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Horrible AHair.

Oa0 Il ,hoss terrible occurrences which from
lime tn lime sgsrt,e the public mInd, I0ok place
81 TruXion, 10 Cour,laud county, y. T., Oa
Tuesday lss'. The accoubI - thus giVen ia
the Syracuse Journal: ...
The mUrdrnr Is aB lushhan. Patrick Don.
oghue by name. Ths victims we're Ihe uils
aud shIId d Daniel Kinney. ho resides nesr
the sash lat'ory. just soUth OF lhs villSge Of
TTuxIUn. daughter Of D0uoghue's had been
missing FOR soyeThl Days, aud he pretended 10
believe that Mrs. Kinney had stolen the child.
On Tuesday afternoon, Mrs. r. and her daugh.
ter PASSED Donoghue in The street. near his res.
ijence. and remarked 10 him that she did not
belIeye that he would ever see his girl again.
Upon this, ID. vent into his house. and imme.
da,ely cane uuI with a shot gun il bis hand,
and accompanied by his wife, who had a rife.
lie followed afer Mrs. f.. and coming up with
her struck her blow With the buu OF bis qua
on the boC X Of the b, I'd. which ieI!sd her Io
The ground, aud hs she fel he struck her AnoIh.
er blow which broke her neck. Mrs. K.'a
daughter ran Suh al her speed from the mur.
drrer, when he snatched lie rife from hia
wife aud shot The gid Ted. thea reloaded his
gun and went TO the saSh factory, saying that
there were Two men there hOm be WUuld shool.
lie 6naily went 70 d Iavein IN Ihe village, and
there repeated thai there were two persons in
The sash factory vi hon he would kill. Ils was
laughed al and lUld that be dared not DO il. Hu
told the persons present 10 60 down the road.
and they would see wha! he dared DO. mau
then arrived from the scene Of murder, and af.
Ier brief struggle, u. was secured. and VAS
conveyed 10 the Cortland county Jail.
Upon The discovery Of the murder Of Mrs.
Kinney and doUghIer. suspicion was aroused
that DOnoghue ~bs also the murderer Of his
own daughter. Some Of the ci,Izens repaired
10 his residence, where they found his boy and
questioned hun regarding the Whereabouts of
his sister lie said he dared not tell what no
knew, for fear his ialher would kill him.
They Iold him that MS father was IN prison aud
could not iijIre him, upon which The boy led
Them to a hhl, and pointed out large stone
under which he said they would find his sister.
They raised the stone aud found The girl. She
vas not dead, but had been confined under the
stone with scarcely room TO move muscle.
nearly two whDle days and nights. She could
scarcely stand upon her feet when delivered
from her place Of confinement, and stated IhaI
she had thus been punished on account Of re.
mark she had made that displeased her lalheT.
ID. even after be vas locked 10 Jail, affected
great sorrow al The loss Of his daughter, and
charged her abduction upon Mrs. Kinney
When his daughter was broUghI into his pres.
ence. she unnatural father gave way 10 a savage
passion, aEd demanded lhaI his hands be un.
ued that he might xiii her. Our informant
states that ID. vas man Of considerable educa.
tIun, buI OF terrible passions, and tyranI 10
his family. He also SAYS that all who are ac-
quainIed with him consider him as perfectly
sane. though il is scarcely to be credued thai
man in his right mind could be capable Of per.
peGralirg such diabolicaI deeds. fI