The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1840-09-19

Wllh The alarm; that W hen he reached home. |
be found ihe door locked and turning TO.
wards M'Conaughy's house, a gun was 6r-
ea and ball passed near his rigal eve.rv- |
Ing hun great pain; that on turning his head |
more round TO see from whence the fire |
proceeded, another bali passed through his |
left whlskcr, cutting the cheek and taking
of the lower part & his ear, that he imme-
diatsly looked TO tie place whence The shot
came from, I've saw man rise up, pat his
hand on the log, and look out through the
crack OF the logs O, The barn; he saw him as
PLAIN as he ever saw him. IT WAS ROB
EKE M'CONAUGHY; lie Immediately
IAN TO the barn, but the man had jumped
down the NOW hole, and was gone he run
up on the NOW and found his TBrown's1
two rifles, the handle Of the door and some
tobacco that was in the chest when he left
home; he then went to the house, opened
the door and run to the back room to Get
his shot pouch, but not finding it he looked
round and saw his son John under the bed,
he called him. "John?" 'John ! 2" bat he
did NOS answer; he then stepped down and
turned him over; he was DEAD Blood
and water were running out of bis mouth
gave the alarm, and sent others to spread
the alarm still farther; one man returning
with him. they entered the house, there
were two ioayes Of bread, still in dough, in
two bss els on q chair in the room, the
dough, had run over the baskets, and was
on the chair, there was dough also in the
chest. The rooms were both wet as though
lately washed mp; in the bed under which
John lay, the wife Of Mr. Brown and tho
mother Of the murdered children was then
found with guilt thrown over her. She
had large wound over the right eye four
inches long, and deep into the brains, her
throat was cut through 10 the neck bone
Other persons soon came, and Brown was
arrested, and lisd as The mugdercr a great
many gathered through the night, and re
maiHeG until next morning. Early next
moInng persons were sent TO M'Couau-
CHS mothers, where M'Conaughy was to
tell the news, and to get them 10 come
down, BY this time suspicion rested on
the M'Conaughy's, and the messengers
were requested not TO let these suspicious
be known; when the news was told to the
family Mrs. M'Conaughy. Roberts wife
was greatly distressed, screaming dreadluiiy
but Robert lay and msde 40 sigas Of sorrow
or distress finally he and his FIVE brothers
came down, and from an examination Of
Robert, the suspicious became so strong a.
gainst him, that Robert was tied; search be-
ing made, the bodies Of all the olher ehiI-
dren were found butchered in most shock
ing manner George and David, the FIRST six
tson years old and The other ten, were found
about half mile from The house, George
had his aw bone broke, his arm broke and
his throat cut, lis thrqa!, head and face ca
ten by some beast; David, ten years old,
was found about one hundred yards from
George, with a slight flesh wound from q
ball, and sFangled 10 death by the grasp o.
hands, Elizabeth fouleen years old, auc
Jacob younger, were found in different dl
rection about eight rods from the house -
Jacob was shot through the head with twc
halls, and Elizabeih's head was mashed II
with stones. Tdey were all covered owe
with leaves. Elizabeth was found over il
the field some distance from jacob, wher
she had run on her way back home, an
where tho murderer had caught her--he
bonnet and bucket was found near her
they were all brought home, and buried j
one LARGE grave; one OF the uaisAboTs ha
been at Browns on The day Of the murde
and got some tools Sc had !eit there, Mr.
Blown was there, BUT NO CHILDREN
I Mrs. Brown was making up bread, sAe.w'
very kind and pressed him to stay iot d.i
ner, telling bim MIR. Browa would soon
home-hs lai. har-and when about s.
hundred wards from the house, he heard
gun fire, and dog bark in the direction
Browns houss--tue work Of death W
then going on. The general testimony b
sides this, above stated, went 20 prove 9th
circumstances, implIeadng Nj 'Coaaugh
and proving his eniit. Vines drss charg
with the murder he said he could not la
done il t,for he was at his brothers grubbi
-on the hour Afterwards he denied this;
also stated he WAS 10 Hare Valley that
ternoon. u was proven that he was not
II arc Voi'ay at the place he named until
sun was sitting, and when seen there fl
about suudown, he fed from there to
brothers 10 lhe same valley, stepping
two or three Intermediate places and ING.
ing al these places Cor house 10 rent, :
getting a drink G, each place, going ,
lance Of three or four miles from nine
clock III sundown;he staed to some that
had taken round Of abou. eleven miles
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