Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-10-25
The Milkesharre Outrage .

tapt They have also been informed of the outrage
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who had oeen arrested under the STATE Ia" io'
illegal acts, were brought before him on writ oil
H,beas Cornus and thar he DISCHARGED Them re.
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gal quibole' Justice having mus oeen reinsed' Tue
testimony IN the case has been published for public
;ncorma,ion I, exposes one of The most inhuman
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ana cr"e' ou''dses 'n' was ''e' PC "''u "PO"
man, III the name OF the raw we make Inc iol'
having extracts from il:
u.I pa,,,, v,,i,er at CiIcb,;s,,s - hors
Thon,.,s ,,-orked SUGARS as follo,vs.
pan,embs,e cd rho ri If Sen,euber. the NIGHT he.
e,ra ,hrea men arrived and INK ;bere. Gen
NV,L an, ma ,i ti,a,,, thew remained an ,igbt
,oo nex, mnrning after we Nv illiam and
N had waited nm them. tbev pot M and went 70
tho bar room hey were oune Two or three minutes
and returneJ This was the early six o'clock
breakfast Two more returned with them; vii
liam was pourino ont cofise. They came behind
IN, ono s.,;d .S1his is the man arrest him. >" The
second one seized him around the waist. saw the
Ibree men Win s,aid al GIIchrisI's in court this
morn,ng and recoonized them as the men They
peither showed nor read any warrant: thew did not
sav WHY thew arrested him While the five men
we're struggling with him, they beat his head with
b;llies. ran out and called IN Solomon Jones: he
came the window I; they had MN down, and were
beating him. They put a chair over his head to
hold him down; they got chair over HIM twice;
canght him bv the hair and beat his head against
the floor through the scuff- he got up three lImes;
when they had him down the third time, thew eot
the handcuf on his zig hit wrist; when he GOT up The
third time he struck one of the men with the hand.
cuff: he cot loose from them and ran, reached the
door lhev caught him there but he threw Them aft.
thew struck him there with the billy; he got loose
again. and ran round the alley way, They had all
his time neither read shown nor spoken of a war.
rant I did moi know them as officers. ,hev did
NOT state what they wanted with him, Mr., Seaman.
Mr.. REYNOLDS and Mr. Gegenheimer. and some |
did not know were in the room. He got hold of
two case knives from the side table but thew were
wrenched away from him. James While was also
in the room
Solomon Jones' who lives next door to Gilchrlsl's
house. saw Bill Il, e. Thomas) down. aud The mel
m him: he rose and while one man .truguIed win
him, another struck him with a billy; looked in at
the donr then he was dnvn ON his hands and
knees. and The men ON him: ran off 10 Mr.. Rex,s
shop to tell; told him; went back, and he was in
slack wafer below The bridpe all over blood noth
inc an bu his shirt: went lmck to The srnbe alter
wards. some time alter went our AGAIN. and found
hmm Wing in the cornfeld. some distance fam ,hp
bridoe. The officers were gone: he was very badlv
hurt: yery weak; couldn't walk alone; bloody and
,.,unJad
Jacob Kutz. toll keeper Of the Wkesbarre
bridee-On the Sd of Sepiember GOT I'M rather early
about / 2 O'Clock; felt weak and wen, in in lie
down ON the setee; laid there little bit. heard a
pis,ol sho, and scream ON The lower side Of the
bridge; got up and ran our to the wall thar over,
looks the river bank from the bridge: uot half ya,
ten mr. twelve wards. hea,d aoother sh. o., IN no
wall: saw a man standing about thnIv ards bnm
| the wall. and lew leel hum the waller nm The
| gravel with uistol in his hands. saw Rim ubo.
prpseuled the awlulIest spht ever saw. was in the
| water nearly nm to his arm pts. washing nT The
| blood that ran down his face: while looked NJ Rim
! The man On The gravel fired: turned and saw thar
the n;soi which was sill smokino was levslled IL,
rectiy at Bill, as straight as one man could ann a,
anotber: while looked he shot apuin. and then
riuht away aealn the third time Rms G,ra
| Was nearly square towa,ds him I called o,t
ssYour Internal scuundreI are Won poinp IN morder
| that man?'' | did not know what they were
had NOT recooni2ed Bill then He did mai ansvar,ue
NV boat was king at the waters edoa closa n,
/ aud | called TO them 0There's "A boaI vhv don,t
Won take that' ran 10 the house and called IN INV
wife To come out; said they were nnrderino a MAJ,
| in the river / was horn bly shocked Nv son and
The rest came out told him Ia cal some ueunle
a man was being killed. | then recopnizpd Bill: he
called at. sTheie's no use-po USE IN never On
back-I'I drown myself first !" Bill mnyed nm uo
der the bridge, and got out Of NV spbt. Arler.
wards saw Rex leading him IN The hank nm he
! oppos,te side of the bridge: he seemed VERY weak
! Then received some tolls and went bark IN the
wall. he was onino intn the river lad down nm ~;
stomach. his head out: then he pot I'M and walk, n
I'M the stream very SLOWLY I'll alone evervbndy Ink
ing after him-cros The cana bridye ami a. out
| of sieht Neither heard of nor saw a warrant. MIR
I of any cause of arrest; the officers said nothino
they acted lust as if thew only wanted IN kin him
made no effort 10 take him as he walked nm The
hank when he WAS worried ont. and there ,xas every
chance in the world to do il Have known William
ever since he has been in Wikesbarre: a ouiei FIR.
derIy man. perhaps 80 Years old.
| Casuar Feterei. citizen of Wilkesbarre. I WA
| in trout OF Hollemback's store which is onposite
the bridge, about half past six on the morning of The
Sd OF September last Heard great noise and in
couple of minutes Rill Thomas ran on, of Gil.
chrlsts. covered with blood. his head and coat and
! all his clothes bloody: ran as fast an he could to
wards the river; he was SO badly hurt he coud not
run very fast When he was about fifteen wards
from the house three men ran after him. two. saw
had pistoIs. one re yolver. and The other mink
double barrel. They fired three shot. Al him. a.
thew ran over the road and bank. They could have
caught him then yer, well. without0lripg. Tbev
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