
Lowe ON the previous day but about
ten o'clock number of shots, in rapid
succession, were heard within the pre-
cincts of the prison. On rushing to the
Jail the citizens found the keys had been
forced from the jailor by two men, who
proceeded to loves cell, and in the pres
ence of another inmate of the cell, had
ridded his head and chest with balls;
the unhappy man lay corpse in pool
of blood upon the floor. The terrible
deed, Notwithstanding the excitement and
scenes of the previous day. sent thrill
of horror through the community. If he
had been shot down in the fight, his fate
would rot have excited much sympathy
or regret; but the assassination of help
less prisoner in his cell, after night of
reflection, wore too much the aspect of
deliberate and premeditated murder to
iud any sanction in public sentiment, as
odious and dangerous as the victim had
made himself.