The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1873-06-27
Il Horrible Murder.
CHILDREN RAVISHED-THE HANLoN 1RAI-
EDY SURPASSED.

There has been mention in the press of
two children, named Annie Rcgan, aged D
wears and months, and Margaret Null
vey, aged 4 years and 8 months, being
missing from their homes, in the twenty
fifth Ward, since Wednesday afternoon.
Vicilant search had been made for them
in the vicinity, and especially III seVeral
vacant houses on Rose Hill, somerset
street above Dram, near which both llVe'
Yesterday policemen examined these
houses, but could find no trace OF them.
Last night at twelve o clock Mrs. Mul'ey
was ont around the neighborhOOd. search
ing with all the anxiety of a mother, when
she heard the cry of a child proceed from
one of the unoccupied houses.
She obtained entrance through the rear,
and in a closet in the second story front
room found the two children. Annie ke-
gan was dead, having evidently expired
Short time previously, as the body was still
warm. The other child was living, but
nearly dead, and it was with great exer-
rion that she was resuscitated. / his morn
; ing she is in fair way of recovery.
The door had a spring lock on 1t, and
was fastened The dead child hid slight
scratch across the forehead, and her arms
and legs were black in spots. How the
children got into the closet is mystery.
! There is the greatest excitement In the VI
cinity, and there are suspicious OF ioui
play, and several parties, who were on bad
terms with the parents of the children,
have been arrested and held to await an
investigation.
Captain Helms, of the detectives, went
to the place and found bunch of hair Oh
the floor, which he retained.
LATER PARTICULARS.
Further investigation develops the fact
that the occurrence is a mystery no longer
for it is undoubtedly most hendlsh aho
. unparalleled murder.
The mother was first attracted to Tho
, house by hearing a child cough, and wher
she went to the closet was horror-Strlchcn
Her own child was dead, and Margare
; Mulvey was lying insenSible on the floor o
, the closet, with the dead child thrown ol
her The alarm was at once given, and
, a few minutes the neighbors poured int
the house. and the children were conveye
Y to the homes of their parents, which wer
!. in short time surrounded with a dens
Y and excited crowd.
Examination made by a physician an
o several women divulged the fact that bot
: children had been brutally outraged-the
: persons and the condition Of the clothin
t showing this almost beyond doubt. Th
4 body of Annie Regan bore marks of
+ desperate struggle having taken place
J., while the other child, although marke
:, badly, was not so much disfgUred as th
G other.
4 The detectives searched the house wheI
d the children were found, and on the stair
r. and floor found bits of hair and clothing
as if both had been taken in alive, and II
It sisting stoutly while being carried up til
+. stairs. The house having been sCaTche
d at three p. NJ, the children must hay
) been taken in after that time, while I'll
d fact of the dead child being still warn
IS seems to give ground to a theory that the
had been taken in but very short tin
N prior to the discovery by the mother.
d The question now is as TO where til
n children have been concealed since mis-
d ing on Wednesday afternoon, and whethG
they were not violated previous to Ia:
t. night, and perhaps several times betwee
t Wednesday and last night. The dete'
al tives are searching vigorously for ciu
o to the wretch who FerPetrated the awfl
d crime, and should he be captured in II
/ ncighborhood he will be lucky if he c
1t capes Judge Lynch. The Coroner vi
1T begin the inquest to day, but not like
f finish it, as there is a probability now tn;
ut Margaret Mulvey is recovering. and tn;
le young as she is she may be able to gi7
some clue to the villain. - Philadelph
Ie HcraJd, 20th.