History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois . heir alarmthat they would have taken a boat for anypoint in the world to get away from is said that a short time after this, aPittsburgh paper reached Cairo, in which wasa letter, dated from St. Louis, describing,with shocking details, the bloody murders atCairo, which we have given above, thewriters not only attesting that they saw themcommitted, but they had shot dead two of themurderers themselves, in a perilous effort tostay the butcheries. The story of the boycorpse and the short boot box went the roundsof the papers of
History of Alexander, Union and Pulaski Counties, Illinois . heir alarmthat they would have taken a boat for anypoint in the world to get away from is said that a short time after this, aPittsburgh paper reached Cairo, in which wasa letter, dated from St. Louis, describing,with shocking details, the bloody murders atCairo, which we have given above, thewriters not only attesting that they saw themcommitted, but they had shot dead two of themurderers themselves, in a perilous effort tostay the butcheries. The story of the boycorpse and the short boot box went the roundsof the papers of the country, and in seven-leagued boots, the Cairo horrors traveledabout the world. We have given an account of this in-stance pretty fully. It was only one amonghundreds, until the horrible stories fromCairo had been familiarized pretty much overthe civilized world. The Cairo people didall this, they said, in revenge for the manygross falsehoods that had been circulatedabout them and their town. It was a uniquemode of revenge, and was of doubtful virtue,.
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