Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-05-30
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Desperation and uuvder at keko-
nae. INDIANA.



KoKoxs. Tod. May % soD63
Between the hours Of three and four o'clock
this afternoon. two OF most respectable citi-
zen. Nelson Cooper and Rev John Love, wss
u,urdered-shot desd in the streets By couple
OF horse thieves. Two men, apparently about
thirty years Of age rode No q front of y &JJ
Cooptr'z livery stable nd i gu red for the Nesszs
Coopers Mr. Nelson Cooper stepped out and
ssked her bas aes-. when one OF them replied
that they had couple OF horses they wished u
sell lie proceeded % examine the horses, and
while doing so the Deputy Sheriff came along
~bo had a Few moments before received through
the Po-tOiice advertisements giving very mn
mute description OF the horses which they were
Offering to sell He stepped up TO them aud said.
:. You are my prisoners, and went TO take hold
of the bride The thief wheeled the horse. and
in doing ne came in contact with Mr. Cooper;
nj the same time the Sheriff called on Cooper TO
catch him The thief drew his revolver and frel,
the ball striking Mr. Cooper about the middle Of
his nose and a little 10 the left side. killing
him Instantly. Rev. John Lowe. who
was standing close by h'm.. and making
an effort TO catch the horse, was shot.
the ball entering near the stomach on
the right side he died in about three quarters at
an hour after receiving the wound. The next
shot was fred the Deputy Sheriff yHarrison
Stewart Just touching his left b md: this fright
came ~ the ground and started TO He went
about fifty steps. when he was hailed by a citizen
Who was coming to the rescue. He drew his pis
tol on him, but fortunately IL missed fire. he
made but few steps more. when he was brought
down By pistol shot from Young man by the
name OF Henry Stewart, the ball taking effect in
the posterior and leshy part Of the hip, and lodg
ing in the sacrum; but unfOrt Gnately the sho,
did no, prove fatal, although painful wound
sfa he sho fr,fn 9TH
drew his revolver, and probably made one shot,
when he made good his escape. Herun his horse
about one and n half miles left the road. and his
horse and went into a thick bushy swamp. he
had not been caught at : O'clock in the morning
of the next day. although the country was well
patr0led TOR miles around
Mr. Nelson Cooper was high toned. business
gentleman, of strict integrity, extensively en-
gagged in the stock trade. and enjoyed to emf
nent degree the confidence of those who done
business with him But few men ever enjoyei
the honor of being held bv all acquaintances in
so high an estimation. Kokomo has lost one Of
Gods noblest works. an honest man; one who
! was murdered in cold blood. in the streets. in
broad Daylight, BY thief and desperate The
people of Howard county will feel his loss as that
of no other man. No person knew him bat to
respect him He has left kind and aiectionaie
wife 10 mourn his irreparabIe loss and untimely
death She las the unbounded sympathy Of
kind and affectionate friends and acquaintances
to console with her in her grief and heart reu6
ing distress.
Mr.. Lowe was an old and highly esteemed
| Methodist minister who but few months ago sold
his farm and moved To town TO spend his old days
in peace aud quie,ude, to enjoy the sweets of an
| honest and well spent life.
The citizens of town and vicinity are in fe-
versh stat. Of excitement what will be the re
suit time will only tell
Our Sheriff. N A Brown, and his excellent
| Deputy, II Stewart. are nobly doing their duty:
theg are vigilapt and prompt and have sue
ceeded IN evadlng an outraged anu excited popu
lace, and have got the thief and murderer safe in
jill and strong guard posted around with the
strctest orders TO protect the prisoner and the
Jail from violence and injury from exasperated
and much abused community.
From an eye witness. W.
The seque. to this bloody tragedy occurred
since our correspondent wrote On Thursday
night the people broke open the Jail and took the
prisoner out improvsed a scafold with rails
| placed dry goods box under il as a drop, made
him mount it and adjust the rope his neck
and kicking the box from under him. left the
body to dange in the air until six clock on Fri
day morning
Tie was hardened offender He gave his
name David Jones. but some persons recOg
| nized him as person they had seen before pass
Ing under the name of Strahl 1t is doubtful il
either Jones Strahl his name. He ac
knowledged that he and his comrade who
escaped, were he parties who robbed MIR Moore
at the Little House. of 5000. a short time ago
He said that if his pistol had not snapped h,
would have killed two or three more of his cap
tors, and that he would die contented if he coulC
only shoot his cOmrade, who had deserted him
He said he had cool old mother living, and
wife and two children. He exhibited great nerv.
at the last moment-a pluck worthy of a bette
man His hands tied behind his back
but he held them firmly there in the death strug
gle
The other man was caught yesterday morning
about twelve miles from Kokomo. in the direc
ton of Logansport, and brought TO this cit
for safe keeping.