Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1844-01-04
WY, PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY A, 1914


ed to reason and common sense. But, alas! II
was all in vain. In return for every attention
and kindness, she received nothing but threats
and impreca,ous Instead Of the endearing
name of wife, she was always called my wo-
man." and his ideas of The degrading duties and
Idshonorable station of woman, fully applied 10
her, He had, however, never used any per-
sonal violence, aud she consequently fell hound,
for The sake of her children, not to desert him.
Al the lime OF leaving Loudon county, he DIS
posed of property 10 The amount OF al least s3,-
600. How he had accumulated so much IN
The shor, space of Ten years, when he had ceme
there pennless, was, and sill is, regarded as
mystery. Although possessed Of close and
mlserIy Disposition denying his family nearly
all the comforts of life, with the exception OF
lood. Of which he could no, deprive Ihen with
ou, suffering himself, ii seemed impossible, from
the fruits of his needle SO large an amount
could have been accumulated.
About year after heir arrival at logan, y.
Mrs. Hel!nan, on one OCCASION had poured
out bowl of milk, with the intention OF drink
ing ii, but before she got II 10 her bps, she
found that The top Of it was covered with Il
quanlily of white powder, which had at that
moment been cast upon 1t. Immediately sus-
pecting il, she threw il out, and undoubtedly,
from subsequent events, ihas preserved her life.
| There as no one in the house at the time but
her husband, and he denied ali knowledge Of
il. She was under the impression at the lime
lha, he had attempted 10 poison her, and is now
generally believed that such was the case.
| Ia the month of April, 1889, all three Of the
children were suddenly taken sick, and lay in
great suffering for about forty eight hours, when
Louisa, the eldest, aged II years, and John,
the youngest, aged IL years, died, and were
both buried in one grave, leaving the mother
inconsolable for her loss. Her whole alien
rion however, was still required for poor Har-
~, who lay several days in grea; suffering, but
he finally recovered. This sad stroke
10 the heart Of the already griel-slricken mother,
which was donbly heavy upon her from the
J firm belief she entertained that their death had
resulted from poison, and that that poison had
been administered 10 them by The hand of their
| fa,her--by lha, hand which should have brushed
away from their path every thorn that could
/ harm them. The beelis now general through
on, lhs country Ihs, their blood Is also on The
head Of Andrew HeIlmsn, but whether true or
false remains TO be decided between him and
| his God
On Saturday. 2Sh September. 1899, Mrs.
Rachael Abel, the wife of Mr.. George Abel,
came 10 see her si:er-In-Iaw, and as soon as
she entered the room she was surprised TO see
Hellman living in the bed in The front room
with his head, face, and cloIhing covered with
blood With an exclamation Ul wonder, she
asked him wha, was The matter. He replied
affecting to be scarcely able 10 speak, from
weakness and loss of blood, that TWO nights
previous. a, late hour, loud rap had sum-
moned him 10 The door; on opening il two rob-
bers had entered 1t. one large brown man,
! (meaning negro) and small white man, when
he had been Immediately levelled 10 the floor
with heavy club. How he had 60, into bed
he said he could not tell, but said he had beer
living there suffering ever since, unable TO gel
out, On hearing this story, and from his bloody
appearance and apparent fan,ness, not dou'ot
ing it, Mrs. Abel, exclaimed, "Where, in III,
name of God, is your wie?" 10 whicn .,e re
Piled, 81 do no, know, go and see" On push
ing open The back room door, scene of bloot
net her view hat i, wond be ir.lpo ss5e fully
to describe In the centre OF the room Law tht
mangled corpse Of the poor vile, with her bIoot
drenching the floor, while tb. e ceiling, walls
and furniture, were also hea'ily sprinkled will
the streams which had evidently sushed from
The numerous wounds w'nich she had received
in the dreadful lrpgglr,.
From appear7nces II was rendered certain
that he himself, in cold blood. thus butcheret
his wife. r.he fac, OF his having hewn up ant
dlssec'cd The body of Malinda Horn, can M
longer, therefore. he considered matter o.
wond"r. l, was only the second act of the
bloody drama, and well did he understand hi:
pir'. The man who had passed, without bein.
Conscience stricken, through such scene o
blood as that we have just described, wa,
doubtless capable for any emergency, and he
probably disposed Of his second subject viii
tho same easS of mind that a butcher would
quarter calf.
f He was arrested and confined in the Jail q
Belmont, Logan county, Ohio. but succeeded
in efeciing his escape with the irons on his
legs. On the night Of h,s escape ne had beer
lefi up stairs LATER Than usual. and there being
no fasrenngs OF any consequence on the door
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