Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1864-12-13

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800 je0srcon Barracks, and many peop1e
went 70 IL plscs u ths psspetFatien q N:
esiue. y cuguuef'S Jury wns sworn, ana
started there, to 6nd out, II possible, the
Visited tia plncs myssM. Them NJ
The woman, once good mother 70 her chill.
drso. wife to her husband, and welcQos
visitor to the sick beds Of her neighbours. .
|1falkds e6spoe. her hc11 M16akds fntn4 3s0y
BIZ blows: one stroke, besides three smaller
of,es. supposed = have been given some
time beiore, with . sharp cornercd fence
rail Of at least forty pounds weight, right
scross her fcrstead. everfng the upp@ psrt
Of the skull about half way. like emitting is
With . broadaxe. Coming e tie hou.e,
where she had been living. there ley tho
poor, innocent child with its skull broke,
causing, It is supposed, instant death. IL
had been carried to the house BY the hends
sfter the mother was killed. Who did
thiss For what purpose, for what reason,
could such horrible deed be done! All
that could be found out was this: The NO.
man was at home with her husband and
children. on Sunday evening till about eight
o'c.oox, the family preparing to 60 to bed,
when at once = man came in front OF the
house. hallooing for Mrs. Shake, Cher name }
The Oldest boy, q lad Of about seventeen
wears. went out to see what the man want.
ed. when he was told that he wished his
.nother would come down to Mr.. James
| Dickson house, whose wife was very sick,
and nobody there but DR.. Hoffman. Of this
place. So the boy went in TO tell his moth
er; then she went out and vas told, % far
a. known, the same story, and being very
often called on in cases Of sickness IN the
ne,rhborhood. She at first hesitated . lit
lie. but ct last concluded to 60.
The rest Of the family went to bed, when
about IN hour afterwards, the house door
was opened and the whole family aroused
by a loud "hallo" and fiendish brute in
human form threw the dead body of the
child into the room the young boy went
to the door to see what it was, and could
hear rustling Of leaves through the woods
towards Mr.. Acklay's, = neighbcr. Mr..
CHaAS ostu uI0 IVY SCc"6 Wv uS">
of the child, and not knowing what bad
happened to the mother, went directly to
Mr.. James Dickson's, but when he arrived
there the whole family were asleep. and
aster waking them up, heard that nobody
had that night beer at their house. None
Of them were sick, and on went the dis
heartened father and motherlcs lad to other
neig. bors till daylight came, when great
many persons went to search, and at last
the poor woman was found by Mr.. Acklay
and j. Dickson, in the condition above men.
toned.
On the coroner's investigation it was
found that the mother had not only been
brutally murdered, but the fiends had even
satisfied their beas.ly lust on the li(e'ess
corpse. This issabout all that is known,
excepting that when the boy went out to
SEQ what it was that called his mother to
come out, he saw heavy built man, with
a long coat on, handkerchief tied around
his head, and that he spoke the English
language.