The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-04-11


On tho aisl of September. 1871, tho
Younger brothers, now safely lodged
In the penitcntiary In this city. aero
captarcd In large clump nt bushes not
far from the village of Madclia. by a
posse of seven men. utter u severe han,l.
tn-hand encounter. In which two III lhe
robbers were killed md Jim Younger
severely wounded by MI ohlong bullet
from needle.gun in the hands III
Capt T.. /, vonght. who was standing
within ten feet ~ him when he fired.
The bullet split hi~ upper lip, carried
away thc right half u tho jaw and. pen
ctrating the bAck part OF tho thfoat,
where II Ii supposed h have turned
upon the maxillary hone, lodged In tho
muscles III the back part of the throat.
where IL Inns been ever since. For a
long time past hc Inns not been able a.
do any work whatever. and II Thought
llc would necessarily die soon.
However. lat Monday, the pritan.
surgeon, pritt. mnae nn incislon II H..
roof IL his mouth t. where tho lnllnt
lay, bnt found II firmly imhedlsl N
tho muscles. and. II Mas thought, at
tnchcd 10 Il piece of bone. A day ar
two passed In the most intense pain
and agony, when Hospital Steward
Clark, nt thc earnest request If Younger.
male Nh examination. alll with proper
instruments proceeded 10 carefnll, Hep.
aratr the mnsclrs from the ragged md
battered bullet. without doing any more
cutting, ~ IL lay near tlir sslisnly gIana
md durp muscles III tle throat which
rendered II very difficult place 10
work. A portion of two days WIS rlent
In this manner. when L.at 1hurasa, tlie
hnllc. wa. safely iirledged, much 10
relieved. mud whose prospects u re
covavy are now good The bullet would
undoubtedly have slonHhssl oil III time.
but isn early removal las relieved him
| NJ MI immense amount II intense all.
/ fcring he would have had 10 undergo
Ind II heen left 10 work itS own way
ont.
Jim bora up under the tedious opera.
tion brasely without tie nsc ~ any stim-
nlant or medicine. and says that -l,N..
ONO would he no temptation 10 have the
ugly thing returned IL the place il Inns
occupied for 10 long.
| The bullet. whicl, il nj present IN unr
posscsaioil, IL twisted. battered and
creased nit ~ amy dckcrihahle sl,ape,
and IL tho property ~ Steward Glark,
to whom il was given b, Younger, ~
tl,r one mont cniitl.A II II. II II Il
valuable curiosity. Jefferson fity
Mimi Journal
A Cruel Massacre.
The Manlnlay correspondent ~ tho
Calcutta EngiiShMan thns irrtiiites
! tho recent massacre Of Ill. roynl family
III iimrmal, by order of the King. 4
council wAn held by thu King and ills
young advisers. nni thu conclusion
come to was TINT determination Ma~ the
only means whereby m conld obtain
safety. The immediate execution WIS,
therefore, ordered III every one IN
prison. Exccntioners we're easily ub.
tanned. anl with darkness commenced
tho scene IL slaughter. Il hrins, how
ever, found announcement togri through
the Job in ono night. division wins
made, aia t0me twenty were clinsen.
These were severely hentcn and kicked
the women being rl,anicfnlly treated.
When lifele.x thry were hurled into 4
large we'll III tile garden Children
were torn % pieces before tlsrir
parents eyes, aud the parents them.
selves then put 10 death. The Meekra
Prince WAS made witness ~ tle most
atrocious cnnhmct toward his wife and
children. and saw his aged mulLrr
beaten senseless u the ground anil then
, ,, dragged 10 the we'll md tumhle4l IN.
/ Thongya's family fnEel the aai,e, II nl-o
I lilo two Mengherr. thr Myoinwlaw. hir
two nunn aud tile 'hawoon. Ils
Princes. instead ~ being lns il nlonp
with their families. were killed lnst a',d
! thrwn into the river.