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

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BATAVIA, June SOth, 1860.
!. Al about two o'clock :. \, there was 4 Wo-
man and two children found In Cedar Creek,
shout two miles northeast Of Batavia, that had
been murdered and thrown into the Greek. They
were near where tie Iowaville and Lancaster
road crosses the creek. The woman, I think, is
about thirty years Of age, small size, dark hair.
Shc has cash cut in her forehead, one behind
her right ear, and the skull bone is broken in !:
heavy cut on the back part Of her head, where
the skull Is also broken, and her left shoulder is
broken. These wounds have evidently been
made with an axe, or some other deadly weapon.
She was dressed in short petticoat and sack
She had on pair Of stockings
The little boy had resemblance Of his moth
cf; is | think about Ave years old. He has two
wounds on his forehead; skull broken, and the
brains coming out. The back part OF his head
mashed. He was dressed in a cotton shirt, blue
drill pants, and suspendcrs Of the same stuff.
The little girl is about 3years old, with fami-
ly resemblance Of the two former. Her right
cheek cut OF with her upper lip, and part OF
her nose, with her gums and teeth, and her jaw
bone gone on the right side Of her face. They
had been laying in the water, think, about two
days, perhaps longer. From what We could dis
cover. there were two persons engaged in the af-
fair, as We found tracks where they had carried
them down the bank into the water We also
found quite quantity Of blood on the bank
where they were thrown into the Creek. They
have not been identified yet, though there were,
perhaps fifty orseventyfive persons on the ground
1t certainly is one Of the most brutal murders
Lever saw. This is as near description as
can give. Yours, &C., A. COLLINS.
F. S-The woman has five Of her fore teeth
out of the upperjaw, three on the lower, and one
broken off even with the gums on the lower,jaw.
There is very strong family resemblance in the
mother and children. They were found by
man fishing in the creek, and we're partially COW
cred with water. A.C.
This was written in very great hurry, as
just returned few minutes before the train
leaves
BArAvIA, July cd, 1860. .
EpIToR HAwK-EYE:
Sir II have no doubt but that the murderers
Of the two children and woman are arrested be
fore this time, as they were within seven hours
Of them on aRe lst inst, at Portland, and as the
mnrderers we're travelling with an OK wagon, they
would oyertake them some time last night, or at
least some time to-day. There is no doubt but
they are guilty.
Yours respectfully, A. C. COLLINS.
Since writing the within ! learn that there
was no difficulty in following him south of the
Des Moines river, and that he formerly lived or
lives now in Wayne county, Iowa. A. c..
MURDER IN JEFFERSON CoUNrY-We have
just received the following handbill, which We
publish in order that the murderer may be
brought to justice:
MuRDER-$2OO REWARD IA woman and two
children were murdered on Friday evening last,
and the bodies thrown into Cedar Creek, about
nine miles west of Fairfield The murderer is
| supposed to be about six feet high, of ordinary
weight, dark complexion, without whiskers and
when last seen, on Friday afternoon, was un-
shayen, and wearing half-worn Leghorn hat and
dirty white shirt; he was without coat or vest.
He was driving two yoke Of oxen and wagon
The wagon was an old light two horse wagon,
muslin cover, dirty and old, but sound. The
| lead yoke of cattle were the smallest, and Of
| yellowish red color and some white; the other
| yoke was dark red and brindle, on the near side
| An old-fashioned red and white patchwork
| covcrlct was over the fore end of the wagon
With the team were two dogs, one reddish yel.
low, long dog; the other puppy four or
five months old, of BLUSH. black color. From
the tracks where the bodies were carried to the
creek, it is supposed there were two persons
| concerned in the murder.
| On behalf of the county of Jefferson, Offer a
reward of Two Hundred Dollars for the appre-
hension of the murderer or murderers.
| WM. K ALEXANDER,
| County Judge.
| Fairfield, iowa, July /, 1860.
| An additional reward will be raised by sub
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