The New York herald., 1874-10-31
GRIM AND RETRlEUTION.
Outrage Upon Little Girl by n !
Drunken Human Brute-He is Lynched
by Infuriated Citizens shortly After
ha naaA.

Outrage Upon q Little Girl by n
Drunken Human Brute-He is LyHched
by Infuriated Citizens shortly After
tho Deed.
PORT JERvIs, n. T., Oct. %, 1874
The following are the particulars OF a nendish
crime perpetrated near Gibsons. a small m,n.ng
village in Pennsylvania. and as nendlsh, however
merted. retrbution following it:-Martin
Groves. an ignorant and dissipa-ed man about
thirty-dve years old. had lived Tor years on the
mountain back OF Gibsons. he was IN the habit OF
making periodical visits to the village, where he
Invariably became more or less intoxicated.
Drunk or sober, he was always considered man
OF british and unbridled passions. On Saturday
last he was in Gibson's. He was not very drunk
and about the middle OF the afternoon was
missed. This was something unusual as 1t was
his custom 70 continue MS orgies late into the
night before departing for home. As hIs absence
was OF no Importance II mercy excited pass
ing remark.
DAVIS, The widow OF a INNER, had sent ner daugh-
ter ABOUT thirteen years OF age on an errand aoout
a mile out OF the village. She had not returned at
four O'Clock and her mother be IAN 10 grow uneasy
about her. few minutes alter lour the girl was
carried INTO the house 6y two men In an Almost
Dsibe conditions. They said they had found
her lying near the road IN piece OF woods about
hall mile out OF the village Her clothing was
badly torn and ner lace was bleeding from large
but not dangerous cut above the lett temple.
Wen spoken 10 she opened ner eyes and essayed
nlz' z the girl. the men brought ner as quickly as
possible to her motner's house. 1t was clear that
she had been violated by some fend, who had
evidently Knocked ner senseless by the GLOW on
ner head. The mine surgeon was summoned and,
| unuer his trea ment. about nine O'Clock
4 Her story was that she was on her way home
after doing her errand. and when she reached the
piece OF woods ne Moons creek she saw Martin
< Groves sitting " the side OF the road She was
AFRAID OF HIM. and Stopped, undecided whether g
go through tue woods and come out in the road
! below him or pass right on. Has head was hang.
| ing down on his bre ist as II he were asleep. and
she concluaed TO go n0sees sly by him III the road.
When SHE got about opposite TO where he sat
/ he raised his head and then rose to his feet. He
stepped IN front OF her ana said:-
4 eyer AFRAID Of me, are yefn
"Yes Martini" said the girl, 'but please don't
He made no reply to this, but took hold OF ner
by botu shoulders and pushed her towards the
woods. She screamed loudly for help, when he
struck her a blow with mis- hst on the side oil her
head, and she remembers nothing until coming to
her senses some time before the men IOund her.
sac knew she was lying in the woods, and her con-
dlton, but was too weak to move.
Wnen TINS story was made known throughout
the village the greatest excitement prevailed. A
crowd OF twenty-five men gathered and decided
upon seeking out Groves and giving him summary
justice They proceeded In body up the noun
tain aud captured him in the woods. They then
took him down into a deep depression between
two OF the lotv hills. In tnat lonely vale. by the
light OF the moon struggling through heavy
MIST, the inlurlated miners executed the sentence
they pronounced against MN, WAlch was that ne
should ale hls eyes were bandaged and his
hands bound behind MIN, ana then ne was hanged
to the HIND OF ches nut tree aud lett there until
he was dead. lie was afterwards buried near the
hut wAere he had lived Tor years. N
The outrage the Davis girl was not Groves
first cline OF tnat nature. The commission Of
tbree smiar Outrages was laid at his door by
general Denel, which had maue him terror TO all
women ana children. But all this aoes not just fy
feeling IN the v.cnty is that the lynchng was Just
as well as merlted