, 1859-07-15


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Desperate Dotncs In Sparta.
! trrom The Du Quo,n, u..) Jousnall
! The citizens Of the quiet town Of Sparta.
| Randnlnh conntv xere In a nrrfart f..r1nent NJ,
the 5lh inst. and The Wild excitement 1hat nre.
| domiuated during the day, uas not stilted until
tue life blood of one poor wretch was spilled
4 notorious. muct, dreaded. and dcsncra,. 1nan
named Gus Gratau,. I,ad made thaE town his
place Of abode for The past s;x or cjrht months.
| md during thai time nf conr.e had cnrr;sd ~
I lis deyiIu1eut IN high llxnded munnrr, dsr;n1
| tic authorities and 1be law abidinv citixcns Il,
check him ia his de,estiblc conduct, Some Of
tho best citizens Of that place Lad gained lis iii
| Will, aud he llad sworn to make ,hem suftsr for
it.
| On Saturday the cd inst. Graham and aomr
| Of his associates were in a low dorgerr. driuk
ins whisky. aud during that time Il Vas niannet,
by himself aud friends, that an attack should be
| made on lis enemies in Sparta on the 5tb,
Murder was hipted ut l,y then. and incendiarisn,
openly spoken of. During Ills time. mn honest
6,yn,cr INA in tie mon, H., onTasr.J ~ To-.
| considerably under the influence Of iiouor-so
! much SO, indeed. that Graham. and The others
thought he would not understand the drift Of
| their conyessation-but in this thcy were mis-
taken; for the cid man plainly beard ali thev
| said, and remembered it too. As soon rs I'll
opportunity presented ITSELF the farmer vent to
magistrale's Office, aud Informed that officer
OF what he had overheard. The citizens were
promptly informed Of tue plot, and made im-
mediate prenaratjous 10 be uuou their frard
4 vigilance committee was orsauized. and the
strictest witch kent upon Gtahatu and lis asso.
ciates.
On tho morning OF the 9Th. Graham vent to
Chester, twenty miles distant, with the ostensi-
Lle purpose, q has been proved, Of informing
spurta on the following day for the purpose or
numbering one or two Of the prominent citizens =
and burning some valuable property. Willie in
Chester, he formed tue Acquaintance Of strang-
er, who, we think, gare his name rs Ilutchins.
by sun,e that hey hare been Known to % e4ei,.
other for two or three years played cards dur.
ing the whole Of the ensuing night, The form
er laid loaded revolver upon tic table before
him, and swore that be would shoot any person
who interfered with lin. 1t is thought that the
authorities Of Chester did not know he was in
The tosn, or i Is probable he would have been
arrested, rs he was driven iron. that p1ace
few months before for some Of Lis desperafn
acts.
Early on the following morning, he started
on his return 10 Sparta, and his partucr of lie
prerious night accompanied him. During tie
"Trip. the hnck driver saw Graham receive i rc-
votvcr and bowie knife from the hands of Ills
companion, saying that lie would need them in
short time. U.1on the arrival Of the hnrk in
Spartu, the Vigilance Committee notified Gra-
liam to ieave within certain number Of hours,
would nut do. saying tbat he would die first.
The Committee and ci:,zens, fn,Iing that Gro-
ham di not lcaye at the time nnno;nipJ
nurchcd in a Lody-numbcring at lrast one
hundred persons-for the purpose Of enforcing
their decision lie remarked when thev at,-
abn1A a.
you" He was then informed Of their business.
and Immediately repeated, with the addition IL
fearful oatas. The same words he said when first
notified to icavc, aud at tic same time he drew
nrevolrcr, and fired two shots at those persons
uearest him. hut witbnut rf;,rt This ,ra. ~
signal fur tue citizens to ire. md ;n.tnr,1S
twelve or fifteen guns and pistol. wcre di:.
charged at him. lie frtl tn fLc rronDL ,nJ
died upon the spot, lie received teur wonnds
three u which were Of frichtful c,,a,ucter'
One load Of buckshot euttrsda his i'm sid
max M m oritice large enough, to aln;t mars
fist, and from whicl, The jutestiucs nrotr,d.d
Several large buckstot entered The left anric .r
the mouth, aud came out Of the rit,ht III. If |
tue face, tearing away portion of lie ;ar 1
bullet passed through tic lower norton Of tf,c
right lung, aud another entered tie right arm.
1T the tln,c Graham was shot. une 1f i;s ns.
sociates, named Dcrel, from tie neiyhhorbooJ
Of st. Nnry's No.. was Standing ns,- vii,
latchet iu Ills hand. When t;runam IN i'a.,.A
ever. Bcycl turned and Gri. and several s,n,s
were iircd at linn br the erc;tcI e;,;tn' sno's
Of wlici, tool effect Four ar s,1e"s, f;ra s none
met him. howcrcr md wl;ic mn ba15 psrsuns .ss'.
cr to lis breast, ano,lcr kuocSad I ~, e
aud he was secured. Muteh;n,,s Tho % .n,n ao", ,sh
accou,nanird Eral,um from Cl,es,.r ,rns a a.a,
inr n sl,nrt dis,ancc frn,, ,,a s,snn wa er'u W"
sL1otin,r md when lie saw Ii, io,o "oa3 - t ~
lie tried 10 escape but wa, orertos.n h~ .an, aa,
of the citizens. i've believe ona ~ w. ~ so"lt
tie confderates If Graham ,rsrs " .os.,I n9' U.
did not learn their name. Hey,J snJ II..e,, ous
were ti,rn taken to 1hc roo,,, - ~ nG:,pgs
committec. where t,ey uer ro,fas1 ai nt,, ,a.se .
ls o'clock 1T night when thosc VIM wer. ,rate1
inr the prisouera were re-, .ed hv f.est ,,,,.sa
In short ti,ue atter HeTcj and Hntei;n,,s .as.
taken to the woods a,;oin;nc toWr .:,.a "e's
rope was fastened around the formers pcel % anI
hc was swu,,r to ,le limb oC ,ras M, aa.s
su0ocated. when he was ioreraI a,S % ,h;"i'; "G
lis time On earth was abont endea a 1h.nnas ha aaas
such revelations as induced the eonm,an M ,.a1e '
HutcI';n"s wss nert s,r;ns =. yas..s n ,,.;, rc
uearlr e1,snct md IN . ,n", W ea,sa %Ha. Me Was
down he conmenced c'rs;a1 tha.a .e1 ZEN oslng !ei
b;u, :, ci,n ros NJ n rou,5 ra,a suDss ..o naa