Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-12-09
4 noRR1BLE OUTRAGE.
Arrest of he MIscrsant md indignation
of the Community.

Of the Community
Kingston N. W Correspondence OF the New
York Herald.)
Near the quiet, peaceful viiiage OF
Ellenville lives a family named Mitcheiii
and on Saturday evening last, about I
o'clock, Mr.. Mitchell, accompanied by
his two bright.eyed little girls, aged
respectively IL and 0 years, went into
the village to procure a few groceries:
The children started o little ahead OF
their father to return home, he stopping
for a few moments to get some meat,
intending to overtake his little ones on
the way.
After tho children had gone q short
distance out of town they met the
demon Schoepmans, who commenced
talking with them and said lie would
take them home. Sehoepmans, CATCH
ing tho younger child, aged 9years, in
his arms, put his hand over her mouth
10 smother her cries; he told her he
would give her some candies if she
would stop her crying, and would also
take her home. Instead of doing 20
he carried her across two large fields to
the woods, out of sight and hearing of
men. u X
The father, on returning homo, was
much surprised at not finding both the
children; the older one being in such a
state Of fright that he could only get
from her the intelligence that her little
sister had been taken off by a man.
Mr.. Mitchell and son at once alarmed
the neighborhood, and q search was
instituted in every direction. After a
search Of nearly Eve hours, it then
being half.psst IL O'Clock at night, sobs
were heard, and the cries of'the little
me calling "Papa! papa! comel obi
do come! They hastsned their steps,
and the little one was found.
The sight which met their gaze was
too horrible to contemplate. 1t would
require the pencil of an artist to portray
the iendishness Of the work. The little
Que was found entirely naked, bleeding
~profasely, bruised and mutilsted, her
eyes closed, black and blue hom the
demons brutal blows, weak, entirely
exhausted, shireriug from the cold and
fear, crazed from tho intense pain and
suffering. Upon the approach of the
party Schoepmans made hi, escape.
On Sunday morning intense excite
mert prevailed at Ellenville the uews
Of the outrage spread like wild.fre, and
soon hundreds were gathered together,
and many were the threats Of vengeance
uttered against the culprit should he be
captured. Divine service WAS suspended
for the day, aud the whole village and
ueighborhood went in pursuit Of the
criminal. Such an intensity Of feeling
is seldom, if ever, shown.
The little ones description was such
that Schoepmans wal tracked down the
canal, aud about noon the brute was
captured on his way TO Fort Bend.
After his arrest he was accused of the
crime, and confessed all, and gave a yet
moro sickening description of the tran.
s%action. The officers, fearing tho mob
at Ellenville, took the prisoner q round
about way to q barn on the outskirts OF
q village. An examination was held
before the Police Magistrate, where
Schoepmans again confessed the crime,
and also Iaid he intended to have killed
her, but had not the time to accomplish
the double crime Of outrage and murder.
lie was hurried of to the Kingston Jail
for fear of tho mob, to await the action
of tho Grand Jury. On Monday be was
indicted for the crime of rape, and the
case was tried at Kingston to-day, before
bis Honor, August Schoonmakcr, Judge
Of Sessions.
During the trial great cxcitemon pre-
vailed, the Courthouse was filled to
OVERLOOKING, and as the horribls details
we're brought out in evidence, the audi
ence stood with bated breath wondering
what new horror would be disclosed. 1t
was with the greatest difficulty the pris.
onsr was kept from tho hands of the en-
ragged people, and had it not been for
the extra force Of police, no doubt his
body would now be dangling In the
air." and his soul have gone before the
great Judge of all men.
The jury, without leaving their seats,
found the prisoner guilty of the crime
for which he stood charged, and he was
at once sentenced to hard labor at Sing
Sing for the term of fifteen years, and
tomorrow morning will be on his way
thither, if he is not mobbed Tonight.
A large and excited crowd surrounded
the Courthouse, and fears are enter
tanned that an attempt will DO made to
lynch the prisoner. Measures have been
taken by the Sheriff to Illustrate any
such movement. 1t is hoped that reason
aud better judgment will prevail, and
justice, stern and unrelenting, will be
administered in u lawful manner.
The prisoner is 81 years Of age, was
born in Kingston, had served a short
time in tho United States army during
the late war, deserted and joined Mos
by'S troops, and since the war has been
working upon the canal. His whole
makeup showed more brute than man
the forehead low and receding, lips sen
sual, and, all in all, is one of the hard
est specimens Of humanity ever behold.