The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-07-07

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mach sbcss dssy and honesty VIII apparent sin
cedty. I As1 II to sraak beaoaginx 70 Nrs
Willis hyuA book publidhed By she Unises
Brethren, and II d mot unreasoaahls 70 sappos,
that she had been member Of that cAuseh, hs,
name = written In the book.
KePan4sS railing passions we're avarice ana
lsst. III his ends and alma we're 70 eraaify these
An alien and ogtcast from his own family, fol
years he has beenpn the hunt for house-keepcrs
and when 10 would And one 70 live with him
would then hunt indussrioasly for another, under
pretense TO keep her company. He perhaps IN
der gaise Of minister of ker church formed The
acquaintance Of MrA Willis and family-they
We may believe, took him TO be . good, piouA
arathfal man, believed him and upon his repre-.
sentations moved to Missouri, where Kephart
rented farm, they keeping house for him.
Here his object would be TO get rid Of Willis,
in this he succeeded. Willis Is gone. Kephart
represents that Willis LEFT his family destitute
took all they had-he then processes great
friendship for the unfortunate woman and chill.
drcn, he will support them-be their protested
friend; but in that neighborhood there might be
some unpleasant prejudices-some might think
and even say that he had poisoned Willis or had
besn the cause Of his departure. Under these
circumstances he would naturally wish to leave
Cass county and go where these circumstances
we're unknown, and he moves to Washington
county, Arkansas, to live among strangers, the
poor woman vas in his power, helpless and de-
pendant, what could she do with six or seven
helpless children. Mrs. Willis owned in Iowa
l60~acres OF land and Kephart's aya,;oe Coveted
that. She gave him power Of attorney to cell
IL; to influence her to sign this he no doubt let
her have the 400 in gold found hidden in the
soap grease-he could borrow or steal this back
at any time. The land he deeds at once TO his
son "for and in consideration of the cum of two
thousand dollars TO him in hand paid" 1.-THE title
Is imperfect, but he knew it not) Remember,
he dared not hold property in his own name, be-
cause he had living wife who might claim an
interest. He now had the woman in his power,
lie had her land, but she had the gold he wanted
that too. The womae had no doubt, ere this,
wished to get loose from his meshes, and was
nd m tLo t~,,,,
for her children SO soon as she might lie SO for
tunate 40 70 escape his clutches, and no doubt
she urged. entreated and begged him to take her
back to Washington county, Iowa, and let her
live among her old neighbors and friends. He
no doubt consented to take her home; he could
ind another house keeper, but the gold, the gold,
he wanted that He Starts North in May, gets to
Fort Des Moines. stops few days, but cannot
lind the gold; next to Pella and Oskalooea, where
he stops also few days. The gold is not found.
II he had found the gold he would have no doubt
left her to 90 to her friends. but he dare not take
her TO them, for there she would have had pro-
lection, and then perhaps gold and land would
have been all lost. He, no doubt, hunted day
and night for it, coaxed and threatened by turns,
but all in vain-the gold was hidden. At Eddy
vile he formed the murderous purpose-if she
is dead he can find the gold. James he would
not kin, for he knew where the gold was hidden.
He seemed to have gotten the idea Of the place
the Des Moines rivcr-the manner of killing
and the way to conceal, from the Ottumwa muir
der. After the deed is contaminated he drives
into the river, but where he forded the water was
shallow and he crosses ut another ford, this 10
like the first; then he seems to think of Cedar
Creek-he knew the road and the place well,
but after the murder is committed he has no
wisdom and seems given up for destruction and
is now on his way to the gallows and grave.
T The damages done by the late storm to the
Logansport and Burlington Railroad, are all re-
paired, and the freight and passenger trains are
now running regularly, making connections all
the way through.
eE A sorrowful clique of the unterrifed
after the parade Of the Wide Awakes on Satur-
on Main street After the usual amount of hard
swearing ard expenditure Of gas, one of them
arose and made rousing speech to the effect
+" that the rascally Black Republicans had gone
one step ahead Of them in the organization Of
their Wide Awake Company. 1t cannot be en-
durcd, we must head 'em of, and therefore must
org ,nize something Immediately to counteract
the great stir made by the Lincoln men," and 90
on for half an hour. Finally being thoroughly
awakened by this flaming speech, the poor fel-
lows resolved to do something, they didn't know
what, to stop the flow Of enthusiasm which all
seemed to be setting toward the Republican
side. Then commenced tremendous rumpus as
to what should be the color Of their uniforms
One said, we will wear white cap; another a
blue one, and still another, black one. After
qnarreling this question until long after the
wee hours and coming to no conclusion, they,
following the precedent Of the Charleston squab-
blers, adjourned to meet on Friday evening to
decide it. Harmonious still.
IMPORTANT DEclsrox.-We clip the following
from the Macomb On Donough county, Ill.,
Eagle douglas Democrat.) Of June 30th:
A CARp-Mr. Editor In view Of the action
OF the Democratic party, in its recent convention
at Baltimore, cannot, consist entity with my
views of duty, longcr act with that party
deem this public statement of the fact. due
in justice, alike to myself, and to those with
whom have SO long acted, and for whom have
formed SO many political attachments.
Respectfully, CARTER VAN VLECk.
Macomb, June %, 1850.
If By the following note we learn that the
Supreme Court has decided that the Apprais-
ment law Of last winter does not apply to debts
contracted prior to the passage Of that law:
Clerks OFFICE SUPREME COURT,
Dies MONIES, June 29th, 1860.
DEAR cir: The Supreme Court have this day
decided that Chapter 1872 Of the laws OF the 9Th
General Assembly, entitled IAN Act to provide
for the appraismcnt Of property sold under exc
eution, approved March 2sth, 1862" cannot mp.
N, edo tn he massage of gaid