Holmes County farmer. [volume] (Millersburg, Ohio) 1857-1926, 1863-08-13
DiabOifCal Outrage--An old Man
and Woman Assaulted,

One of the most dastardly and cow
ardly outrages that we have heard of,
even in the era of bad feeling, fanaticism.
riot and bloodshed, occurred near the viii
lage of Brookfeld, in Trumbull county,
on Monday of last week. We give the
account as it was given to us, by relia-
Bile gentlemen acquainted with the facts,
end only regret, for the sake of common
manhood that it is not incorrect.
1t appears that late in the afternoon of
Manday, five men who claimed to have
been hunting John Morgan, the guerrilla,
stopped at the house of Mr.. Sam. CLARK,
a respectable and uuoffending old farmer.
aged between sixty and seventy years
The names of these men are Rober Hart,
Dennis Hart, John Christie, Geo. Jones
and Robt. McDermont. The latter held
the horses, while the rest entered the
house, where the old gentleman and his
wife were eating suppar, and insolently
commanded the old man to get up, and
go into the yard and "hurrah for the I'm
ion" To the manner of this command
Mr.. Clark, very naturally demurred, say :
ing he was eating his supper and did not
wish to be disturbed. The aged lady
then rose, and laying her hands upon the
I leader, asked him to leave the house and
a let her husband alone, as she did not want
any disturbance there. The valorous man
!. erkel away, saying he could whip any
y woman in Ohio, and to prove 1t, knocked
the feeble old lady down with hickory
! stick, with which he was armed. The
!, old maa ran into another room, and soon
appeared with his gun, which the ruffians
snatched from him, apd struck him upon
the head with the stock. The old lady,
having partially recovered, and supposing
her husband dead. threw herself between
the PROSTATE form of her husband, aud
his assailants, begging them not to strike
: dead man. Three of the ruffisns drag
ged the old lady away while anothsr seiz E
ed the barrel Of the gun with which he
beat the insensible old man in shocking
manner, breaking his breast bone and 3
of his ribs. Having completed the fsnd-
ish outrage, and supposing the old man
dead, the rufians fled, leaving the wife to
restore her husband the best way she
could. He did not recover for many
G hours, aud is now lying in the greatest
. misery and with but slender hope OF life
Q The outrauge produced intense excite
! ment in the neighborhood. aud we are in
n formed that majority of,the Black Re
:. publican, regarding il as pohtlcai al.
40 fair, Justify the assault, and have pledged
u themselves to protect the offenders. They
: were arrested and taken to Warren. had
"a an examination, and were admitted to
h bail in triAing security. We are IN
at formed that the Aboltionists there lusti
/ iy the attem pied assassination. aud intend
IN TO see the assassins through the scrape.--
ot 1t is needless to say that this state OF al
o fairs has produced the natural result
=. The law abiding people are exasperssessdi
T at the conduct Of the offenders. and still
= more by the course of their friends. and
,a m there is cause for the apprehension that
,S -, the rancor of the feeling engepdered will
a. lead to more serious condiots and blood
ss shed Aahoning Sentinel