M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1860-02-16
fErsm the Louisville Democrat, Wednesday,
Terrible Affair AT Hawesville,
Kentucky.


fgrsm tho Louisville Democrat, Wednesday
YcryibIe Affair AT HawesViIIe,
Kentucky.
A Store Bio1DH Up rih On Internal Ma
chias'- Sequence 10 the Lone Affair! !
Frs PerJOns FOundsd- SsVrGl MoriGI-
ty!
The town Of Hawcsville, Ky, was,
on Monday last, the scene OF another
terrible affair. DR.. II. A. Dawson,
who, it will be remembered, was one
Of the persons who entered the Jail aud
shot Thomas S. Lowe, about year
ago, attempted TO destroy his own
4itc, together with the lives OF several
other persons. 1t is supposed that his
object was to take the life Of Mr.. Tom
6terrett, against whom he has enter,
,tained deadly animOs!ty since the
death of Lowe. This arose from the
fact that Mr.. S. had expressed himself
rather freely against those persons who
took the lie OF Mr.. Lowe, and de-
nounced the cowardly manner in
which that d!abOl;cal act was conspm.
mated. -
On Monday last Dr.. Dawson en-.
tered the store of Mr.. Duncan, in
which Mr. Sterritt, with three or four
other persons, was seated. lie had
under hia cloak a willow market bask-
ct, in which, covered over with some
? eggs, was an internal machine OF his
own invention. a description Of this
instrument OF doath may be interes
ting.
1t was q tin tube, large enough to
hold five or'six pounds OF powder,
with which II was filled. This maga
zine was contained within another tin
canister, of double the size. The
'spece between the two was filled with
bullets or large sized shots, q suffi
.cieRt number to weigh ten or twelve
,pOuuds. This inferno! machine was
constructed under the Doctors espe'
cial direction, by q timer in Cannel-
ton, Ind, which town is Immediately
opposite Hawesvillc.
DR.. Dawson approached Mr.. Ster'
rett, and, when within few feet OF
him, be set fire to his internal ma
chine, with the expectation of blowing
himself, Mr.. Sterrett, ard every body
else in the room, into eternity. The
shock was terrible. One whole side
of tho house was blown out, the root
was lifted from the raiters, and six
large stills above were broken. Mr..
Duncan, the merchant, was very dan
perously wounded-it isteareI fatally.
Mr. S,errett was seriously hurt, and
badly burnt. Three of the'bullets en-
tered his face, and it is feared he may
lose an eye. DR.. Dawson had his left
fore arm broken in two places, his
collar bone broken, his right shoulder
dislocated, the flesh torn of tho ,shoul-
der to the bone, his clothes torn from
his body, and he was badly burned in
the face, breast and arm. He was a
dcrrtble sight, and rushed from the
house after the explosion, crying;
skill me for Gods sake; do not want
to live any longer" Two other per-
sons were in the room, but were not
seriously hurt.
The citizens OF the town, hearing
the noise and feeling the shock, rush.
ed to and fro in the widest confusion.
They thought that key of powder
had exploded in the store.room.-
When they were informed OF the tr'uc
cause of the explosion, many persons
were in favor Of killing Dawson, and
strong efforts were made to do so.--
The news spread through the county,
and the country people were rushing
to town with their guns for the pur
pose oftaking part in the mob. Th,
whole town was arming. The great
est and widest excitement prevailed
throughout the town.
When the Grey Eagle, from the
attentive officers Of which boat we OBJ
4ained this information. left Hawes
vile, at 8 o'clock on Monday night,
the excitement was intense, and it was
thought that Dawson would he taken
ont by the iniuriated citizens, and
killed. Astrong guard was stationed
around the house to prevent it.
This is one OF the most appalling afro
cities that ever was perpetrated n d
Christian couCty. 1t is ten times
moro frightful in it's conception than
the Lowe tragedy, but, fortunately
less destructive in it's result Howev
or, we are prepared to hear anything
from Hawesville, and it may be tina
the next news is that the whole town il
wrapped in flames, and that mobucra
10Y and ruin reign imperial over tina
illfated town. The wretched man
Hardia Aurelius Dawson, If he ha
not been for the last year, must Ger
tainly he now a raving maniac.
BANK RoBBERY-. $17.8S5 STOLE
FROM THE BANK OF TENNESSEE. 60
the night Of Thursday last, Il mos