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As Arkansas TRAGEDY-On the night of the
.d ,, most co wsrd!y murder WAS perpetraed en- the


t If bsdrach Nichols and their dsu ghre- s-ed EIGHT
,-aars and a son four years old on Hickory Ridge a
sbor, distance from Helena. Ark while Nj Nichols
on hurting expedition Suspicion fel on Nelson
v.Ilou bny belonging 20 Mr. Bowman. who Is a near
Ieghbcr 70 Nr Nicho!s. The boy brouPh, 10 town
and lcdscd in jail where ne confessed BIS guilt We let
me Esna Journal tell the rest Of this dreadful tale


Th ho,, stated that he first to the house Of Mr
Nirho1s week ara last Monday looked through the win
49, Ind sayy ths Mrs Nichols had no: retired by,. was
al; rr M engaged in sewing BE then returned home
snd r. vaug some lime. so that she could be asleep
he ys,r pcsn a1d murdered her; breaking her ssui
,,.L boa-d and then killed the children because
ti.y avgoke There s. two children in The house
sne about ach. years old. daughter OF !. Sebastian
ESQ .ad niece 20 the LADY murdered. and the other
son of Mr. Nichols. The fend then passed his hand
over the faces Of these Two TO see if they awake.


The how was still asleep. and he supposed the little


,j yvss sso az she moved not but in this he was mis-.
taken as the e child had the courage and presence of
mind enouph TO lie perfectly STILL watch her opportunity
and slip from the bed and escape 10 her fathers house.
which was not very far and give the alarm. Before any
ono could reach the house however, the had
fed.


ipcarna,e hehound ravshed the LADY after breaking
skull Hard this 70 oee7e Ills no ncuon no more
-,ban,or, of imagination would 10 God il The
dead rody was examined By ladies' and the above is the
verdict rendered to the Coroner


The raonie of Hickory Ridge, hearing all the facts
became furious The cry OF burn the murderer ran
from one To the other They suddenly became calm de-
tetmined and resoute as 10 their purposes which must
have been s!! more awful 10 The murderous wretch,
ronld he haze observed it. They armed themselves
with gun and knife to town las, Saturday coolly
and deliberately broke open the jail door knocked the
chains of the prisoner and with arope round his neck
compelled him alongside their horses TO the scene
of The rpurder-a distance OF about 20 miles


They then formed Court called Jury went through
a trial and found the murderer guilty He TO be
burned The next day Sunday they chained him to
tree. had the wood around him TO him by de-
crees ana had kudled the fire. But this terri
bic a death Tor the spectators 10 witness that
bloody fend. The cry arose to hang him; and ne too
ioined the crv They iid hang him the gate-post-
they hung him covered with the bloody shirt in
which he committed the awful deed