Revolting Assassination in Kentucky.--three Persons murdered in cold blood.
--From the
Louisville papers of Wednesday, we learn the particulars of three horrible murders perpetrated in the vicinity of that city, Monday night, which are scarcely paralleled in the history of the "Dark and Bloody Ground."--The Journal says:
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Three persons — Jesse, William and
Russell Hill — were assassinated at their homes, in the vicinity of
Lost Island, six or seven miles from this city, on Monday night last.
The assassins, supposed to have been five or six in number, committed the first deed of murder at the residence of
Wm. Hill, the first attack having been made upon Jesse Hill, whose body was literally riddled with bullets; and to make the assurance of the murder doubly sure, the corpse was horribly cut and mutilated with a knife.
An attack was then made upon
Wm. Hill, who was in bed at the time with an invalid wife, and he, too, was mercilessly murdered at his wife's side.
The party then repaired to the residence of
Russell Hill, in the same vicinity, and succeeded, after considerable manœuvring, in getting him into their power, and he, too, was sacrificed to the rapacious appetite for blood.
Wm. Hill was thirty-three years of age, and left a family.--
Russell Hill, a brother of
Wm. Hill, was about twenty-five years of age, and also left a wife and child.
Jesse Hill, the first victim, was a single man, about twenty-two years old, and a cousin to William and
Russell Hill.
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It is generally known that a fend has existed for some time between the
Hills and certain other persons in the neighborhood, and that there had been more than one hostile meeting recently between the parties.
It is presumed that the terrible tragedy of Monday night is the sequel to former troubles, and individuals connected with the recent affrays in the vicinity are supposed to have been active participants in the horrid tragedy detailed above.
Last evening
Jefferson Rogers and
Hercules Walker, the latter a city policeman, were taken into custody, on the charge of complicity in the murders.
Others are implicated in the affair, and will no doubt be arrested.
