The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-02-02

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From the Knoxville chronicss, 18th. IS
Mr.. George SusdAg; 0f Jefferson
county, some time ag6 6dfove q large
number of hogs over into North
Carolina. About tw0swseks since,
on his fetuxn homo, n1eht overtooi
him In the ahouutoine hear The State
line, and he Was 'torv6d 20 sssk ishsl.
ter in . house whera ontertaiument
was promised Mr.. Uusong's suspic.
ions were aroused bytsyeral rough
looking characters alloat TIE place
more than he thought lived there,
or were required % carry on che
business Of the hotel yet, g he
could not frame any tsasonable ex.
cuse for leaving. and rot Wishing the
landlord to know he buspectsd any-
thing, took matters ceolly, aud VA
shown to his room, which his enter-
tainers locked on thelVnt6ide.
Confirmed in hi6 opinion, and
being TINS cut off, IL. s. looked
about the room for some means 81
escape. Most probably ne was
armed, though we do not know posi-
lively, but one againAt half : dosen
was too great odds to contend with
if strategy could be made available.
The windows not being deemed safe.
trap-doors flashed scfoss his mind,
but . survey across The floor convin.
ced him that nothing of the kind had
formed part of tho lrchitsct's plan
in building the house. Another
thought struck him. ke looked IN.
der the bed and saw 8 sicht that
almost congealed the blood in his
veins-the body Of . man with his
throat cut from ear to ear! r. 9ot
Though sickened at the revolving
spectacle he did not loose his presence
of mind, but rapidly considered his
desperate condition and tho means of
averting his impending doom. His
plan was soon chosen, and, overcom-
ing his repungance, he picked up the
bleeding corpse Of tho murdered man
and placed it on the bed, covering It
carefully. He then extinguished the
light and taking up his position be-
hind the door awaited results.
The moments passed slowly, and
seemed lengthened into hours, bur
about midnight stealthy footsteps
were heard approaching; the door
WAS softly opened, and five forms
were discovered in the darkness,
who, with hoisslsss footsteps, ap-
preached tho bed with cleaning
knives in their hands, thinking in :
few seconds to glut their thirst for
blood, and satisfy their greed for
money they expected TO obtain by
tho foulest Of crimes. Mr.. s. did not
wait to watch their movements, but
slipped quietly out Of the open door
and made Ehis way from the premises
with all speed. ee - fsssa
Putting q great distance between
him and the blood -stained portals Of
the den of murder, the next morn
ing he found friends to whom he
related bis experience of the night
before, who organized in force and
succeeded in capturing four of the
scoundrels, and diligent search is
being made for the 9Th, who was
still at large. r. SOON a5l te sj1l
The circumstances stated above
were told us BY responsible gsntle.i
man, who obtained bis information
from . reliable source, and that Mrs,
Snsong had received letters from her
husband, who was still in the vicinity
where be 80 nearly met his death.
The first letter stated the occurrences
Of the fearful night, and the second
his resolution to aid all 10 his power
to bring the villains to justice and
punishment for their crimes.