The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1866-12-12

| AhE w HohiNuioN SOuNll h CRDrR.-
As this late horrible tragedy in Wash
ington county is absorbing public atten
tion at present, we open our columns tt
a full description of particulars as taker
from our Pittsburgh exchanges. Tn,
Commercial OF the 7lh has the following
from correspondent in the Town o.
Washington
WASHINGTON. Pa, Dec. s, 1866.
II becomes my sorrowtul duty to send
you an an account of one of the most
fiendish murders in the annals of crime.
last night december 4N Robert w.
Dinsmore, a "weil to do talmer resid,
ing about five miles northwest Of this
place, III Hopewell township, was mur>
dered before the very eyes of his wife
and daughter. lie hal been to town
and had leen trying to get $1,000
bond changed, and he returned home
late in the evening About 10 o'clock
p. NJ. while he sat reading a newspaper
aud his wife was getting reidy for bed
he heard a rap at the door. lie asked
who was there. A voice replied that
Mr. Miller, (his next neighboD was
sick. When Mr.. Dinsmore heard that,
he went to the door and found two men
there One asked him il he would let
one of the boys go down. He replied
that they must be mistaken, that he had
no boys. They then sprung into the
house and caught hold of him, one Of
them saying, ''you are the ono we want. =
And then commenced deadly combat,
which ended in Mr.. Dinsmore being
shot, and cut in the breast in such 9
manner that death ensued in abou,
three hours. Though he was wounded
to the death, he fought on, and the rob
bers were compelled to knock him down
with chair, One OF the daughters
sleeping up stairs, hearing the noise,
came down, and her little sister making
a noise up stairs so scared the william,
that they fled without getting any plum
der. Mrs. Dinsmore was compelled tC
be an eye witness to the horrible TRACE
dy, being unable to get away through
fright. As soon as the mnrderers hot
fled, Mrs. Dinsmore, with the assis,anc,
of her twoedaughlers, Ohey being th'
only persons about the bouse,) clcscc
and locked the doors, fearing that the,
might come back and XII { en- all
After one and halt hours had elapsed!
one of the daughters went and aroused
the neighbors, who arrived just IN tim
to see Mr.. Dinsmore die.
| The news spread like "will fire. an,
caused intense excitement through tow
and county. Court being in session il
tbs place, the County Commissioners
by the advice OF Judge Acheson and tn
Bar, offered reward of 81 900 for th
arrest and conviction of the murderors
About 10 A NJ, this morning n ma
by the name of Robert Fogle was ar
rested by Sheriff Smith and Detectiy
Greer, they thinking be filled the de
scriptlon given BY Mrs. Dinsmore of :h
largest murderer. He was placed in jli
aud the house he had oeen staying q
was searched, and suit Of clothes be
longing to him all covered with mu
{ which was not yet dry, and pair c
boots with one heel off, which was al
most conclusive evidence against hin
for n heel that filed the boot nicely wa
picked up at the scene OF the murder -
Fogle took his arrest quite coolly. unit
; a chain Of evidences was prodaced again'
him that left him no room for hope. II
!, then confessed that he was guilty of I'll
! crime, and that his confederate was
!. beardless boy, not more than seventee
= years Of age, named William M,ntgon
Q cry, OF Canton township. Ile turth,
: said that they had the plot laid for thrt