The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1872-11-29
,ockL AND PERsoNALa
uE GATIOWS {.
rYEcDTION OF MICH'L MOORE.
| VAST nI!DOLIGiL HJRBER AVENGED.
e,sres and Incidents of the Execution.
r,IL PARTICULARS.

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was I'D, III nf Cambria county, in this place.
of li'e !notI,er was extremely mild for the
lnU The sun shining brightly during the
FaSo Snow covered tue earth, how
eh'ile ~ +be depth of two or three inches, but
ever t.-,nsrheIe was not cool enough to be
the "'',,vt ',,,,jeasant. Tuesday nights train
.N,tt even ~ tuwu large delegation of re-
p!oue-f f,rt the press, sheriffs from neighbor-
.',,,,ties. and other strangers, and at an
pug I,,,r this morning ard up to the time
stE'f arecution people from the country
~ '''' i1 in rreater or less numbers. Still
any any ,rerr Comparatively few persons other
.lo'' ,vvn citizens to be seen about our
ina v1 We are glad to note this fact, for
sS'e," n,',rhid curiosity which prompts many
Ae No ?, Aocll to the scene of an execu-
"pan though they may have no hope
ion, ,;.nssspg the terrible ordeal, OF even
.,;,,, a glimpse of the gallows or its un-
innate victim, is by no means COM
nendable one
HISTORY OF THE MURDER.
81. Nm the molniI @ Of the first day of March
vorDg farmer named John Shriver,
asdirg in SummcIhin township, Cambria
',nmty' was engaged in hauling wood.
.Wbilc so employed. a couple of dogs which
.,r.,,n,,anjci him started fox. Shriver
s Canned to his house, unhitched his team
. md 1rt them into the stable, and arming
niuself with gun, started on the trail of
H. fox The trail led him hither and
H,bitbcr till at length he arrived at the sum
,,;t of 4 steep mountain about half mile
#5rrr, Mineral Point Station on the Penna.
Railroad. His pursuit Of the fox was here
saIn,u,ly ended, for i'll the midst of an in
s,ImnaJ!e tLlcl-ct of Zine and lauIel
.ceue Of horror suddenly burst upon his
eiew such as is seldom presented to the
Vision of mortal nan. 4 pool of blood,
About one gallon in quantity, was collected
on the ground, pair Of Spcctacics, a set of
false teeth, . switch Of hair, several hair
ans. and many other articles pertaining to
vuman's toilet lay strewn around, and
& d arhs on the ground plainly indicated that
fe-and-dcath struggle had there taken
Mace net long before. One look was suffi-
ecnt. and then Shrivcr fled from the scene
y though the angel of death was on bis
kacL lie repaired to Mineral Point with
eul delay and told his tale. y half fdozen
Il en accompanied him back to the noun
&lu-tgY where the pool of blood and the
j .gcies named were found as described.
EurtheT search WAS made, and i'll very
kW minutes The dead body of a woman
Fs'dscJyeItd lying alongside Of log. a
PR hid been built upon and about the body,
srd both the legs had been burnt off.
81 No fire was burning on the occasion of
.fhHTer first visit to the mountain top.
ztud it is apparent that the murderer was
acared off before he had time to entirely
Mace the traces of his crime. He endea.
y bred To effect this after Shriver's depart
kle. but was foilCd by the speedy reappCar
slce Of the latter with the squad of men
h may be remarked here, aud may be Sc
1UNu a. a fulfilment of the decree of tha
Euaidtucc which saith that the guilty shall
BIT 20 unpunished, that the perpetratiOI
a this most heinCus of all murders in the
nitidar Of crime Was brought to Ggh
Arough the interposition of SO trivial ;
suse as q fo1-trail
4 The Coroner was notified Immediately
.Id in due course of time arrived at the
fene of the tragedy. He took possession
ID the several articles fonnd on the spO
nd had the dead body removed to Johns
iowu and dccently inferred.
I. The tracks of two persons led to the
leene Of the murder. One of these was q
&c track, and had evidently been made
81 mans boot the other was the track
"a wcman's foot encased in a gum shoe.
.Ae larger track alone led away from the
20 The two tracks going up to where
ID murder had been committed were care
.fnly followed down the mountain, and
.Stre found to strike the railroad halt
nile west of Mineral Point, along which
ihfy ran till they reached Mineral Point
ihuUn. The smaller track, that of the
oman who went up into the mountain TO
Atet her death, here ceased to exist. The
'4gCr track which came array from the
tfne Of the murder was followed, and led
iR pursuers 20 the abode of Mich'l Moore,
short distance east of Mineral Point
a mlttance to the house was demanded
W the party were informed that Moore
IS not at home. 4 warrant for his arrest
aS procured, and on the evening of the
sesoLd day after the discovery of the dead
~ J, he was arrested at the house of Jas.
iisgan, at Plane No. 8, by Chief of Police
IN !. Harris, Of JohnstOwn, and taken
y lhe l2ttOr place, where, after an exami-
he was committed to the Ebensburg
~ on the dread charge of murder.
Ichael Moore had resided in this county
eSN thirty years, and had uniformly
He ihe reputation of bad, dangerous
Ills thieving propensities were pro-
o'"~ while his quarrelsOme disposition
II great physical strength made him the
- AIS l4tlSllDoIllbOOl- III 1CON, III a
~ Ken melee at Plane No. A, he stabbed
James Daley with bayonet, danger
wounding him. For this offense he
uled III our Court, the indictment
a''S' Inn being aggravated assault and
neI! with intent to kill, and being found
my was sentenced to the Penitentiary
q Term of five years, but was pardoned
Ueiore he had served the full time al
'ed As his punishment.
NJ, THE MURDERED WOMAN.
Nne identity Of the dead woman was un-
@!h lor some time, but during his incar-
.uoh IN the JOhustown lookup Moore
LOT Mr John J. Murphy and handed
ra X. r. trunk-check, stating that
aued for trunk belonging to him (the
oonerl then lying at Altoona. Mr.. Muir
Immediately handed the check to the
ter legal authorities, who sent for tn,
nA ana took it in charge. 1t was open
SUD found TO contain photograph of ;
a Tl a memorandum of the marriag,
l'clacl Moore and Ann +. Boyle, tn,
ahd number of the residence of tin
III Philadelphia, lot of female wear
apparel, and a variety of other articles
C'ue thus afforded was followed up
rd was soon made manifest that tin
PSI'yo woman was none other than AM
ne The lawful wife of Mich'l Moore
IN m, i,. L. Boyle, the apparent victim, liveC