The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1860-02-02
JOhnstOwn Correspondence.

To THE EDITOR OF THE ALLEGHASIAN =
Our town has long enjoyed the consollng rep
utation of being place where rioters ana
rowdies
Can with safety sneeze,
At officers and law.
How we'll deserving it is of that honor the fol-
lowing will fully demonstrate; the reader
bearing in mind that this is but one of the
many instances in which the law is violated,
and the citizens outraged, by a set of indlvld-
uals of the genus ''don't care d
On Saturday night last, between the hours
of nine and ten, notorious fellow, named
Jack Parker, went to the hotel of VIM. h. In
sicho on Morris street, Kernville, and repre-
senting himself a constable, laid violent
hands upon a peaceable and inOtfensiye negro
named Kelly, telling him that he must go 10
the lookup house. The negro entered his
protest against the proceeding, stating that he
had been guilty of no known offence, and de-
string Parker to inform him as to the nature
of the charge. Parker became apparently very
much enraged, and without any more ado,
struck Kelly a terrible blow upon the head
with bludgeon, intiicting deep and danger
Gus wound, from which the blood flowed IN
perfect stream. Then, seizing him, he threat
| ened him with
Vengeance deep and dire,
if he made any resistance; and started to-
, ward the lookup house, dragging the victim
Kelly is old man, and, merely judging from
appearance, would say turned of fifty; while
Parker is stout, athletic fellow of perhaps
| thirty and this joined to the fact that he ap
| piled the bludgeon, with telling effect, upon
| the devoted head, face, and shoulders of the
| poor old man, enabled him to force, bleeding
| aud terrified, his prisoner, down kernyiIle,
and cross the bridge which connects ii with
| Johnstown then along Franklin street, as
| far as the NJ. E. church, distance far exceed
| ing a quarter of a mile, where he left him,
PROSTATE weltering in his gore. Kelly was
| found in an almost dying condition short
| time afterwards, and was taken to his home,
where he is now lying, suffering the most ex-
cruciating pain, and scarce expects to survive
| the numerous injuries he received at the hands
of the demon who attacked him.
| Blood had flown so freely from the wounds
upon the head and face of the negro, that the
| Zig-Zag course taken by the victim and his
merciless assaiIant, could be distinctly traced
| on Sabbath morning, by the clotted masses of
| congealed gore, they lay at almost every
step along the sidewalk and street.
| Kellys information was taken the fol-
lowing Monday, by Justice Hook, who imme-
| diately Issued a warrant for the arrest of Par
ker; but up to the time write, the scoundrel
| has been suffered to elude the vigilance Of the
officer, and God only knows whether he viii
| ever be taken
This is not the first time that Parker has
| played constable upon his own hook; but II
is time that the scape-grace, (who by the way
| is respectfully connected,) should be brought
to Justice, and not suffered to run at large
| swallowing fighting whiskey and beating in
| offensive persons,-niggers though they be
I was informed by the justice, that the negro
stated that all the proyocation he ever gave
his cowardly assailant, was simply refusing to
give him any more liquor from the bar, where
he already had got load with which it KEPT
him busy to navigate. Il.
| Johnstown Feb. ., 1860.