Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-08-26

T..re ID rerha.,l no firm oferige mere
-, =, rrsits oar cksid murder. lie
r.rssr;;er prevailed uhea 1rss 10 pr"sihes
- Renrsl rssssesI insD the hands u ne
rrssish nd Il faasrissats with ss-4sre af-ss7i
,igx,r 4 fl.f present dsy. Open a random
ts1e -Isxssigns q the Ni.afali Aaasl1a
---sAe supr,.sse Court u Criminal Joafes-
.,sr,.--nraa ~ tsrfef intervals wlll be ioufio
sTsra en-s.s a. these la CSstacA woman
a-.ss child aside takes the silver brace
80 fry,yv, Ier srrng ard Hings The little We
,i.n into 4 tans. GA the sIE1see 81 which
- fxsav / found beating few day, aiieF-
wgrzs IN gess-T . sla1 sirangits boy
sire ynars old agr the ssske VI his SILVER
b~.reless and gold earrings and throws
the corpse into a sugar psAEssuon- =,
Moorshesiaissd Chzrnoo I0ss . child assn
fye and DROPS her into 8 deep AMI rapid
n.r1 az the rIrer Al BenArt~ Fellow en-.
ICES 4 F.oy twelve years old into bis House
snd there cuts his throat In order 70 gt
recession Of his silver bracelets, wnlie
friend looks On sad mildly expo@fuiales,
lys,t neither seriously interferes nor gives
information TO the police. Another taxes
= ueigilor's son into the fields. under pre-,
tins Of helping him % ny Kite ana
deere sirsngles him with his vaistcloeh
and strips him OF the trashy iTinkets Win
whieh be- Sas adorned. Yet smother con-
dnets boy aged nine 20 wiiDess a relig-
jous procession, but passing near q diich
s,pldsniy throws him down, partially
s;rsnrIe@ him. tears the silver ornaments
from hi- arms and feet and fiingS him
info the ditch. which Il fortunately dry, ana
where he Il found before life Is quite es-
tinrt By the promise Of melon Lesia In
veigles DeEee Dee. seven years Of age, from
hi. fathers house, brains him with hoe
and buries his turban and trinkets in a
field. leaving the body where 1t had fallen,
and where Il =as found b. tie anxious
father. This murderer, like the others, on
being charged with the crime, at once con
fessed his guilt, tslt pleaded as an ex-
tenusiing circumstance that he was
prompted by an evil spirit A woman
holds little girl under water until
she is drowned. the temptation being sill
yer collar Of the weight of two rupees.
Two women one evening asked a child
eight Fears old 10 come TO them on the
morrow for some fruit, and, when she
eagerly arrives, the one holds her while
the OTHER passes a rope round her neck and
pulls Il tiil the breath has fed. The body
was speedily found in the midst Of some
tall grass near the house, and the spells
coisissed Of silver collar weighing four
rupees. A woman Of Tipperah Was en-
gagged in cooking her food when, accord
Ing 10 her own account, a child not above
six years old came toddling up TO her.
Suddenly a thick darkness enyeloped her,
and voice sounded ia her ears bidding
her strangle her little visitor. Thereupon
-. n Al. ..t,t tb. nd lac
darkness passed away SO she dug hole
In the floor of her house and laid the body
therein, after taking of the few valueless
ornaments 4 girl aged nine, herself re-
Gently betrOthed, browns her playfellow in
II shallow water-c0urse, while boy four
teen years old leads in play a youthful
companion 10 the edge OF tank, snashes
his skull with a flint, possesses himself OF
the scanty ornaments and then lays the
crime At the door Of neighbOr. Similar
cases might be quoted 10 any extent, and
they all resemble one another in simplici-
ty No sooner Is the child missed than il
Is traced 10 the company Of its murderer,
who straightway relates the whole transac-
ton and points out where the ornaments
have been buried, These usually consist
Of very thin silver bracelets and anklets,
with possibly small gold rings on the
fingers and tiny pearls set rs earrings, the
value ranging from two to ten rupees. The
trinkets and sometimes the body are
buried few inches beneath the surface,
either in the dry soil OF a neighboring
field, usually the murderer's own plot OF
ground. or in his hut, where iis presence
must inevitably be discovered as soon as
decomposition sets in Bodies exposed in
the open fields or earelessly thrown into
the nearest jungle are quickly rendered
unacceptable by wild beasts and birds
Of prey, nor does the scanty clothing af.
ford Trustworthy means of recognition
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