, 1872-12-12
A BLOODY DEED.
An Old Han Killed With IN Internal
Machine,

An Old HAN Killed With IN Internal
Machine.
Pittsburgh tDse. . coyrs$g9nde"eo Of tie Ns0 Fork
The List Of fearful crimes % il Increased BY one
that was perpetrated at q very early hour this
morning at the quiet village Of Eldersvil1e, in
Washington County, on the line Of the Pan
Handle Railroad The victim Of the crime lB al!
qld mani upwards ofseventy years Of age, named
John Al1ingham, who with his old wife have lived
Tor many year in contentment and IN happl-
ness iu EIdersviUe. He kept 8 small grocery
and from his sales realized sufficient to MAINTAIN
him and his aged partner in comfort. Last
night he closed up his store at an early
hour, as is the custom in q quiet village such as
this is, and retired to bed. Some time after
midnight Mrs. Allingham was awakened by q
dreadful shock, which caused tho .plastering to
fail from tie ceiling on to the bed in which she
report Of IN old and rusty musket overloaded
aud which had been completely shattered by the
discharge. Her hand gayo her Intense pain at
that moment, and sho discovered at once tlaat
ono of her fingers had been shot away and that
streams Of blood woro dyeing her white night
clothes. The terrified woman jumped from her
bed, and, calling On her husband and receiving
no response, was almost distracted with fright.
She called nsain, and, getting no reply,
again approached the bed, and, placing
her injured hand upon his head, found that
only portion Of it remained, aud that his brains
and blood were scattered over the bedclothing
and upon the ceiling. An alarm was at onco
given, and the neiShbors who had not been
reused from their slumber by the terrific report
Of the weapon. gathered in brief time into the
apartment Of death. A light revealed scene
calculated to freeze the blood. There, On the
bod, which now WAS stained crimson, lay old Al
lngham, bloody and diafgured corpse. Half
of his skull was carried away, and . piece Of it
were scooped out as cleverly and skilfully if it
we're the work Of m experienced surgeon. The
room, which was small, was perfectly strewn
with his brains, and blood was spIashed high On
the wall opposite to the bed.
By this time the neighborhood had been conf
pletely alarmed. and the excited people were
seen bearing lamps from one house to the other,
approaching the scene Of the murder. An ox-
animation Of the premises revealed the most
ingenious instrument Of death in the shape Of
length and with q bore Of two inches. The in
human wretches, whoever they were, deliber-
ately filed this pipe about half full Of powder
and 61uGs Of the most deadly description, and,
thus prepared for their dastardly deed, wended
their way to the old mans home. Evidently
they knew the exact location of his bed, which
was an easy matter. for the house vas small, its
apartments limited, and that where the old cou-
p1o slept was on the ground floor, adjoining the
room devoted to the purposes OF the grocery.
full preparations had been made for It's execu-
ton. a window, without shuttera, and with 3
common calico blind, was affixed in the wall d.
rectly, opposite the bed The fend, or hends,
reared r., platform in the yard to the height Of
strument Of destruction. Il is possible the
exact whereabouts Of tho head Of their intended
victim had been precisely Gscertained, and the
unique weapon was elevated and leve1led with a
keen eye. a slow match was then placed to it,
and, after lapse Of q few minutes, the inBtrr1-
nent was discharged, hurting itself back on the
instant almost q dozen yards, as il ashamed Of
the shocking work it hnd just performed.
PIrTsBURaH, Dec. s, 1672.-Henry Brice1and,
nulatto, and carpenter by trade, has been
arrested on suspicion Of being the murderer Of
Mr. A1lingha1n. Circumstances are very strong
ly against him. Trouble about woman Is
supposed to have been tho cause Of the deed.