, 1865-07-15
The ETfenbush Outrag~.-The Attack
In soufxa.AHteeed,ht ht2 or tho ksEisu.


From the Albany ArgU1, f1E1.1
Greenbnsh Was tho scene Of great excite
mint Yesterday. We have given before an
account Of the rape Of two girls in that
netehtorhood by. Iuffsns. The girls were
out In the field picking berries last Friday
afternoon, when they were cruelty beaten
and outraged BY four villains, two OF whom
father acd son-hare 5een arrested. They
Teis aEsalGntd Yesterday afternoon before
Justice Bnler for trial. The excitement In
the communh ; was very gtelt, and seemed
to increase as the trial progressed. Threats
OF l5nc1ibg the prisoners were freely made
By the indignant populaee, and the feeling
against them appeared to increase every mo-
mtnt. z
Wh,lc the examiu alton was in progress, the
plitoncts, Major aud his 500. sitting beside
each other, near the Justice, Patrick Barns.
brother Of the girls, appeared at the door.
he was armed with revolver aud knife, aud
had come with the determination Of taking
summary vengeance upon the des.royers of
bis two sisters. he op7ned the door few
iIches, aud, taking aim, fired at the old man.
the hall takirg eject In the tleshy part Of the
'orealm, about three Inches from the elbow,
cfm!ps out at thc wrist. 3faj,r Jumped up.
and SIZED ont: :" am ahot: catch thst man u
inent was now intense. The crowd rusaed
ever w TO auiah the work be
lad determined to accomplish. To
a0o 10 lue IIt11J u tut clc"ut Lne m0tReF
Of The girls now made her appearance, as an
aeeompifce Of her son in the work Of yea
geArct. The two then rushed toward the
prisoners the e1n With revolver aud knife
The mother With hatchet, which she had
until now conct aled about her person. She
aimed blow At the had OF the elder Major,
already suffering from htt wounded arm, cut
ting hin badly; It might have proved fatal
but for theinterposl1ion OF ex-conetable Johp
ecanlou, who ioterposed In time to break its
force. Determined to complete the work
now begun, young Burns nrxd another shot
officers who were standing near him, the ball
this time pass'ng through MAJORS thigh.
The crowd had now to1gely Increased, all
deeply EJmpathIx!uR with the mother aud
ron. A rush Was made for the prisoners with
the intention Of lynching them On the spot.
The czy for vengeanca from the frenzied
mother and infuriated brother WAS taken up,
ard It was with the utmost difficulty that
the officers removed the prisoners to a place
OF safety. In the confusion young Dusns got
at the young Major and rome say made ~ a.
tempt TO stab him. John Scanlon caught
Bulne, and accused him OF having the kutfe,
which be denied, but 1t was afterwasd taken
from his pocket.
Seeing that the force there was insufficient
to guard The lives Of The prisoners, word was
sent TO Capt. UaR Ado1n, who immed ate
II proceeded to the ecsne With three officers,
and speedily esosed order. The younger
p1itoner bad hcd Tor safety, aud n w sect to
Be vas arrested. rs also Was .fss. Burns, the
mother Of the uni rtunate girls, and her son
and the two Nsiirs were taken to Troy at
seven o'clock. TIE mother Of the girls was
in 20 crazed state that 1t was deemed
necessary to hsndcuf her, md even then
she hId 10 be placed In cart and held by
three men.
Patrick Burns, the brother Of the girls, was
accompanied to The depot by another sister,
who SCI med fairly heart=ick and her weary
lamentations, as she trudged bareheaded orer
the dusty rcad, were mourniul indeed, and
scarcely one Eaw her but piled her. Her
sister. had been beaten and Outraged by the
rpfiians, and were suffering In their lonely
homes; her mother and brother who had
Hsdly ATTEMPTED to wreak vengeance upon
the destroycfs OF their happiness, were hand
cnfItd and borne off to jail in company with
the hated Villains The unwiee attempt to
use unlawful means to secure satisfaction.
though urged forward by the unreasontng
crowd to the work. had bnt added to the cal
amtt5 under which the family wee suffering,
Tie mother and brother, who sought to vim
dicAte by force the good name Of daughters
and sisters, were borne to the sane prison
with the Hretches Who bad deliberately plot
ted and executed he1llth crime.
We1esrr that the elder Maior was formerly
On engineer on the Hudson Rtvarlrailroad.
Hewas dtschatge from the road about year
ago. for abandoning his train b.1ow Pougb-
ketpsie, and leaving the fireman to run 1t
through to New York. He has bad raputa.
tion for mo,alk The son is known as a boun-
ty jumper, and fellow Of loose habits and
base associations. They deny the crime OF
which they arc charged hut the circum-
stances are all egainet them, and the entire
community believe them guilty. Nothing
can be said against the character Of the grls
they so cluelly outraged.