The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-04-28

way 10 an artery, ana that the woman
had bIed 70 death. but the blood was
wanting in evidence DR.. Bodrey. OF Erod, arriving
not long ater summoned oy The ncgbbors, found
something. however, that was evidence Of canning
natural effects OF The poisonous canker there we're
blaekencd nnecrmsrks, Indicating that the poor
ensd D. thru,il,ng hand A iur'her exam nation
discovered ribs broken, while here ana there
The body blnsh marks OF violence. telling Tho
tale of the kicks and blows she had sustained. Tho
suspicion OF foul play was strengthened by the Tact
that Tor several prior 10 her death she had been
considered bcd-fast 1ho ncshbors scarcely comprs-
hendcd how, IN this condition, she could suddenly
the strength To SIT boil upright chair 10
The grim messenger. Then, too. II was dcvel-
oIeA that days prior 10 her death Meiar had
marked 10 Mr.. John Rodgers, who lives in The
70 die He said ,na. il were not Tor the law which
he believed was against II, he would marry the
the way. lie believed no would marry her anyway,
aud not stand on ceremony. ''rnc old woman, +" he
continued. ''ncver was my wife, l never married
kept her,"
rARRIxG AND FgArngrIxG.
ON Monday, without any ceremony, without even
the seWbInce OF funeral. carelessly as no would
inter Tue body OF dead dog, and perhaps with the
inhumanity lowered in a gravs 10 German churoh-
yard, couple o miles distant. Tho evening OF tho
burial vigilance COMMITTEES was organized IN Tho
eastern portion oil Ripley county. During the evening
Mciar had occasion " leave his house Tor a lew mo-
menis. He dd not roturn until morning. When DO
dId return the old woman Swscner, IN subsequent tes
imony delivered before the Coroners jury, said that
he looked more ike turkey buzzard hall plucked
than anything else. He was covered with tar and
feathers and mad taken a ride on triangular snapped
rail- For lhc nrst time In several years Of his history
no was sompslled to resort 10 n mild cleansing and
Lena Swasner that compelled her TO assist IN
tho ceremony, while all the while lie brealhed out ire
and siaughtcr upon those whom he called his pcrsc-
cutCrs, two OF whom he claimed 70 have recognised.
Tuesday afternoon he repaired 10 Versailles, he
county seat. aud sworc out warrants against Jonn M
Lavender and Joshua Hess Tor "assnult and battery,
ami charging them with being members Of the Vigil
lance Committee. On Wednesday they answered the
chaige in Versailles and were acquitted THIS out
rugged the frenzy OF tho relentless man. Fearing his
vengeance some OF the nc'ghbors made guards OF
themselves ana, during the loLs Watches o. Weanes-
The STRAIN could not be kept up however. some
desperate must be rcsorted TO, and the do
tcrmined Citizens OF Ripley county were equal 10 The
occason. A warning had not prevailed upon Their
terror to leave the neghborhood aud The entertain
mont OF tar and feathers had also boon Intellectual
RErgBUroy
On Thursday evening" 80 say some OF the indiscrcet
people OF the ncighbornood, horses anu riders
seen moving here ana there the darkness. Mys-
teriously the boy viii and the woman Swagncr.
whom no called mother, werc persuaded TO leave the
Meiar house and TO 20 to tho neighbors to remain
all night Mciar was alone The Developments Of
tho morning tell tho OF tho story. Tho vigants
IL they did The work. did we'll On tho rcturn OF the
old woman and her son, which was surprisingly early,
Near was found in one OF tho front rooms not the
one in which the corpse had lain day BEFORE
dead. lie was hanging by the neck one end of the
rope, ordinary clothes line. having been fixed In
ring and staple in the ceiling. The balls OF his feet
rested the floor, the heels alone clearing II, and
chair stood at convenient distance from the body.
Oac ring aud staple fac-simile Of the ono 10 which
the rope was attached. had boon pulled out OF tho
ceiling, evidently unable 10 sustain tho weight OF
Meiar's body. The hands were bound. From tho
mouth protruded tho blackcned and swollen tongue
into " ncn his wol6sn teeth had cut. HIS eyeballs
were naked Of tho lids and appeared IL about pop
IRON their sockets The face was black and swollen,
aud occasionally clammy mucus dripped from the
rbastly and caycrnous mouth. The isht was ono 10
make the soutest heart quail, but 1t moved tho
heart OF Mrs. Swagner She coollv repaired TO q
neighbors and notified them OF what she and the boy
had discovered.