The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-06-30

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i ,r,,yprxp Aseox AND BUAGLARY--SaoorlxG
!. ~ or rns PARrrEs. Marshal Winton arrest
men. named Hiram Davis and Geo. Pull
:. -, "wednesday, on Information received from
=. pe;shborhood Of shekokon, H.. charging
49,, nth being concerned in an attempt to Gre
4. ~. Of Mr. Joseph Kirby, who resides three
.,,.s ,,u,hcas, Of thas place. A third person,
!. hem miAcwu, had been shot in the act, tho
o,h+n escaping.
Amer their arrest, Fuller-who Is only about
.:A,ee. ycars ofsge-confesscd the whole affair,
"a from his statements we gather the following
r;o Of rascals, consisting Of Charlie yescy-
IN known in this city as worthless fellow
u,,,m Davis and Geo. Fuller, nh Of Burlington.
,,.,c;ne tina, Kirby had in his possession . large
90 If money, laid plan to relieve him Of it.
ms x,s sent TO his house to learn the wherea.
,,.,, of the money, and in order to achieve his
.h;o,, hired himself to Kirby and worked for
b ~, G., sixteen days. He then returned 10 Bur
rue,oa and appraised his fellow conspisators Of
N. surcess;--hc having sscertained that the
mOuev-abous thousand dolars--wasin trunk
in Kirb,s house. n~ @ ~ u
The thrca then matured their plans n s'crack
IL, crib and secure the money. and resolved to
,,,ceed I, the house on Tuesday night,-fre the
,,,a and in the confusion which would follow,
& b.,a rs to get ia at the window, carry of the
,ruvk, and meeting the other two at place ap
pvpsed, divide the spells. 90
The plan was we'll laid, and would no doubt
have succeeded, bat Kirby, by some means, had
become acquainted with the intention to rob
hin, and prepared to give the robbers a warm
reception. On Tuesday night he placed . mum.
her Of men, wcll-armed, in the barn, and awaited
their coming
Thew made their appearance at about two
oslo.k, and immediately ignsted iuciter match
10 FIRE the straw adjoining the barn, hut before
tho fire could be communicated to the straw,
they we're Cred upon by those concealed in the
harm. vesey was hit, and fell,-the Others turn
al and ran for dear life, several volleys being
fired at them without effect and they got safely
To Darlington, where they were afterwards ar
rested as stated.
It is not vet known, positively, whether vesey
vas killed outright or only severely wounded,
bu. il is quite probable that the former is the
case, as, according to the statements OF Fuller,
he clspped bis hands to his breast and fell, only
saving "Ny God" or something similar.
After Fuller had made confessions. his fellow
prisoner, Davis, did the same thing, and both
rsessed to have been coaxed into the affair hy
The Others
The prisoners are yet in the Jail, awaiting a !,
rrqustioa from the Governor of Illinois.
SEooriNc ArrAIR.-Thc notorious Pete Kes-
her, who lives at Augusta in this county, Was
SHOT on TUESDAY night last, and severely wound
Cd, From what we are able u learn it appears
thai kesler has NOT yet cured himself of his
rp-bcnf to make free with the female sex, thro'
which he has already suffered so much-haying
been shot once before for tampering with other
mea's wiyes-anJ attempted on the night named
to enter the house of man named Grubl, who
resides about ten miles west cf this city. He
drew Oft his boots and cssayed to Chamber in at
the window but while in the act of doing so,
was fred at by some one inside, and four buck
shot catered his left side, making an ugly
wound Kesler caught up his boots and ran al
most fhfee-tourtlIs Of mile before falling He
was picked up and taken home and physician
sent for who after examining the wounds pro-
nounccd them dangerous but not necessarily
Mortal No one has vet been arrested for the
shooting, and the general opinion is, that kcsler
has got Just what he deserved.
= -
sT The prize medal OF the gentleman's de
prtnent of Burlington University, presented on
Wednesday afternoon, WAS awarded to JOHN T.
RMEY. In the absence Of Gov Kirkwood. Rev.
g. B. Jocelyn delivered Representation speech.
The Awards in both the male AMI female depart
merits gave universal satisfaction.
Tm GREAT EASTERN BY our telegraph news
il sill be seen that the long looked for steamer
Great Eastern Las arrived at Sandy Hook in IL
DAYS Bringing three days later foreign news.
MrRpsR AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT INnIANAPo-
ls-christian Leatherman was found on Sum
day morning, lying in dying condition, at the
corner Of New York and Vermont streets, In
disnapolis. From his appearance he had been
stabbed and then thrown into the canal. from
which he succeeded in getting out, but fell down
exhausted in the place where he was discovered.
He died In a few hcnrs He is said to have been
arespectable man. During the same night, Viii
liam Rickley. while lying in an intoxicated condi-
ton On the track of thu Bellefontainc Railroad,
vas run over and fatally injured.
A sournxRx P,,oronRArn or TEE NORTHERN
DsxocsAcY.-Could position be better desc ribbed
or picture more faithfully drawn, thaA the
Charleston Mercury does the Democracy of the
me States, in recent discussion Of the No tional
Convention, and its renssembling:
These delegates from the North. after six
s'eks Of reflection, win probably understand
that they cainot be generals, but only ss1t'a,,c'
q a'saaa no aecouaG We believe alike in the
ambition and the good sense Of the delegs ties OF
The Worth Taey cannot disguise the tact that
u they dcsifc federal fayer they can only obtain
At BY seuther intervention. A citizen 81 Boston
'aa ontg u r.lertor Of Ge Fort IN h> co'aLfio" q
@ss'sHg he De,no~acy Of tie ISossM against the
common enemy. A citizen Of New York ar Gin
cinisti csnnot he Postmaster, Judge OF IL United
States Court, or Marshal, without embracing en-
unIy and unrestrainedly the cause OF the Sedti'
ana acting in concert NTH the South in the aI'
preaching campaign; for those citizens can get
nothing from their respective States"
LEAVING rgx RorrEs SuIP.-Thc Pepin Coun
y Press. sssllishei at North Pepin, Wisconsin
hsahandoned Douglas and his sinking fortunes
'sd joined the Republican phalanx. The editor
t.B Shaver, says he has ''been member o
'he Democratic party during the last ten year
ever since he pnve his first yOtc:~ but ii