Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-04-03
AN INCESTUOUs BRUTE.
FRIGHTFUL CASE OF DEPRAvITY REPORTED


FROM ARKANSAS.
LITTLE ROCK, April 2.-Cspt. Grady,
sheriff of Logan county, arrived at the peui-
tentiary Yesterday with a villain in shsckles,
sentenced to three years in the penitentiary
for the crime of incest, to which he plead
guilty and begged the laniencv of the court.
HE name is John j aCkson. He has resided
in Logan county for twenty years. He is
large, we'll developed physical man, having
no education, his every feature showing a
preponderance of brute development. About
nineteen yesrs ago he married a daughter Of
one Of the respectable families OF his nei III
borhood and settled down to the life Of a
sturdy farmer. He was regarded as an
honest, uueduca ted, Woodworking farmer,
having but few devoted friends and no per-
sonal enemies. Some five years ago his wife
died, leaving several children, the Oldest of
which was a charming daughter OF thirteen
summers. The father continued to keep
house, his Oldest daughter attending 10 the
household duties and acting the part of
mother to the younger children 10 the best OF
her ability. Time sped ou, and after the lapse
of two years from the death of his frat wife,
jackson married another respectable lady,
daughter Of one of the well-to-do farmers OF
his section, who lived with him few months
and suddenly returned to her parents, declar-
ing that she would live with Jackson no
longer. Her dearest friends could not learn
from her the cause Of his estrangement.
Jscksop,made several efforts to induce her to
return to his home, all TO no purpose. Final
ly Jsckson's daughter became mother sad
boldly told that her own father was the
father of the child The Indignation OF the
entire community rose TO almost mob heat.
Jackson was thrown 10 prison and remained
there for trial. He had seduced his daughter
at the tender age OF fourteen, and their init
m acy had been kept up for more than three
years. 1t was a knowledge of this that
csused his second wife 10 flee to her fathers
house and weep for shame that she had mar
ried such a man. On trial last week he
plead gailty 10 the charge and the court,
through a false leniency, fixed the sentence
at three years, the lowest limit of the law.
The penalty is too small for such crime.
THE DEED OF A DEVIL.
ONE OF THE MOST HORRIBLE CRIMES ON
RECoRD-A TERRIBLE STORY.
Fort SMITH, ARK, April 2-The Herald
publishes the following horrible story:
Last April, in the lonely Arbuckle noun
tains, in the dark, there was committed one
OF the most horrible crimes of any day. It
is so horrible that 10 Tn.ntion all the details
would harrow the feelings OF the most obtuse
sepsibililies. Only the outlines of this case,
now on trial, can be given. The facts and
circumstances of the case we gather from the
deputy United States marshal and the dis
trict attorney. They are these: Martin Jo-
seph, who is a noted Desperate, at the time
of the murder wss living with his victim, q
Mr.. Bud Stevens. Mr.. Stevens had been
married only Two year., and his wife was q
young woman, only eighteen years old when
she met her death. Stevens, Lofts and this
negro concocted a plan to steal some
horses. Mrs. Stevens went along, and at
certain place was left by herself, to await
the return Of the three men. They succeeded
in getting their prize, and in corralIng their
stock the negro watched his chances and shot
Mr.. Stevens. He then returned 10 where the
woman was, and telling her that her husband
sent for her, had her 10 mount behind him
and rode away in the darkness to lonely
spot on the top of Arbuckle mountains.
He then asked her an insulting question,
and the woman seeing his dark, hellish pur-
pose began crying. The fiend then drew his
pistol and told her to dismouut, and there
committed upon the sacred person of this
young wife crime that would shame devil.
After satisfying the passion of brute ad
ndusedHl he shot her dead and threw her
outraged body into cave, where il lay in
an enforced shsme, its on y wreath being the
coil of the rattlesnake and its only funeral
note the boot of the screech owl. This hap
pened in April last. La about three months
the murderer began to talk about his black
deed, which aroused the people OF the
neig hborhood. In the meantime he
also killed LOFTS, who was one Of
the party TO the stealing OF the
horses. This shut another mouth. Martin
told about his doing the killing, relating to
- la kal ha
| and where he threw the body Of the WON an,
and alao where he hid the body OF Stephens.
Certain parties hearing ef this, made a
search, and found few bones and effects of
the woman in the cave; but in graphing for
it they pushed the body into what may be
called well, about sixty feet deep. They
then went 10 where Martin said he hid the
body, and sure enough there ii lay. The
district attorney hearing Of this, sent war
rant, had Martiu arrested and had further
search made for the remainder of the
woman's body. The officers got a young
man 10 allow himself to be lowered in the
cave, and getting away down, BY the aid of
8 candle, he discovered, the bones OF the un-
fortunate woman. Bot seeing immense rat
tie snakes, he asceuded TO get his
pistol, and again going down he sue
ceeded in shooting a monster six feet
long, ana as large az mans ieg' Securing
the bones, a few effects aud large snake, he
sscsnded, and thus proved beyond doubt
that Martins stsry must be true. The muir
derer, Martin, is tall mulstto, about thirty
five years old, eyes large and set wide apart,
with b -cS streaks under them. The bumps
Of amatIveness and combativeness sre largely
developed, and the neck and back of the head
indicate large animal passions.
Yesterday the CAGE was called and the jury
sworn in. Ii promises TO &c an interesting one.
There are strong points n tbs defense, and
the counsel on both sides are Greek meet
Greek. The Herald will keep its readers
posted as the case proceeds, and will give the
points OF defense.