The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-03-18

inarameds of murder was that Of Cain, !
biIlst of wood from apiie and with This by
repestsd blows upon The head, McKin d
Mckinney murdered Ssmua T. Norcross ID
coldblood., Bot he did not Instantly die
-aAd McKim, With dsyiIiah forsihousht, drew
the body across the rails Of the track, so'thal
liz would be fun over, aEd the belief irduced
when il was found, that that the Individual
had been fun over by the cars. Not satisfied
with ihis, heSmilh razor cuty tlfe throat Of
tue victim, snd thre~ the instrument beside
him, in order 10 make !, appear, il the body
was discovered befo.e the passage OF any
train, That suicide bad been commit.sd. Ye.
the victim s0as moi dead, strange 10 say. Nc.
Kim then rffled the pockets Of the man of
every valuable, including the money and
bonds, and secrs,ed himself in the ueiehbor-
hood, probably impslied by the awful feel
Ing that appears to be inherent 10 ihoee who
lift their hand against their brother, 10 Iiuger
near the spot Of the occurrence.
DISCOVERY or THE VICTIM.
Probably it might have been an hour af-
lerward, that some workmen coming along
the railroad with gravel trucks, discovered
the form of human being few yards from
the iron rails. They went TO it, aad just as
they arrived, Norcross, for it was ne, made a
East effort TO raise himself, and utseiiag faint
iy the single exclamation, "My God ~ fell
back. He lived but little while lopger.--
10 the awful agony be had dragged himself
10 the place where found. The body was
taken 10 Altoona. The finding Of the razor
had induced the belief that the man had
comm!ted suicide. The Corcnof's Jury as.
sembled. The post motem examination re-
vealed the fact that the deceased had come
TO his death By biows on the head By club
and not by the wounds Of tho razor-ior no
important artery was severed. The excite.
ment al Altoona become al once absolute
!y appalling. The words "lynchipg" and
"hangingn were common and q, the very
time the murderer svas hanging around the
toscn, awaiting the course of events. As
soon as he saw that the m urder was discov.
cred, be aed-wilh the celebrity of gull, as
though the avenging angel was in pursuit.
THE coMauNlrY AROUSED.
But the storm was aroused. Ferdinand
E. Havss, gentleman of The highest inielli.
geuce and skill, acting as special detective
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
com meneed an investigation of the matter.
The Governor Of Pennsylvania offered re.
ward of $500, afterwards increased TO
$1o00,) aId tine citizens Of Altoona further
sum of $500. The Railroad Company and
the relatives of the murdered man expended
money freely and The community was ava
kened. No stone was left unturned.
FLIGHT or THE OUTLAW.
The guilty man fed 10 Reading, Pennsyl-
vania, with the iI.gotien spoiIs. How he
reached there Is not known. On the 20lh
Of January he sneaked into the borough,
and went directly TO house OF ill.fame, kept
by one Susan Emore, No. !: Walnut street,
at that place. He engaged boarding there,
and lsvfshsd his money ars.ss.snis,
such as sleigh riding and sporting. He be.
came intimate with the rowdies and led
free and easy life, killing conscience nth
animal Qualifications. But his plot was not
yet matured. He must make another move
to avoid suspicion. -,.. ,sa
PLOT TO LuLL SUSPICION.
AT the house Of the woman Emore were
two girls, named Ca:harine Nagle and Kate
Kendall. These the murderer chose as ac-
completes in his scheme. He offered to fur.
nish them with every luxury provided they
would accompany him TO Po.tsville, and
with him establish there house Of prostitu.
ton. One Of them must pass as his avys.--
They consented, and on the 26th the party
started for tina, place, in company with
man calling himself Casss Boyer, who was
to "make himself useful about the house,"
upon iae establishment, Of the new insti,u.
tion. At PoasviIle, the party went 10 the
Pelisvilie House, kept by Samuel Mann,
Esq, McKim represented himself as ear.
penter, that had brought bis own and his
bfolher's wife 10 the borough with the inten-
lion Of remaining, he being about to enter
into partnership with his brother. On the
27:h Of January, he leased q fine three story
brick house Of L. Womeisdof. Il was upon
CallowhiIl street, in The very midst Of high
iy respectable neiehborhood. The house he
furnished eIsgantly-the carpet bill alone be.
ing over $500. The landlord he paid sl00
as advance rent.
RECOGNITION By GAMBLER.
But now comes the part of the narrative
in which his detection was nearly brought
about. While the party were ia the cars,
going from Reading to PotisviIle, they were
seen by a gambler. named M B..
He knew the girls, and when MeKim wen,
out Of The car for moment, he talked 10
them. They said that they were going 10
Pottsville for the purpose named, and invited
him 10 come and see them there. They also
gave him to understand how finely they
were doing McKim. He promised that he
would call upon than ID Q week or two, on
his return from q travelling expedition, but
equally with them, was unable % account
for man liks McKim's appearances having
SO much money. He ieil them, and few
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