Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-08-22
HUNTING BRUTE.
DiabolicaI Crimes of an Illinois
Desperate.
LAIR OF THE FIEND SURROUNDED.

Whole Neighborhood Engaged in the
Search and Judge Lynch Along-His
Hiding Place a Forest and swamp
The Miscreant Armed to the Teeth and
Determined Not To BE Taken-Leaden
Compliments Exchanged.
OAKLAND, Ills, Aug. 22-At Brushy
Fork, six miles north of this city, there
are go Infatuated men surrounding q large
belt of timber and a swamp in which is
hidden Lou GIL Meyers. who is wanted
for two OF the most diabolical crimes ever
perpetrated in the history of this section
of the country. Last Friday morning Lou
Meyers went to the house of a neirhbor
named Will, and finding no one else at
home assaulted Mrs Will. who is a weakly
woman, but did not succeed in his purpose
until he had completely torn her clothes
off. A short time after this brute in
human form met his little 11-year-old niece
and assaulted her.
Hanged the Child 10 a tree.
In order to do away with the only living
witness OF this latter crime, and while she
was in an unconscious condition from the
string, made moose of it and hung the
little girl to a tree. Then he returned
home, gave his wife severe beating. also
one OF his own little girls, and fed to the
woods, not, however, before securing q
Winchester rife, shotgun, and two re-
volvers, telling his wife that she must
that night send him a basket of provls-
ions. The little girl whom he assaulted
and hung to a tree was discovered BY a
neighbor and taken down. Life was not
extinct, but it took over two hours to re-
suscitate her and even then she could not
talk on account of her throat being so sore.
The NeighborhoOd in Man Hunt.
She took pencil and on piece of paper
wrote the facts of the awful calamity that
had befallen her. By this time the first
crime had been discovered and the neigh
borhood as one man arose to hunt Meyers.
Brushy Fork..is IN Douglass county The
sherifflwas notified and warrant sworn
out against Meyers. \ posse was hastily
sworn In and the hunt for Meyers began in
earnest. He was traced from Burgett' 5
ford to Andy Gwinns big woods pasture,
and there the posse sighted him as he was
entering the woods. Over fifty shots were
fired at him, but none Of them hit the
outlaw.
Wounded One of the Posse.
All Friday night and Saturday and sun
day the woods were surrounded. 4 little
while after dark Sunday night Meyers made
an effort to pass through the south side Of
the guard line, but did not succeed He
did succeed, however, in wounding anoth-
er one of the posse. He was shot at a
number Of times. There are over .OOC
acres Of woods where he is now hiding.
There is big swamp also in these woods.
Armed as Meyers Is and knowing that he
is desperate the possee is not courageous
enough to rush upon him.
Will BE Lynched if Caught.
He has repeatedly stated previous ia
committing these two last crimes that he
would die before he would eves go to the
penitentiary again and these threat.
dampen materially the courage of the
farmers who are seekin- his capture. Tie
little girl whom he assaulted and then
hanged is not expected to live and this
fact makes the citizens thirst for his
blood. Should he be captured alive the
Infatuated men will surely hang him.