, 1873-10-06

expedition returned, hive, by personal inquiry,
gathered many ltomB which will not bo incolpo-
summing up Of tic Northern Iacilo lioai viii
constitute tho noxt lotter. PnocloN.
AN EDGAR COUNTY HORROR.
Murder Resulting from illicit Luvc--
Tho fsody of tho Victim discovered
by n Dog.
From. Tic Danrf''c .tTl., Times, ort.4.
Wo Inst weck gayo n short report or Tho myg-
tcrions disappearance of IL well-to-do and highly
respected farmer named nInc Wood from lis
homo at Mulberry Grove, a fcw miles southwest
q s?t Ridge Farm. IN Edgar County. Agentlenlan
eaeS man, aaa Se & ho ss s oso aS On rass: %s
ticulars
In tho afternoon Of Sunday, tho 7th Of Sop
tett9r @ M Woo Wood tn company 9,t wit s u wyfo
their rositlonco. Mulberry Grove is composcl Of
scattered cumpB OF blRck-jn ncks and plum thc't-
OTIS, with narrow vistas Of prairio running bo-
tween: :. t. was ,, here under 5 plum treo, tho
Nhe is lot talo) saying ho wonll go over to n
diBtant fold to SEQ about his cattle, llo being 4
cattlo-grower on q largo scale: Tho. wifo
sga s1t Se ho%o 6 % be or TSs TsS e1ns aa Tho axS Go5Sd
but still tho husband was absont. Sho performed
tho duties Of her household, and sometime III
tho forenoon Rhe went to tho futn pumb troo
wlioro sho parted With hor husband aud discov-
orod n pool Of blood, and traces wllcro he lad
hoon draggod aud hidden beside tfco-top. Sho
alBo found human l.Rir TINT Ind beon torn from
his head. Slle then went to her brothcs-il,-law'H
house not far away and consulted oyer tho mat
tor, aud sometime III tho afternoon the alarm
The news aproad lilo wilaaro, md soou tho
country FOR milGB around was aroused. It was
thon growing dark, and no TRACE Of tho body
could DO found. On tho following morning
hundreds were ou tho ground, aud tho search
began: EEna., ,onoo,u,,,,o ,,,ooo ,u.u u,.o., A.
tho old wclls for miles around were Visited, bnrnH
aud suspicious dwellings searched thoroughly,
to no avail For days this wau kopt up, ovon
along Browets creek aa far III tho WabnBtl;
and, in fact. all parts OF tho country. Tllo wifo
oil this timo stoutly assorted that her husbands
body was buried somewhere on his own lnnd.
The HeGrch WIS at last giyon up: Tho ofrcr Of
d reward by Edgar County Of $3.50, and by pri-
yate parties of $500 for the body still stimulated
many to continue III tile almost lopolesB untlor-
taking, and it would havo boen abandoned on-
tirely but for tho instincts Of n little blnct dog.
TLis little cronturo was tito companion Of =
little girl sent across tho fields OIL an erran1 to
noighbor'b. at certain point in tho plowed field
tho dog began to dig and bark. The little girl
ran, to tho spot, whom tho s1noll of do
returning to tho house, sho 1pado known
tue discovery to throe gentlemen, noighbors,
who happened to be present, Mr. Crunlb, 3Er.
Connolly. md alr. Vost: They wont to tho spot,
aud BOON uncovered the remains OF their Quad
friontl, Which wore buried about eighteen inches
dcop.
a jury was summoned, md post-mortom OK
animation ma1o by DrB. Roberts md baum. It
was found that tho unfortunate mRu lad been
shot thrco times, one shut passing through tho
head, ono through tho breast, cutting through
the left yentriclo Of tho Heart, aud ono breakiug
tho jaw. Ihs took place by tho light Of d
f+N f+% rr1yY
gcono was d weird aud wild ono.
In tho meantime, young nnn na1nod Lou
Henlon. on whom suspicion fell. had beon mr.
rested aud relcnsod for want Of proof, tllo body
not yet having boon found. mum named VIII
lia1nH was also arrosted aud released. lienlou
nnndiately tled, ulld his whereabouts il url-
known. Gu Wednesday, afternoon following tho
murder. . young man made hiinBolf known
tho Catlin Fnir,. and stated TINT gentle
man named Wood Ind disappeared from Null
berry Grove, and it was believed ho Ind been
murdered. He also staiod that tlloro had hce11
M old fe1d between Wood and his brothers-il.-
law, Williams and Dayidson, unl suspicion fell
upon thoul. From tho descriptions givon of
| Henlou, this wnA Tho man, who sought thus to
throw. suspicious upon other parties and eludo
pursuit. His acionB woro wild aud excited, and
| were considered at the time us but NATURAL to a
| seemingly unHophisitcated follow, then brought
! for the first time in contact with gront crime
| The notes talton wero unfortunately lost, and
| the brief report given il from memory.
| THIS Henlon waB Haid ut the time to hare been
| his suspicious conduct waB discharged from H.
| bor by Mr.. Wood in whose service ho had bcon
for somo timo. Ho Ind, in fact, fallon despcr-
ateiy in lovo, md was dying to gratify It, Tho
husband, unfortunately, stood iii Ills why, and
was tho barrior between him mud the fruition of
his hopos. 1t was but tho working out Of Il
nontnl problem that ha should Boek to remove
the Obstacle to Ills desires. Ho sought tho first
t.-1,z
| Woods family enomios,--wlich, by tho way, aro
the worst upon eartil lilo found 1noaus to ac-
| complsh his purposes.
| Whether tho wife was used aH a lccoy tl,tok to
| trap her husband in tEut fntal plum tllickot,
| waltz for timo to develop. Size hls not, as yet
reported, beon arrested. IIor nmonrB witl,
Young Hcnlon, however, woro we'll known, and
his Illicit lovo said to have beon rociprocate..
band sought to hide the Skeleton, in Ills closet,
and to cover up his shame BY ontlvipg it, trust
ing to timo to mako all things oven. She is snid
! to bo below m average mentality, which ma1o
| hor husbands griof the more poignant. Sho is
| represented to bo conloly III person, mud ouBily
| flattorod.
Whom tho body of tho murdered man Ind boe,
| found, Williams wns re.arrestod. together with
| Davidson and wife. The circumstances led tho
authorities to believo that Williams WAS accea-
sorry to tho crime. from the fact tlat ut daylight
On Monday after tho murder llo plowGd over tho
| ground whore Wood lind boon buried, a1,,l ut tho
| identical spot had steorcd hs team 40 ia to
throw furrow over tho gravo without his horses
| treading upon It,. BY threats Ae WIS nsso COM
| pollod to go and dig out the reyoiyor lie llal
loaned to 1enlo1,, and which l.o hal covotol up
| with dirt and rubbish noar hls barn. NotwitE,-
standing al this ho persists in declaring lliB in
| nocenco.
| In the moantimo tho Blo,lth-llounils Of Justice
aro Oh tho tra OF lIonlo1l, baclsed by abundant
means to hunt far mud long. What Allan Plnkor-
| ton cannot accomplish in this line, tho world has
never yet found ont.
| Congressional SAInricAs
| FrUnt tie keokuk Constitution,
| KEoKuK, Ia, Oct. !, 1873.
| Col J. ". Shelley:
DEan Sir: Yours of this dRy is this moment
received. I hayo no objection to stato to you
Cln111lv yie3pA abnu{ fAa aYf1ntlgaa fin11.