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

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| repeated blows upon the head, McKim or
! Mckinney murdered Samuel T. Norcross in
cold blood But he did not Instantly die,
and McKim, with devish ioretheush, drew
the body across The rails OF The track, so that
it would be run over, aEd The belief Induced,
when ii was found, that that the individual
had been run over by the cars. Not satisfied
with this, he with a razor cut the throat oil
the victim, and thre~ the instrument beside
hm, in order TO make it appear, il the body
was discovered before the passage of any
train, that suicide had been committed. Yet
the victim Was not dead, strange TO say. Nc
Kim then rlfed the pockets of the man Of
every valuable, including The money and
bonds, and secreled himself in the neishbor-
hood, probably impelled BY the awful feel
lug that appears TO be inherent IN Ihose who
li(l their hand against their brother, 10 linser
near the spot OF Ihe occurrence.
DISCOVERY OF THE VICTIM.
Probably il meht have been an hour at
terward, that some workmen coming along
the railroad with gravel trucks, discovered
J the form of a human being few yards from
the iron rails. They went TO ii, and just as
they arrived, NorcroSs, for it was he, made a
last effort TO raise himself, aud utterias faint
ly the single exclamation, "My God !" fell
back Ie lived but little while longer
| In the awful agony he had dragged himself
TO the place where found. The body was
taken TO Altoona The finding of the razor
had induced the belief that the man had
comm tied suicide. The Coronor's Jury as.
sembed. The post mortem examination re-
vealed the fact that the deceased had come
to his death by blolcs on the head by Il ctub
and not by the wounds of tho raZor-ior no
important artery was severed. The excite
ment at Altoona become at once absolute
ly appalling. The words "lynchiug" and
changing" wore common and al the very
time the murderer wds banging around tic
torn, awaiting the course OF events. AS
soon as he saw that the m urdef was discov-
cred, he aed-wilh the celarlty OF guilt, as
though the aveugus angel was i'll pursu''
THE COMMUNITY AROUSED.
But the storm was aroused. Ferdinand |
l., llavcs, u gentleman of The highest iu,cli'
gouce and skill, acting as special detective |
of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company |
com mmcnced an Investigation of the matter
'rhe Governor of Pennsylvania offered a re- !
ward of $500, (aIterwarls increased to
Sl000,) ard the cttlzeus OF Altoona turther !
SUN of $500. The Railroad Company and !
the relatives OF the murdered man expended
money freely and the community was AVA
kcned. No stone was lett untumed.
FLIGHT OF THE OUTLAW.
The guilty man fled TO Reading, penus>l-
vauia, with the il.goiten spoilS. How he
reached there is bot known, On the 2cta
0! January he sueakcd into ths botorsh,
and went directly 10 u house of iN.iame, kept
by ono Susan Emotc, No. Walnut sueet,
at thai place. He engaged boarding there,
aud lAvished his money on amusemeuts,
came intimate with the rowdies and led
ftec and easy lite, killing conscience with
animal qualifications. But his plot was not
yet ma,urod, He mus, make auoheT move
TO avoid suspicion
rLor TO luLL SUSPICION.
1.-THE house of the woman Emore were
two girls, named Ca;harine Nagle and Kate
krndall. These tie murderer chose as ac-
completes in his scheme. He offered 10 iur-
nish them with every luxury provided they
would accompany him to Pousville, and
with HIM establish there a house Of rrosttu-
uon, Oae Of them vast pass as has rye.-
They consented, ana on the 26h the party
started for that place, in company with
man calling himself Case Boyer, who was
10 "makc himself useful about the house"
upon he establishment of The new instiu.
ton. At rousviDle, the party Went 10 the
peusyile House, kept by Samuel Manu,
Esq, Mskm represented himself as car
pener, that had hrcpaA, his owu aud his
bto,Aets wife 10 the borough with the iGien-
ton OF remaining, he being about 10 enter
into partnership with his btolhet. On the
s7:h OF January, he leased a fine three story
brick house OF l.. WomeiSdoa, Il was upon
CallowhiIl street, in the very midst OF high
" respectable ueieheo,hood, The house he
furnished elegantly-the carpet eill alone be.
ing over $500 The landlord he paid 500
as advance rent
RECOGNITION Hy GAMBLER
But now comes the part Of the narrative
in which his deleeuon NsS nearly troIghi
about. While The party were in lhe cars,
going tom Readjag 10 PoGsvile, they were
seen by a gambler. named Nj B.
He knew tie enls, and when McKin went
OCT OF The car iot a moment, lie iaiSed 10
taem, They said tha, they wese goias To
louisville for the purpose named. and invited
him 10 come and see ,hen there They also
gave him 10 understand how finely they
were dang Mckim. He promised that he
wopla call upon Them in & week OF Two, on
his return from a travelling expsdiuun, bu,
equally with them, was unable 10 accom-
for man ike McKim s appearances having
So much money, He iell them, and lev