The New York herald., 1867-02-21
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fFronn tho Philadelphia Telegraph, Feb 20i .s
About ton ocock this crn!ng The court OF the
Quarter sessions tho scene or tragedy which -
quite unparalleled in the story oi ci'ine.a As mao
by the OF George Eer was bellg bsnaslt into the
to bo placed lln for tho alleged commits
NJ outrage upon Tho person of gs. the
father the latter, Thomas Ies, placed pistol his
asoye % the loft a,pre and casg aImus ii, ,s dcasS
The circumstances attending the commission %! tbs tcr
rbie act together with the past relations o. 'ha 'wo
The murdered man tailor by trade art resided
at NO $40 Orchard sirses psio~ icpaa iic ~as About
thirty years % age was of the ordinary hcsnL o slight
build with dark hair aud sight beard upn tie chm and
upper lip and when be mot hs summary Iats lsneaiiy
aJtired In plain black suit tsge Ia 4f4Ne 4A@Nt
Thomas Les, the ascnger os his daughters shame
and, 1t ~ also supposed Of his irTsc pcrora
wrougs was ncaf nciglbor Of his Victim, as his rcsi
dcpce at No $50 Orchard stcei. Duf1sE tho wnr he
was member OF The Iwsitb regiment o PenusyivaDia
cavalry commanded BY Colonel wihain Tf!sbmath, Of
His reputation with his companions in arms was noos
service Of him having failed In 1903, whc the
REGIMENT was in camp ~ or near Gcorecfown D. Lois
deserted. but be afterwards taken, aud kops for
so,ne time in confinement From this restraint no
aged TO escape, whether through the cpapIvauce OF
diners or hy lis ownsunaicd excrons was never dss
covered. and he was notratakcn. tt tsssN msrf
Resdn closely to each other, ~ was natural that
tc families Of the two men shoald De on terms O IN
wards each other were disturbed BY some financial
transactions considerable ehnity boing the result in
$780, Cor the payment Of which the latter note frequent
demands Offering finally 70 settle the indebtedness for
800 Mrs Ieis then made an efors TO pay the 0sbt on
and with this she endeavoged diGpuse of
some certificates OF stock IA land association she Was
OF bcr operations became much nosnssd % lcr
recount OF mis- importantly. .ft4issrf' ~ s'a
On me loh o. Apr lsse, tcr ausmhca 70 eommn s..
Twelve years Of gss and named Lonisas There are VA
rous ahoat concesusns ine crcums.ncss astsa
ing tho commission oc this offence, which gcfrn&n
from making public account Of tbsr conflicting na-
ti Eur ,his alleged oisnce Eier was arrested and
held IN sl6oo bail, nr George W Rankin hecemng ns
The onencs shory afterwards is.t the city eong
70 harrsbur u s said ms bail was forfeited no sus
bsoush judgment being obtained and execstos is1ssd
on ,be iab of pecem ! lest Fsr ~ asa.u srssssd
on bail process issued BY the Court q Quarter sssss
and cominssed 70 swat his trial Fer MS purposs -
was s,oss sC o s sssss sr, SSss uss s cs
postponed frvm sjDs totims. ''tzs ets
This nSroisg ths prsoner ms s9a.l ssqla. fs. s.s
sps,.ss s Sse Ksossss @ % BONG %sSIsssy ssSns h Las
and drew r,stoi from his SIDE pocss whlch no pased
at the breast Of Elcr and red e once ON rscsvsag
scresn and fen bsck Ia ihs aFns e .ss ..p-
stas: The shcs proved a',d y. y c.Ir once g sS
Qoar,sr sessions, and sn there % he osscnsss cmss
About hour afterwards the wife 81 We aecoas vs-
.ss ss s' e e. sn sSes : 80;
As soon the crime wa committed Lom ~ Sa3en
before Judge Ludlow who had just entered ths eoas
room. ~ ...-
the report Of the pistol had csuss9 srsss cenmssssn
In the court room, several Of the ladies VINO vere ~
tendance az witnesses fainting away. t.n
Judec Ludlow having secured tho renewal OF good o.
der listened 10 the testimony Of several oioeso 60
Others who had witnessed the AMIR. Tho Judge
martabIv cool and collected notwithstanding the onfu
sion urevalng and, having heard the testimony he -
dressed the prisoner as foiiows.--eN xg e@ q ts Ill
sThls Is not the proper occasion fos comments upon
the occurrence OF this morning; bus must say, upon
whatever provocaton one or the most sndscious
bod-faced deeds upon record order hss you - iasa
10 The county prison. aud there be kept Ia custody
OF George Elcr." yAFttN fA7+ fatM 9
The prisoner vas then removed by Tho sfscsrs and
taken At TO the county prison. He n q stout
squssobu built man. about i've feet seven nchss In height
his eyce dark well - his hair and whiakcf ciatcr
worn only upon the chin and upper lip.
He IL, apparently, about forty-nvo years Of 40 and
exhibited great ccmposure from nrst u lask rhr iM
ell expressions Of pubho ympethy have been entl ely
with the prsOneE bat the ecitasiou of the fscs 10
We case may cause change In this respect "a