Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1873-05-14
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Upon the back Of his head and 10 th,
lsft and obiiQucly from his right ear
q terrible blow had been given with
hammer, The skull had been driv.
on Into tho brain, aud from tho Int
tcfcd and broken creyiccs n sdui
stream OF blood had oozed. plaster,
Ing his hair with . kind Of clatniny
paste and running down upon hil
Shoulders.
II seemed az If the winds carried
the. tfdtngs to Cherryyala. In All
hour all the town was al the Gene oil
tho discovery. A coffin WAC proour.
ed for Tr. sYofkss& body, aud his
brother, utterly overwhelmed, satby
tho ghast1y remains as ono upoii
whom tho hand of death had been
Eiald. Ho could not be coniforted.
But tho horrible work was not yot
completed. The iron rod wassagain
put in regulation, until six more
graves marked {E) were discovered,
nre ot which contaiura each q corpse,
and tho sixth, that in the second row.
Elt9 continuing two, an old man aud
ahttte girl. Some wcre IN the last
stascs Of decomposition, and others,
not as fnr ,gono, might have been
Identified If any among The crowd
had known them in life. Coifins were
provided for oil, and again was the
search renewed. IL was past mid
night when u informant left, but
three o graves marked (G), had
been discovered, each supposed To
contain q corpse, although they had
not been opened. The whole country
is aroused. Couriers and kilograms
have boon SEN in every direction
with descriptions ofthe Benders, and
1t is not thought possible that they.
can escape. With tho crowd at the
grave was a man named BrocklGan
who was supposed to know some-
thing about the iaurderss Furious
men laid hold upon him at once and
strung him up 10 n bean in The house.
lis contortioGs were fearful. His
eyes started from their sockets, and
Il hvid hue came TO his face that was
appalling. Death was within reach
OF him when he was cut down. Con
Tess confess" they yelled, bat he
said nothing. Again he was ierscd
from his feet, and again was the
strong body ~convulsed with the death
throes. Again r~esuscituted, he ace
more refused to open his mouth. lie
ald not appear 10 understand what
was wanted of linn. The yelling
crowd, the mutilated and bntcllcred
dead, the fickering and swirling
torches spluttering in the night wind,
the stern, set faces of his execution
e;rs, al, all passed before him as a
dreadful phantasmagoria which dazad
i'in and struck him speeches.. For;l
the third time they swung him up,
and then his heart could not be felt
peat, and there was no pulse at Tie
wrists. "He is dead" they said.
But he was not dead. Tile night air
revived him at last, and he was per-
to stagger away in the dark
ness as u who was drunken or
Six buteherod human beings were
brought forth from their bloody
graves, and three others are vet to be
uncovered. 1t is thought that more
graves will yet be discovered. One
the corps4s was so horribly mutt
atcd rs to make the sex even a matter
doubt. The little girl was proba-
'ly eight years Of age, and had long.
hair, and some traces of beauty
N q countcnance that was not vel
htlrtiy disfigurcd by decay. One 1
was broken. The breast bone
al been driven in. The right knee
been wrenched from its socket.
the leg doubled up under the.
ody. Nothing like this s~ickeuins
,ries of crimes has ever been rccord-
l IN the whole history of the country.
Is supposed that they have been
blowing their horrible work for
ears: Thunder is the accepted cause. j,
r. York, 1t is said, had u large sum I
money on his person, and that he
opped at the house either to feed
5 morse or get 4 drink OF water.
nile hating Tor either he was dealt ,
&c blow which killed him in an iu- 1
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