Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1895-03-08
SIX HUMAN BRdFES
Beat a Mover and Outrage His Wife
Near Dalton.
A MOST REVOLVING CRIME
Warrants Have Been Sworn Ont for
-Four of the Ffends.

II
One of the most revolving and
brutal crimes in the history of Chari-
ton county occurred yesterday
morning between 2 and 3 O'Clock, +,
near Dalton.
A man by the name OF Theodore
Gregory and his wife and little B.
year.old daughter were camped
under the hill. just east of Dalton.
They had come from Springfield, ILL.,,
and were in search of farm to rent,
and are evidently in very reduced
circumstances financially.
In the early part of the evening a
party OF four young men stopped at
Gregory's camp and bantered him
for horse trade, but fnallv after
doing a great deal of "cussing" told
Gregory they were gong to dance
and went on their way
There was dance at jim Hud-
nail's, three or four miles northwest
of Keyiesville Wednesday night, and
at which several well-known tough
characters were present. They
kicked up their usual disturbance
and the dance broke up in a fight.
Between 2 and 3 O'Clock the same
four young men, reinforced by two
Others, stopped at Gregory's on
their return and told him they
"wanted to warm" and demanded
that he get up and make a fire.
Gregory. of course. objected to be
ing disturbed at that hour of the
night, but his pleas 70 his "visitefs"
To let him alone were in vain.
They raised the curtain tosbis wag-
on. dragged Gregory out and beat
him almost into insensibility. The
brutes then turned upon Gregory's
deienseless wife and each of them
outraged her, two of the fiends, by
turns, keeping the almost lifeless but
frantic husband back.
While beating Gregory the little
girl was also struck on the head and
q slight wound inflicted, but was
rendered unconscious an honr or
more from the effects of the blow she
received.
The fiends, after accomplishing
their hellish purpose, left, warning
Gregory to say nothing aboutwhat
had happened, threatening to kill
him if he did.
Gregory and family came to Key
tesville the next morning and made
known the horrible affair.
A description OF his and his wife's
assailants and of the horses four ui
them rode 1.-TWO of the number were in
a buggy left little doubt as to who
four, at least. Of the guilty, parties
were, and Gregory swore out war
rants for the arrest Of Hig and
Wood LESLEY, Bates Johnson and
VIM. Coleman, end Deputy Sheriffs
j. X. Dempsey and F. NJ Veatch
started out q little before noon Tes-
teruay to make the arrests.
Gregory. the prosecuting witness
once lived at Huntsville, Randolph
county, and is Al years old. Mrs
Gregory was formerly Miss Eliza
Robb, who was raised at or neal
Fayette, Howard CO. and is in hel
31st yeaA
Our citizens have taken shem il
charge and rentedi a house in th'
south part of town, and will leave
no effort unspared to see that tn
perpetrators of The heinDus CRIME
| from which the Gregories and tn
community have suffered ar
brought to justice
A finger ring Gnd pockst-knife wer
found in Gregory's wagon yesterda,
afternoon thai will probably prov
very damaging testimony agains
one or two OF the defendants.
Up to the time of going to pres
,, the two Lessleys and Bates John.
: son have been arrested and Deput
Sheriff Vestch has gone to the 'cut
Off after Coleman.
Developments are hourly expecte,
that viii result in learning the name
of the other two parties. when war
rants will also be sworn out for the
arrest.