Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1865-02-11
SIOUX CITY IOWA, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1861
promise that you never again sha!l have
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promise that you never again shall have
cause for complaint"
| - Richard Downie," remarked the Judge,
"you are vainly wasting the few m oments
that are left you on earth. You are in
| the hands Of those who must have your
life. No human power can save you
Attempt to utter one cry, and you are
seized, and your doom completed before
you can utter another. Every ono here
present has sworn solemn oath never to
reveal the proceedings Of this night, they
are known to none but ourselves, and
when the ject for which we have met is
accomplished we shall dsperse unknown
to any one. Prepare, then, for death !;
another five minutes will be allowed, bu,
no more
The unfortunate man in an agony Of
deadly terror, raved and shrieked for mer.
! cy; but the avengers paid no heed to bis
cries His !evered, trembling lips then
moved as if in silent prayer; for he iel,
that the briet space between him and
eternity was but few more tickings Of
| that omiuous watch.
"Now!' exclaimed The Judge
-Four persons stepped forward and seized
! Down'e, on whose features cold clammy
sweat had burst forth. They barred his
neck and made him kneel before the block
"Strike T. exclaimed the Judge.
The executoner struck the ak on the
floor; an assistant On the opposite side
lifted a. the SAME moment a wet towel,
] aud struck i, across the neck of TIE re,
cumbent criminal. A loud laugh an.
! nounced tha: the joke had at last come
to au end
But Downie responded not to the up
/ roarious merriment. They laug he'd again !;
but still he moved not; they lifted him,
and Downie was dead
| Fright had killed him as effectually as
il the AK Of Il real headsman had severed
bis head from his body.
1t was tragedy 10 all. The medical
students tried to open a vein, but all was
over, aud the conspira;ors had now 10
bethink themselves Of safety. They now
in reality swcre Oh oath among themselves,
and the afrighted young men, carrying
Downie in TIE hotel One Of their mum.
Der told the landlord that their entertain.
ment was not yet quite over, and that
they did no, wish the individual tha. was
lef, in the room. to be disturbed for some
hours. This was to give them all time to
make their escape.
Next morning the body was found. ia
dicial inquiry was instituted, but no salts.
factory result could be arrived at The
corpse Of poor Downie exhibited 10 mark
of violence, internal or external. The ill
will between him and the students was
known il was also known that these stu.
dents had hired apartments at the hotel
for theatrical representation that Dow.
n'e had been sent for by them; but be.
yond this nothing was known No noise
had been heard, ard no proof Of murder
could be adduced. Of two burdrei stu,
dents at the college, who could point ont
the guilty or suspected fifty Moreover,
the students were scattered owe: The city,
and the magistrates themselves had many
of their own families amongst the number,
and it was not desirable to e. into the
affair too minu,ely. Downie's widow aud
family were provided for, aud his slau ghter
remained a mystery, until about fifteen
years after its occurance, a gentleman on
his death.bed disclosed the whole particu.
lars, aud avo~ed himself to have belonged
to the obnoxious class of students who
murdered Downie.-Dicken' Household
Vords
A certain green customer, who was a
stranger to mirrors, and who stepped into
the cabin Of enc Of our fine Memphis
packets, stopped in front of u large pier
glass, which he took for door. saying:
II say, mister, when does this ere boa,
start? ?"
Getting no reply from the dumb refec
ton before him, he again repeated:
" say, mister, when does this ere boat
start p
lncensed at the still si!en, figure be
broke out.
"Go to thunder. You darned sassafras
colored, shock headed bull calf you don t
know'd much, no.how"
Mrs. partiugton had just returned from
a shopping trip. As she seated herself on
a low stool to readjust her CATERS, some.
what disordered by her morning walk, she
'enaerly asked Ike profoundly immersed
IN a biz book, what he was reading --
History rephed Ike without raising
his eyes from :he volume What his;o.
ry7' continued the old LADY, with smile
of affectionate interest, European Ike
responded rather tar,ly. mo such thing, ="
returned the row inaignan. and surprise d
dame' I'm only tying my shoe.'
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The Force Of Education. Nothing
was 80 much dreaded in our schoolhoy
Gays rs to be punished by sitting between
two girls. Alb, the force OF education -
In after years, we learn to submit to such
things without shedding a tear.
An Irishman cousht hornet in his
hand but dropped it aud exclaimed: BE
jabbers what kind Of teeth do your birds
have in Ameriky
What right have raiders in New York