Bloomsburg democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1867-1869, 1867-10-09
ATaIe or Awful outrage.

ATale or Awful outrage.
Brutality Unparullcled-A Negro rarisaes
Lopely Young White GiN-Aferwards
he tenrs her toayMe ont Jrpn. the root--ie
,soots and eats q porto" cfu. e.
One Of the most shocking and horrible
events ever known to history, occurred last
~lek iu Maryland, BY which the daughter
Of one the most prominent and wealthy
citizens Of Cumberland county, has been
reduced TO condition . thousand times
worse than death. Mr.. Charles Dean, .
resident Of Brady's Mills, on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, gentleman Of .cduca.
tion, and possessor Of the large mill and
other property in the village, had an only
daughter, named Bessie, a young lady not
quite seventeen, possessed Of refinement and
Of every virtue and accomplishment which
nature could give or money procure. She
had form of exquisite symmetry anfgracc,
and rare voice which cultivation had train
cd to produce the most perfect harmony;
she was indeed charming singer and belle
ofthe country. 0 .ean gel boa d! o..
For some months past there has been
proving around Brady's Mills, most ogcr-
ish looking mulatto, supposed to have been
formerly the slave Of brother Of Mr.. Deanc,
living in Georgia. .H. ...
This monster has lived in a filthy hut at
the foot Of Brudys mountain, with an old
woman who seemed to be mistress, mother
and housekccper, all in one. No one knew
his name, but by the wags of the town he
was designated as Dan Scrunch.
On Monday the I'd of September, Miss
Bessie being at home, having left school at
Baltimore, where she was attending, on ac-
count Of the serious illness OF her mother,
went, uraccompanied to spend the after.
noon with ncighbor, some distance away,
and returning in the early evening round
the mountain, sudden thunder shower
came on, and meeting Dan, was induced by
him to seek shelter in the hut.
Alas poor child, no sooner had the door
been shut, than the fendish demon seized
upon her, and despite her piercing screams
and struggles and in the presence Of the old
witch woman, he committed upon the chastc
virgin the foulest outrage of which the
human mind can conceive or man is capable.
He then dragged her insensible form out of
the hut. The cool air revived her and again
her lips uttered shrill cry, when this savage
beast, in human shape, standing upon her
prostrait form, with the insane idea of put
ting it out of her power to tell Of the crime,
crashed open her mouth with the heel Of
his boot and with his l,iena claws, he tore
the poor girls tongue from her throat. A
small boy driving some cows in the vicinity,
hearing the sceams, gave the alarm, but be-
fore help arrived, the iend had fed. The
excruciating torture of the delicate sufferer
and the frantic anguish Of her parents, no
Imagination can conceive. She is said to be
in dying condition-mortilication having
set in, and her invaled mother cannot long
survive the shock. Dan Scrunch is still at
large. The old woman was taken into
custody the next morning and stated that
the brute returned once during the night,
when he actually cooked and ate Il portion OF
the tongue and again fed. The woods are
being secured in every direction and he Can.
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