Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1860-07-11
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Ons e9 ne mosa horzEbgs nurasrs wss,
psEpesrassd IN Nssaag Mila1s - y AAa
evsR hean eus lea 10 saearsa. asm EarGa ia
kha esse Gze these
One John Ksphars, waso rsatdsd AeAr
1saasaRs n Haazy Ca, Lens, was ahs
parpsssasos al this hosTihla mmsdes. De
waa born In REsnkiln Co, Pass and hveds
IN MontgonsEy esssnsgs Ohis, Up = GAs
ysar 1886, when be mossd y Traason,
wasFs - ramaiaad - b ths ysa4 1875.
Froam Tremtoa he ramovsd 70 WashinesOn
eDuaty, iowa, whsre be resided tail 1855.
IL le66 he rs1aovsd y KAaaass He cans
froan kansas % washington soanty aboas
ID menths aimee, whara Be and his wias
parted, and be soek e wish aaosAeE wa-
maa By he naasss 81 Willis, woman %
ysass cid, AID who haA four living ehal-
dren, and With whom be mored "a Class
county, No. Last fslI hs mossd inso aAs
ohsrokse nasian, Arkansas, wasse be e.
gagsa Ia tie business 81 ssEiins whisksy
to tbs Indians. About be krss Of May
be ieft Arkansas aud sama eFar ina0 Iowa,
near Des Aoinss. he e&ms On tkfoagh
0skAioOsa and eastward until within
about three miles Of Abiiacdon, where hs
took soath- ID - supposed thaa be killed
this fazaily sboHs Tharsasy negnaag ssaw
0skaleoss, and haalsa dam II shs wsg0n
all day until he come 10 Ceass Craakk,
about Q mile and bald frusa Abinmaon,
where he deposited the bodies In Cedar
Gree FRIDAY nigss. 1851
sasurdzy, aboas Z essiook, sons msn
was ashina in Csdas and eam taas bodies
Hoating. lie immsdiassly pEoeursd Aelo
and took tha bodies Hruaa the Creek, and
bad khazm aaksm TO Batavia. s9 egEa-is
ShaEaM Rohh iafa sha stay aa IL escIock
6ataaday migha ana sepaased 60 sAe sceae
of the disasfee. He saAs5 d BmAayia ua.
al he gained ssaaA&aamak in&oramaakeu 90 ret
AN 8hs aKacks whees 10. Ia @0mazams VIA
David Huza6ua&aK, and smo asAa bvs the
name Of Smith, ona SpaEaoak AfiiIas. mzsd
ethas, naaaas aakmsway saRuak south Of
Bss@wia. Ths koasawsd ham he tie Des
Noises h0ta0ma nerka of EoMmgfile where
be a3zmak dawn. ina river and dressed two
miIes below stampsown al ford not OF.
t@n eTos@ed nj. From here no wans down
tbs EiveR TO P0gslana, snd Erozh ASzs Ia
upsaa, an she State lxnn bSswsea Totea
aaA MissaaxA Hma thsy sAzas nsraa m |
70 kim. Eve males beyoad upaon il hais. |
souri,, and arrested him at 6 o'eIoek gun. |
day aveniag- Whsn tina arrest was nssde, |
the WAgen was searched ana sAss clothes /
ef the woman and little girl we're found |
81 over blood. Hs wzs dFiSing tive yoke |
Of cattle. sfrs.. Eea - z15 |
He sas hEOught 70 this city aisozs seven
O'Clock Monday night, wkaxs the mass Ia |
tense excitement prevailed Uonssdera. /
bic desire wsa manifested eue Iynehfas /
hims but be Il n0w k@ka Ia Ia oozsasY isif. |
and tbs jail saxEeuAdaa b. msu.
One boy Of the thwae ahildrsn yes SHARED /
70 tell ths blo0ay sAae. Thls q some I
thing singular but the beg sara the nan
wanted him 10 take care Of she oxen. ard I
told him 30 When be killed DE 6shers,-I
This man KephaFs q abous gl xesvs Of
age, and was for several yskrs minister
of ths gospel, Of the 0ampbeIlsss school.
LATRz.-Sfnoe writiAg the abnss, we
Asse pvocuFed the following fssss hon +
DIR. Ul&rkes
The husband Of the wonnaa Il said %
be Wm- Willis, saxpenksp. oa hgnsus-
Tine, Iowa. Kephart went To Muscatins
with has TEAM 20 more Willis and hssf
family south took them 10 Cass county, Ii
Mo-, whore they stsyed monfh or two
AZ one widow Sni0egss, where, one rnorn.
ing soon after breakfast, willis TODD sud- i
aenly siek, and died in tees taAmn nn hour,
Mrs. Willis told the lavAsaw bow Il 4ysals
thAt kephaFt had poisoned his fakhew hy
putting skrychnine in his food. =
lac boy thinks his matbsr and the shsi-
drm wsge kfilad asar tie bridge az Eddy /
yiIis, ess ThaFaday night, 18th alt. Thev
bad oannpsd eat, and bis mother rot sun.
per Is usual. AlsaR supper saas sosnplaiI-
Cd Of beng sick Hnd aeon went ID bed "a
the wagon wisA she ehElElsen. In the nieAf
sams sims the boy gwuke aaasa found ia
mother laying dead, with 3 large saah 81
her head. The ohiidrea acramEl led Dsst az
Ahs wagon, and kspAask chased the yoana.
aSs and oldest around and under tie "a
sOn with an axe. The little gira ykas aosss
saaght and killed.
he haa msEs sgoahae aFsex ne boz. VINO
assl1Ksa aaa avoided htxn u1lil Be nsppea
I'D 1all As ho was getting un skaan /
kephaxt kass tAe EaEal hIsW. Aesar
passing tAe aAiasRaa Ia tha wag0a, he !