, 1873-05-08
BOY-MuRDER.

Tho Hoily Of a Hoy. Only Mine Tcnrs
ord, Discovered Dead In tho Woods
Ncnr GreensbtirE, Pn..--A OOmpn1r-
Ion, Aged Fifteen, Charged with
tho Supposed Murder.
From tho Pittsburgh Post, Mays.
On Saturday morning tragedy was developed
in Wostmorolnnd County that bids fair to cclpao
in intensity Of n1ystory tho recent Salisbury
horrer. 1tappeaya that George shaun . y hbrlght, l,
intelligent lad Living h nrsop hs per0nta os a' f1oG
Groenshurg, pa., was called from his pay
oil Thuraday last and dispatched BY his mothorto
q grocery store, nearly q milo distant, to .pur-
chnse Bomo sugar and to procure hono medicine
Ho never retnrnel aliyo The family thought
nothing Of his dieappcaranco until late ct night.
Flo not returning they went to tho noighhors to
acck some trace Of him: =. The o9!y word M they got
said that ho Ind soon Georgo on Ills way homo
from the Htoro In an alteration with Timothy
Bacon, a neighbours boy.
Friday morning camo and yat Georgia was nos
found. Toward noon two boys by tho namo OF
6lator wore passing through the woods noar
whore George was last seen, when their attention
was attracted by the UNUSUAL appearance OF q
newly hcaped clump Of lcavca III tho forks OF
two troos They Si once WITH noys natural a Gu
fta foua :. 1t ii iho bosto@ Of the ieafy Covering
tho dead body, Of doorgio Shaun q;!1 !. =. :, ne
hcatou black and blue. Tho skull was broken
in several places, aud tho body was very badly
bruised. Tho boys at onco gave tho alarm, and
tho neighboys wero attyacted to tho spot. Tho
body was soon removed to tho house and tho
torrSbo news conveyed to tho parents. An In
vostigation. .waB at once inBtitutod.. 1ndlcationa
wero soon discovered Of whore tho murderer
had at first tried to dig gravo in which to bury
Ills yictim. Ncar the partiaily.1nado, grave was
te neHng9 gs Of tHo "5sh 91 byG
Remembering that Timothy Bacon, lad only
Is years old was tho boy last soou With tho
murdered lad, tho Constable Of tho township,
accompanied bY Bomo OF the nolghbors, wont to
Mr. Dillon's, Daeons stop-fathor, and found the
boy they wero hooking In the barn noar tho
lOuao.
Wbon young Bacon was nrreatotl Lo did moi
show tho trcpldatlon natural to one OF hi1 years.
He took the arrest very quietly. and, when &C.
quanted Of tho Charge upon which no was ar.
rostel, he lentol 1t voheu.oltiy. When taken
before tho Justice Of tho Peace, John Fasaold,
tho boy still persisted III hia innocence, until Tho
magistrate told him that llis denials were uno
luHs tl,nt Lo wna Been with Hllaum In an nlterea-
ton with him, and that ho had boon acon ia
strike him.
lIoro bacon, acknowledged striking young
up tho sugar Ito had just purchased. This &C.
knowlodgemont was regarded AS enough by ths
magistrate, and tho prisoner WAS remhnded ia
tho Qroensburg Jail for further examination. :.
From tho anpoaraneo OF tho doad pouyI ~
would appear tl!at young Shaun was beaton to
death with "wattlo," little hickory stick, half
switch and half club.
There arc still clues laokiug that aro necessary
TO fix tho guilt, aud theso arc being followed ur
closely and zoalouBly.
How fast ono generation OF public mon In thu
country saccooa another! In hooking over tho
yeas a,l Maya In tho United statea Senate On tho
anno1ation OF ToxnB, III 1916, Which stood " for
IN or ora{ppt wa rixcnyer that thcrp f4 but ono
single survivor, and lo is William Al}on, Of Oldor