, 1874-11-02
A Dwe'ling-House Robbed and Fired
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by Burglars.
a Servant Girl Pcrishcs In tho
Flames.
Minor Criminal Items,

cilHo peFpelrntcd ncar GtbBonH. d small mtnin1
vl4aBo III pennBylyanln, and as flondiBl,, howcyol
mor'tod, rotribution following 1t: Martin
drovcs, an ignorant and diBsipated nan about Q;
years old, lad lived for yoara on tho mountain
oack OF Gibsons. no wns III tho habit Of max.
ing periodical visits to tho yllago, wfero lo In.
varlably bocanlo moro or less Intoxicated. Drup1
| or sober, ho was always considered mau OF
bruttah and unbritllca passions. On Saturday
last he was in Gibson's. Hc was not very drunk,
and about tho middle Of the afternoon waa miss-
cd. This waa something unusual, az it waa His
custom to continue his orgies late into tho night
before departing for homo As l,s absence was
of no Importance 1t merely excited q passing
remark.
About o'clock on Saturday afternoon Mrs.
Davis, tho widow Of miner, had sent her daueh-
tor, aoout IL years OF ago. on an errand about u
mile out OF tho village. Sho had not returned at
O'Clock, md hor mothor began to grow uuoasy
about her. few minutes after tho girl was
carried Into tho houso by two men in m almost
lnaenaiblo condition. They said they had found
hor lying near tito road in pioce Of woods, about
half milo out Of the village. uor clothing waa
badly torn and hor face was bleeding from a
largo but not dangerous cnt above tho loft
to1np1c. When spoken to slo opened her eyes
1sAAA ~ olSAAf hl&a LQQ NGAk Lt AEltC-
ulato. Recognizing tho girl, tue mon brought
hor as quickly ns possible to her mothor's l,ousc
It was clear TINT she had been violated BY sonlo
fond, who Ind evidently knocked her sonsc]ogs
by tho blow OIL her head. Thomne surgeon was
summoned, and, undor his treatment, about
O'Clock q at night tho girl was ablo to talk.
Hor story was TINT she was on ler way home
after doing her crrand. md when she reached
tho pioco Of woods neat Moons Crock she saw
Martin Groves slttng by tho side of tho road.
she y was afraid Of him, and stopped, undecided
in tho road below him or mass right on. His
head was hanging down on his breast Us II ho
were asleep. and sho concluded to 20 noiseleasly
by him Ia tho road. When sho got about oppo-
site to where ho sat hc raiaed his lead mud thon
said:
"Yer afraid OF me-, ara yo7"
"4cs, Martin" said the girl, :" but please
don't hurt NO."
ne made no rep1y to this, but took hold of
tho wooda. Sho screamed loudly for hap, when
ho struck her blow with Ills fist on tho aide Of
her head, and eho remembers nothing until COM
ing to her senses aomo tinte boforo tho mon
found hor. sho knew sho WAS lying in tho
woods, aud hor condition, but was too weak to
mpyo.
Whom this story was made known throughout
tho village tho greatest excitement prevailed. A
crowd Of Twenty-Five mon gathered, aud decided
sts. :s:a ::"a I'M ~, Nto'oo "1't Et'iuF Hlm RuH1-
1,n,;nfo, ond c.,s', pa9iGsueu y! oodY up tno
,hon took lin down iutn deon ~ d"ns"as;,,, ICY 10y
tween two Of the lofty hills, In shat lonely ya1e
py the light OF the moon struggling through
nuasy nlGI. .no mtnrlated mncra executed the
tIat nn sn' @ n'unEso liz H. oa noa @ nn whch WIS
and Lis hands bound behind him. mi j thom H.,
was hanged to the limb Of 4 Chestnut trco. md
loft there until he was dead. IIo was after
I'M miua ,.a ou11eo 1oaf tae nas "here Ao had AYod
Tbc ontr,co NJ, to nov;a <,,r, ~. . WI ru,,on,
first clitno Of TINT naturo. Tia com,n;saion ~
tlrco similar ontraees WAS laid at lis door by
general r, belief, which had made him terror to
ail "omen a11a chllafch'
Tho runmmt1, nrur,,cr-nr. .,,u.,
rn,1,. Isonnrlr1f,fc xtnr~.
From the Scto York UryoM Or, =,
Mrs Sarah G. Mcrriran's trial for tim murder
Of Miss Maggie Haulmill was cout,nnoa vcator-
day In tho Kings County Court nf oyer md
Witnesses had boon oyannod to nrovo tba uo,l
character of tho nrinonor tho co,,,,so, for t,,a
,1ass'.ss a,,o, 49, t1'ouoa' 1uo COUNSEL ior tAo
1oAo,s0o eu.tee nei M "at"ehs 10 tosniy III nor
own hohalt. sho gaye her oviaonco in clear,
'lnassulning IN manner. sho WAS q years of ago,
their re1ationa 1yorn vcrv frandlv ~ tto,, ,se-a
~ 49, s W. , '.'s '!,'A''is, an 'hes "oEo
III 'ne b8me CHESS together at tho convent
and atud!od tho sano studica; thoy
were confidential friends aud their frioudship
continued IN to tho timo of her death Morcin
never mails hor anu rroso,,ts Nv. a,,, "aes,o sI,o
,o -. n.Alo nei ""y pFeaenle' o"t ene mado
'no chl1ateh presenta OF clothing; she believed
IN fortune-tclllug, mud told Maggie about the
yypsy fortuno.tollor, Bertha, when tley woro on
tloir way to q tortune.toller in West Torty.
fourth street, New York; told her Of her per-
[ormauco about measuring tho head. tho TOM
poas toou sho soid @ to aoa ,ia r. ao wo wv
naJ. Sa,,, ~ ,x,.a s"1a' w., w. ooo ano ""a pasIot"
20 show her how the gypsy did it, aud thoy went
through tho same performance; tho beHt thing
~ o en 10 ~ G wem. s st1 t 'oagns was
no o1 - !. ,sas "o ~ nu ~
got upon chair and place tLo limo about ler
neck tho two ends then hung down. tho mans
s,a,,t hns ,,oaI. ,saa 7I ;,,a,' Ao .sae
.foA.on' "'out ~. no. aeom WAC ~ lncnoa marked
7 with p!n, ont tho pin would not hold
yoll, 10 Maggie mada y noose about her
ieek Witnoss WnH n,oaBurinE ller feet and toes