The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-02-03
SHOT LIKE A DOG.

MURDER OF CASEY IN wARRICK COUNTY-PAR-
TIcULARs OF THE INDUSTRIOUS CRIME
A dispatch of last week announced
a foul and dastardly murder in Warrick
county, the particulars of which obtain
ed from the Evansville Courier lof Friday
as follows: On Thursday afternoon, about
three o'clock, Mccoy Casey, farmer, living
in Ohio township, at a settlement known as
Sheran. and situated northeast from Now
burg, was returning from that place in his
wagon, loaded with wood, and drawn by
two horses He passed the house of Mrs.
keeny, on a road leading to Yankeetown,
Indiana, and situated quarter OF mile
from his house. A few minutes afterward
Mrs. Keeny a man with a shot gun run
through the field in the direction of the road
near which Casey was driving. She says
she paid attention to this, however,
thinking that possibly he was chasing
some game. A very little while
was heard, and the woman looking
out, saw Casey fall from his wagon
ia the ground, and at the same lime saw the
man with the shotgun fire two shots at the
falling man. The murderer thcn ran back
through the fields as hard as he could and
disappeared in the woods. Mrs. Keeny inn
madiately ran to the scene of the terrible af-
fair, and saw the lifeless body OF Casey on
the ground with his mouth to the dust and
the clothing partially on fire. She ran, as
quickly as possible. to a neighbours and re-
lated what she had seen, and, together with
a Mr.. Ewing, the party followed the woman
TO the place where the foul deed had been
committed They found the body as it had
fallen from the wagon, while the team had
been driven from the road into a corner OF
the fence. It is supposed that the man was
going toward Casey's house, but seeing him
ON the road. and evidently no one about, had
stopped the wagon and there
SHOT HIM DEAD.
Twenty-seven shot were discovered in his
body, of which number three were pistol
balls. Two of the bullets wera fred in the
right side of the head and one in the breast
besides which the small shot were scattered
about the breast. and must have caused in
slant death to the unfortunate target. As
soon as John Knapp, the coroner of WarricE
county, could be summoned from Newburg
he commenced TO hold an inquest on the
BODY. At evening they adjourned to New
burg with the body, and at a late hopr las
evening they returned a verdict that The de-
ceased had come to his death by pistol shot
from parties unknown. The foot prints o
the perpetrator of the deed were traced II
the middle OF the woods near by, but could
not be seen any further. A large company o
men went in search OF the murderer, bu
without success. Casey, the victim, was {
man over fifty years of age, anC
is said to have African BLOOD
in his veins, and for this he wa
held in disdain By many of his neighbors
He was by trade blacksmith, and worked
for long time in BoOnville at his trade, bu
OF hate years ne has resided about three miles
northeast of Newburg, on a small farm
within a settlement called Sheran. Up to
year ago, although not an associate OF tn,
people in his district, he was considered ;
peaceabie man. He has wife and fOul
children; his eldest son about four year,
ago formed a matrimonial alliance with tn,
daughter o. a farmer uoamed Rbinson
much TO she repugnance Of the latter ant
his friends. Finding that the tongue o
slander was zoo much for them, the younI
compile parted Casey. in taking the part O
his son in this matte, made himself quit
unpopular with his neighbors, some o
whom are suspected of the foul deed. Il
spite of this current of i'll feeling, the man
ner in which he came to his death IL deepl,
regretted by the law-sbiding citizens of War
rick county.