The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-15
TRAGEDY.
A fearful stOrS- of Crime and Daprnviay.

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A Fearful stOrS Of Crime and Daprnviiy.
George Tinsley, alias Wash. stewart. of
Walker county, Texas, has confessed that he
murdered on the night OF the 18th ult;, at Cal
houn's Ferry, Charles Hall, ferrymau, his wife
stranger named Murry, and a little girl, sister
to Mr.. Halls wife. He says:-
first murdered Charles Hall, while going
from the cow-pen to the ferry, half way down
the bank of the river, with large hickory stick.
His wife, attracted by the noise, ran to his as
sistance, andtshe met the same fate as her hus-
band. l then dragged both bodies iuto the
river and started up the bank towards the house.
and was met by a stranger, who asked me IL Mr..
Hall was at home, and Ii he could get some
water. drew for him the water, aud while he
was drinking struck him on the head with the
same stick. then went into the house, and the
little girl asked me where her sister and Mr..
Hall were. | told her they we're at the ferrv,
and while she was going in that dire ection at the
corner of the stable, also struck her with the
same stick, and she fell dead. | then thre the
stick under the house, returned to where killed
the stranger threw HIM into thewell, carried
the little girl over, and threw her in also.
then robbed the house of everything worth
carrying away.-money. tobacco, bed clothing,
etc.-then sa1dled up Halls horse, tied on the
tobacco, bedding, etc. and started with both
Halls and the strangers horse for my fathers,
some twelve miles distant.
Arriving home, my mother and her children
assisted me in uupacking and carrying into the
house the bedding, tobacco, etc, then staked
out both horses and went 10 the house, where
mother and Amy, my sister, cooked supper for
ing and assisted my father in gathering corn.
l carried with me from the ferry Mr.. Halls slut
and on Thursday following my mother killed
her with all axe. She also, assisted by my sister
Laura, helped me bury the bed-cloihing aud
Mr.. Halls saddle. l put the money, .$324l
which ! took out OF MIR. Halls trunk, i'll q
clothes. box. and mother took 1t from there and
buried it. On Tuesday evening | left home
about sundown. and mother took the money up
from where she had buried 1t and gave to me
$3.50. was finally arrested at Red Top, while
packing cotton.
Another Murder at PeekskilI, N. Y.
The citizens of this quiet little village have
again been thrown into state OF excitement
over another brutal murder. The affair, causing
the death of the victim, occurred on Sunday
evening, about six o'clock. At that hour two
men, named Thomas Maloney and Alfred Dyck-
man. were engaged in dispute near the lower
dock, in q locality vulgarly known as Dog
town. This is despicable place; groggeries
of the lowest grade are there in full blast,
and night after night the most disgraceul scenes
are there enacted. Maloney was beastly intoXi.
Gated, scarcely able to walk, while Dyckman
was slightly inebriated, not enough to prevent
him from discriminating between right and
wrong. Dyckman was very anxious to have
Maloney enter into fight with another person
whose friends were not far off; but Maloney
demurred, strongly objectiDg to. Dyckman's
proposal Finally the latter, seeing that there
were no prospects OF getting up muss,
turned about suddenly, ar with fearful bio "
with his fist knocked MaloneY senseless to the
earth, and then jumped upon him in iendish
Haight, who stood near, hauled DyCkman off
his victim. Haight then bent over Maloney and
inquired if he was hurt, but could get no
answer from him. A ply sCian was Immediately
sent Tor. TIE messenger soon returned with DR..
Snowdon, who applied restOratiyes to bring the
man back to consciousness, but in vain. He was
at length conveyed to his residence, where,
at O'Clock last evening, he died, not having
spoken word since he was struck. Soon after
the affair occurred Dyckman heard that his
victim would probably die and in order to
escape arrest, started tor New York on the milk
train. Yesterday information was received here
that he was still in New York, whereuDon
Officers Williams and Durbin proceeded to
the city to arrest him, but up to this
hour there is no intelligence in regard to their
trip. Dyckman is a lawess fellow and very bad
character. He has already served out a term in
the White Plains jail. am told that when he
was removed from the prostrate form OF Malouey
he exclaimed, 'If have killed that man l can
be hung like man." He is boatman, about
twenty.sx years OF age. Maloney has hitherto
borne a good character his employers at the
Peekskiil Plow Works speaking highly of him.
He was a married man, about thirty years of
age. and leaves a wife ana one child. Coroner
McEutec held au inquest on the body this after.
noon. The Veroict OF the jury will be given to-