The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1882-11-28

tuht hnolhcI tuluhuhu Cdino hsuOTe lTOul
steamer lying at our wharf; he was in COM
pany with a member of that mysterious Or
ganization known as the "Frosty Twenty
which was a suspicious circumstances after
wards, if the account is true, he committed
suicide by drowning; an inquest is held, a
verdict Of "death by voluntary drowning
rendered. and that il all. No undertaken,
no coffin, no funeral, no grave, no little
mound telling of the presence there of
what was once human being, no nothing.
Srangest of all--not even body--the
body of the unfortunate, unsuspecting Chi
naman was spirited away, is no where to be
found, and there is where the mystery lies.
What did the coroner do with the remains
of the manl The county overseer Of the
poor, to whom such cases are usually as
signed for final disposition, knows nothing
of the body, was told nothing at ell of it's
discovery or Of the coroner's inquest. ALI
these things naturally arouse grave suspi-
clons in the minds of men who can put this
and that together and draw conclusions.
The conclusion to which such persons are
forced is that there has been foul play here,
in which men of high social standing are
implicated Heretofore, the fact that these
men were members of that strange organi
cation known as the Frosty Twenty did
not operate to arouse dlstrust against them
IN the minds of those with whom they
came in daily contact; but now,
a man may as we'll hope to inspire conf
dence by acknowledging that he isa Pu-
[ laski county Republican, or a special river
committee correspondent of the Chicago
Tribune, as to think of doing so
by acknowledging his connection
with "The Frosty Twenty" That in case
Of crime such as has evidently been com
mtted here, suspicion always rests naturally
first upon those who are known to have
associated with the victim Immediately
prior to his death, does not admit of doubt,
is established rule of de-
tectve procedure And when this rule is
applied in this case, we cannot avoid the
conclusion that THE Frosty Twenty" are
the guilty parties; are responsible, not only
for the death, but for the disappearance OF
the body of the poor celestial. One of the
members of this organization, the secretary,
in an uuguarded moment, perhaps, admitted
thai! the man came ashore; that he was
taken in charge by another member of the
organization, the August Master of Sacri-
tee, he is styled we understand, and by
him introduced to the other members of
the gang, who tainted the poor victim be-
cause of his general appearance. Several of
them smacked their lips, patted and
stroked their stomachs as though antcipa.
ting rich feast, and expressed admiration
Of his good physical conditional of which
was certainly significant, as giving some
the poor fellow were disposed Of. The
secretary admitted all this; he also de-
n. ,,toA that an inquest WOO neio "D'
the remains turueu o'Ui ~ tue proper au.
thorties for burial These ad pissions or
the secretary, taken in connection with
ha u 9th ,ir
the mans last few hours of life, are suffi-
Cient to cast black cloud of suspicion
over every member of "1he Frosty
Twenty" All things taken together force
the conclusion upon us that 1.-THE Frosty
Twedty" is an organization of man eaters
canibals who have heretofore been
obtaining their victims with
out arouslng the suspicion Of outsiders.
In no other way can we account for
the sickness OF the secretary, who
always gets the lions share, probably;
the ROBUSTNESS Of the president and the other
members, but with one or two
exceptions, who are doubtless
the ones that suffer by rea-
son of the vorscity Of the gentle (0 "lion."
In no other way can the suspl ious circum-
stances surrounding this whole case be ex.
plaiaed. Guided by all the circumstances,
we venture to formally charge now, that,
made bold by thei, long success in kidnap-
ping their victims under the cover of night,
the officers Of this organization, to whom this
part of the interesting ceremony has been
usually entrusted, undertook to capture an
unwary stranger in broad daylight. They
captured him, exhibited him to the gang
who "winkcd" their approval, then con
fronted him with the man Of the evil spir-
IT. the "Sorcerer," who bewitched him that
he might take violent means to
end his life in order to
mislead the public. The body of this Chi