The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-02-06

The following particulars in relation to the
murder Of Captain King, of Newton, Iowa,
we clip from the Free Press of that town.
The fate of Captain King, and the impuni,y
Of his murderer, is doubtless fair indication
Of the state Of society in the less accessible
portions of Dixie, amongst the reconstructed
under Johnson policy.
Mr.. King, the father of the Captain, and
Captain Skif, Of Newton, on learning of the
death Of Captain King, went down the river
to investigate the matter, and the result il
set forth as follows:
He was undoubtedly assassinsted by the
Hines faanily-wealthy planters near Greens
vile. II appears that early last spring Capt.
King contracted with Tom Hines, son OF the
planter, 10 furnish him, on his plantation, 25
negro hands for the season, their wages 10 be
be Improbable TO Hines; many OF the hands
we're sick, the crop was light. Subsequently
a difficulty ensued, in which Hines assaulted
Captain King, and received sound thrash-
ing. Young Tom wrote the Captain . very
insulting letter. calculated TO produce chal>
lenge and q duel, but ii was not noticed, and
for the time the affair ended. I'm the Fall the
matter was compromised. q settlement agreed
upon, and. as was supposed, all ill-feeling
obiteratei
about the 2lst Of December, q favorite
negro servant of Hines, one who always did
his masters bidding, called at Kings board
ing house, bearing note for him. Not be
ing In the house at the tine, the servant
called again, shortly after dark, with q note
from Tom Hines requesting him to come down
to their plantation that night, settle up, and
receive bis cotton.
Captain King Immediately started for the
Hines plantation: the negro having preyi.
ously returned. That was the last time Cap
tain King was seen alive. The next morning
his horse returned, but no particular notice
was taken of that event, his friends suppos
ing it had broken loose. Not returning the
next day, bis friends repaired to the panta-
ton, bnt the Hines family knew nothing of
him. Search was made and the horse tracked
10 where it had suddenly sprang out Of the
road, the place where some person had fallen
at the roadside was discovered, signs of a
scuiie were manifest, but nothing further
trauspired at that time. Application was
made to the authorities at Greenville, who
refused to act in the matter
After several days diligent search, the |
body of Captain King was discovered by a |
negro. in canebrake, covered with water,
riied of watch, pistol, and two or three
hundred dollars in money
There are some strange circumstances |
connected with this affair. The murder took |
place on Saturday, December 22d; on Sunday |
Tom Hines moved all his cotton to the river
landing. including Captain Kings, and the |
next day started for New Orleans, taking his |
negro servant with him. A few days after. |
Hines returned home without the negro, and |
many surmise that he sleeps at the bottom of
the Mississippi men tell no tales.
Hines lives and fourishes unmolested on his |
fathers plantation, in possession of $1,000
of CaT tain King money, murderer beyond |
all denbt, and the authorities refuse to in
terfere in the matter.