The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1873-05-22

touched Not even the doors were locked
though such had been the reputation ot IN
/ -F,a devil chat the premises stood a SAFE
from Intrusion a II protected by a devil p
! reality After the bed had been removed
one Of Tire party noticed a slight depression
/ m the floor, which, upon closer eXamluit-
| ton revealed
| TRAP DOOR
| Upon hinges. This was Immediately liited
mp, and in the gloom pit outlined itaeli'
forbdding, cavernous, unknown Id2nL7
were procured and some OF the men ue-
scended They found themselves IN an
abyss shaped like well, some Six feet aeep
and about five feet in diameter. here anu
there little damp places could be seen as II
water had come up from the bottom oI peeiI
poured down from above. They gfoped
about over these splotches and held up
handful 10 the light The ooze smeAred it.
self over their palms and drlbbleo thouSh
their fingers.
IT WAS BLOOD
thick, foetid, clammy, sticking blood.
The party had provided themselves with
a long, sharp rod of iron which they drove
into the ground in every direction at fht
bottom Of the pit but nothing fufthef re-
warded their search, and they came away Z"
examine tie garden in the rear OF the house
After boring or prOdding, as IL Were Iof
nearly an hour, the rod MAS driven Gown
and when it was Withdrawn. something mat
looked like matter adhered to the point
ShOvcls were set at once to work, ana III a
few moments corpse was uncovered II
had beer buried upon its face. The flesh
had dropped away from the legs. IHere
was no coffin, no winding sheet no prepa-
ration for the grave. nothing upon the
body but an old shirt torn in places. ana
thick with damp and decay. Inc corpse
was tenderly disinterTed and laid upon It's
back in the full light of the soft April sun.
One look of horror into the CHASTITY face.
fostering and swollen. and a dozen voices
cried out in terror:
''MY GOD. IT Is DIR. YORK"
And it was. He had been buried in a
shallow hole. with scarcely two feet OF dirt
over him. He had been murdered and
how? They examined him closely Upon
the back or his head ana to the left and Oh
liquely from his right ear, terrible blow
had been given with a hammer The skull f..
had been driven into the brain. and from /
the battered and broken crevices. a dun /
stream of blood had oozed pla>teripg his F.
hair with a kind of clammy paste and run
down upon his shoulders. Strong men 1
turned away from the sickening sight with /
a shudder. Others wept. Some even had 4.
to leave the garden and remain away from .
the shambles OF the butchers.
1t seemed rs if the winds carrie the It'd /
ng to Cherryvale. In an hour ali the town I
was at the scene of the discovery. \ coffin /
was procured for DR.. York'S body. and his /
brother; utterly overwhelmed. sat by the .
chastity remains a. one upon whom the /
land of death had been laid. He could not
pc cOmfoTted.
But the
HORRIBLE WORK WAS NOT YET COMPLETED
The iron rod was again put in requisition.
until six more graves were discovered,
i've of which contained each corpse, and
he sixth, that in the second row. contained
wo, an old man and a little girl. Some
| in he of Al
md the others. not so far gone, might have
'een Identified if any among the crowd had
,nown them in life. The scene was horri-
lie beyond description. The daylight fled
rom the prairies, but the search went on
With undated vigOr. \ fascination i'm pos
IDLE to define held the spectators To the
pot. The spirit of murder was there. and
kept them in spite of the night and the
orrors of the surroundings. The crowd
increased instead of diminishing. Collins
we're provided for all, and again was the
earch renewed. 1t was past midnight
hen our informant left, but three more
raves had been discovered, each supposed
o contain corpse, although they had not
zen opened. The
WHOLE COUNTRY Is AROUSED.
Couriers and kilograms have been sent in
very direction with descriptions of the
tenders, and it is not thought possible that
hey can escape. With the crowd at the
rave was man named BrOckman. who
-as supposed to know some; hing about the
lurders. Furious men laid hold upon him
I once and strung him up to a beam in the
ouse. His cOntOrtions were fearful. His ,
yes started from their sockets, and liyid
ne came to his face that was appalling.
)eath was within reach of him when lie
vas cut down.
CONFESS CoNFEssr -
hey yelled. but he said nothing. Again
G was jeTked from his feet, and again vas
ne strong body convulsed with the death
lroes. Again resuscitated, he once
lore refused To open his mouth. He
il not appear to understand what was
'anted of him. The yelling crowd. the
lutilated and butchered dead, the flicker
lg and swirling torches spluttering in the
light wind. the stern, set faces of his exc
ltlonerS. all, all passed before him as a |
readtul phantasmagoria which dazed him
nd struch him SPECIFICS. For the third
me they swung him up, and then his
HEART COULD NOT BE FELT TO BEAT.
nd there was no pulse at the wrists. ''He
dead" they said. But he was not dead /
he night air revived him at last and he
as permitted to stagger away in the dark
esS as one who was drunken or deranepd | l
Six butchered human beings were
rought forth from their bloody graves !
nd three others are yet to be uncovered
is thought that more graves will yet be
iscovered. The pit under the trap door {
.ruck down by the murderer's hammer.
Ill the skulls were crushed in, and all at
early the same place. One of the corpses
as so horribly mutilated as to make the :
* even matter of doubt.
THE LITTLE GIRL
LAS probably eight years OF age. and had ]
ing. sunny hair, and some traces ct beauty [
n a countenance that was not yet entirely
by decay. One arm was broken. [
he brest- bone had been driven in. The I
ght knee had been wrenched from its '
Ocket. and the LEG doubled up under the &
ody. Nothing like this sickening series of {
rimes has ever been recorded in the whole l
istory OF the country. People tor hun
reds of miles are tiocking into Cherryvale. 4
MI enormous rewards are to be offered tor
ne arrest OF the murderers- Il is supposed 4
hat they have been following their
Horrible WORK FOR YEARS.
'lunder is the accepted cause. DR.. York. /
is said. had large sum of money on his :
erson. and that he stopped at the house
ther to feed his horse or get drink OF /
-ater. While halting for either he was ,
ealt the blow which killed him in an in
-ant. Every one who knew him liked him. {
lone of the other corpses have been identi I
ed. We have dispatched a special reporter i
, the scene, who will send us other aud
lller particulars of the diabolical butchery.
Observation-Disclosures !
The following special dispatch, received
midnight. gives some further horrible [
articulars: