Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1845-03-27
RUTLAND, THURSDAY, MARCH a. 1915

bul one OF their aumbet never reached his.
being n,issed Ia, Two uAys, there vas geo
etal istn DOT 10 iOos Tor hia,. aud ss TIA 4 been
the case Win Stonsf his body Was found
torn 10 pieces by tho wolves. Tue report
was, thai he loo had been shot through the
bach OF The head.
Tbess murders, aud the Singular eircum
stances accompanying them, created great
sensations. Hiuch and his troops secured
Inc country iD every direction, artssung and
iynchng suspicious persons, - they call
ed Them. One poor inoffentivs fellow they
hung and cut Gown hour VI hve iimes, to
make him confess but notbing WAS elected.
and they leli him with barely q spark Of lie.
Thai evening, az they were returning 10
heit head quarters al the store, one Of them
named Winter, missed a portion oi his horse
Iurniiufe, which had becum, accidentally
detached. He said he bad observed II IN
us place a mile bsek,-thAt hs would return
20 get II, and reloin them al the store 10y tic
time they should be ready 10 cummenCe the
spree they had de,e tIolncd on going into thai
night. He leG them aud never returned. -
They soon got drunk and did not particularly
Il ice his absence until some time tire ueit
day, when his family, alarmed by the return
Of his horse and an empty saddle, sent 10 en-
ouire after hun. rms sor, of ineuiiies had
come to be NO s,gnhcan, OF la,e tina, they
were instantly so6eieL, and mouat,ng rode
back Oh their tia, Very soon swarm oil
buIzaI.is and wolves near hue Of ihicket
ahead designated the Whereabouts Of the Oh
rn,.tI... h,,n.s ..,,,n,ad IN 80. Ia.
W. go ,nr,u.J Ths ,odds,, bioo,.d
cheek .c,ong ,he,n bI,nrhea, I,w,, terri.
bl., thy seemed ,o n, doomed, Th,ee
! Of their number dead and torn to pieces " i,h-
10 ten days; and yet not the slightest clue to
the relentless aud invisible foe, but that ghost
ly story OF Henry'., snd the tracks which on
~ served to ian'e'ze mem mus. %
some u'eau sol's'"T,u'" ,a''"','' o. '"v'.
"s".1Vi .,'.es ,,,, ,na,, se,nhs,d. ' , '"t
s u,han " ~, ,nc ~ l,I C'r INV ,,aI -, a.
VEN p.,heuno no III. bones, ,hey started
! back a, ullsoeeJ, spresuinn Tho alarm every
where. The excitement now became uni
versaI and tremendous. Nearly the whole
country turned out Tor ihe purpose "i ohras'
e''ng 'l''s alarming mystery ahu NupeIs,,
uoos ''e"A' was u" u" s"'" "eR''o ", hso'
.hn, IN ,he same ,y,y as ,ho othc,,--,o ,bq
back ofMe head,
Ths, incidents were all so unncconnta
tia, own lei, no Iluie sympathy with
the popular association Of a supernatural
agency in their perp,lralon Hcnr,
laughed i,nl this but insisted tina, i, was a
, maniac and to account for the pecnlial
dcx,.rr,lv of his escaprs and whole man
ngcmen, related many annecdo,es OF tn,
provrrbal cunning Of madmrn Tn,
widest most absurd and lnclcdble stories
/ were now aGoat among tho people con
/ corning tins deadly aud subtle foe OF tn
= Regulators for II was now UNIVERSAL
! believed and remarked that il was agains
them alone that his enniiy was directed
The Story OF Henry was greatly improve
, and added to and as some reports had ,
the Madman,- as others, the Bcardc
Ghost was seen in half dozcg places ,
, the same time now on foot, stalkin
with enormooe strides acros, some ope
glade from lhicker 10 ,hicket--passing o,
of sight again before the observer could T,
cover from his surprise Then moun,e,
= he was seen hying like the shadow Of
u the gloom of forests. always haggard an
u lean dresser m skins with the hair on, nc
y that long, heavy, terrible rife on his shou
l. der | noticed that there was only on
class OF men who ventured to assert tn
they had actually seen with their own ey,
y these wondclul siglls, aud that was CO.
g s,rucled Of those who either suffered
At from their character and pursuits, we
r most likely TO suffer persecution from II
5, Regulators the class Of hunter ernigran,
n These men were most industrious IN er
bellshing oil the circumstances Of chara
Y ter, leats, and relentless hatred to the Reg
70 lnlor., as highly rs the excited credulny
'e the public would bear They never 'a
r. him except ~ the vicinity Of some OF Il
nj homes Of these hated tYrhnls In lhs We
e SION Tins beng was forever lowering arour