The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1862-12-20
BURLINGTON WEEKLY iHAWK-EYE.
= HOMICIDE IN BURLINGTON.

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The quiet of our city was disturbed yesterday,
4 fearful tragedy VAS enacted at the office o.
Justice Oyerton about twelve O'clock A noto
rious individual named A. n. Hays, alias Rock
alias Bowles, had been arrested and brought be
fore Justice Oyertop, charged with seducing ant
carrying from her home to house Of ill-fame
young daughter of g. Washington McFlynn. :
Hays and McFlynn we're both in the Justice
Office MeFlynn had just given the Justice |
list of witnesses which be wished subp1naed
when, without saying word, he walked srount
behind the criminal and shot him through I'll,
lungs, 80 -. s.i,. ~ ..y ~.
Hays fell from his chair to the floor where b,
lay, the blood issuing. from his wound and frou
his mouth, q fearful sight to behold. He live'
but an hour. 90 80. ts.
Of the facts in this case We personally kno'
nothing. We have, as matter Of course, takel
the testimony Of those protesting to know. Blu
if, the facts are as we have stated above, vi
have no hesitancy in saying that the shooting
was justi6able. For wrongs such as Hays va
charged With having inflicted upon hcFiyan tn'
law affords. no punishment, gives no protetc-
ton and affords no remedy And Mr. MeFfy'nrn
Or or, any other parent, under similar circum-
stances, is perfectly justi6abein taking the lif
Of the william who has destroyed the peace o
his household, - ;,s'lso,-fs ,s,, r. - az.
y; Hays, 80 far as We can learn, has no relatives
here. His character is represented to be tina
Of . pimp and gambler. His age is probably
% to 25 years. The. general opinion, in fac
We have heard no other, is that his shooting wa
perfectly justifable. iz J59 Zi5s5ssg 81 .1pC
Coroner Weider held sninquess on the bod.
Of the deceased last evening. The jury brough
in verdict in accordance with the facss 49,
| i McFlynn was held to bail in the sum Of .fiY'
thousand dollars, by Justice Marble. -sr s.s1
10 Several receipts were found upon the body o
the deceased in the name ofD.C. Ackly. W.
learn that q man Who Was his partner, while b
kept the bowling alley, corner of Front and Val
ley streets, says be has two sisters living neal
Aurora Illinois, and that his father lives il
Adams County Iowa. asz Es i
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AcC1prNr-John Graham, an old and vel
known teamster of this city, was seriously in
jured yesterday by the accidental overseeing o
his wagon on the opposite side Of the river. Al
we are informed, he was driving from the Ferr,
boat across the stsging to the opposite shore
when from some cause, which we have mo-
learned, the wagon overset, throwing the loat
upon him, breaking his thigh, and crushing hi!
eg. and doing other dangerous injury. -z' '1|
THs 2sD iowa special dispatch from
Cairo, Dec. 18th, to the Chicago Tribune givei
the following account of an affair in which the
I'd Iowa took part on last Saturday:
A Federal force. consisting of the 62d Illinois
and I'd Iowa, an independent company OF Hi
nois cavalry one section Of the LIST Missouri ar
tillery, under command of Col. SweeBy, attack
ed the rebel force at Tuscumbia, supposed K
number Z, 1000, under the command of Colonel
Roddy, last Saturday. !,
The rebels we're completely surprised ssnS
routed. Their loss in killed and wounded is moi
known. grs es,-a a...a . IN.
The Federals tosk 10 prisoners, captured &
number of horses, burned rebel baggage. NJ
pursuit was made, the Federal force not being
deemed sufficient They lost four killed, four
teen wounded and had returned to Corinth.
! ,ANo1HER I'm the third Congressional Distrie
of Missouri, the Missouri Democrat say
the final count of the votes gives J. W. Noel .
plurality Of seven over Nj. Scott. Mr.. Noel ii
a Republican and Emancipationist, and is an ad
dition to the number Of Representatives of tina
class from Missouri. g5E -
Nor FLAfrrRHD-Gov. Letcher, of Virginia
does not appear TO be excessively Aattered BY
the notice taken Of the rebels by the Van Blu
rens. Fernando Woods, Seymours, and Others
of that class. In a letter dated on the 9th inst
he indignantly repudiates the assertion that he
has written to Wood, or proposed any conditions
of peace to him or any one. He says he dom
know "Fernandy," and what is more, never saw
him, and dent appear to entertain any desire Il
make his acquaintance. he repeats the ole
story that Virginia will, "under no circum-
stances, entertain any proposition from an,
quarter which may have for its object a restora
|, tlOu VI SSSVASGuSs Va sh0 OhAoh W al
terms or conditions whatever" 1t is not yer,
important what Letcher says, to be sure. He il
! almost as Infamous az Wood. But then, Wood
We should Judge, win not feel aatte1ed by thu
contempt manifested towards him. & .mJ
.sn SIS sast -Of r.lg s- -
Three bushwhackers we're arrested at Palmyr.
| the other day, for the murder of farmer b,
the name Of Pearson, near Griggsville, Illinois
It's we'll these bushwhackers we're not arrest
ed Is Iowa Our sympathisers would have re-
leased them at once, provided they could find
| Judge to suit their purposes. And then the!
would have treated them to torch-light pro
cession. -4
HABsAs CoRPus.-On Wednesday last ap.
plicstion Was made to Judge Drummond, o
the q. 8. District Court, ct Chicago, by tn,
father Of young lad named Deford, who has
enlisted without his consent into the military
service Of the United States.
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