The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-23

I'1'T from the Net0 York PoSt.
On Sunday morning strong party
of citizens, living at or near the south
eastern part of the county Of Oneida,
in this State, consummated long cher
ished purpose of DESTROYING the house
and other buildings in the town of San
gerfield, belonging to the notorious
family of thieves known as the LOOM
ises. 1t will be remembered that we
gave full description of this lawless
| family and their gang, extracted from
the report of the Prison Association
some time ago; also, that n mob attack
ed them last fall and murdered one of
them. This time there appears to have
been purpose to drive them away,
which would seem must be successful.
We collate the following particulars
from the Utica Morning Herald:
"About daylight, or short time be-
fore, the Loomis residence was sur
rounded by largenumber of persons,
variously estimated at from sixty to
one hundred; the house entered, and
all the inmates taken prisoners and put
in irons. Then commenced a search on
the premises.
s"tThe following persons we're taken
prisoners: Rhoda Loomis, Cornelia
Loomis, Grove l.. Loomis and Plumb
Loomis. They were ironed, but there
were several occupants of the house
over whom n strict watch was kept, but
We're not arrested. Soon after, the par
ty being removed from the house, II
Dutch boy, in the employ of the family,
was taken up and hung to II tree, in or
der to make him confess, if possible,
what he knew of the doings of the fami-
ly and others that were there. This did
not amount to much.
"After releasing the Dutchman the
party took Plumb Loomis and hung
him up in the same manner, and called
this manner three times, and the last
time, upon being let down, was found
to be perfectly senseless. Between the
hangings he affirmed that he had not
seen the man Alvord for five years;
also, the man that shot officer FilkinS
was n brother of Thomas Mott, now in
MorrisVille Jail; that he also fired the
barn of Mr.. Morris Terry in Water
vile last fall, and Mr.. Conger's build
ings at Sweets Corners, some time ago;
that he (NIott) was paid by the Loomis
family TO do it; also, that Alyord was,
on Sunday morning, shot twice by
officer Filkins, and that Grove took
him away last Saturday. Plumb flrth-
er said that Mott and others, for whom
there were papers, were away from his
house now, but proclaimed his readi-
ness to assist in finding them. Grove
also expressed himself in the same
manner. The party then proceeded to
remove the nOfSeS anu OLner i've SIOCh
out of harms way, and then fired the
barn and shanties, destroying every
thing. The hop house was the last
building fired. A small barn or shan
'ty, that was back in the woods, was not
destroyed, being the only thing left
standing on the premises. Mrs. Loom
is said the party was composed of per-
sons mostly from Madison county that
she did not know of there being any
from Waterville connected with it.
Others say officer Stone, of Madison
county, and large posse of aids, were
present, and that they, with party
from North Brookfeld, were the main
movers in the affair.
"PIumb LOOMS was taken to Norris
vile in irons. The others were releas-
ed on condition that they left those
parts within 80 days. If seen about the
vicinity after that time they forfeited
their lives"