, 1870-12-22
HORRIBLE AFFAIR. IN PEMHsYL
VANIAs - !!
Murder and lncendiAstsm *uspr:se

Murder and 1ncendiAStsm *uspr:seA.
We gave, rome days sRo: u a>c7unt Of tao
burning OF \ dAet1ing In mar~leville, Penn syl-
v11is, and th~ dea Of four It Its InmA-es Ia
N. fines. The Ere was supposed It the TINE
10 be accidental, but lA.er Developments hats
terded to throw euApfcioo upon oue Of the
family. Tbs Har1issurE Patriot OF The Ism
i1etAnt ssyt.
Tne e1citt.nen. In Ma1k,eviIle and VI
ci.l:S, the scene OF the late telrib(c calamlty,
has undergone no suh4ideu=e; in fsct, 1t h1e
rA'her increased than diminished. Thsrs ars
very few who helieye that tho four members
Of The Boyer family who peElshed IN the daanes
were not chlorofoImed and deliberately mur-
de1ed. Fr.t, It Wa supposed that the cont i
grafton WIS tr1e&Abfe to tho explosion Of i
ooatoi1 limp. but investigation gave room for
much doub rs 10 the correctness Of this belief.
Tho parties bad Apparently not moTed-ao
euort bad been made 10 escape tbs enoke OF
tre. Tue bodies lay in \ natural .lespiuS
toeture. II the hou-e caught fEe By eost~
oil lamp explo* ion. it Vas reasonable to suo.
poee the intnatos would have discovered tbs
GALger. and struggled to cxtFicate themselves
hon tEeir impending fate. So reasoned mar
+ everybody who WAS made acquainted with
the facts.
The di-appearanre Of ovss ssven ounces Of
chIntofo:n frem tho drug store Of DR.. Ard,
Of New Bloomfield. on the Wednesday pe&o1e
tie fire, which occurred December 3, con-
h11atd the eptniun that the family we're drug
eed. and then committed to tao aames-
and brolher OF the deceased, Of hAring
committed the double crime, and tiDcs then
the sentiment h1a become almost universal
In the vicinity OF the catastrophe that he
vas the guilty man. On Thursday and Fri
day last an inquiAtion WAS held on tbs
bodies Of the dtceased, and On Monday even
irg information Was made te:ore Joha 4.
Saulel, Esq., b. Dlstrics Attorney B. P. Mc1u-
tire. charging that, from the evid6nco elieised
nj the Corontrh inquest. it EAs ba1ieved "th.t
Thomas J. H:yer, sou Of ]. r boTeF, caused
tha death of John P. Boyer Jane Ann Bower,
set fire to the dwelling -hou.e and consumed
their bodies. so - to conceal tho heinous
crime Of murder"
Tbs came information charged him With
having forged the name OF Wilson Darlington,
tl4 father-It-law. to uote for forty-avs dol
lars, payable 70 A. s. Whstteketue, ard ALSO
the maine Of hts father 10 tso notes given
the ptrrJ County Bank-ona for two hundred
dollars, AID the other for one hundred dol
lAtss also, the name Of his father to smother
note gwen to Wilson Darlington and A. B.
Cten~er for one hundred and twenty-five
dollarp-
Uu lu-sdAy morning Thomas J. Boyer was
aneateu hv Sheriff Rhinehart and Imprisoned
In the Perry County jail The accused was
formerly Deputy under Sheriff RhinehAIt, md
several months sgo 1t wss reported that he
hid been attacked BY hishwaymeu, and ! sum
OF money belonging to Perry County kakcn
from him. since the late occurrences an i'm
rre-t,nn has gained that his story WAS manu-
faotured: that he promulgated 1t 30 that hs
might deceive the people and appropriate the
money to bis uee.
Thomas J. Boyer Is 4 man aged about so
year., and recently married young daughter
Of Wilson Darlington, resident OF one Of the
zuEal diatricts Of Perry County. Ms. Darling
ton il = gentleman OF wealth and high 70
spectAblitr-