Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-09-18
LOOK HERE, GRANT!
Read this Record OF Debauchery, Leck.
cry, Theft and Hurder In Hart
raRft's State Of Penn
sylVanias
A Most FrightIul Record OF Crime
And yet the Criminals So Unpan.
ished In Peaceful Penn.
sylVania.

There is in Republican estimation &
\ vast difference 'twixt tweedledum and twee
| dledee. Has anything happened in the south
as bad as this, reported by a Pennsylvania
! there any community here more lawless.
| While parts Of the south are held up as bruta
| and blOOdthirstv,a and paraded in all the north.
/ ern papers, such state OF anaiis at home
/ is quietly hushed up and the vaunt OF snpe-
! riOr virtue, intelligence and peacefulDess Is
still oudly uttered from Portland and Phila-
! delphIa-includi1g Norristown and the region
| thereabOut. The TTfbttle's correspondent
writes from NOrristOwn under date OF the
eighth instant, aud says:
| The peace aud quietness which have htther-
| TO reigned supreme in this largely populated
and prosperous quarter Of the commonwealth
| OF Pennsylva ola ara now much disturbed by
| the perpetratiOn OF iagranJ crimes here and
| in the adjacent communities. lac work OF
blood, rsptne and robbery has continued TO
such alarming proportions that the authori-
ties are apparently pOWerlsss 10 arrest the
JransgreSsors. The respectable class of the
population, forbearing to interfere with the
law officers and tribunals of justice, seeing the
safety Of their lives and property depends
upon the action taken by them, have perfected
such arrangements for the reception Of the
outlaws, that n any. are captured the punish
meDt viii be swift and sure. For some time
q band Of highWaymen and houFebreakeIs,
numbering about hfty, under the leadership
OF Thomas Mira, " illiam Wiley and Henry
Grouse, have been engaged In carrying on eX-
tenSive operations at Cheltenham, Fox
Chase, Shoemakertown, Weldon Abingdon,
AhtsN AAAEs anu tANthlEIb IN MOUkSOmEEN
county. SO frequent and daring were the
crimtnalities il was with fear the people VEN
tured from their homes. Weldon was the
headquarters OF the dtabolism for time. One
night the troupe OF marauders prepared to
crack a number OF buildings there, among
them keysers hotel. They were discovered
BY Mr. H1nkle, who fired upon them. A fear
ful conflict ensued. The villagers, becoming
aroused, turned out en- nIdSse, aod drove the
gang trom the place, after rescuiDg Mr..
Hinkle. several persons were wounded.
AOliK MagufrfSfn is Sill rRmnant in
Schuylkill county. At Tuscarora they are
trying 70 burn the town, The properties of
a eSsrs. Cullman, T. Hallihan, and Bernard
O'Hara, fell by the incendiary's hand during
tue current week, and It is probable that
every building Will be conflagrated before
another week. The ossperaGOes not only de-
strOyed Mr.. O'Hara's house, but tried to nur-
der him IN the SchoOlroom, at Newkirk.
Hardly day passes but what some woman
IS attacked and brutally outraged upon the
public highways, and the virtuous females
are so Inundated by the frequency of these
YlllainleS that they VIII not go 10 any isolated
place even IN the daytime. Within a week
no less than halt dozen rapes have been
committed. Mrs. Jacob Nanderslice and
daughter were debauched near Peekiamer
Junction, by Allen and Henry Regsn, Ed
ward DUNCAN and another man Allen Re-
gan was arrested. the others escaping. Three
driving on the kenneti-square turnpike.C Ches-
ter county, had q desperate encounter with
three woulc-be outragers. The attempt was
ioiied. Upper Heloelburg is intensely excited
over the abduction of the Misses Wabber and
Sensening, from Bemville. At last accounts
the friends Of the young ladies' were in hot
pursuit of the aoductorS, and IL was expected
capture would Ue accomplished at Wamels-
dori, Berks county. Every day brings new
and startling intelligence Of o1Llswry.
Although the reports are sometimes highly
coiored, the facts on which they are based are
true. Hlghwaymen are swaTming between
Locust Gap and Locust Dale. Itwould appear
as II the robbers were determined 10 throw
the trains off the Reading railroad for the
purpose of plundeI.