New-York daily tribune., 1851-08-28
Horrible Outrage
Correspondence Of The A-Su.-
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ULSTER VILLAGE, Monday, Avg ., 1881.
Our ouiet village was thrown Into great
ccniusiCn Yesterday Sunday afternoon. IN conse-
c-eace q report thai most brutal assault nai
fefn committed on The person OF hrs. Jacob y
Heermsns a widow lady, aged 20 years, reSl Ing
about miles west OF thls village The facts oi te
case rrCTed 20 De OF very Serl0Is aai Outrageous
f..racter. = z about one - lOck on Sa1-at1. r III
srs r. ief. her home. on foot 10 tttend Church m
Lec.torIg school house, about ]. miles from ltr
reslce1ce While Oh herHay. she was net 1T neg.o
csrlrn. bsarIg TIE name OF Ben bronx as 1e 40
uFoached Afr le sad. % 10" DANA you. higt yJa'
and r.tsrtv fe led her 10 the ground with nl> IT..
-,rrred u-on her with DOth iee' several tunes. and
kr.fed ter. afitr Which hc lT11-e1 her from the
raG into TIE woods and endea. orst % so AZ her
rer.ou butthe o.d lady 'oug. every men % rroIn1
IS org IS ne sensible, but overcome by exer-
ton ar .Css of blood. vas ovcrpo1 ere- D. te al
IN ard cannot SAY y bat followed uu the me
.he W, found he finally dragged her SOmc fifty
ysyds MO 2 swamp. an LEFT her dead. rs h. SID
posed. aId MADE his way 10 this village. A neigh
boring lacy, aso on her way 70 CHURCH heard ans
StNeraI times, and on Ler Wy iolrC The snA ~ All.
gloves Of Mrs.. II. lying n TIE road, anu large pool
of boCt near suppos.l- there had been fou. play.
she gave he alarm. and the lads soon found Jy
following The tral that hsd been made by Dragging
tie body lrto the swamp When found she was iy-
ing IT, nolpless corcOn but sensible Of her >irua-
ton Sic vas removed % her house. ard I'.er beng
Scne rs bat revived, related the above fic.s. fni
gave q description o. The villain. He was lmne-
dIaio.v pursued - large colcCUrse Of people,
and was oveTtakeu lust a. as he entered Our village
he was Immediately arrested and put ~ lTOns u.
O>terrout. ACCOMPANIED ny Sheriff SWarf. hay-
ing the negro IL custody, proceeded Immediately
70 tie residence al tie old lady, followed by q
large posse Of our citizens. and proceeded - TAKE
her testimony in tie case which proved as before
stated Dr. Dewitt was present and examined
hcr wounds and found her upper and lower avs ooh
fractured ard also her collar bone and nose brosen
and serious todly INJURIES as sne discharged Large
CuantIties Of blood from her mouth continually one
eve entirely closed anG the other nearly 50, ald her
face literally cut 20 pieces. To test he ability 20
identity the pri oner another negro va. frs. placed
before nor, eLd on asking L he was The person, she
answered. No. The prisoner vas then dralgaed
before htr and II e pronounced aim the SAT- un. it
was with some difficulty that the popla,c. no~
numbering some 3ou, could oe restrained from ap-
plying the Lynch code to the PRISONERS case.
numerous vote. by VIVA r0ce was taken on me SUI
ect but by the influence O, the officers present,
POSTPONED Indefinitely.
The gle atest eXctemcu- prevails IN our Village as
tie examination Is proceeding aud for dueai SNOW
the negro may yet De hanged without ycneht Of
clergy.
W. learn tins afternoon, that Mrs II. j. stu alive
but the y sican fears she " III moi survive the day
Yours. &c. W. b. Z.