The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1865-02-04

had imported him into the settlement to
kill some OF the parties who shot the three
robbers on that occasion. The exam;na-
ton Of Davids and the Andersons came Of
before Justice Rice. Of oquawka Junction,
ION Wednesday, and such was the interest
the matter awakened that hundreds Of peo-
pie gathered in from the acknowledged
tro to the trial, and to such pitch Of exas-
peration have they been goaded by the acts
of these men, and villains Of their kidney,
that the administration Of lynch law was
freely threatened. One Of the Andersons
is ssid to be a man Of property, but ihe =
are hard set, and have kept rendezvous
for thieves, counterfeiters and desperaaoes
OF all sorts for years past. The oquawaa
Pdindeolcr OF the I'd has the following with
regard to the matter:
A man whose name we have not learned
was arrested in East Burlington on Mon.
day, and some papers found uTon Elm in
plicating him in q plot to assassinate the
man Davide, /. ]. Brooks, Jno. NJ. Z. Fort.
Theodore Fort, and VIM. McChesney, sor
the part they took in entrapping the three
men Who ATTEMPTED to rob Mr.. Brooks
some time ago. Finding himself caught.
the man made . full confession Of the Blot
and the part he was to take in It.
he says he was employed to come to this
county 70 aid in assaseinating the above
named men, for which $500 head was to
Be paid, and gave the names Of the parties
who employed him. He says further :ha:
to execute the Pic; upon one Of the Forts
he and some others going to Mr.. Forts
house 10 carry it out, but finding nc person
at home, left after waitingtill midnirhtsnd
no one appearing. They then went 20 the
house OF the other Fort, and tried to induce
him TO cone out ~ making noises about
the place, but failed. ftss39s
They then returned 70 tie principal par
| II employing them, to obtain some money
on account, but not having accomplished
their work, We're refused more than small
ceeded. ~ $50
The principal parties to the plot we've
found and arrested ON Tuesday, and their
trial set for yesterday at ten o'clock. We
withhold the names Of the parties imn,;c.0
ted until after the legal examina,ior. the
result 81 which we are unable to obtain in
time for this issue Of our paper.
~ L. B. Fleek, Esq, writing from
Leavenworth, Kansas, January 9th, sends
as the following:
Ihave this moment received letter from
Gen. John Overwhelmingly Colonel of
the 18th or 10th Iowa InfantYy-dated Fort
Smith, January 18th, from which I make
the following extract: $500 AAAaAo
We are In . bud tx; we are ont of RI.
tions-having only enough for I've dav.-
erbound between here and Foyt G;h.
! son-the rebels hold Dardane,les ana :
don't know whether Gen. Revno,,ds an ~ =
get boats up to US with supplies or not :
wish Gen. Curtis would move his con-
mand to the front. don't think Tho rah-
els will eyer make another raid towa rds
Kansas - Va
From the above you will SEQ th.t az.
brave soldiers on the 10Th were in = ba ai
fix at Fort Smith. The river lined VIZ; ah
guerrillas below there to prevent hoa,s
reaching there, and Da.danelles held 'hv g .
force Of rebels above, and the garrison NOT =
strong enough to cut its way out, by rea.
son of Gen. Canby's order to evacuste. i
being partly carried out before General
Grants countermand reached them. The
telegraph OF yesterday reporting its cap
ture NAV be true. but hope not. F.M
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