The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1872-09-05
THE MISSOURI MURDERS.
The Murderer Lynched.

u0 OONC6' W COZ, VI i'Ooioid3 10y
ler county, Iowa, gives the fullest
account we have yet seen of the ter
rible murders committed few days
since in Nodaway county, Missouri,
some fifteen miles from Bedford.
The South West says:
On Tuesday morning, Aug. 90, a
man dri, ing team attached to a
covered wagon, was stopped near
the residence of Mr.. Griffey, three
miles from the village of Clermont,
by the accidental breaking of the
neckyoke. Upon Mr.. Gritfey's ap-
preaching the wagon, he was met by
a disagreeable odor. The man upon
inquiry, told him it came from some
beef he had in the wagon. After the
fiend had mounted one of his horses
and started Tor the village to get the
neckyoke repaired, Mr.. Griffey ex-
amined the wagon and upon raising
some clothing within, found it loaded
with human corpses /! There in an
advanced stage of qualification were
the bodies of Two men, one woman
aud two children all were In night
dress except one man. The children
and woman had their throats cut
from ear to ear, and the woman's
head had been beaten with club.
The man who was dressed had been
killed with blows on the head by a
club the other man had beeu shot
through the head, and then cut in
two pieces through the waist. Bloody
clubs, an ak, two revolvers and a
bloody knife were also in the wagon.
The alarm was given and Mr.. Gritfey
proceeded to Clermont in pursuit OF
the teamster, and to notify the cor.
oner. The man had procured some
whisky and set cut for Iowa; he was
rapidly pursued, however, and cap
tured near the Page county line.-
Upon being taken back to the wagon
he told long story, which, as it was
in the main false, we will not repeat
From the final confession, and dia
ry found belonging to one of the men
we give the following as the substan'
tial history of the crime.
The murdered family consisted O
a man named Armes or Owens, hi!
wife, their two children, and tn,
brother of the wife. They were OF
their way from Kansas to Minnesot;
and the murderer, who gave his nam,
as Osl ONE, had fallen in with then
several days before the tragedy ant
was coming to his home in Caledonia
Ringgold comfy, Iowa, where h'
has wife and child. He had M
money, and said he killed them t.
get their money and team. The muir
der was committed last Sunday night
ten miles from the place Of discov
cry. He said that he and the large
man were sleeping on the ground
and the others in the wagon. Dur
ing the night he took revolver, ant
after his heart had several times fail
ed him, placed it to the ear of tn,
sleeping man and blew his brains
out. He only quivered and was dead
The man in the wagon asked hin
what he was doing and he then sho
him, but only wounded him. The
man got out of the wagon, when thu
assassin, after chasing him around it
finally killed him with club. He sale
the wife begged piteously for him no
to kill her husband, but the only an
swer he made was to kill her. AfteI
breaking her skull with club, he Gu
her throat. The children he attempt
ed to kill by choking, but finally used
the knife, and finished his hellisf
deed by cutting the throat of the little
babe of six months. He placed then
in the wagon, cutting the larger mar
in two pieces because he was Sc
heavy. He then leisurely drove
along, trading and selling as he could
the few head of stock, and finally wal
caught as he was attempting to driv.
into the woods to dispose OF the bod
les.
We need only to say that the citi
zeus applied the law of Judge Lynch
to his case, and if ever a man forfeited
his life by deeds of blood, that ont
was Osborne. Murdered and muir
derer are now cold in death the hap
ply family sent into eternity wher
they were joyous in the hope ofsool
being with friends in Minnesota; tn,
fiend who butchered them for tn,
twenty dollas he obtained ha
answered to. Justice SO far as hi
craven life could correspond. Sal
indeed will be the tidings of death t,
the Ifar off friends of the murdere,
men, women and innocents.