Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1865-1872, 1865-10-27


; I'd IsFISJ baS ,ieS0o57 aV0 Tisal !
sdT wa BROOKYKIsIIEs
"a haa ~ .as1.d -. ..s.. ls se--.s.
there we're J 9g0odq ssssSy h0fsssa and
! property y'ofoiher kindsstbIsnin Franz
Tia couh T.. asn'es 'spt ssd dsid'" .sidss
r was toidSs'few weeks ae3 81 Or.
! David Oliver, Of oxford Ohio. wboVis
sstiHi ahsSp fadwslI, thst hbrse thieves
! and scounthfeiters iBccamc 50 ,f6dbles
} bsomS mat tft wnst6ought best topfSrhlia
Vigilance Comm ftce isndsr ddge
srsyneb's codo, to- rid The coahtfy iof
them. Accordingly Tiers wSreA three
Judges 'appointSd. wiliiam n: 'Eids
WIS one ofsfhcn; ilc na,aes Of thst5thl
,ersff l5asc forgotl ca &C TEefo sea< Doe
.Grxndk sr,ft >SsssA .l>sskasi,e r 81 1Ess'
'sisi5nts appohted sdfiicchttocxrdec
I,iie ofdefso DR. Tie cositso paIasfftyh.
yer wa5 llrs Cranai mafsbal; George h.
Mdfd55k,. 6,cfgcH Debftr ,Johtfi,ufs
IS nnd W W. Wade wtre foinc' tf'hc
ASSISTANTS. Tho tarcs were cnflfdaIy
investigated BY the Judges, and" when
made out without reasonable doubt, tho
Marshal executed the sentence withou
Dolby, sas IL wash C6afi CT last rtsoitl'
Tbs Court was Is thoaght by some 10
bo arbitrary aid dangerous In a soun.
try governed by lawt bdi'it must be
remembered that the laws were fmper
feeily administered, and lbcsc eiines
bad become too common while in
Judge Lynch's Court tho decisions gave
general satisfaction, the indictments Is
were invariably good, and 20 putting
of the trial on account Of absent tcsiI;
mony, or leave to amend, or other dila
tory plea. Upon the whole, II must be
conceded that IL was In nost respects
Just such trial us the Constiluiion
guarantees to ci.ixsns, VIZ: expeditions
and cheap. II pariook some oi the ra
,ure of Gen. sBurnsides ORDER, il Is
true, and l-supposc tbore were 'aboutas
many innocent persona Suffered By these
proceedings as by Gen. BdrnsIdss or
der. Among tLese cases there was a
man by tho name Of shrader or swa
der, who sas whipped by DR.. oiiyot
near tho mound above tho big dam. =
They tied hinf wtb his arms around q
hickory q &C some Nv o'feet M Diane ter,
he being q largo man over SIX feel high,
and Oliver there paida him what the
State owed him, and let him so withou,
any 90 heme Mt In penilen,isfiss. Forts,
ails, dungeons or haeties. 'fsa ao
Lgler thero were (Dr. Oliver tells
mey inferior Ceuf,s organized, which
helhouebt might have been dapchsed
with, for the punishment Of petty yoifena
scs. james S. Colescott was Captain Of
that Court, which would imply ihaltit
purtook OF a military telaracier. "A
number Of persons wcrc by this crgam.
zatioo' whipped, ,arrcd and Ieatbcrcd,
rodc on a rail, and putin the'waters
TlIese punish ments were aaininistcr,d q
for larceny abasing family, otany. sup
posed breach Of good neigtborhood. ]
do not know-'not having seen the
ord Of that court-whether the penal.
ties in tn csc casesw were gra drti tiorwhclh.
er they swcrc IndiscriminateIy admins.
tered forldiifsrent crimusan sssdi % ;
These 0ourn hsveslong since ceased
10 claim jsrisdictisn, and have .bccoms
almost obsolete. Il regret TO ssy that
ihcre are u great nmany cases in which
they would still be very prplicabic. "A
cbse was decided In Brookvillc q few
years ago, where, forva breneha of idrco4
rum, ono Of the parties had TO wade the
Canal amongst the ices lslrouid think
that cool way of doing justice. The
records of these Coar,s are 40 much dc.
faced and obiiteraed by timo and olhcl
causes that I will have to close my re
searches In tia. direction. 81 q al
| will now gvc way to some other
person, ha'vihg noticed q good many
things up to'aboue 1920, Although find
have made a few lmistaEes in rnanS,
and places, being unused 10 writing, Il
being altogether outrofmJ1 Rnc OF busi
meas. 1Tiicrc area number Of sutjecti
that should bo'tfcated of such as MIN
Sickness, Gcrman,s English and Irist
settlers, aud other matters that wonIt
be quito Interesting 1 coulde names
nomber of persons who could do tbeet
sui jectsa jdstice, and IN O. inucha betlei
manner than anything' / have written
~ sis's'ssl WILLIAM McCIuaE.se -
,d llia IA4L- 49, 49, sva.
1. - Tod stop That Boy. o. bots
"A cigarine his mouth. u swuugcr in
walk. impudepce in bis face. n care
for-nolhingncss in, his manner, Judg
I ing from his demeanor, be is older that
his father, wiser than bis teacher, NOR,
honorcd than the mayor Of the tow n
hivher M, thu prasideDt t Sion, him