The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1870-03-29

THOMAS ID. CARR was executed by
hanging, at st. Clairsville, Belmont Co.,
on Thursday, the oath inst. We take
the following from The Barnesville En-
te,prise Of that date:
While near Raleigh, North Carolina.
the soldiers learned that Federal soldier.
had been hung by some Confederates, in
the cellar of the house of prominent
southerner -a-------- -----, and they i'm
mcdiately organized band of fifteen
and started. without orders, to burr. it,
Arriving at the house, tliey found rich
planters residence, where wealth had
been expended to furnish and make ell
egant all the apartments, He said they
searched through the fine rooms and
halls of the mansion but could find no
men. There we're only women, who
were left by their rebel fliends-the sole
occupants They at last descended into
the cellar, and there, in ell its chastli-
ness, found the dead body suspended to
a sleeper. It was clothed III "Union
Blue" They went Immediately up and
questioned the inmates about;it and they
disclaimed all knowledge of the afiair.--a
The soldiers set fire to. the building,
firing every room simultaneously SO as
to save time. They then waited to see
it burn the women came out, t,when they
found that the dress'o of lovely young
girl of seventeen summers Was on fire.
They extinguished the fire and saved her
from terrible death, only to let her
meet It in more shocking and horrible
way. They outraged her person in the
most brutal and revolting manner. which
resulted in her death after few linger-
ing hours of dreadful pain. They went
away and left her lying on the grass in
the orchard, without a single friend or
attendant The rest had fed Carr heard
of her death the next day, when he re-
marked. s'the men that done that ought
to be hung;" and to day, one of. the
principal actors acas hung! Does NOT
retribution surely come? Does not ven
geance strike as with thunder bolt the
wicked and the cruel-hearted :? Retrbu,
ton, earthly or divine, solves the most
mysterious problems of wrong and out
rage, and with a strong hand marks the
offender, even in the end of life!
When at Salisbury he became init
mate with pretty girl, and Alexander
McGinnis, (of an Iowa regiment, was
quite friendly with her also, which made
Carr very angry and jealous. He met
McGinnis at the house one day and
struck him on the neck with a pair OF
brass knuckles, knocking him senseless
and then beat and stamped him until
he died. The disappearance of McGin-
mis- created the rumor that was afloat
shortly after the murder of Louisa Fox,
that he had killed two men in Iowa
Carr never was in that State, and this
makes clear the report of his 'sIowa MUIR
ders."
While at Columbia, (South Carolina
prison, a boy named Edward BarriHger
attempted to join the Confederate army.
Carr found it ont and assisted by two
comrades, strangled the. young man in
, the prisoners room.
He frequently deserted his command
On one occasion he was sentenced to be
shot for this crime and was employed to
dig his own grave. Even then he was
indifferent to death as he has been since
his conviction in this county. A peti-
ton was sent to the President, and Carr
was .pardoned. .3 bi 81 g
At Nashville he shot negro through
the head, the ball entering behind the
ear and coming out of the forehead
1t is not known what induced him te
commit this murder SIS IA by ~
In Salisbury, ( North, Carolina, he was
sent to arrest another soldier, who Gin
suited" Carr by his language. In order
to wreak his vengeance, Carr gave hin
an opportunity to escape, watching hin
closely all the while, and as he attempt
ed to run. shot him through the back
At Petersburgh, Virginia, he was one
Of the gang of eleven that stamped ;
sutler to death in his own shop. After
wards, while on vessel to- be exchang
ed, he attacked colored waiter who're.
fused to give him food, disabled the maI
and threw him overheard. He says ii
1 the Judgment day victims and aecuserS
4 will rise from the sea as well as the land
In Baltimore he attemptedsto ride. il
a street car without paying fare. Whilt
] trying to put him off, the conductor was
I violently assaulted and one of his ears
nearly cut off. The driver who came
to his assistance, was stabbed in iht
! bowels by Carr and afterwards died
4 BY springing to the pavement, minglins
llwith the crowd, and afterwards. cutting
OF his mustache, Carr escaped detection
j In a bawdy-house at Columbus, Ohio
he quarTelled with woman, knocked
her down and left her for dead. .r.As h
was coming home he threw a bottle from
the train, at Newark. struck man OF
the forehead an6 split his skull open, Il
/ is notknown whether death resulted il
i these cases.
Il While on the steamer lillian as
i deck,hand, a negro swore at one of thu
officers, who seeing in Cara ready tool
told him to elk" the negro. Carr tool
the hint and rolled some barrels upo1
the man which crushed him to DEATH
| Afterwards he was concerned in thu
murder of Balrick, near the HempielC
, Railroad Tunnel, east of Wheeling. HI
met Joseph Eisele and Balrick, and wen
some distance with them, when Eisels
I struck Balrick on the back of the heat
! with hatchet. Carr says he was afrait
Of his companion and struck Balricl
with a rock, and that Eisele afterwards
2 gave second blow with hatchet. The,
4 rifed the pockets of the murdered MAJ
|, and divided the money. Eisele after
wards killed Joseph Lilienthal former
!, ly clothing merchant in Cambridge a
Parkersburg with the same hatchet. H,
was arrested and hung for the murder
). He made confession, but did not i'm
plicate Carr in the Balrick murder.
There were many other occasion!
when he was prepared to shed blood
: but something interfered To prevent him
He had violent passions, narrow intel
lect, and bad, vengeful heart Their,
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