, 1870-09-08
THE HORRORS OF WESTERN BRI'
.GANDISM.

All Extrn ordinary CnAe OF Murder
BY Wealthy Mcn-fEidoons Cruelty
a son Of One OF tho Pfruec Ln-
fitsc,s 1loM Implicated.
Frosn the burlington {lora) Ga.<ti<.
Henderson County lis aei:ated at this time
with case Ct peculiar horror. It turns on.
thai in the latter part Of May, 1864, NJ old
Ere unnb1e to learn. cros-ed the ferry from
this city with considerable sum Of money III
his pDsee.tlop 1t amounted eomeEheFe
from 81 ,0G{) to $1,000. He had just sold lis
farm in Missouri and intc1ded to purchase
one iu Henry County, III He stopped at the
character, who was run out OF tho country
during the war, but Las since returned. He
talked with White awhile, and then went up
to the farmhouse OF De Hague, with the in
tcntion Of remaining all night.
THIS Dc Hsgue'1 father settled on the fam
lly place many yests ago, but is now dead.
He Was fesocious character. aud WAS pirate
on the ocean for eleven years. Ho served
under that famous FrencAman, Lafitts, and,
with that redoubtable chieftaiu, was paednned
for heroic conduct at the battle with the B1it-
ish ut New Orleans. lie looked the very pic
ture OF savage fercencss. and was much
dreaded by hiA nsightors. Before his death
he YVES considered rather wealthy, owning q
fine property, and being otherwise well-estab-
L
to have inherited many of his fathers quail.
ties.
Late III tho evening Of which we spsak the
l.praaent De Hague turned the old traveller
out Of his house and sent him over to Squire
rarks- Parks then sent out for Robert Won,
Dan McCue, and one Or two others.
De Hague also went over to lis 'houae. In
ehoIt time aftc1warl the old man, who had
gone to bed up stairs by this time, W.. called
up and brought out to the front yard. A
horse belonging 10 Won vas found Mtched to
the fence, with pair of ealdle-baEs on 1t.
The old man WAS asked il he knew the horse
and equipments. Ho eai1 be did not, but
bis. He was then accused Of being horse
thief, and Of trying te steal.Von's animal.
He was taken out into the orchard and hung
twice, for the purpose Of extorting confes-
sion: The poor old victim. Lad nothing to
confeas, He was then taken to the woods by
Won, De Hague and Squirg Parks. The BAL
| auce Of the party were requested not to fol-
low, hut thcy hea1d him being beaten with
rods until his shrieks hl1cd the air. After that
10th bis hands were chopped on with ahAtchet,
| murdered. His money, it Is supposed, was
divided amobE the three. There ia now no
Fort of doubt that De Hague is the man wto
| cut his hands OIL. Some girls discovered the
| body concealed in creek on the following
| morning. The matter WAS kept quiet until
| GFGllQES WuGu lH8 tu1t9 WuIu2fGf9 LOOK Inc
body out to an old half-tilled tietaIn on the
prairic and flung It in. Tho cistern was after
wards filed by the drifting Of the prairie sand
| Some time ago farmer went to the old cis-
tern to obtain the brick with which it wAe
walled. In digging ont tue aand, hired man
named William Cook exhumed the skeleton ot
the murdered man. It was evident that the
hands hsd been cut OF, Tho entire cistern
Fas cleared out, hut the skeleton hands could
not Le found. This hitleona discovery brought
tt,e whole affair to publicity. 1t had long beer
whispered, but people feared to speak tl,eir
minds on the subject.
Dc Hngue. now very wealthy, ia under bonds
tn the snlount Of a1D,0O0 20 answer tho charge
Of murder. His trial will shortly CINE or a
Dquawka, Won left Tor Missouri some tint
ago. fearing All exposure Of the outrage. TIL.
principal witness against De Jfague Is nat
l,ousc, hut WHO did not actually take part il
tho murder. It is Reported, however, that ht
received Sl00 AS his share. All Of the victim.
money was in gold. De Hague and McCus
hare been long fearing and hating one an
other. They both carry two reyolvers each
10 US that De Hague has not slept in hi,
houre for two yeArs. lest he should be mur
1crcd. He conceals himself in his hsyatsck
He often visits burlington, and il ueye
seen without carpet-bag In his hand
That carpet bag contains two large sized nav,
| fcSoIscts. loaded anu ready LOT instant use
To people living about tho ferry landing hi
appearance is very familiar. A short tim
ago, aud since De HaKue's Arrest for murder
McCuc one morning found tho water OF hi
we'll imprognated With arsenic, and also foun
arsenic ecsttered about the curbstone. II
Immediately inserted tLat De Hsgus had mad
m effort TO poison him, in order to shut o'
hts testimony at the coming trial Both thes
men live in mortal fear and apprehension q
one Another, their mutual dread aud hatre
making life llsll. White Anderson, one c
tie gang, is accused Of all sorts Of 1nisdeed
mud is also quite vealthy.
The nefariouB deeds OF these Kind Of ucr
shielded by their III, gotten wealth, have Ees
tlered the people Of Hen3cRon county iesp4
| rate. They are resolved that murder shall L
longer stain theirsoi'. without justice he site
ward. meteL ont.