The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1873-05-22

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= nothing farther rewarded the scare
!. and they came away to examine u
garden In the rear OF the house. An
boring, or proddiDg, - II were. fos
It hour, the rod was driven down into
], spot, and when II was withdraw
II something that looked like matter %
ID hersd to the point. Shoveis wer
Il set to work, and in . few momen,
pIs corpse was uncovered. II ha
. been buried upon its face. Tb
: flesh had dropped away iron
; the legs. There was no cofiD. o
winding sheets. no preparation for th
grave. nothing upon the body but a
old shirt, torn In places and thicl
with damp and decay. The corps
was tepderiy disinterred. and laid up
on lie back In the full light Of the sof
April sun. One look Of horror int,
the Shss::y face, sssssT;ss anu swoi
len, and auzen voices cried out In ter
ror: ny God, it Is DR.. York :"
| And 30 it was. He had been buried
in shallow hole with scarce two feel
of dirt over him. Had he been muir
dered, and how? They examined
him closely. Upon the back Of bis
head and obliquely from bis right ear
. terrible blow bad been given with =
hammer. The skull had been driven
into the brain, and from the battered
and broken crevices dull stream OF
blood had oozed, plastering tho hair
with . ciammy paste aud running
down upon his shoulders. Strong
men turned away from the sickeDiDg
sight with . shudder Others wept,
and some even had to leave the garden
and remain away from the shambles
of the butchers.
It seemed ss il the winds carried the
tidings to Cherryvaie. ID an hour all
the town was 1t the scene. A coffin
was procured for DR.. York's body, and
his brother sat by the remains as one
on whom the hand of death had been
laid.
But the horrors were not done. The
iron rod was again put Ia reqaisition
until six more graves were found, five
Of which held each corpse. aud the
sixth two. an old man and = little girl.
The scene was horrible beyond de-
scription. Daylight fed from the
prairies, but the search went on with
undated vigor. A fascination impos-
sible to define held the spectators TO
the spot. The spirit of murder was
there and il kept them in spite Of the
night and the horror Of the surround
iDgs. The crowd increased Instead Of
diminishing.
The whole country is aroused Cour-
iers aud kilograms have been sent in
every direction with descriptions If
the Blenders. and il is not thought
possible that they can escape. With
the crowd al the grave was man
nsmed Brockman. who was supposed
to know something about the murder
ers. Furious men at once eirung him
up 10 beam In the house. His con-
tortions were fearful; his eyes started
from their sockets, and livid hue
came to his face that was appalling.
Death was within eagy reach Of him
when he was cut down. Confess
'onfess!!" they yelled, but he said
nothing. Again he was jerked from
his feet, and again was the strong
body convulreL with the death throes
Again resuscits'ed. he once more re-
used to open his mouth He did no,
ppear to understand what was want
q Of him. The yelling crowd. the
nutilated and butchered dead, the
Iickering ahd swiriing torches sput-
eriug in the night wind, the stern,
et faces of his execution.rs. all. All
passed before him az dreadful phan-
asmagoria which dazed him and
truck him speechless. For the third
line they swung him up, aud then
'is heart could not be felt to beat and
here was no pulse at his wrist. He
. dead they said. But he WIS not
lead. The night air revived him
md he was finally permitted To stsgger
way in the d-rkness "a one who WAS
lrunken or deranged.
Six butchersd human beings were
brought forth from their bloody graves
md three others are yet to be uncover
ID. Nothing like this sickening Sc
RES Of crimes has ever been recorded
in the whole history Of the country.
People for hundreds OF miles are flock
ing into Cherryvale. and enormous
rewards are to be offered for the arrest
Of the murderers. 1t is supposed that
they have been following their horri-
BILE work for years. Plumber is accept
ed motive for the deviltry. DIR. York,
it Is said, had large sum Of money
on his person., aud that he stopped at
the house either to get drink or to
feed his horse. While batting for
either he WAS dealt the blow which
killed him in an instant.
LATER.-A midnight dispatch from
the Benders' charneI house gives far
Their horrible particulars to the effect
that seven bodies have been taken uu
besides that of DIR. York'., with three
graves yet untouched Six of them
have been Identified The body of
John Geary was identified by his wifi.
whose terrible grief over the mutila-
ted remains Of her husband was heart.
rending. All had been killed by a
blow on the back OF the head with
hammer.
The thrdats Of all had been cut ex
cept that Of the little girl. The whole
ground will be dug up to fnd more
graves. The whole country is aroused
aud the good name OF the State is en-.
listed In the determination TO secure
the murderers if they have to be fol-
lowed to the ends OF the earth. The
scene at the graves surpasses every
thing In horro or that could possibly he
imagined. Kansas City Times, Nav 8.
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