Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1870-05-13
From the New York Times, May 2.
Murder or SuIciae-A SInEular Ca.c

| Murder or Suiclae-A Singular Gaze.
| Yesterday morning the little village OF
HickSVillr- long Island, WOO fh"orv- :ttv
| great eXclteQ.cnG 10y the discovery OF the
| body Of wealthy aud respected farmer,
| Named David NO8traua, suspended from a
beam III the hay loft, and now and then
II drop OF blood falling from it to the
| floor below. Tho body was found by a
man who had been in his employ, vino
| Immediately informed the household of
the sad fact and then aroused the neigh
bUrhood. When the body was cut down
the throat was found to have been cut
from 10 ear, and Tho wind pipe and
arteries severed. The wound had evident
ly peen INFLICTED by some dull instru-
ment, az 1T was very ragged. No
knife OF other instrument, however, was
found upon the premises. The rope which
Gncircled the neck was a lFige hempen
one, aud was about seven feet long, made
i'll slip moose. Some are inclined to
think that Ee committed suicide, while
nthers helieve Lat he was murdered. The
theory of suicide is supported by the argu-
rnont that for some days past he had been
depressed in spirits and very despondent,
while the murder theory is supported by
the argument that he could not cut his
throat so fearfully ead then hang himself,
nor could he suspend himself by the neck
and then lacerate his throat It is said
he went to New York on Friday and raised
some money, but how true this is cannot
be stated, as no money was found on his
person. He was married man, and about
forty years of age. He was an extensive
farmer and dairyman, and was supposed
to be Worth about $4,000 An inquest
will he held on the body to-day.
JOHN POOL.
The Record Of a ReEcGads-The sIand,rs
OF q sOn-Extracts from the Speech of
Senator Pool.
Men are murdered from motives OF revenge,
from sudden ebuIlitions of passion; murdered for
terles committed upon their persons; their pro- |
perty ia destroyed; the criminal lawe violated
the eVil-dl-posed citizens of the community. This
is one thing. l understand that such offenses |
are committed everywhere; and stand up here |
to-day to cay thai in the State of horth Carolina
there are fewer such offenses now than there
were before the var. 1 Granger or citizen, if |
you pleaae, may travel from the sea-board to |
the mountains in my State with much securi- |
ty as he could before the war, provided always |
he does not allow his political notions to be OBJ
truded upon those whom he meets. Take the |
political aspect out and there is no danger |
whatever. will go further than that
Being practicing lawyer in the courts of that !
State, say that feel sure in the opinion 7 ex-
press that there are fewer violations OF the Grim
inal laws CT the State now than there ever have |
been during the course OF my professional life |
L GEs
cay that the courts of justice and the officers OF
the law punish offenders promptly, pursue |
them as promptly, ferret out offenses Gs prompt
ly in that State now as they ever did, and that |
our courts are careful, and prompt, and as |
rigid in the execution of the criminal laws as
they ever were upon all classes of offenses that |
ere not political.
X
This Ku- Klux business means somathing. It
is for purpose. l am not standing Icrs to say
whether there has been an ex&Sgeration of the
outrages alleged to have been committed by the
orRanlZa alton, OF whether there has been q fail
ure to bring before fhe Senate one half OF what
has actually been done. I leave all that out of
the question. Sir, the meaning of it is that the
reconstruction policy of Oongre IS is not in ac-
cordsnoe with the sentiment of the majority of
the white people in that community. The mean.
Ing Is that majority of the white people in |
those States have heretofore controlled their
governments and ruled them, and they Intend
that the same shall be the case hereafter. They
mean that the provisions OF the fifteenth amend
ment, which were put upon those States by the
acts before the fifteenth amend
meat Was adopted, shall be in effect nothing: |
that they will substitute a higher Law than yo1r
policy and the fifteenth amends ,
nent, to w.t. violence in the localities.
Now, Mr.: President, l ask whether it ia hkeIv |
20 succeed Take any community in which those I
'utIsgss have been committed aud are being j