The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1872-03-28

Murder in s'cins valley
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W doubt many Of our rcalcrs will
remember I rumor which wa. in cir
cua,jDu some thirty years ago that u
man travelling 90 Horseback through
Pcuns Valley Nlrrows had bce1 foll-
IS dealt with. The rrmor wa, based
upon the fact that the body of horse
was found some twenty rods from the
pike which had apparently been knock
ci dJNn with cuIgcl aud killed. Th'
horse was found several days after he
was Killed ly some boys who were out
.YHujr.. O'her circumstances con-
ucctcl with the ar ir caused a great
deal or cy i,amout in the ucighbor
hood. SoMc half dozen Of the citi-
s'ns were soon after summoned TO the
spot who :oportcl that the Ease re
Iurcl a thorough investigation. \
call was made en- mas,c aud a day ap.
pointed TO make search for tn, body ol
the man supposed to have been mLr-
drrpd.
Ga the day app,iutc number Of
men from Centre AMI Union couniie.
repaired TO the SPOT whore the Lors'
wa, fund and sc, olt in 'qlals
through the woods, and searched all
lay diligently bat iaunl' nothing
They then concluded that ifthcrc were
my grounds for their suspicious, and
that a man had really been murdered
his boly mus, have been suuk IN q
saw mil, lam close by Another day
wa' then appointed 10 let the water
out e ;hc dam.
o. tie night before tho day Used
upon to let Oh the water. the gate,
were drawn by some uukn9wn par;jc,
aul tie wator let ou'. The feelings OF
lLr searching parties coa only be i'm
lliuyl when the next day they foam
things in sgch condition. Tn Sc
who h,l given the matter very l,t,e
thopght Iui had r,licl'e Il the idea oi
their b.!ug any cause for such appic-
hcusjons, at once changed th,ir minds
and tho excitement became intense.
Search was however, made IN the mill
lam, when fresh tracks were found
lint hal ~ doubt been made tie pre-
viouS night 10y parties who had been
waiiug through the mad, bnt no far
'hrr developments were brought 10
i-hr.
Various rumors were in circulation.
Several parties were implicated in the
crime, hut a. in most cases Of this kind,
The rumors were mostly, if not all, ln-
founded, aud the occurrence was seem
ingly forgotten.
Some ten years ago, howcvor, it was
published in the newspapers in certain
localities iu this State that a man. who
had becA q former resident OF this
county, had confessed upon h- death
led that he was one Of the party WIN
bad murdered a man in peuns Valley
Narrows some twenty years previous
TO that date. This news created some
little excitement at the time, but il
soon also died out.
Within the last few dnys rumor has
it, that q certain man who moved to
the west from the upper end Of thi,
county many years since, had lately
died, and had confessed ut his dying
hour that he was one Of the party who
had committed the Peuns Valley Nar.
rows murder scmc thirty years ago, aud
had implicated three others. That.
ILcy llaycd cards with The mau they
Afterwards killed. at a tavern this side
Of the Narrows, and there discovered
that he lad n large amount OF money,
being droycr from Eerks county :.
that they at once laid plan to Kill
AMI ROB him that they followed him
through the Narrows to the place near
whore the horse was found aud K Iled
him aud the horse and buried his boly
under the horse. After the Lorse wps
discovered they moved The mans
body and sank it 10 the mill dam, aud
when the matter was talked Of, anil
the citizens determined 10 let the wa
ter out Of the dam, he aud the other
parties implicated let out the water
the previous night, took the body aud
carried il several miles away, toward.
Brush Valley Narrows, aud buried it
and were the FIRST on ground the fol-
lowing morning to help search.
Our papers viii doubtless in a few
lays contain more complete history
oi tho matter, but there arc now so
many rumors in circulation that we
would not be surprised in the end to
ind that there is no foundation for the
present exciting reports.-LeleisLurg
Journal.
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