The Ebensburg Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1865-1871, 1866-04-26
IrrII1ION OF DANIEL BUSER AND
JOHN B. H0USER.
Il MURrER OF POLLY PAUL AM
CASSIE MUNDAY AVENGED.
s,II and Connected History Oh
the Murder, the Arrest Inc
Trial, the Conviction,
and the Execution.

and the Execution.
Exported especially for The AHeghan'an'l
On Friday last, Goth instant, at the
r of 1912 p. m, Daniel Buser and
IN B. HOuser paid the forfeit of their
r, for the murder of Polly Paul and
uas Munday.
THE MURDERED WOMEN.
The victims of the murder, one OF the
os a,rocious and cold -blooded that ever
rkeped the annals of crime, were Polly
Lul and Cassie Munday The former
IS maiden lady, 20 years of age. She
ssided on farm belonging to herself, in
retired locality in Croyle township. A
elected by.road pursued its devious
~ through her premises, but this was
seldom travelled, and neighbors were SO
wand so far apart, that the OLD lady may
aid to have lived almost totally isola-
ihOm the world. Here she titled her
be spot of ground, principally with her
hands-raised and sold cattle-dis-
Ii Of wood and timber to purchasers
,il through the exercise of strict econ
7 she had amassed considerable sum
money The exact sum possessed by
old lady is not known, and probably
rer will be known till the last great
when the archengels trump shall call
ed-handed despoilers to a bar of
lgment in which there can be no con-
lment. But as to the fact that she
ID money, and a considerable sum of it,
|ere is no question. She had toiled
ON early morn till late at night for a
etime, denying herself measurably OF
Em!orts and pleasures, that she might
mass competency from which to draw
sustenance and support after that pc
. ID when the muscles relax and the flesh
e@mes a burden, before the inroads of
Treal decay. Perhaps she had more
haobling purpose in view in boarding
pr store-perhaps the great central hope
her life was the endowment of a col
&c or a seminary, the giving of aims to
e poor, the amelioration of her kind
cd knows But one thing is sure !;
ahateyer Of money was possessed by the
IA lady fel prey to the murderers, for
was all kept concealed within her hum
tenement and tie pitiful sum of
arty-nlne dollars was all that strictest
farch revealed after the enactment of the
Esrble tragedy. The fruits of lifetime
&lal to that of the Psalmist, a lifetime
abor and seIf-denial, were swept off at
stroke, and-saddest of thoughts =
tn vas labored for so assiduously and
Ie3gred so scrupulously as fountain of
AsSngs, proved curse and its posses
70 destruction.
The other victim was a daughter of
H. Martin Munday, of Cambria town
Up; and was only II years of age. Miss
aol usually resided alone on her farm,
2at at the time of the murder, Cassie
uuNay was living with her as an appren-
:; ~ tne Weaving business, in the mys-
ciieS Oh which business Miss Paul was an
Apc'' CASSIE had served with her in
fNuctor year, and in one more week
@ '1ula have finished her probation and
'.a: '.Glnea TO her fathers house. In antic-
s5 .aIon OF her return home, her father
|m;,{. NJ SUrcnased Tor Cassie loom, that she
or;-., sN exercise In her own behalf her ac-
B,nJ - s1sodlcraft. But the remorseless
M t 'ae murderer cut asunder at once
om ..GVer .. the warp and woof of the
,s,n." @uu the young life whose bloom and
mbSY Y would have transformed the bare
mS"i "ois Of the cumbrous machine into the
nd Slent 1 of symmetrical perfectness,
poetry "iOUnu 'hen the halo OF
seventy and seventeen-the January
y June of life! Seventy, with its frosts
SHOWS, its feeble pulse and halting
y LIS bated breath and anxious glances
~, ~ lne river to where the pale boatman
m expectantly waiting; seventeen,
- H. % beauty, and innocence, and conf
love Ia God and nature, its odor of
~ uolets, its token Of hi gh and glori-
promise as unfolded through a long
]" OF opening years of sunshine and
spness! Surely, surely, the heart
could conceive and the hand execute
r%uei, deliberate murder, for money, OF
an with one foot in the grave, and
smrs enl whose youth and innocence en-.
sod passed poea her as mantle-both weak
no,'S 'ISmaparatively helpless, and far re
Sn't 'sI irOm the possibility of succor-
Ha'e been animated by spirit Of