Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1860-12-26
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! PREPARED FOR THE sRAgTsMAN'S JoURHlt0
INDIANA CoUNTY.-On Sunday, 9th inst, the
Carding and Dyeing establishment OF Mr.
! Henry Barkey, in NJ ntgomery township, was
destroyed by fire. IL is supposed to be the
work OF an incendiar,, as no fire had been in
or about the building from Thursday previous.
| Mr.. BPS loss is estimated at one thousand dol
| lars. An old man, named Andrew Gross;
a resident of Blairsyille, is supposed TO have
missed his way In the darkness OF Monday
night and fallen into the Cone,naugh river,
near Laurel Point, at the foot OF town, Sew
cral persons, hearing SOME ene call, went tc
the bank of the river, but it being much swol-
| len by the late rains. they could afford no as
sistance. The calls are supposed to have pro-
ceeded from Mr.. Gross, and as he has not
been seen since it is presumed he was drown
| ed. On Thursday the 18th, Mr.. Benjamin
| Warren of South Mahoning township, had a
| number of hands engaged threshing grain,
himself feeding the machine, when some of
the machinery gave way and the revolving
cylinder was thrown with great force out up
on the barn floor, striking Mr.. Warren, and
mangling him in a horrible manner. One leg
was literally ground to stems from the ankle
to the knee the other leg was broken in sew
eral places; one jaw was Observation-Disclosures
other injuries. He died the next day. He
was about so years Of age, and was highly
| esteemed by all who knew. him.
CAMBRIA Couarf.-The ESensbiirg .alfegha-
| nian gives some details of a case tried in
the Quarter Sessions Of that County, develop
ing the most horrible treatment that was in
fiicted As,oA boy who had been indicted for
larceny. lit appears that q boy named John
W. Farrell hired himself last summer to
Michael Kennedy, of Carroll township. A
pocket book, said to have contained $50, soon
after turned up missing, and suspicion imme-
diately fell upon the boy, who strenuously de-
MED the theft. Kennedy then attempted to
extort a confession from the lad by placing a
rope around his neck and, after throwing the
end cross beam, drawing the boy up
considerable height. Having failed, after
several experiments of this kind to produce
the desired effect, the boy was extended on
log, forcibly held down, and an axe brandish-
ed over his throat. The boy, as he says, to
save his life, admitted that he had taken tie
money, and proposed to find it if he was
leased. As soon as he found himself free, he
took to his heels, but was soon caught, taken
before a magistrate, and upon this confession,
extorted by bodily fear and harm, was prose-
cuted for larceny. The court refused TO take
the prosecutors testimony, and the boy
acquitted. A collection is his behalf was ta-
ken inside the Bar, and considerable sum
realized. charge has been instituted a.
gainst Kennedy for assault and battery with
intent to kill. =. The same paper says that
some two or three weeks ago, two men, named
Snyder and Edwards, left their homes in Bed
ford county with the intention of going to
the Cherry Tree to get out lumber. Snyder
carried with him the proceeds of the sale of
a horse, which he had disposed of before
starting. Some considerable time elapsed,
and Edwards returned to his home without his
companion. When questioned as TO Snyder's
whereabouts, he was unable to tell very
straight story; but at length stated that he
had left him in Ebensburg. On Saturday,
10Th, the father and brother of the missing
man were at Ebensburg in search Of him, but
they failed to obtain a clue to the mystery,
except that man answering Edwards des-
crIption was in town some time during Court.
The father and brother of Snyder returned to
Bedford on Monday, with the avowed intention
Of arrestiDg Edwards on suspicion of murder.