Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1872-09-04
Wholesale Slaughter.
Eart.cGsai', Of ;h2 .:GdtWay Count,
Horror.
Z lac Mystery VuravcIIrG - .'alfcs.
s!"n az rlsa fzErdcrcr-z.y Isri.ing
OF sIir Guilty T.rcict..

y c"rrc- poudcnt Of the It. Louis
I Erpnh!!cau, writing from Marvvillr.
Mo. under date ui .Au"t>, 23ti. "ivr>
the io!tu" ~ particulars, OF HE h"r-
r.h!" auH h:II.ti nGr-trI' in NJti4v."y
co"n'y, short account OF hicA ap-
pcarcI i'll the i&rEELiGENCEE lt-!
week. The annals of CRIME hardly
afford It parallel 10 thi, iirndi>h
slaughter. The correspondent -ay, (:
.a>i 'i'H stlay, Mr.. ,ju"n Gri!lcv,
" 10 ,.;.'i been aricudin" csru;,-iuccr-
i '"ss- :: few mile, below. L;ur} vile.
Na~ returning to his i.uinc near
C.rar!numI When y lrw iIiic- dis
;..nt from h" above m..i,rd r!syr. l.,.
c.,irc "l"n Il nlaU "iti :; two-hor>r.
covered wagon, the wagon IIayiu.
iI.;ryd ii. his attempt to cross Il slough
i'll the road. he man WAS slightly
Intoxicated and apI cared greatly
alarmed and excited upon the Hr,,r
api.o"ri, Of M:. Griilcy.
Slr. t'ritlry Immediately rendered
his services to the stranger and
offered to aid him in eXIricitinw his
wagon from the slough. He di>cov-
cred ON near aPpr"ach to the wagon
i nIu>t d!>agr"raDic smell and asked
the mVu - y hat -mclt >o.' The
stranger replied thai ii was It quar-
ter OF beef which was tainted anal
ncrrIy ~p"ilrd.' and when asked WHY
he did not throw thr beef QUA &l.i
thus tighten his lead he replied that
they his horses. could easily ru!l
il out
He very strangely declined the
proi!crcd aid of Mr.. Grlilcy. and
commenced to urge his horses 10
their utmost strength. The horses,
after repeated efforts, finally succrrd-
ed III puliin" the wagon from the
slough, bul in doing 50 cracked the
ncck-y"kr. Nhrn out of the slough
he drove its t;.>l as possible in the
direction OF CIcurinolG. evidently
trying To distance Mr.. Grlilry. who
hayii" hl- suspicious aroused ny the
strange action of the man, followed
i'll pursuit.
C!rar.uunt was soon reached and
h"rr the stranger STOPPED for the
purpose Ol requiring the nrck- yoke.
" before stated he was u!!ttvr the i'll
iiuri!cc OF I!Iuor and ;.C;rd very
strangely, giving Il little girl iivc
dollar, to bring hIm Il drIuk OF wafer.
he man lhrn lc!t the wagon. Mr..
Griiiry and "thcr~ now having their
suspicious fully aroused bv the
Strange cuH,luct Of ii.c iiIuu an. the
fearful stencil tnaI came ron. the
wagon, determined t" n.;tkc :iu rXaml-
ll!aliun ui ii, contents, which ti.y
did
HAIL, IIOi;i:OHS, HAIL
No pen "an do justice to The fearful
sight that Row met their "azr. I'm
h:!nc ih"!r feelings, reader. if,uu
can, while We dgaw the picture q,
the! SAW il. within the wagon lay
five hutia. being covered with niar-
Ac!s. They were i'iied i,runli>cIou--
~ together AND were partly urc"u.-
posed. presenting Ole OF The mrsi
fearful sights that ever the eve OF
morIa! br!ic!d.
lie Victims were two lnvi'. one Nu-
man Ass! Two small chIld.-u. ali with
Their iliruats cut from ear lu ear.
Ike! were probably sleeping in The
wagon at the tlnir OF the inurdcr, Tor
hey were found in their nigh,
clothes. The body of the one Of
men WAS cut nearly i'll two, and bore
evidences of having made i hard
struggle for life.
Tho good citizens of Clcarmont
were not slow to act Many advised
the Immediate lynching of this |
living example OF total depravity,and |
though all agreed that enough was
already known to condemn him to n
speedy and righteous death, he was
spared, that he might tell who were his !
if any, in this fearful
tragedy.
Upon being asked for particulars as
TO what he knew of the crime, he at |
first irigned ignorance Of having the
lead bodies in his wagon, and was
aud cvasive. Being
told that unless he revealed the truth
lac would be strung up at once, he re-
maincd silent aud refused TO confess.
The citizens then proceeded 10 take
in their own hands, and were
about 10 carry the threat of lynching
him into execution, but the wretch
by this time became alramcd and be-
gan to pray, thinking to beg of.
Twice he was strung up, and not un-