Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-08-28
From the Syracuse Journal.
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

We have been furnished by gen.
1lcnan from the scene Of tile horrible
tragedy. with tho particulars of the
murder which ,uok place at Truxton,
Cnurllnnd county, on Tuesday. Some
of the circumstances look 10 us i'm
probable, but our Informant assures
us they are true 10 the letter.
The murderer is an Irishmun, Pat
rick Donoghuc by name. The vic.
TINS wsk'c the wife and child Of Dan
'icl Kinney, WHO resides near the sash
factory, Just south of the village of
Truxtou. A daughterof Donoghue's
had been missing for several days,
and 10 pretended to believe that Mrs.
Kinney had stolen the child. On
Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. X. and her
daughter passed Donoghue in the
street, near his residence, and remark
ed to him that she did not believe he
would ever see his girl again. Upon
this, D. went into his house, and i'm
mediately came out with a shot gun
III his hand, and accompanied by his
wife who had aritlc. He followed az
ter Mrs. X, and coming up with her,
struck her blow with the butt of his
gun on the back of the head, which
tcllcd her to the ground, and as she
fell, no struck her another blow, which
broke her neck. Mrs. KS daughter
ran with all her speed from the muir
dcrer, whcn he snatched the rifle from
his wife, and shot the girl dead. He
then reloaded lis rifle, and went to
the sash factory, saying that there
were two men there whom he would
shont. He finally went to tavern in
the village, and there repeated that
there were two persons in the sash
factory whom he would kill. He was
laughed at, and told that he dared not
do il. He told the persons present
20 10 down tho road, and they would
see what he dared do. A man then
arrived from The scene of murder, and
after q brief struggle. Donoghue was
secured. aid conveyed 10 the Cortland
county JUL.
Upon the discovery of the murder
Of Mrs. Kinney and daughter, suspi-
cion was aroused that Donoghuc was
also the murderer of his own daugh.
Ter. Some of the citizens repaired
to his residence, where they found his
boy, and questioned him regarlingthe
whereabouts of his sister. lie said
he dared not tell VIVA, he knew, for
fear his father would kill him. They
told him that his father was in prison,
and could not injurc him, upon which
tho boy led them to hill and pointed
nut large stone, under which he said
they would find his sister. They
raised the stone and found the GIRL
She was not dead, but Ind been con-
!:ncd under tic stone, with scarcely
room TO move Il muscle, nearly Two
whole days aud nights. She could
scarcely stand upon her feet, when de-
liycrcd from her place of confinement,
aud stated that she Ind been thus pun
ishc,l an account Of remark she had
nadr ,hal ,lj5plcascd Icr father
Dor"shnc, even attcrlo was lodged
in j;i; Affected great sorrow at the
7... -. his dangl'cr, and charged her
abduction upon Mrs, Kinney. When
h;s daughter was brnush, into his
presence, tue unnatural tarier gave
wy Il" savage pps'jo" aud domond-
c.t Ilrut his hands be- uaiied that he
night kit! hc.. On informant states
,nat Dnnog!nfc 'SaS man Of consld-
cradle education, |n' 81 terrible pas
sions, aud ,yrant in his family. He
aIao .uys That al ~ho are acquainted
,Ys!r him consider him as perfectly
sane, though it il scarcely TO he cred
,i,"d tha, man in his mind could he
yap.hIr Of porpr'saling "HcI' d'aboI''
~ Jcr4s.