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Show Sloro of'ilio 1'obbiies. St. Louis, 2. Later advices from Arkansas say tho cironer's inquest held on the body of Humphrey, returned re-turned a verdict that L. B. and J. M. Dover, Thomas Gainly, John and Elizabeth Felson were principals, and John Clementine and Leo Dover, accessories. L. B. Dover and Thomas Gpinly were killed by the posse in making the arrest. Old Cobb escaped to the woods, and at last accounts had not been captured. It appears thai Cobb came from Michigan, where he taught atrocious doctrines, until driven out. He first settled in southeastern south-eastern Missouii, where he made a few converts, and it is said oflered up infants as a sacrifice. He was driven , away from there with his fanatical followers, and went to White county and induced a few more ignorant people peo-ple to join him. The accounts received re-ceived do not give any reason or caue for the attack upon Humphrey and Blake, and the murder ot the former, but the Cobbites seem to have been wrought up to a high degree of religious relig-ious excitement or frenzy, and were urged on by old man Cobb, who had taught his followers that he was not only Christ in person, but he uttered thedecreesof God himself; that anything any-thing they did wasdevoiJ of sin. |