The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-06-29
TFrom the Mobile Times.1
HORRIBLE OUTRAGE.


At a wood yard situated about 10 miles
from the city, at a place known as the
"three forks" on Dog river, half a mile
up the south fork aud about seven miles
from Dog river factory, lives Mr. Fred.
Peters, and old man 65 years of aye,
whose family consists of a wife and four
children.
On Saturday last, at about 7 o'clock in
the evening, q negro man known as Sam.
ketchum, came to the place and asked
many questions from the hands as to their
numbers, their quarters, and whether
there were any dogs IN tho place.
Tho negroes TO whom he spoke did not,
however, suspect anything wrong in the
fellow, and retired TO their quarters as
usual.
Alter 8 o'clock, that same night, four
negroes appeared on the place, where, as
in old times and when perfect security
reigned in the land, the door aud windows
were unbarred.
The negroes at once rushed on the fam
lily and threatenipgly demanded from Mr..
Peters his money he handed them oil he
had about himself, three dollars aud n
half, but tho negroes insisted that he had
moro concealed, and began TO search for
it, tearing and breaking up bed furniture
presses, and finally, finding their attempts
unsuccessful, violently laid hands on Mrs.
Peters, and took from her person thirteen
hundred dollars, part in gold aud part in
currency.
Then, they proceeded to ransack the
whole house, robbing it Of all provisions,
meat, candles, -four, &c, &c.
And now commences the tragcdy-one
before which humanity shudders with hor-
ror
A young girl, just twelve years and
two months old, is brutality assaulted by
the largest of those brutes-the most obi.
Gus violence is attempted upon the limo.
cent child, and-we cannot relate it fur.
ther--but the knife of the heartless mon.
ster is called to aid the satisfaction of his
ferocious passions.
The unfortunate victim passes ~insensi.
bic from the arms Of one to those of two
of his brutal companions, while the last
of them commits like violences on the un.
fortunate mother Of the dying girl.
Aud the father! shot at three times
knocked into u corner of the room, a load.
ed pistol presented at his breast, he i,
made the terrified witness Of the disgrace
ofhis family.
The other children. one a girl seven
years OF age, arc the victims ola ike bru.
tai treatment.
That little girl is, with imprecations
dashed against the wall; the boys are rails,
ed of the ground by the hair aud kicked
until insensible, or hung by the heels e
make them tell where more money can BE-
found. In fine, after four hours Of revel
~ and riot. amidst blood, plumber. nnd
carnage, the monsters retire from tho
scene of horror and make toward The
swamps.
The remainder Of hat horrible nigh
was passed without any assistance being
brought to the trembling inmates of tina
dcsolate home. aud when daylight broke
in upon the fearful scene, the hands, upo;
approaching the premises, discovered tho
bleeding and unconscious victims.
With u Iaudablc zeal, they gave them
the hrst Succ0r, and then went Tor assis
lance 10 the Frecdmen's hospital, situa
ted some distance up the river.
On the facts being brought to tho
knowledge of the officers in charge Of
that institution, they FASTENED TO repair
to the spot with all the means at their dis
posal, to rescue the victims aud trace VI
the perpetrators of the outrage.
The people of Mobile and vicinity
could not be too grateful to DR.. Gray, 4
United States medical officer 10 charge o.
the hospital, whose Indignation at the
horrible deed was only equaled by the ten
der, touching and parental care which he
layished upon the unfortunate sufferers
chiefly on the almost dying girl, whose
horrible wound he tended with the tender
heart of a man, and the skilful hand of 1
distinguished practitioner.