The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-08-19

ernor Woods0n has issued an order to
Judge Burkhardt, igstructing him to cen
vene Il special term Of the Galloway Circuit
Court for the investigation of the lynching
of Peter kisler at Fulton, Friday last
Also instructing Attorney Swing TO take
charge Of the prosecution.
A special further says desperate ell
counter may be soon expected between the
railroad train robbers and the Iowa sheriff
armed with requisition from the Govern
or The encounter will probably take
place in Lafayette, Clay or jackson
county, where the robbers alternately rem
deZvogZ
During the exhibition Of show at
! CRANKY, No, on Friday. two drunken
roughs, named Ben killian aud james
Hill, assaulted Charles Thomas c0lored.
shooting him in the throat and breast, in
/ flicting serious wounds. Thomas returned
P! the FIRE but without effect Several other
shots were fired, and Mr. Schmldt, prom
/ inent merchant of CRANKY. was killed. and
! Mrs Sweet and Mrs. urge was wounded
/ Kilian and Hill escaped.
! Great excitement still continues at
Fulton over the lynching Of Peter i\esse-
/ Ter. for murder and stealing. Additional
accounts of the affair are received, but
do not differ materially from the first
account Sheriff Low and young Dundel
were alive at last accounts, but their hives
were despaired Of 4 dispatch from ful
ton says Gov. Woodson. after hearing that
trouble was apprehended wrote to Sheriff
Low, asking If he needed assistance in pre-
serving order. He repiee that he would
like to have d small force OF militia, bat
Wo0dson finally concluded it would be bet
ter not to send any State troops. On the
other hand, a dispatch from jefferson
City suys that Sheriff Low informed tht
Governor that he was fully able to protec
I the prisoners and maintain the law. The
verdict ot' the Coroner S jury Is not yet rem
dered 1t is said that the men engaged il
the lynching are all young men. and it ap
pears that few if any Of them are known IL
Fulton
+ CHICAGo, ILL.,, Aug. lS.-PoHce 0ffic,
Christian Jacobs was to-day shot and MIR
tally wounded by burglar whom he "
attempting to arrest The latter made hi
escape. The officer died at ) Pm
Fl. ScoTT, Aug. lS-At Twin Spring
Linn county, last night, a man named hel
ly killed his wife, her sister aud two chill
dren. piled their bodies on the floor, GOV
cred them with straw, and then set fire tt
the heap When discovered there was ey
. idence that the deed had been done witt
an axe Kelly was arrested this morning
There Is strong talk Of lynchIng him.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. lS.-An outra
geous assassination at Henderson, Ky.
, occurred last night 1T half past o clock
T Edward Callahan, twenty SIX years OF age
was sitting on the steps Of the Presbyterian
= church, when an unknown person Shot hin
dead, the ball passing direc ly through III
heart There are no traces OF the mur
, derer
GENFsEo. Ill, Aug 1S-Mr Hall,
prominent stock dealer and cattle droyer
OF Sheffield, dropped dead in a street 0
that town yesterday. We have no par
ticulars, other than the supposition ot on
) informant that the cause If his death wa
either heart disease or sunstroke.
ALTON, H.. Aug. IS.-0n Saturda
afternoon last man named Fitzsimmon>
station agent at Nameoda in this county
was killed on the Toledo, Wabash and S.
! Louis road by being run over by han !
car He leaves wife and seven children
BLOOMINGTON. ILL.,, Aug. lS.-Y ester
day afternoon, at tie Altn depot, ahsut
. o'clack. a German brakeman named Il cit
/ ing, while eHdeavariEg t" epUpte two ctr
Loaded with railroad iron. missed til
. coupling ami vas caught between the pr,
jecting ends of tile rails. His ribs au
breast were crushed in in frichtful MAJ
ner, ana his lungs were ruptured 50 tha
his death is almost certain. lie Is froi
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