The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-12-05

The finenesss and richness of the sau-
sage meat sold TO hungry mortals by our
butcher friend Gutwald, is the subject of
general remark, but it may not be known
that the machine which grinds it out in all
its iusciousness was bought from the reli-
able Johnstown hardware firm of Benton
Il little, which keeps the largest and best
array of goods in their line that can be
found in ten counties.
While the Pacific Express west was
entering the passenger depot at Altoona,
on Tuesday morning last, the engine
jumped the track and SWING round, throw
ing the express car against one of the iron
posts with such force as to break it off.
thereby causing fully one-third Of the
structure to fall on two express cars and a
baggage car, demolishing them badly.
The passenger cars, filled almost to reple-
tlon. narrowly escaped like fate. The
engine also struck the Hollidaysburg
branch train, damaging it very copsidera-
bly, and newsboy named Eddie Linga-
feiter, who was standing on Il bumper be-
tween two cars of the latter train, WAS so
dreadfully crushed that he survived only
few hours. The entire loss in property
is estimated at about $50, 600.
MIR. Samuel Kountz, an old ard much
respected citizen Of Johnstown, met with
n horrible death on Tuesday evening last.
lie was on his way home from work 1T the
rolling mill, and was in the act of passing
under the Pa. II. r. bridge at the passen-
ger station, when he was struck by the
truck car of the Cambria Iron Company,
which with a passenger car was being
pushed in front Of tho engine on their way
to Woodvale, and after being knocked
down upon the track, several wheels passed
over his right arm, severing it near the
elbow, and the brake frame on tue car
which reaches within a few inches of tie
ground, crushing the life completely out of
him. a train on the Pa. r. r., which was
passing overhead at the time, prevented
him from hearing the approach of the cars
which caused his death. lie was aged
about 50 years.
Franklin township, Westmoreland
county, was the scene. on Sunday night
last, of one of the most brutal and coward
ly murders that has eyer been recorded,
the victim being well-tO-do shoemaker
and small farmer named Joseph Kerr, and
the heDdish pcrpetTator young man who
had been discharged from Mr. Kerr's en-
ploy only two days previously, Samuel
Belghley, jr.. by name. 1t seems that, for
some unexplained reason, MIR. Kerr was in
the habit Of sleeping in the second story
of his shoemaker shop, instead of at his
residence near by, and aware of this fact,
the assassin hid himself under tue bed, aud
when the unfortunate man entered the
lOONl 70 lotiIe LOT Ihe hlSHt EeiGhley
struck Kim senseleSs to the floor with q
heavy club and then cut his throat from
ear TO ear with a shoe knife, after which
he rified his pockets of $26.45. The muir
derer was arrested about three o'clock
next morning at his boarding house, not
far from the scene of the tragedy, and
after narrowly escaping a lyuchug, was,
after bearing, lodged in the Greensburg
Jail 20 await trial. lie fully nonfesses the
horrible crime, but tells contradictory
stories about the circumstances.