The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-02-13
TIE PARK MURDER IN IN
DIANA.
WHO MURDERED THE FAMILY !?
STARTLING REVELATIONS.
From the louisville Ledger.


The interest and excitement ia relation
10 the atrocious murder Of the Park family
in CLARK county, Indiana. last November.
continues undated in that county, and
many very wild and improbable rumors
are almost daily put into circulation con-
corning the horrible butchery. We refer
red briefly yesterday to the reports cir
cuated duplicating Maiion Park, son and
brother Of the murdered family, in the
awful crime. This is ora of the most
cruel Of the many cruel rumors set sfloat
| by heartless and interested parties TO, If
, possible, relieve the bloody negro butchers
/ Of their crime and manufacture political
/ capital for the Radical party in the neIi
Z canvass.
When the insinusiicns circulated
against him were communicated 10 Park
be was confined 10 his bed BY Illness near
Nincennes, whittier he had gone to seek q
location; but he 8; once leit his bed, re-
turned - his iesolaiei home in Clark
county, openly demanded Sn investigation
Of the charges. and has ever since re-
manned there. So tina; the grand fury
might have no excuse for not thoroughly
Investigating them. Ii is proper TO say
that not q single man can he found VITO
Is willing - say that he believes Young
4 Park either directly OF remotely guilty Of
Z the crime, or in any manner coCnizant Of
T il otherwise than a. The facts were de-
velope3 after il had occurred. The grand
/ jury are now sitting the charges 10 the
bottom, and We have no hesitation in saw
/ ing in advance that their action will lie
| the triumphant yindication Of Young
/ Parks innocence.
Another ruInor afost is to the effect that
the eldest Of the Park girls, who has
recovered from the fearful wounds
afflicted upon her bead, states that two
strangers stAld al night al her father 3
/ house the night Of the murder. We are
/ informed by gentleman, who lives neat
the scene Of the murder, and VINO CON
versed with Miss =. un Sunday, the murder
being The principal topic Of conversation,
that she stated 10 hum ihat when she
raised up IL bed, lust LIZ she received the
first fatal blow from the nx she saw two
men, one holding the light and the other
WELDING the AZ but she cannot r,mem-
Der TO have seen their frces The blow
rendered her insensible, and this is ALSO
1 lutsly al she knew Of the murder. Now,
I this sta.emen; exactly corresponds with
/ the statement made by the negro John
| son in his confession. He swore
before the grand jury Of Clark county that
old man Dayi. held the light, and tina,
Squire Taylor dealt the blows with the
az. This efiec,uslly disposes Of the story
! that the Miss Park had stated that two
strangers s,aid a, her fathers house on the
! night of the murder
The grand jury CT the Clark Criminal
court Is now in session. and Judge DUN
ham has instructed them TO investigate the
Park family murder, as well as the hang
ing OF the three negroes who committed
the murder, Taylor, Davis and johnson.
There is no doub. in the public mind rs to
the guilt of tie three wretches who expi-
ated their crimes upon the gsllows at the
hands Of the Clark county vigilance COM
mittee.