Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1868-09-17

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One OF the most reYoIting outrages
| and double murder occurred near
SWANS Mill, N. O., on Tuesday LAST,
which 1t was ever our Lot 10 record.
or which ever took place In any civ
iliSed hand. A few miles from the
mill, on the Columbus road, lived
Mrs. Marks, { young and beautiful
widow lady about thirty yeansof age,
hired woman and two children, o
little boy OF i've, and q little girl Of
eight, living with her. At about o
O'Clock in the evening OF the 2ist
Inst, q loud rap &C the door Of the
house startled the inmates, who had
just retired for the night. The hir-
ed woman, who slept In an upper
room, raised 0 window TO ascertain
tire eauso. and was accusteo By q ne-
gro who said he had a letter for Mrs.
Marks, which he brought from the
village, and that 1t WIS very impor-
tant, and must be answered that
night. Recognizing hing as q man
from the village whom she knew,
she went down stairs and opened the
door. A. soon as the door was fair
ly uniastened, a gang OF nine armed
negroes who had been concealed In
the dark behind q ciun1p OF bushes,
made q rush into the honSe. Tie
woman ned through rear dooT and
escaped into piece of thick woods
back OF the house. Mrs. Marks,
hearing the noise. started to come
from faer room, but was met by two
OF the negroes, who seized her and
attempted TO drag her toward bed
standing In a corner Of the room.--
befng a woman Ofgreat strength she
struggled feaFfuily, but the rest OF
the gang coming 20 the aid OF the
two, she was finally overp0WeFed-
They then threw her ON the bed,
tying her arms and feet to the bed
post with cords, and proceeded to
vioiata her person In turn, until all
nins OF them had satiated their hell
ish passions. While this was going
on an attempt to violate the person
OF the little girl, who was held by
two OF the fiends in plain sight OF
the mother, while Q third one ac-
complished the damnabie deed, q
knife having % be used for the pur-
pose. The screams of the child were
80 fearful, which so enraged the de
mons that they tore her tongue from
her mouth, and finally beat her
brains out against the stone jam of
the fire place and threw the body
into the back yardl Not content
with this they seized the boy, and
after tying him with cords, proceed
en- to commit a shameless outrage
upon the body. The woman who
escaped from the house hed toward
Slower Station, but the night being
dark, lost her way, and did not ar
rive at Mr. Appieby's, the nearest
neighbor OF Mrs. Marks, until about
two O'Clock Ia the morning. she
Immediately gave the alarm, amt
MIR. Appleby called up his men, ana
after arming them, sent Oh TO Robert
stoves AMI the other neignbors.--
AS soon as possible hey ali TOOK
their horses and proceeded TO Mrs
Marks, where they found tue mouse
ON fire, and discovered the terrible
scene we have described, but the
perpetrators 0i the deed had left-
When found, Mrs. MARKS was
wholly lnsensloie, and II was Win
great difficulty that she was restored
To CONSCIOUSNESS. George the little
boy, was found dead on the moor,
bound with cords as they had ieit
him, and the dead body OF Annie,
the little girl had been dragged nom
the yard into the hack stoopi ufl-
doubtediy for the purpose OF nav
ing ali traces OF their gttiit ooiite
rated by the nFe Whicn tney
had set. II Is supposed that the mis-
creants were alarmed oy tne ap-
proach OF the horses OF Mf' AppaeDy
and his men, ana NED into tne ad'
Joining woods from which they scat
tered 10 their homes before morning,
The whole country Is aroused, ana III
VIII De dlfacufs ior ali OF sne perpe-
traitors OF such dlanollcai deed 70
escape The negro VINO pretended
he had Q letter was recognized oy
Mrs. Orally, the work woman. a.
Bill batson, the recent negro AM
Radical candidate for the Legislature
from that district. he was not to De
found the next day, ana hisSWife
said he was gone 70 Miiioerry, 10
negro meeting. lie u pronahly &C.
ereted either In the WOODS or IN the
huts OF some OF the rest oil the g'+ng;
but 1t viii he hard Tor hin 20 escape,
as eile whole country y aroused. AROUSED no no