The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-01-07

On the 18th instant. three notorious Quer.
rillas, Beanv-Short, Richardson and Ben
nett, called at the house Of Mr.. Dooiey. .
pcaceable citizen Of mberland county.
Kentucky, and madea demand for money.
Mr.. D. protested that be had no money ia
his possession, when the villains deliber-
ately blew his brains out with their pistols,
in the presence Of his wife and children
The outlaws then proceeded to the house of
Mr.. Abner, residing not far from DOoley's,
and made another demand for money. Mr..
A., at the time, was mending an old snoe.
using an awl for the purpose. The fends
wrenched the tool from his grasp, and made
it the instrument of torture and DEATH
They stabbed him in the back and heed
with II about eighty different times, iniict.
ing such serious injuries that Abner ex-
pired in great agony. Mr.. Migrants fami.
IL recei we'd the next call. Mr.. Ingram was
absent from home at the time, and in order
to make his wife inform them where be
could be found, the scoundrels assaulted
her in a brutal and cowardly Manner
They caught her by the feet, dragged her
about the floor, and threatened to kill her.
The noble woman remained firm, and de-
fed the outlaws to do their worst. She
would not disclose wnera her husband was
concealed, and they were forced to depart
without obtaining any Information in 70.
gard his whereabouts In going from Mr..
lUSThul >, ucKTO man dOOul oU years O!p
was met on thu highroaj, shot and killed
by these devils, for the purpose Of rob
bing him Of five pounds Of coffee. Eumer.
Gus other O,ltrages we're committed by the
iends. They were devoid OF all feeling,
apd strangers to every spark Of humanity.
They thought no more Of numbering fol-
being, than q butcher does of knock
ing down a beet. Atrocities of the kind
are by no means lare in the State. Cow
- Auto uvsfh
impunity in Kentucky, and the authorities
seem powerless to suppress the crime. 10
have read OF such outrages four years ago,
the blood would have chilled and the Drain
have grown dizzy, and the heart sick. Now
they are Of daily occurrence, and thelrre-
cital scarcely awakens thought OF sur
prise and wonder. mberland county,
tie theatre Of these revolving murders, has
suffered terribly by such wanton depreda'
lions. It has furnished more soldiers for
the Federal army, in proportion to its Pop
ulation, than any one county IA the State,
vet it is destitute of protection. While tho
soldier braves the hardships and the dam
gers of the battlefield, bis home is gives
up to the despoiler, and his friends lei 70
the tender mercies OF men more biO00'
thirsty and fieudish than the debased say
age. There is no security tor life and pro.
perry in the section, and the country is fsa
becoming desolated. The males who haM
not enlisted in the army have been drives
from their homes by lawiess bands. Towne
and villages are falling into decay, ana
eyerv where stalks the black form OF ruin.
some means should be devised to stay toe
hand of desolation. An organization o.
some kind, either under the authority o.
State or General Government, should "
effected 10 afford protection TO the peeps
and the country Of the Cumberland boroeI'
The savage desperadoes deserve nc mercy.
They prey upon ,he;r ieliow.beings ~
wild savages, ard like dangerous seass'
they should De shot down wherever iouu0'
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