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ANOTHER KANSAS HORROR.
Religious Excitement Ends in Insanity ana
Murder.

Religious Excitement Ends III Insanity and
Murder.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Now GA spec
ial dispatch from Havensvlle, small town
in Jackson County, eighty-fve miles west
of here, tells of a revolving crime COM
mitted near that place last Wednesday
night A young farmer named KhodeS
Clements while going home from
prayer meeting with another farmer
named Samuel Gordon, suddenly be-
came insane and killed the latter with
club. Not returning home, a search
was commenced for Clements and he was
found some distance from the road sitting
beside the body of the man he had muir
dered eating his heart. He had cut off the
head from GOrdOn's body ana had torn out
the heart lungs and liver and was deyour-
ing them. Clements was secured and is
now in jail, a raving maniac.
DETAILS.
LEAvENwoRTH, Kan, Nov 27.-Respect-
ing the horrible story Of cannibalism and
murder from Havensvile, the following
particulars are given: Rev. Baiif, OF
Havensvlle has been conducting areiglOuS
revival at the Bucks Grove Church for
several days, and there has been consider
able interest manifested, and large mum
Der united with the church. Among others
who protessed conversion on last Sunday
evening was Rhodes Clements, a man about
| thirty years of age. At the time, he showed
| considerable excitement which gave rise to
| suspicion that his mind was somewhat UNI
balanced. He, however, appeared perfectly
| sane during Monday, but again Monday night
at church he appeared to be unduly exercised.
! Tuesday, however, he seemed all right
| Tuesday evening he was on hand again at
| the church, and on this occasion appeared
to completely lose his mind and became
perfectly wild, so much so as to seriously
disturb the meeting. After the meet
ing he ana Mr.. Samuel Gordon
Started off together and passed the
place where Clements lived. Mr.. Simeon
Beach, fearing that something was wrong,
followed them and attempted to speak TO
them. but they eyaded him by turning east
MI Marts then followed them, or attempted
to- but they managed to evade him and got
out of his sight He, however came up
with them a half hour later, about a mile
east of the church, ana found Clements had
Gordon down on the ground tearing him
like a wild beast Seeing the frenzy that
possessed the maniac, and satisfied thar the
victim was already dead, he did not dare,
single-handed, to interfere; but FASTENED
away for assistance. In few minutes he
returned with j. DOrcas, Samuel
Clements and Charles Barrett, and
together they took the maniac in
charge. lie had fearfuly mutIaged his
victim, having torn the flesh from his face
and body and scattered it around over the
ground. What seems strange and almost
incredible is that the crazy man had no
knife and had used none, but had so lear.
fully INITIATED his victim with his hands
and teeth. There was dog along with
him and it is possible that the dog may
have helped the mailman in the terrible
work, as it, as well as Clements, was COW
cred with blood. The victim of this fear
full tragedy is a man over sixty years OF
age and has been a citizen of that neigh
bOrnOOd for many years. lie has for years
been a religious enthusiast, and has fire.
quCntly been called cranky on this subject
There are those who believe that on this
fatal evening both men were crazy. They
can only, on this theory, reconcile the
strange fact that they persistentIy kept to-
gether and eyaded those who would have
taken them in charge.
ADJUDGED INSANE.
HORROR, Kan, Nov. 27.--Rhode Glenn.
ent the mailman who murdered Sam Cor
don in the west part of the county Tuesday
night, was yesterday adjudged insane in the
Probate Court, and will be sent to the asy-
lum at Topeka in a day or two. News
comes to this city that two more men had
gone crazy IN that neighbOrhOOd, the result
Of the religious excitement prevailing.