The New York herald., 1868-12-17
Particulars or the Assassination Of Douglas
Love, Near Homecoming.

[Cumherand, Md, tDec. III correspondence of the
Baltimore American.l
trated on sunday evening last at the mining works
OF The Central Administering and Mining Company,
OHIO Railroad, between Frostpurg and Piedmont.
AT these works there are between two and three
um, was the boss miner, or underground superin-
tendent OF these men, aud aad the employ ment OF
tnem SO lar ~ is known his intercourse with them
had been uniformly kind and friendly.
now THE ASSASSINATION WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
On sunday evening last as Mr.. Love was quietly
enjoying the society OF his family, who with him
were gathered round their genu .iresde singing,
at their wont at this hour Their hymns OF praise
to the Great Creator and Gver OF AL good the
perpetrators Of the bloody deed came upon tler
bellsn errand. knock came to the back door of
their dwelling. The nephew Of Mr.. Love, boy
OF about fifteen years OF age, went to the door
ana m the gloom saw the outlines OF two large
men. one OF whom asked to see hls uncle. rhc lad
entered the and Informed his uncle that two men
wanted To see him. He .old the boy to tell them to
come IN but they replied TO this invitation that they
were In great hurry, rs they were going 10 Frost
burg and would detaln Mr. Love hui Tor q moment
II he would come to the door. Thus urged Mr.. Love
rose from hs sea, eit the embraces OF hs little
children, who were clustered around his knees, and
went To meet hls cruel death. AS he reached the
door the men exclaimed, "fou re the WANT
aud botn nred their pistols at him simultaneously
one ball took eject In the left breast OF the un-
happy man, severing one OF the larger arteries OF
the heart. uttered no exclamation, but, strange
TO say, retained sufficient vitality TO walk bacx 10
his sitting room open drawes and take there
from q large pistol, with winch he returned
toward the door, as NJ TO meet his assail-
ants. His wife, however, In her alarm hal
rushed To the door aud closed it. Mr.. Love
then returned to the room and sank down upon
u couch, and addressing his vile Rasped out "Mar-
garct am gone' ana at the same moment grasp
ing the hand OF OF his little children died almost
Immediately. The sound OF the firearms drew to-
gether in q few moments quite crowd from the
adjacent neighbornood, anu II Is supposed the muir
derers themselves must nave mingled an the crowd,
was seen running away from the scene OF
the murder. A post-morem examination OF the
nothing like asystematic effort has been made In
vcstIgaLe the matter
THEORY or THB MuRDER.
Thereis theory generally entertained in this COM
munlty as To this murder which may or may not he
correct but nevertheless 1t may be well TO state it
briefly. There Is known TO exist among a certain por
tUn OF the IN this region secret society," called
the molly Maxuires,n one oi whose laws, as II Is
said, fully recognizes the atr0ciols crime OF
81 alton. II a man renders himself obnoxious 10
this clan he receives "warnng,h and II he persist
the question OF his life or death IL put to vote thus
'Shal - - liveff III tue vote lie No. lCts
are drawn, and out o. the wnnle number dlawiIr r
two will receive the faa lUs. whv by the terms Il
their oath Of membership. are sworn 10 keep the fact
secret from their icow members, and TO proceed TO
accomplish the foul decd speedily, or themse ves
incur the same fate. lnunileY horTb as the idea
OF such an organization mas seem to he Ii is never
theless confidently believed bf many that IL was by
such moue as this that tue natUn Of Douglas
Love was accomplished. IL is believed that the
murderers belonged to other mines tnan the one
over which the victim presided.