The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1859-03-05

at him, without any apparent effect. He
was finally overtaken and captured, when
it was found that his body was entirely en-
cased in armor that extended up thu neck
and covered the back part of the head, where
| it was covered by a wig. He was taken
back to the Court House, where the Court
was in session, and in whose presence all
these proceedings had occurred, without
any power on the part of the civil officers
to arrest them. The Judge appealed to the
crowd to give their prisoner into the custody
of the law. On a personal pledge from the
Judge that he should be safely kept and
made amenable to the law, he was given in
charge of the Judge, who took him to jail
and remained with him as protector the
greater part-if not all night. ss-sssE
On Wednesday morning the village was
comparatively quiet, and all was still about
the prison. The public fury appeared to
have exhausted 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 precincts 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 presence of another inmate of the cell,
had riddled his head and chest with balls; the
unhappy man lay acorpse, in pool of blood
upon the floor. The terrible deed, notwith-
standing 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 not have excised
much sympathy or regret; but the assassin
alton of helpless prisoner in his cell, after
night of reflection, wore too much the as
pect of deliberate and premeditated murder,
to find any sanction in public sentiment as
odious and dangerous as the victim had
made himself .5-=-.
We are informed that Mr.. Robt. L. Boyd,
Judge Williams, Hon. VIM. Sterrett, and
many other influential citizens did all in
in their power to allay the excitement, ar
rest the acts of violence, and prevent the
awful tragedy-but their influence awaited
but little.
The alleged justification for killing Lowe
in his cell, is that he threatened, as soon as
he was released, to kill every man he met,
who had taken part against him; it is de-
clared that the safety of others required the
forfeiture of his life. The friends of Lowe
believed he was a monomaniae on the sub
ject of personal insult and aggression. 9th
ers believe be was clustering braggadocio,
who presumed upon the IMMUNITY which his
invulnerable armor gave him. Monday,
several peace warrants were issued for
loves arrest, but neither the constables nor
Sheriff dared to execute them; nor could they
collect posse to aid them. Lowe defed the
whole power of the county to take him, and
threatened instant death to any one who
laid hands on him. The Grand Jury in
dicted some twenty persons for refusing to
obey and aid the Sheriff in his arrest Lowe
had placed himself in the position of an out
law, and if he had been shot by the Sheriff
in the execution of his duty the act would
have been justihable one, and no public
regret would have been felt. But the man
ner of his death is now subject of deep re-
greet and shame TO the citizens of the county.
Several persons who were suspected of in
citing Lowe in his course of violence, have
been forced to leave the county.