Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-08-15

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RESTORED IN KENTU(KL

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RESTORED IN KENTUCKI
A brief announcement appeared in the
city papers. the other day, that two broth
crs named WyihrOw, who reside in the vi
cinity of Lebanon, had been before the
United States District Court, ge Bal
lard, and bound in the sum of five thousand
dollars each for their appearance at the &c
tobcr term. The circumstances of this
case, as l have learned them from official
sources, were as follows: Norman Wyth-
row, the principal offender, is wealthy
farmer, potcd for his strong rebel proclivi-
ties. and generally supposed to be the chief
OF the 'J.ynchers." 4 near neiqhbor OF
his, Mr.. Dorsey has a colored servant girl
sixteen years of age; who has been the
nurse in the family ever since she was old
enough, and bears an excellent character
in the neighbOrhood.
About a week ago this girl was sent on
an errsnd to the house or Wythrow. whose
wife was at the time repairing an old dress
After the girl had returned home, Mrs.
Wythrow diScOycrcd-Or rather thought
she did-that one breadth of the dress
skirt was missing. aud the conclusion was
at once arrived at that Mr.. Dorscy's ser
want girl had taken il. The husband
Norman Wythrov, immediately went over
TO Dorscys and accused the girl OF the
theft. She denied the charge and protest
ed her innocence in the strongest terms
The house was then searched from roof
tc cellar. l,ut the missing article was not
found. Wythrow not being satisfied, how
ever, the mother Of the accused girl offer
cd TO pay for the property supposed TO be
stolen, the value OF which was about thirty
cents. Wythrow refused her offer, at the
same time declaring that he would take
ii out of her id hide" No one being
present who was able to resist him, he
took plow line, tied it to the girls wrists,
took hold of one end Of 1t himself, got on
lis horse and rode off at brisk trot, COM
polling the girl TO follow on foot. In this
way he pulled and dragged her two miles
out into the woods, where he was joined
by his brother, and the two men fastened
one end Of the rope around the girls neck
after having stripped her naked-then
threw the other end over the limb OF tree
drew her up so that her feet barely rested
on log, which they had placed there, and
in that position whipped her until they had
worn out sixteen green withes. They
took the girl away from her home carly in
the morning, and she did not get back un-
til late in the evening. Persons who saw
her say that she was SCARED and bruised
from head 10 foot.
The Wythrows were next day arrested
by United States officers, and brou yht be-
fore the District Court, as above stated
This act, though one of the most barbarous
that rebel diabolism has invented, is not
isolated here in Kentucky. Within the
last two weeks no less than sixteen arrests
have been made in tliis State by officers of
the Freedmen's Bureau, of white persons
charged with whipping and beating ne
groes.
Kentucky evidently needs reconsiructing
as badly as any of the rebel States, and if
Congress, at the next session, does not at
tend to her care, by providing Republi-
can form Of government for her, it will fail
o discharge its Constitutional duty.