The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1874-01-23
4y,,est of a Desperate Murderer.
A RIVAL TO THE BENDER FAMILY--HE KILLS
ONE BROTHER AND THREATENS ANOTHER
- SECOND VICTIM DisCONERED.

MILWAUKEE, January 17.-Bob Turner,
of Potosi. Grant county, Wisconsin, WAS
arrested for the murder of his brother Al
bert. The Inquest, which has just been
concluded, reveals a bloodthirSty depravI-
ty. rivaling the Bender family. The muir
dered man was killed with an axe, his head
being nearly severed from his body, as he
was coming out of a mineral hole in which
he was at work. He fell back speechless,
and never moved. The murderer then
called to another brother, Newton, who
was in an adjoining shaft, to come up. and
Newton commenced to climb. When he
reached the surface he perceived the body
of the murdered Albert, and was about to
,-run when Bob seized him, and showing
him the bloody axe, threatened to kill him
instantly unless he swore to assist III put
ting the body away and to preserve silence.
! To this Newton assented, but on the first
onpurtunity he escaped to PotOsi, where
he gave the alarm, and the murderer fled
to Lancaster, He was pursued, arrested,
and lodged in prison, where he soon at
tempted the life of his keeper.
! The second murder which has just come
| to light, is that of Olney Neeley, a youth
/ of the town of EllinbOro' Bob Turner
was then cutting hoop poles for Mr.. Bell.
On Tuesday December 23, the boy Neeley
started from Bells to visit his mother: who
resides in New California. His road lay
through timber belonging to Bailey, where
Turner was at work. That was the last
seen of young Neeley until the 9th of Jan
uary. The people residing in the neigh
borhood having heard of Turner's murder
ous propensity, and knowing that young
/ Neeley had to pass near where he was al
work. turned out OIL Friday last to hun:
for his remains. Eight men started foI
Bells and searched the ground on each
side of the road. When they arrived on
the premises where Turner had been chop.
ping, they found the body, which lay as
it had fallen six weeks before. The boys
head was nearly cut from his body, only
hanging by a small piece of skin on the
back and front of his neck, the axe having
gone clear through his neck. When found
young Neeley had a paper parcel undel
his arm, just as he was carrying ii. The
body was taken care of and jury empan
eed to hold an inquest, and the verdict
was that Olney Neelcy, aged sixteen years
came TO his death from blow with an aXC
in the hands of Robert Turner
Several other mysterious murders have
taken place III localities in which Tune
had been seen. Marshal Bennett visited
the prisoner and asked him to confess if IN
had any hand III them. He finally con
fessed that he remembered killing TIVE
men-a stranger whom he encountered il
a deep ravine back of the Poor Farm, anC
thereupon attacked and murdered him ant
hid the body. The other man he met oi
the road to Muscada, where he was goin;
to get work. He said shat the latter mad
threatening gestures, and he feared he wa
going to take his life, SO he closed will
him, and with a four pound weight whicl
he carried in his pocket, struck him wv
blows over the eyes, smashing in his skull
and killing him instantly. He then drag
ged his body into the bushes, and secretc,
} it there. He has confessed and delights t
talk of the many persons he has killed
He gloats over the skill with which he ha
concealed their bodies, and declares nc
: body can find them but himself, and TIA
if they were got together, there would b
nearly forty of them.