The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1861-06-19
8 BLoonIsBURG. COLUMBIA COUNTY. PA, WEDNEs

| IcduiiJ uiSuugulSn tn0iu 10 Oe tne .lnukeep-
er and the man that he had seen at the
supper table.
"Step lightly, tell you.n whispered the
landlord, cor you'll wake him up, and then
we will have pretty mess on our hands -
"Wake-w replied the other with an
oath. A man that snores like that, reckon
amt easily awakened. Yer scared Here
give me the knife I'll show you who is
scared You secure the money-i;'s un-
der the pillow-I saw him put il there-and
i'll do the rest ln
! The old man was in advance, and as he
stood between the window and the drover,
the latter could see his form bent over the
bed, while his hand seemed TO be reaching
beneath the pillow.
"Here, Bill, take it. Here is the wallet,
| and here is the belt. My God, how heavy
| it is p; and he passed the money to his com
panion before the other had yet reached the
bedside.
The old man then put his hand 10 his DO
som, and the trembling drover saw him
draw forth the long blade the other had Civ
| en- him. For an instant the murderous
weapon was poised over his head, and
then descended with Kissing sound upon
the person of the poor wretch in bed
Another and another stfeke followed in rap
id succession. A half stifed groan, few
gasping sobs escaped the dying man, con
vulsive tremor of the betclothes, and all
was quiet.
The murderer paused in his bloody work
for an instant, as if to satisfy himself that
life was extinct, and then with 6endish de-
liberation, drew down the coverlet, and to
make all sure, passed the knife from ear TO
ear, across the throat of his victim. Then
wiping the instrument upon the sheets, the
villains moved quickly from the room.
As soon as the sound of the footsteps had |
died in the distance, the horror stricken
dfover escaped through the window, and
run with all speed TO the neighboring viii /
lage, where, arousins the people Of the no
tel, he told his fearful story. A small CROWD /
was soon collected about him, and when
enough of the facts had been gathered, they
accompanied him 10 the scene of the foul
murder
! All about the house was still, but on ap.
preaching the stable a light was discovered |
within; and moving noiselessly 10 the door
and peering through the cracks, the two |
murderers were found in the act of digging
grave beneath the flooring. A rush was
made upon them and they were arrested. T
AT the sight of the drover, who was The 7
first TO consult the guilty wretches, the land
lord uttered shrek of terror, and fell to +
the ground, while his accomplice, pale as
corpse, gazeG upon him with alright, not /
doubling it was the ghost of the murdered /
man who stood before him |
The party now proceeded 10 the house.
dragging the two murders along with them. I
The family was by this time alarmed, and
the wife and daughter of the landlord, to-
gether with the servants of the house, igno-
rant of the terrible crime that had Just been
enacted SO near them, inquired into the
cause Of the disturbance.
Lights were procured, and, still keeping
the prisoners with Them, the people enter
ed the room where lay the body of the man
so strangely murdered instead of the horse.
dealer. The wife and daughter followed.
When the bloody covering was removed
from the face of the corps, and the full light
of the candle glared upon it, loud cry
burst from the lips of the landlords wife.
"My SON. my murdered SOM Who has
done h,s -
And with hysterical scream, she fell
! insensible TO the floor.
/ 1
claimed the daughter, as she struggled 10
reach the bed. But the terrible truth burst
upon her, as her eyes fell upon the mangled
form of her brother, and she also swooned
Bpon the body.
The cries ofthe broken-heared females
seemed 10 arouse the old man for moment
and gazing wildly al the sight before him,
he also realized the terrible truih-he mur-
dered his own son.
| On investigation of the facts before the
magistrate OF Springfield on the following
| day, it was ascenained that the son of the
! innkeeper, who was disipated young man,
had visit ed the fownon the previous eve-
ming, where with some of his associates, he
had been engaged in drinking till late
hour; aud being TOO much intoxicated 10
remount his horse and ashamed TO meet
his family, some of his fellow gamblers had
accompanied him home and supposing
the room in which The drover had been put,
| 10 be vacant, they assisted The drunken man
| into the window. It was their voices the
lodger had heard and thus it was that the
hapeless youth met his deaih-and our
+, friend provideniialIy escaped
! The accomplice of the. landlord proved TO
be his son-in law.
From that awful hour the wretched moth