The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1863-09-01

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IHoiDeEfa AED PARriouLARs We pub
lished, yesterday, ~ account ~ die.
bolieai murder committed 90 the person
81 Sir, lIerks and two children, and
the serious wounding 81 two Others
Yesterday mosning, ~ company With
Sheriff Violin and Deputy Farley, We
visited tho place where the deed was
pcrpetraled, and learned few additional
particulars The house where the mar
der was committed Is built ofhewed logs,
one story high, with shed or summer
kitchen in front, aud surrounded by a
garden and few fruit tress II Is IN a
secluded spot, 10 the midst Of dense
thieksl Of trees aud uadsrbrush, and Ger.
tainly the last place in the world where
robbers would go for money.
Ga entering the house we saw the two
children who arc still living, sitting up
in bed with their heads tied up They
were smart, bright eyed giFls, one about
seven and the other eight years Of age
The Oldest one has cash in the head
about an Zach IN diameter, from which
the skull bone has been extracted, bat
neither Of them seem 70 be ia pain
Sheriff Violin conveFaed with the oldest
one, bat i was with the greatest diff
Guilty that she could be nade 20 answer
his intesogaiories She stated 10 her
mother that about . o'clock two men en-
tered the house, aud after ransackiag
the drawers, and turning everything up
side down, they left, but presently re
turned, when they struck them allin tho
head with tbs poll Of an axe On
Sunday, when the soldiers we're taken to
the house, the little girl is said TO have
recognized ono Of them as being the
one WHO struck der.
From the house we vent 10 the Race
where Mr.. Herke was killed, about sixty
yards distant Here nothing was 90 be
seen except the leaves aud fence covered
with blood, aud the pole which he bad
just cut and was trimming when the mur'
derers attacked him.
As the unfortunate man and two dead
children were buried on Sunday, We did
not see them, but are informed they were
most shameially mutilated.
We made a great many inquiries Of
the neighbors present but could no, Sc:
the FIRST CLEAN Of light upon the mystic
ry which screens the perpetrators Of this
hellish deed. Every one bears witness
that Herke was a quiet inoaeusiye man
who vas not known 70 have an enemy in
the world.
A short time since he purchased few
acres Of land, built small house, aud
commenced the business Of gardening
for living, aud lived in peace viii
his family aud friends until the foul de
mons came with the SHAFT Of death ans
turned the paradise into he'll
But to return. After an sxamina,ies
Of the blood, axes, and everything lkel.
10 aid in solution ofthe mystery, abou
the premises, we accompanied Sheriff
wolfin to eorn-feld about halfmil
from the house, where we compared ,h'
soldiers shoes with tracks in the soil
They seemed To compare iavorably, bu
we cannot see how this would convict tn
soldiers, even were it proyea that the
did cross the field.
We came home but little wiser tina
when we LEFT, but have given our reader
all that is known in relation to the mui
ders, up to tae present writing, On
thing is certain, unless some additions
evidence is obtained. the guilty partie
will never be known. We do not thia
the ehilds evidence. under the eircnu
stances, sufficient to clear up the my
terry, but il sufficient evidence be eli'
tied to settle the crime upon them, ii
law provides no penalty severe eroug
for such dastardly villains.
We shall watch with interest the pr
gress of events, aud keep our reAde
posted, as the mystery is uuravele
thread by thread.
The preliminary trial Of Roberts an
Grow will come off this morning, at niu
o'clock before Esq. Mcbride.
ry- We learn from farmers in G. (
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