Mexico weekly ledger., 1879-10-09
Inflow LAID LOW. :,
Murdered Ry Negroes.
Squirrel Shot Does the Work.
Hanging Too Good for The
Villains.

Our many readers will remember
our account last week of the shooting
of Octave Inflow of this city. 1t was
thought at the time that Inflow would
recover, but some of the shot had en-
tered the brain, forming ''blood clots,"
and he died Sunday morning in con-
vulsive agony.
Mr.. Inflow was good hearted
young man, of comparatively steady
habits, given somewhat to the love of
wine and women, the latter of which
was the cause of his death.
lis a shame that young man in
the prime of life should be murdered
ill cold blood by negroes for no cause
whatever. Hanging is too good for
anyone-black or white-who will
waylay and kill his fellow man in cold
blood, and all about the lowest Of the
low women in the world.
Since our last issue, some new de-
velopments have been made in the
case. Young Hicks, of Sturgeon,
has also been arrested, and is thought
to have fired the shot. Hicks, Jake
Muidrow, Nath Faucet and ST Null
drow, all colored, and Emma Prilly-
"Short and Dirty''-(of doubtful
color) are all in iall, being accessory
to the crime. Each one of the. num-
Der wants 10 throw ali the blame on
the other. The right person will at
the right time whistle for breath as he
reaches for terra fratd with his toes,
never more TO make Il hole in the
ground with the hollow of his foot.
In addition TO what we stated last
week, the truth of the whole matte L
rs We CLEAN il rs, that '.Short and
Dirty" was mad at young Inflow for
striking her down town on the day of
the murder, and told her colored
friends that they could have their
long-wished-for vengeance on that
night, and after these murderers,
all armed, had hidden hehind the
creek. bank she led the doomed man
Into ambush to be shot down like a
dog.
Inlow's remains were inferred at
Concord, Mo. vy.
/ The deceaseRs motAer takes this
blow very much TO heart, bemoaning
tn: loss OF her son and wishing 10
e died in his place. This is truly
/. low 10 her Young men should
all take warning rom the fate of In
low, amt avoid bad company of all
kinds, 1t will sooner or later cost you
your life.
The coroner jury, with the light
they could bring 10. bear ON the snb-
ject, brought in the following verdict
"We, the undersigned jurors, i'm
panncled and sworn cn the 9th day o
Oct. 1879, in th" to"nehip of Sal
river, in Audrain -1"nty, hy JOSEPH
LuptOn, JUST Peace in anG
tor said county. i, To diiligcnt
" inquest and true preseutment,
make how and by whom Octave In
low came to his death. Having re
viewed the body and heard the evi
J dcnce, do find that the deceased cam,
, to his death 10y Violence and felony
ard that said body ha, upon it tn
following gun shot marks and wound
inflicted. Three shots in the bacl
part of the left shoulder; one sho
one inch to the right of the center o
the neck one shot in the lower par
of the right check; one shot througl
= the right ear and seventeen shots il
the back part OF the head, tiiat tire
, Of the said shots penetrated his bFair
and that we further find that sal
wounds were inflicted by gun il IL
5 hands of one Joe Hicks, OF Sturgeon
I "a the principal, AMI Nathan Faucet
Jacob Muldrow and, Emma PrilhI
alias ''Short and Dirty as acees
sorry in the perpetration Of said felony
4 Given G.,der our land, this the Git
y day of October, 1879.
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SILAs L.. lii KEKsoN,5
j. Nj. RILEY, ...
Ft. Jos.PII MURRAY,
. W. 4. KEATH.
: - WM. } ,RoBgsoN.
JOsErH LUPToN, j. L. Acting CCronc