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Free Press; Henry Co, IA; July 17, 1879 continued. > The Free Press > Mount Pleasant, Henry, Iowa > July 17, 1879 > > A HORRIBLE AFFAIR. > An Escaped Convict Attempts to Murder an Entire Family near Pleasant Plain. > (Fairfield Ledger) > > Our adjoining county of Washington is the scene of many sensational affairs, > but of her murders and suicides none is more horrible than the attempt made > Monday night on the family of Clark Hoskins, who lives a mile and a half north > of Pleasant Plain, and three miles southwest of Brighton. > The perpetrator of the foul deed is one Harison McClain, who came > originally from Pennsylvania several years ago, taking up his residence, such as > it was, in Henry county. He is a desperate villain, and has already served two > terms in the state penitentiary.- He was sent up from Henry county for eight > years for stabbing a man in a drunken quarrel, and served another sentence as an > accomplice in a burglary. His last sentence of eight years was commuted to seven > years because of good behavior, and he was released about the 1st of March last. > By some one who was interested in his welfare and reform he was taken to > Pleasant Plain, and recommended to some of the society of Friends in that > vicinity. Mr. Andrews found him a place as a farm laborer with Clark Hoskins, on > whom and his family he made the desperate assault. > Not suiting Mr. Hoskins as a farm hand he was discharged a week or tow ago > and left the house. A few days ago a letter was received from him by Mr. > Hoskins' sister, dated at Perlee, in which he stated they would hear from him > again. This, taken in connection with other threats, worked upon the fears of > the family somewhat, but they were not seriously alarmed. > The family consists of Clark Hoskins, a bachelor, aged about forty; his > mother, a lady of eighty-six years; his sister, Ruth, about thirty-five, and a > little girl named Ackles. Retiring Monday night at the usual hour, not dreaming > of danger, the women of the family were awakened about midnight by a series of > blows, which they thought were pistol shots, coming from an upstairs room where > Mr. Hoskins slept. In a short time a man made his appearance at their bedroom > door and demanded admittance. This was refused, but he forced his way in, > flourishing a club and commanding silence. Mrs. Hoskins remonstrated with him, > when he assaulted her, felling her to the floor. The daughter, Ruth, and the > little girl interfered and he assaulted the latter, knocking her down and > inflicting some serious wounds. By this time Hoskins aroused himself, and > running down stairs, gave the alarm, but was so frightfully wounded as to be > scarcely conscious of what he was doing. > The neighbors coming in found him covered with blood from four ugly wounds > on his head, and insensible.- Mrs. Hoskins was lying on the floor in an > unconscious condition with her skull fractured, and the little girl was > suffering terribly from the wounds she had received, Mr. Hoskins being the only > one of the family uninjured. > The entire neighborhood was alarmed in a few minutes and by one o'clock > parties of armed men were securing the woods in every direction searching for > the assassin. Dispatches were sent up and down the railroad, and at present it > appears that the fiend cannot escape capture, and if captured death will > certainly be his punishment, for the people seem determined not to await the > slow process of law.- This view of the question seems all the more probable when > it is considered that McClain has already been sent to the penitentiary twice > for reform and it has failed, and of the alarming frequency of deeds of violence > in that section of the country. > The weapon used in the murderous assault was a stick of black oak about > eighteen inches long and as large as a man's arm. It is a dangerous looking > weapon and did hard service, as the bark was almost completely stripped from it > by hard usage. The bed on which Hoskins was asleep was saturated with blood, and > it had run through into pools on the floor. The latest accounts have it that > Mrs. Hoskins is in a more precarious position than her son, but it is difficult > now to tell whether either will survive their injuries. > Since the above was written Messrs. Henry Pickard and Pleasant Hoskins, to > whom and Isaac Crumley, we are indebted for our particulars- have given us a > description of the fiend, Harrison McClain. He is about 35 years of age; weighs > about 150 pounds; is of rather dark complexion with brown mustache, and hair a > little darker.- There is a large scar on the back of his head, extending > downward from his right ear; when last seen he wore a stiff, black felt hat. > >From his long confinement he cannot travel far, and it is hoped this may lead to > his capture. A reward of $50 will be paid by the citizens of Pleasant Plain for > him to return to that place. > -- > A terrible storm passed over Plymouth county, Iowa on the 3d instant. Two young > men by the name of Kass were killed. At first the storm looked like an hour > glass, and then it changed to a straight column, and finally drifted away. > > Last January Wm .McKinsey disappeared from the house of Thos. L. Hohne, of > Madison township, Iowa. During his absence Hohne has been several times tried > for his murder, and barely escaped lynching by his neighbors. MrKinsey, on the > 1st inst., appeared in Polk County, and gave an account of himself. > -- > Thomas A. Edison's electric light is not a failure, and it will undoubtedly in a > comparatively short time supercede the use of gas. He says to a Sun reporter: "I > recognize the impatience of the public over the delay in bringing the light > before them, but we must start with a perfect plant and we are going on to > perfection," even in the supply of metal for burners. > -- > The Prohibitionists assembled in state convention at Cedar Rapids on > Wednesday July 16th. The convention proper, after a stormy session, by a vote of > 41 to 32 decided not to nominate a state prohibitory ticket, and then adjourned. > After adjournment the minority met at the Grand Hotel and nominated the > following ticket: Prof. G.T. Carpenter, of Oskaloosa, for governor; Prof. J.C. > Nash, of Des Moines, for state superintendent; Frank S. Campbell, of Newton, for > lieutenant-governor, and J.M. Beck, for supreme judge. > > > Cathy Joynt Labath > Iowa Old Press > http://www.IowaOldPress.com/ > > > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > --WebTV-Mail-17135-3295-- --WebTV-Mail-31774-2276-- --WebTV-Mail-15397-4196--